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Shadows of the Ancient Past achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition

Shadows of the Ancient Past

Collect 100% of the Artifacts and listen to their memories.

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  • sm4ksm4k
    08 Nov 2016 08 Nov 2016 08 Nov 2016
    This is not a missable achievement, but I had to go back and finish this one off after collecting them all because I didn't discover the memories of each artifact as I collected them.

    You can tell if this happened to you if the achievement tracker doesn't show 100% even though you have 42/42 artifacts.

    If you're like me, you can fly through your artifact menu and hit cn_A to View Details on the artifact. If you've heard the Memory, it'll give you the option to press cn_X to play the memory, and you can cn_B back out and skip that one. If it's one preventing you from achievement unlock, it'll prompt you to rotate the artifact to find the memory.

    You do not have to actually listen to each memory, you just need to discover the memory.
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    TEDDYbearKNIGHTIs there any way to force this to pop?

    I've found, and listened to, all 42 pieces.
    I did find the last 10 or so off line if it makes any difference.
    Posted by TEDDYbearKNIGHT on 25 May 17 at 12:51
    CrazeeCoyoteThanks for the tip about checking if all memories have been discovered. I thought this had glitched on me at 42/42 but found I had missed one after reading this.
    Achievement unlocked once I discovered the missed memory, thanks again!
    Posted by CrazeeCoyote on 31 Jul 17 at 06:06
    Wookiee HairemTEDDY yes there is! Go to your profile, then gaming, then achievements. That's how it popped for me after listening to all of them.
    Posted by Wookiee Hairem on 31 Jan 20 at 22:42
    thebritt2001Thanks for this!
    Posted by thebritt2001 on 17 Aug 22 at 19:02
    HoggyBear08I was missing the memory on 'Frowning Skull' in case it saves anyone else some time scrolling through them all, might not be the same one though.

    I'm at 42/42 with them all unlocked and listened to but still no pop
    Posted by HoggyBear08 on 11 Mar 23 at 23:13
    Empty1I am also at 42/42 discovered with all of them completely listened to, but the achievement has not popped.
    Posted by Empty1 on 30 Mar 23 at 05:27
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