Scorched Earth achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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This achievement is for completing the main story quest Poisoned Ground, which is available once you complete the following mission:

Flint & Tinder

You will be required to sabotage the fort. Simply place the poison in barrels using

. It should cause no problems, but you can always play on easy if you are having trouble.

As the achievement description states, this happens in Seregost.

This has been noted as failing to unlock for several people. An unconfirmed solution has been posted in the comments. If one can confirm it works, please comment.

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I have submitted a buggy flag request but there is nothing we can do.

Posted by LuckyKant on 16 Feb 18 at 12:01

at this point I think it's a bug
Okay, so thank you for the interest :-)

Posted by Franco3188 on 16 Feb 18 at 13:19

Popped for me as soon as the mission ended.. not sure if this helps... watch all cut scenes don't skip any. Complete side objective for rescuing prisoner. Let an ally land the final blow on the overlord.

Posted by chuckles37v3 on 12 Mar 18 at 22:01

The only thing that may be triggering the bug is the side objective. I can't see the cutscenes or an ally getting the kill being a cause.

Those that have it bugged, maybe that is something you can look at.

Posted by LuckyKant on 12 Mar 18 at 22:21

i completed it today but no achievement,anyone knows how to fix it?

Posted by GRANATIERE ALEX on 26 May 18 at 22:32

The game is known for buggy achievements. Have you checked if it’s ‘done! Unlocking!’?

Posted by LuckyKant on 26 May 18 at 22:56

Unlocked right now! I deleted the main save from my game and apps (only on the console!!!not everywhere),started to play and after pressing A i stopped the sync and then if did correctly will show WB contract continue “offline”(without accepting the contract,but you are still online and able to unlock the achievement),i played until this mission and after this,i did it!!(then i closed the game and reload the preview save of the cloud on the right in order to reload my game with all my progresses) i think it works also deleting the save of the dlc from the menu but in this way you’ll lose your progresses of the game,good luck :)

Posted by GRANATIERE ALEX on 30 May 18 at 21:18

Sounds promising. I have updated the solution to mention your possible solution. Hopefully it works for others.

Posted by LuckyKant on 30 May 18 at 21:38

I presume as nobody has commented on this in over a year that the achievement has been patched to pop properly?

Posted by WulfTek on 01 Aug 19 at 22:50

31/jan/2022 game version 1.24 i progressed through mission normally, doing side quest first. got the achievement right away after completion. no problems

Posted by Phoenix C64 on 31 Jan at 18:17

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