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Shadow of War Ithildin Door Solutions - How to Find Ithildin fragments, Correct Poem Word Orders - Get the Bright Lord Armor

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The Shadow of War Ithildin Doors are found within every region of the game, but to gain entry to them you'll first have to undertake a series of tasks. In this Shadow of War Ithildin Poem solution guide, we'll be walking you through how to crack the riddle of every Ithildin Door in the game, and claim the Shadow of War Bright Lord armor set for yourself. Find out how to find the Ithildin fragments and solve the poems.

Shadow of War Ithildin Door Poem Puzzles Guide - All Solutions

At the very beginning of Shadow of War, you'll be tasked with finding every Ithildin Fragment within every region. To find an Ithildin Fragment, you'll first need to climb to the top of, and purify, all three Haedir towers in any one region. Use the Haedir to pinpoint the Ithildin Fragment locations scattered around the region, of which there will always be six in total.

Once you're travelled to the Ithildin Fragment location, use Wraith Vision to find the fragment on a wall, and then use both analog sticks to bring the fragment into focus. Once you've collected every Ithildin Fragment in the region, head to the Ithildin Door, and solve the Ithildin Door poem puzzle using the combinations that we've provided you with just below.

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But why would you want to go to the effort of collecting every Ithildin Fragment, and solving every Ithildin Door poem puzzle? For each door that you unlock, you'll get an item of the Bright Lord armor set, said to be the most powerful set of weapons and armor obtainable for Talion in the game. You'll unlock a single item of the Bright Lord armor set for each Ithildin Door you open, each of which we'll be outlining in our guide just below.

Shadow of War Ithildin Door Poem Solutions

Here you'll find complete solutions to every Ithildin Door Poem Puzzle in Shadow of War. You'll need to find the words in each region before you enter them in the order we've specified.

Shadow of War Minas Ithil Ithildin Door Poem Solution

Your first step to open the Minas Ithil Ithildin Door is to find the Ithildin Fragments in the region that give you the six words you can use to solve the poem puzzle. This is the order the words must be entered:

Minas Ithil Ithildin Door Poem Correct Word Order

  • Shadows
  • Drums
  • Cadence
  • Land
  • Wrath
  • Doom

Minas Ithil Ithildin Door Completed Poem

In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie 
We bear our banners aloft, boots like Drums
Our Cadence quick, our countenance dire.
For who in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares
Resist the righteous flame of Wrath
And Doom themselves to despair and death?

Solve the Minas Ithil Ithildin Door Poem and you’ll be rewarded with the Bright Lord's Armor.

Shadow of War Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door Poem Solution

Find the Ithildin Fragments in the region to get access to a set of new words. This is the order you must enter the words to solve the Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door.

Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door Poem Correct Word Order

  • Rises
  • Fires
  • Night
  • Beacons
  • Shines
  • Marching

Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door Completed Poem

When the sun Rises, the shadows must retreat
Fleeing in fear from the Fires of dawn
The Night never knew that its end was fleet
As a Bright Lord bears Beacons of flame.
The sun rises, yes — but from the West it Shines
Marching e’er Eastward, e”er eternal, e’er bright.

Solve the Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door Poem and you’ll be rewarded with the The Bright Lord’s Cloak.

Shadow of War Gorgoroth Ithildin Door Poem Solution

Find all the Ithildin Fragments in the region and then use the collected words in this order to solve the Gorgoroth Ithildin Door Poem.

Gorgoroth Ithildin Door Poem Correct Word Order

  • Lurk
  • Bulwark
  • Impervious
  • Powers
  • Vicious
  • Fail

Gorgoroth Ithildin Door Completed Poem

They stalk and Lurk, then lash out so furious
Yet our Bulwark is proof against their rage
Our hard-ringed, hand-forged armor Impervious
To predations from the Powers of darkness
No matter how Vicious or how vile
To assail the Bright Lord is to falter and Fail.

Solve the Gorgoroth Ithildin Door Poem and you’ll be rewarded with the Bright Lord’s Sword.

Shadow of War Nurnen Ithildin Door Poem Solution

Find the Ithildin Fragment words in the region by collecting the Ithildin Fragments. Enter the words in this order to solve the Nurnen Ithildin Door Poem puzzle.

Nurnen Ithildin Door Poem Correct Word Order

  • Iron
  • Serpents
  • Avail
  • Woe
  • Hordes
  • Claim

Nurnen Ithildin Door Completed Poem

Let our foes fortify with Iron and stone
Let them summon scabrous Serpents, feral beasts
It will Avail them nought. Across the ages none
Have an army that wield such weapons, such Woe
Such doom against the dark-benighted Hordes who dare
Claim dominion over a Mordor soon bright.

Solve the Nurnen Ithildin Door Poem and you’ll be rewarded with the Bright Lord's Bow.

Shadow of War Seregost Ithildin Door Poem Solution

Find the fragments and then use them in the following order to solve the Seregost Ithildin Door Poem puzzle in Shadow of War.

Seregost Ithildin Door Poem Correct Word Order

  • Slumbers
  • Nest
  • Poisoned
  • Trapped
  • Comes
  • Base

Seregost Ithildin Door Complete Poem

Fair Mordor Slumbers, entangled in night
A vipers’ Nest of sorrow and strife
Poisoned by pernicious betrayal and blight
Trapped in the grasp of gelid corpse-hands
Yet behold! The Bright Lord Comes as a wildfire
Burning only what is Base, that all else may thrive.

Solve the Seregost Ithildin Door Poem and you’ll be rewarded with The Bright Lord's Dagger.

Shadows of the Past - How to get the Bright Lord Legendary Ring

In Shadow of War you can get your hands on the Bright Lord Legendary Ring, not by solving poem puzzles, but through completing a series of combat challenges. These are called Shadows of the Past, and each has two objectives to complete.

In order to get the Bright Lord Legendary Ring you only need to finish each of the Shadows of the Past challenges on Bronze - that is achieved by completing the primary objective for each. Do this and the Bright Lord Legendary Ring is yours.

If you need anything else to do with Shadow of War, why not head over to our guides on how to beat the Frozen Flame Balrog boss fight, or our complete guide to the Shadow Wars endgame mode.

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