Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Middle-earth: Shadow
Subseries of Middle-earth
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	2014
Middle-earth: Shadow of War	2017

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a singleplayer third-person action, RPG, open world and stealth game in the Middle-earth: Shadow series.

Key points

Servers shutdown on Dec. 31, 2020, making Nemesis Forge, Vendetta missions and Leaderboards no longer available.^[1]

Mouse sensitivity tied to frame rate, which may cause slow camera movement on certain configurations.

General information

PC Report

Official wiki for Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Released on 5 DVDs.
Developer website		Game of the Year Edition
Amazon.com
		Game of the Year Edition
GOG.com		Game of the Year Edition
Green Man Gaming		Game of the Year Edition
Humble Store		Game of the Year Edition
Steam		Game of the Year Edition
Mac App Store (unavailable)		Game of the Year Edition
GamersGate (unavailable)		Game of the Year Edition

All Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Some bonus content requires a WBPlay account.

Version differences

Japanese language support is only available in the Japanese version of Shadow of Mordor which only contains Japanese and English languages.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Berserks Warband
Blood Hunters Warband
Captain of the Watch Character Skin
Deadly Archer Rune
Endless Challenge
Flame of Anor Rune
Flesh Burners Warband
HD Content	Free. High-resolution texture pack. Available here.
Hidden Blade Rune
Lord of the Hunters
Orc Hunter	Available by registering for a WBPlay account.
Orc Slayer Rune
Power of Shadow	Free.
Rising Storm Rune
Season Pass	Sold on Steam as Upgrade to GOTY Edition.
Skull Crushers Warband
Test of Power	Free.
Test of Speed
Test of Wisdom
The Bright Lord
The Dark Ranger Character Skin

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files on Windows^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\game\interface\videos and rename the legal folder to something else.
Move, delete or rename these files.

intro.vib
nvidia_splash.vib
WBPlay.vib

Notes

Depending on which language was picked, any other intro_language.vib file will have to be renamed instead.

Delete/rename video files on Linux/MacOS

Go to $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/ShadowOfMordor/share/data/game/interface/videos/ and rename the legal folder to something else.^[2]
Move, delete or rename these files.

feral.webm
intro.webm
nvidia_splash.webm
WBPlay.webm

Notes

Depending on which language was picked, any other intro_language.webm file will have to be renamed instead.

Delete/rename video files on Proton

Go to $HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/ShadowOfMordor/game/interface/videos/ and rename the legal folder to something else.^[3]
Move, delete or rename these files.

intro.vib
nvidia_splash.vib
WBPlay.vib

Notes

Depending on which language was picked, any other intro_language.vib file will have to be renamed instead.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Shadow of Mordor\
macOS (OS X)	%USERPROFILE%/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/ShadowOfMordor/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/ShadowOfMordor/AppData/WB Games/Shadow of Mordor/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/241930/remote/gamedata.sav
GOG.com	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Shadow of Mordor\Saves\GameData.sav

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud		953,67 mb available

Video

Video settings.

Advanced settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolution options are percentages of the monitor's native resolution (i.e. 70% of 1080p would be 1344 x 756), rather than a standard selection. This results in non-standard resolution options if selecting anything other than 100% of native resolution.
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		Disable the intro videos if the game exits during the intros.^[4]
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV). The Linux version with Vulkan Beta opted-in provides an FOV option.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA and resolution options with 150% and 200% scaling for SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Game itself is capped at 100 FPS.^[5] See High frame rate. Benchmark has no frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Use Flawless Widescreen^{[citation needed]}

Cheat Engine^{[citation needed]}

Download and install the latest version of Cheat Engine.
Download this file and put it somewhere convenient: ShadowOfMordorFOVFix.CT.
Run Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
Alt+Tab ↹, and run ShadowOfMordorFOVFix.CT, this should open an instance of Cheat Engine.
In the top left of the Cheat Engine window, click the first button (computer with magnifier).
At the bottom of the new window, press Process List.
Scroll down, and select ShadowofMordor.exe, then press OK, then press Yes.
Right click the "FOV Fix" entry at the bottom part of the Cheat Engine window, and select Set Hotkeys.
Click Create Hotkey and press a button (for example F8), then press OK again.
Open Shadow of Mordor and press the hotkey you selected.

High frame rate

The game is capped at 100 FPS without this fix.

Disable frame rate limit^[6]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit render.cfg.
Set Render.Setting.FrameRateLimit to "3.000000".

Notes

Causes a bug in the mission "Big Game" that prevents progression; limit frame rate to advance past this.^[7]

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keys such as `Tab ↹` and other special characters cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate 1st/3rd person sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Linux version only.
DualShock button prompts		Native support on Linux version only. Use DualShock 4 Button Prompts mod on Windows.
Light bar support		Use Aurora to add DS4 light bar support.
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Using mouselook with controller inputs is completely supported though mouselook is disabled while receiving analog camera input, mixing inputs for aiming and using your bow is not supported, prompts switch upon accepting button and key inputs on the opposite device

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for music, effects and voices.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.^[8]
Subtitles		Named as Captions under Video Options.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

The Japan region version only includes Japanese and English languages.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japan region purchases only.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

No audio during cutscenes and cinematics

Redistributables^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\`. Run `DXSETUP.exe`.

Download DirectX End User Runtime^{[citation needed]}

Hard crashes and stutter

Set lighting quality to medium^{[citation needed]}
In the advanced video options, change lighting quality to medium or lower.

No branding sound

Set Listening Environment to another setting^{[citation needed]}
In sound options, change Listening Environment to another setting, e.g TV.

Floating Heads in Linux

Floating Heads in Linux^{[citation needed]}
Add `__GL_ShaderPortabilityWarnings=0` to your `Launch Options`

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use HelixMod: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	4.1, 4.3	4.1 on OS X, 4.3 on Linux. Must be opted in to `linux_last_gl` for the latter
Vulkan	1.0	Linux only.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Input	SDL2	Only on OS X and Linux.
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2	7 SP1, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	44 GB	57 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7950

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.3	10.10.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.4 GHz	Intel 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Intel Iris Pro 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780MX AMD FirePro D700 AMD Radeon R9 295X 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04.2, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	47 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 Series 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

AMD and Intel GPUs are not officially supported.

References

↑ Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Steam
↑ Verified by User:Merritt on 2021-09-03
↑ Verified by User:Merritt on 2021-09-18
↑ Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | WSGF
↑ Monolith-Forgey comments on We are game developers for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Ask us anything. - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613938693211811436/#c620700961062240148
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023

[1] Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Steam

[2] Verified by User:Merritt on 2021-09-03

[3] Verified by User:Merritt on 2021-09-18

[4] Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | WSGF

[5] Monolith-Forgey comments on We are game developers for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Ask us anything. - last accessed on May 2023

[6] Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023

[7] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613938693211811436/#c620700961062240148

[8] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Monolith Productions
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter EX
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2014
macOS (OS X)	July 30, 2015
Linux	July 30, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, RPG, Open world, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Middle-earth: Shadow