Four completion conditions deserve a campaign note because they sit behind story transitions: speak to Frodo during the first Rivendell visit, rescue and later revisit Glorihirin in Mirkwood, return all seven Lidless Eye scrolls to Elrond before Siege of Nordinbad, and defeat final Agandaûr without activating Beleram’s help prompt. Counters such as kills or potions are more recoverable.
First Rivendell
After the council, find Frodo and complete the available conversation before leaving for the next field route.
Mirkwood
Free Glorihirin in the hidden Woodland Marshes camp, speak there, and speak again after the chapter sequence.
Before Siege
Collect seven scrolls and complete Elrond's handoff; an inventory count of seven is not the finished quest.
Final Agandaûr
Leave Beleram's prompt untouched and win with the fellowship's weapons, skills, and positioning.
Speak to Frodo on the first Rivendell visit
After the council scene, do not travel immediately. Find Frodo, exhaust the relevant conversation, and wait for the result. Complete the other hub work—Elrond’s Tome, Bilbo, Arwen, and Miruvor—only after securing this first-visit interaction.
In co-op, each participant should check their own achievement state. The host leading dialogue does not guarantee every client reports identical credit. Record the host role if the notification differs.
If the chapter has advanced beyond the available conversation, the clean recovery is another campaign cycle or an intact earlier save through normal menus. Do not overwrite current progress with files from AppID 32800.
Finish both Glorihirin conversations
In Woodland Marshes, after the first group and checkpoint, keep right toward the huge tree. Follow tracks through water to the hidden orc camp, clear it, free Glorihirin, and speak to him. This area also corresponds to secret 24 in the current route.
After completing the Mirkwood story path, return to Glorihirin and speak again for the reward and conclusion. Rescue and follow-up are separate states. Confirm the quest log rather than treating the opened cage as sufficient.
If the NPC does not appear later, review whether the first camp conversation finished. Replaying only the boss may not recreate the missing earlier state.
Turn in the seven scrolls before Siege
The route places one scroll in Fornost, one in Coldfells, one at the High Moors orc camp, one in Mount Gundabad, one around Wulfrun in Mirkwood, one at the first Grey Mountains three-way fork, and one on the Carn Dûm Captain before Urgost.
After accepting Urgost’s demand, return to Rivendell. Speak to Elrond and complete Cult of the Lidless Eye before selecting Siege of Nordinbad. Seven collected items are not enough; the handoff dialogue and completed quest are the deadline.
If the count is six, stop and use the scroll guide before entering the Siege.
Refuse Beleram during final Agandaûr
In Carn Dûm’s final fight, manage ground effects, lunges, and summons with the fellowship. When Beleram’s help prompt appears, do not activate it. Continue direct combat until Agandaûr falls.
Using Beleram earlier for campaign events or the ten-summon counter is separate from this final restriction. The risk is the specific help prompt during Agandaûr. Avoid highlighting or testing it during the completion attempt.
Let the ending and Steam achievement update finish. If the condition fails, note whether any player activated the prompt and which account hosted.
Separate missables from cumulative cleanup
Headshots, war-machine kills, total kills, crafted potions, completed side quests, silver, and a matching armor set can generally be advanced through replay, retained difficulty cycles, or normal merchant travel. Strength of Our Alliance needs a coordinated three-player kill and may require host rotation according to current reports.
Prioritize story deadlines on Normal, then use Heroic and Legendary for retained progression and remaining counters. This keeps later difficulty focused on survival instead of repeating optional dialogue under pressure.
Use New Game Plus when a missed first-run condition must move to the next cycle and Carn Dûm for the final prompt.