Misty Mountains

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Misty Mountains
Alignment	Evil
Starting Units	Moria Goblin Warriors (2)
Ring Hero	Smaug
Mechanics
Economy Upgrades	Tied to Bolg and tunnel heroes
Military Upgrades	Tied to Bolg and tunnel heroes
Stats
Strengths	Massive spam potential supported by a powerful spellbook
Weaknesses	Needs space to access their elites and upgrades
Citadel	Link
Defensive Plots	Link

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"There are older and fouler things than Orcs, in the deep places of the world."

—Gandalf

The Misty Mountains is a very diverse faction, divided into three different realms: Moria, Goblin-town and Gundabad. Its game style is aggressive and focused on horde tactics. The starting fortress is the largest realm, Moria, and offers three or four building plots with few available building options. Unlike other factions, however, the Misty Mountains can recruit pioneers who can free-dig anywhere on the map to the different realms.

The units of the Misty Mountains vary according the realm and offer different strengths and weaknesses. Each realm is represented by a specific hero, who emphasizes certain elements thereof. On settlements and outposts, wild creatures like Giants, Stone Trolls and Wargs can be recruited.

Strategic Points

Castle

The castle of the Misty Mountains is equipped with four building plots and eight defensive plots all around the outside. It doesn't posses any walls but all buildings are defended by goblin creeps. On the defensive plots the player can build Sentry Towers, simple ruined towers inhabited by archers that fire are nearby enemies.

Camp

The Moria camp is the smallest camp structure in the game, it possesses three building plots and three defensive plots.

Outpost

On outposts, the Misty Mountains can build either a Fissure, to recruit giants from, or a Moria Tunnel, similar to the Moria camp.

Settlement

On settlements, Misty Mountains can build Goblin, Stone-troll and Warg lairs, similar to the creep lairs that inhabit the map at the start of the game. From there they can recruit goblins, wargs and trolls.

Free Build

The unique feature of the Misty Mountains is their ability to partly free build on the map. Using pioneers they can dig tunnels to Gundabad and to Goblin-town bring additional forces to the field. The tunnels have a scaling cost, the first tunnel costs 250, the second 1000 and any tunnels beyond that cost 4000 resources to dig.

Buildings

Name	Location	Cost	Description	Discount
Citadel (N/A)	Castle, Camp, Outpost	N/A	The citadel is the central building of a fortress or a camp. Many of Misty Mountains' heroes can be recruited from there. You can also train pioneers from here.	N/A
Loot Mine	Castle, Camp, Outpost	400	Generates resources.	Reduces the cost of structures: 2 Mines: -10% 3 Mines: -15% 4 Mines: -20% 5 Mines: -25% 6 Mines: -30%
Ruin	Castle, Camp, Outpost	300	Trains Moria Goblins such as Goblin Warriors, Goblin Archers, Goblin Pikemen and Goblin Drummers	N/A
Monster Cage	Castle, Camp, Outpost	400	Trains Cave-trolls and Great Beasts. Researches upgrades.	N/A
Gundabad Tunnel	Pioneer	250/1000/4000	Recruits heroes, can build additional buildings as extensions	N/A
Gundabad Forge	Gundabad Tunnel	1000	Researches upgrades	N/A
Barracks	Gundabad Tunnel	300	Trains Gundabad Pikemen, Gundabad Warriors and Gundabad Warg-riders	N/A
Sentry Tower	Gundabad Tunnel	800	Defensive structure, can be garrisoned and upgraded with additional archers.	N/A
Goblin-town Tunnel	Pioneer	250/1000/4000	Recruit heroes, can build additional buildings as extensions	N/A
Goblin-Town barracks	Goblin-town Tunnel	300 (+10/20 per scaffold)	Train Goblin-town Plunderers and Goblin-town Tunnel Diggers	N/A
Loot Hoard	Goblin-town Tunnel	1000 (+10/20 per scaffold)	Researches faction upgrades	Reduce the cost of unit ugrades: 2 Hoards: -10% 3 Hoards: -20%
Slave Hole	Goblin-town Tunnel	400 (+10/20 per scaffold)	Produces resources	Reduces the cost of monsters: 2 holes: -10% 3 holes: -15% 4 holes: -20% 5 holes: -30% 6 holes: -40%
Moria Sentry Tower	Castle, Camp	200	Defensive structure	N/A

Units

Name	Type	Location	Cost	CP	Strong vs.	Shortcut
Pioneer	Support	Citadel#Misty Mountains, Gundabad Tunnel, Goblin-town Tunnel	100	60	Pikemen	Y
Moria Goblin Warriors	Swordsmen	Ruin	100	60	Pikemen	Y
Moria Goblin Archers	Archers	Ruin	200	90	At range	X
Moria Goblin Pikemen	Pikemen	Ruin Level 2	150	60	Cavalry, Monsters	C
Moria Goblin Drummer	Support	Ruin Level 3	300	45	N/A	V
Great Beast	Monster	Monster Cage	300	10	Buildings	Y
Cave-troll	Monster	Monster Cage Level 2	600	60	Buildings	X
Gundabad Pikemen	Pikemen	Barracks	400	60	Cavalry, Monsters	Y
Gundabad Warriors	Swordsmen	Barracks	300	60	Pikemen	X
Gundabad Warg-riders	Cavalry	Barracks	800	120	Infantry	C
Goblin-town Plunderers	Swordsmen	Goblin-Town barracks	150	60	Buildings	Y
Goblin-town Tunnel Diggers	Support	Goblin-Town barracks	300	60	Buildings	X

Naval Units

Naval units are the only ones which can travel over water. They are built at shipwrights, which need to be captured. Once captured, the player can train the units, but if another player captures it, training will be canceled.

Name	Cost	CP	Strong vs.	Description	Shortcut
Umbar Transport	100	25	N/A	Can transport up to two battalions or heroes into any other location, very weak. If it dies with units then the units will also die.	Y
Corsair Black Ship	750	50	At Range, VS Ships	Basic ships who shoot at any troops, ships or structures nearby, can be upgraded with improved armor and improved damage.	X
Corsair Bombardment Ship	3000	100	Structures	Mighty siege ship which deals huge damage from afar. Can take down a building in merely a couple of hits	C
Mordor Doom Ship	500	25	Ships	Will explode when nearby to the target ship destroying other nearby ships and itself.	V

Heroes

The Hunter

Recruitment location: Citadel

The Chieftain

Recruitment location: Citadel

The Great Goblin

Recruitment location: Goblin-town Tunnel

The Defiler

Recruitment location: Gundabad Tunnel

Bolg

Recruitment location: Citadel

Smaug

Recruitment location: Citadel

External Buildplots

Buildings

Name	Location	Cost	Description	Discount
Goblin Lair	Settlement	200	Generates resources, recruits Goblin Warriors and Goblin Archers	N/A
Warg Lair	Settlement	500	Generates resource, recruits Gundabad Wargs	N/A
Stone-troll Lair	Settlement	700	Generates resources, recruits Stone-trolls and Bert, Tom and Bill	N/A
Fissure	Outpost	1000	Recruits Giants	N/A

Units

Name	Type	Location	Cost	CP	Strong vs.	Shortcut
Goblin Warriors	Swordsmen	Goblin Lair	50	45	Pikemen	Y
Goblin Archers	Archers	Goblin Lair	150	60	At range	X
Gundabad Wargs	Cavalry	Warg Lair	300	90	Swordsmen	Y
Stone-trolls	Monster	Stone-troll Lair	600	60	Buildings	X
Mountain Giant	Monster	Fissure	1200	90	Buildings	X

Heroes

Name	Weapon(s)	Role	Location	Cost	CP	Importance
Bert, Tom and Bill	Monstrous	Building Destroyer	Stone-troll Lair	1600	45	Three Trolls

Spellbook

Due to recent changes by Fandom, the hover mechanics of the spellbooks no longer works. Below you can see how the spells are arranged in the game. To find more about each power scroll down to the tabber.

 

Tabber

• Drums of the Misty Mountains
• Cave Bats
• Pact of Hatred
• Tunnel of the Deep
• Scavenger
• Eternal Strife
• Watcher
• Drumming from the Depths
• Awaken Wyrm
• Beasts of the Ered Mithrin
• Balrog

Drums of the Misty Mountains

Cost: 1 point
Summon a drum which gives +30% movement speed to allied units in range. When Drums in the Deep is active, allies in range additionally deal +30% damage. Left click on the icon then left click on the target area.

Cave Bats

Cost: 1 point
Summon cave bats that reveal the area and detect hidden units. Nearby enemy units will have their armor reduced by -15%. Left click on the icon then left click on the target area.

Pact of Hatred

Cost: 3 points
Gives the player access to two spells:

• Untamed Allegiance: Summons a wild Goblin, Warg, Troll or Spider lair. The first lair selected is random but the order after that is a predefined rotation of Goblin -> Warg -> Troll -> Spider.
• Pact of Hatred: Take control of any wild lair. Cannot be used on dragon lairs.

Tunnel of the Deep

Cost: 3 points
Digs a tunnel which provide Orcs of the Deep access to the surface. The tunnel will continuously spawn troops from all three realms until either it expires or it is destroyed.

Scavenger

Cost: 5 points
The orcs of the Misty Mountains loot the corpses of the fallen. Passively gain resources for every kill and destroyed building.

Eternal Strife

Cost: 6 points
Choose one of the Orc Realms to temporarily grant it a position of supremacy, allowing you to recruit all their specialized units from a Goblin Lair and granting them strong buffs. The buff will persist until another realm is chosen.

• Moria: You can now recruit Moria Goblins from the Goblin Lair. Units gain triple poison damage.
• Goblin-town: Units deactivate buildings with melee attack and Slave Holes generate +30% more money.
• Gundabad: Units gain experience faster

The Watcher in the Water

Cost: 6 points
Permanently summon The Watcher at the target area, dealing huge damage to all units. The Watcher will remain there attacking all nearby units until killed or repositioned. You can only have one Watcher present on the battlefield at once.

Drumming from the Depths

Cost: 5 points
The drumming from the depths of the Misty Mountains, pierces the hearts of its dwellers, causing them to rush relentlessly. All Orcs, Orc Riders and Goblin Drummers are temporarily +30% faster and deal +30% more damage near Troll Drums. Also strengthens the armor of Goblin Drummers and Drums.

Awaken Wyrm

Cost: 6 points
Awaken a fire breathing wyrm. Strong against buildings.

Beasts of Ered Mithrin

Cost: 10 points

The rampaging campaigns of the goblins have gotten the attention of the most dangerous beings in Middle-earth. Summon a Fire Drake Lair that generates high amount of resource and is defended by several drake lairs. Fire-drakes and Cold-drakes can be recruited at the lair, nearby drakes will heal and the lair can summon a dragon to bathe a nearby area in a sea of flames.

Durin's Bane

Cost: 10 points
Summons the Balrog. Left click on the icon then left click on the target area.

Upgrades

All upgrades can be seen here.

Name	Cost of Research	Requirement
Banner Carrier - This upgrade can only be given to a level 1 battalion and will promote it to level 2. At level 2 the battalion can regenerate units when out of combat. Cost: 75.	N/A	Bolg is on the battlefield
Forged Blades - Increases the damage of this battalion and provides a damage bonus against Other infantry if they are swordsmen Monsters and Cavalry if they are pikemen Buildings if they are cavalry Cost: 300	900	Research at a Gundabad Forge
Scavenged Armor - Increases the armor, hit points and damage resistance of the unit to ranged damage. Changes the unit's armor set to a different armorset. Cost: 300	900	Research at a Gundabad Forge
Fire Arrows - This upgrades adds a bonus FIRE damage to the unit. Causing it to deal increased damage to everything and even more to buildings. Cost: 400	1200	Researched at a Gundabad Forge
Extended Raids - Goblin-town's warriors go on extensive raids to capture more slaves. Increases the production of all Slave Holes by 30%. Cost: 1200	1200	Researched at a Loot Hoard
Empowerment of the Wilderness - The warriors of Goblin-town share a small part of their loot with their wild relatives. As long as the Loat Hoard stands, all buildings on settlements will slowly gain exp. Cost: 600	600	Purchase at a Loot Hoard
Treasures of Goblin-town - The loot from Goblin-town's hoards is used to speed up the mustering of new armies. The cost of equipping heavy armor, forged blades and fire arrows is reduces by 20%. Cost: 400	400	Researched at a Loot Hoard
Improved Training - In the depths of Moria, the orcs perfected the training of all sorts of monsters. All Drakes, Trolls, Giants, Brood Mothers and Mountain Wargs reach level two. Cost: 600	600	Researched at a Level 3 Monster Cage
Reinforce Garrison - The tower is reinforced by two additional archers on the upper platform. Greatly increases damage. Cost: 400	N/A	Purchase at Sentry Tower