The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War Guide and Walkthrough

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War is a faction-based multiplayer strategy game published by NetEase based loosely on The Lord of the Rings movies and books, whereupon you can pick the side of evil or good. With your fellow players, you will conquer Middle-Earth or die trying. You will usher in a new era of prosperity and happiness, or plunge the world into the depths of darkness and despair depending on which faction wins in the current season.

Of course, this isn’t the era of the Last Alliance anymore, so even if you pick a Good faction like the Erebor Dwarves, you might find trouble at the borders of another Good faction, like those pointy-eared no-good Lothlorien Elves south of the mountains.

One thing to keep in mind is that The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War requires patience. Usually, you’re better off logging in for short bursts of action, as a lot of the timers get rather long once you get past your first day conquering spree. Planning out your moves might take longer than actually doing them, since you don’t want to end up sending your armies on a 2 hour tavern Tip while they’ve still got stamina to burn. Stamina management and land tile expansion are everything.

Like in any war, economic might in the form of your resource gathering and Ring Power accumulation comes before everything, as your army cannot march on empty stomachs. There is also an emphasis on picking fights very carefully in The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, making sure you pick fights you don’t just have a chance of winning, but you are sure to overwhelm.

You’re not taking a 60/h Soul Power tile with your starter army, so your other option is to accumulate a metric ton of weaker tiles and bully the weaklings guarding them, until your army is fat enough to flatten the bigger, more powerful tiles.

So without further ado, let’s delve into this comprehensive The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War guide, as we share with you loads of tips, tricks and strategies for carving your destiny in Middle-Earth!