Middle-earth: Shadow of War – Patch 1.07 is now available, adds Online Fight Pits


Monolith has released a new patch for Middle-earth: Shadow of War. This patch will update your game’s version to 1.07 and introduces the Online Fight Pits. In addition, this update comes with a number of fixes.

The Online Fight Pits allows players to train up their Orc followers by pitting them against Uruks and Ologs from other gamers’ armies around the world. Through this fight in the arena, players can earn powerful rewards and upgrades. These can be used to improve their army and continue the battle for Mordor.

Furthermore, the Shadow of War patch 1.07 improves Fight Pit pacing by shortening the fight timer. It also increases the damage dealt.

Steam will download this patch the next time you launch its client and you can view its complete changelog below.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Patch 1.07 Release Notes:

Free Content Update and Features (Included in the patch)

Online Fight Pits

  • The Online Fight Pits allows players to train up their Orc followers by pitting them against Uruks and Ologs from other gamers’ armies around the world. Through this ultimate fight to the death in the arena, players can earn powerful rewards and upgrades that can be used to improve their army and continue the battle for Mordor.
Additional Fixes

Improved Fight Pit pacing

  • Shortened fight timer and increased damage dealt.

Balancing

  • Starting a Nemesis Mission will now reset the cooldown for summoning beasts and bodyguards.

General

  • Fixed an issue where player gear and buffs were affecting Fight Pit participants.
  • Fixed issues where players’ Overlords could disappear from the Army screen after losing a fortress.
  • Fixed issues where an Orc who cheated death after a Pit Fight loss could fail to re-enter the Army screen.
  • Fixed an issue where loading into an Online Vendetta could result in becoming stuck on a black screen.
  • Fixed a long load time issue when selecting “Leave Mission” during an Online Vendetta or Online Conquest.
  • Fixed issues with incorrect Orc traits being shown in the Online Conquests preview menu.
  • Fixed an incorrect error message when replacing a daily challenge.
  • Fixed a campaign audio issue when accessing the first Shadow of the Past Mission.