# One more way to encounter Orcs without Explore
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)
**Created:** [November 21, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935 "2025-11-21T07:46:53Z")
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### Author:  [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935/1 "2025-11-21T07:46:53Z")
Delve: Mirrored Halls
Player Team:
Gar’Nok
Gar’Nok
Hero (Sunspear) - suggested weapon: Guardian’s Crown, but anything that can give life is good
Deathblade (stealthy troop with true damage for killing without skulls)
Banner: probably some kind of Blue/Purple combination
Goal: The enemy Doppleganger will be forced to target Gar’Nok and becomes a Gar’Nok. Gar’Nok makes Orcs. There’s a good chance Gar’Nok makes the new Orc that gives life and armor at least once before Gar’Nok goes self-end to keep it indefinite.
Sunspear hero so there’s more red on the board to feed the enemy Gar’Nok.
Explore would be easier and so would PvP if you can find em. Otherwise … yeah… this can spawn em.
Is it worth it on a Vault Weekend though? … I don’t know.
It can be done without Gar’Nok, with Doppleganger copying a random Orc and Copycat copying that Orc to make Orcs, but that doesn’t sound fun.
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### Author:  [@Storm628](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Storm628)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935/2 "2025-11-21T20:14:50Z")
Good reminder. I’m not playing pvp this weekend, so I can make my central spire defense some easy to defeat orc team.
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### Author:  [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935/3 "2025-11-22T00:07:56Z")
For the interested, here’s a quick list of other troops with the ability to copy enemies:
- Lyriath (35% summon, first enemy)
- The Mirror Queen (50% summon, enemy of choice)
Not exactly a big list, but they do exist.
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### Author:  [@pit](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/pit)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/one-more-way-to-encounter-orcs-without-explore/88935/4 "2025-11-22T03:05:42Z")
if you read the challenge, it doesn’t work in practice