What do the Orcs drink in Lord of the Rings?

Orc Draught is an invigorating drink used by Orcs, which inflicts damage when drunk but restores some hunger and grants speed and strength buffs. It is essentially Sauron's imitation of elven Miruvor.
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What do the Orcs give Pippin to drink?

There's a passage about half way through The Lord of the Rings where an orc called Ugluk forces captured hobbits Merry and Pippin to drink a hot beverage called "orc-draught". Pippin "felt a hot fierce glow flow through him.
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What do Orcs eat and drink?

Sam asks the same question, of whether orcs eat and drink or just live on foul air and poison, and Frodo gives him the following answer: "No, they eat and drink, Sam. The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own.
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What liquid did the Orcs give Merry?

The blood IS the orc liquor, not Merry's, as can be seen in the statement "Can't take his blood". Look at Merry's face when talking to Pippin.
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What was the orc medicine?

Orc Medicine, known as Mikog or Sharog (Or. "Healing") among the orcs, was an effective enchanted black paste of various Herbs (for example the Luminous Vrak), Blood, mud and orcish liquor compounded by the orcish Dushi.
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What did Merry and Pippin drink?

While in Fangorn Forest, Merry and Pippin drink heartily from Treebeard's Ent-draught which makes them both grow taller over time. While in the movie, the two drink water from a spring, in the books the decision to gulp down the mystical drink ends up with Merry and Pippin making history.
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What is Uruk Grog?

Edit. While men and other races enjoy cups of ale or wine, the Uruks for them have Grog as their popular and favored drink. They are used to help keep moral high and used in celebrations for either a captain, warchiefs, or for a special occasion like a victory or successful hunt.
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What does Merry's mouth pour?

Several Orcs laughed. Uglúk thrust a flask between his teeth and poured some burning liquid down his throat: he felt a hot fierce glow flow through him. The pain in his legs and ankles vanished. He could stand.
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What was Pippin drinking?

The first time Merry and Pippin imbibed an ent-draught it reminded them of the smell of a distant wood brought from afar by a cool night breeze. The second time they drank the flavour was earthier and richer, more food-like.
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What are Uruk-hai a mix of?

In the movies Uruk-hai are described as a crossbreed between Orcs and "goblin-men". This is presumably a reference to the Goblin-men and Half-orcs in Saruman's service, creatures that blend the traits of Orcs and Men. These Uruks are sent after the Fellowship, and their leader is Lurtz, a movie-only character.
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What do Orcs like eating?

Orcs eat meat, including the flesh of Men, and may indulge in cannibalism: in The Two Towers, Grishnákh, an Orc from Mordor, claims that the Isengard Orcs eat orc-flesh.
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What do half ORC eat?

Half-orcs can eat almost any kind of food, but they prefer meat over vegetables.
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Do Orcs eat raw meat?

Eaten either as-is or processed into cured goods (bacon is especially popular) and sausage, swine is one of the few meats Orcs do not eat raw. It this characteristic fondness for raw meat that causes much of the initial disgust felt by travellers sharing an Orc's table.
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How do Orcs reproduce?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
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What does Pippin find in the water?

A palantír (/ˈpælənˌtɪər/; pl. palantíri) is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. From Quenya palan, 'far; tir, 'watch over',) the palantíri were used for communication and to see events in other parts of Arda, whether past or future.
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Are Orcs cannibals?

Tolkien indicates that Orcs are "always hungry". Orcs eat all manner of flesh, including men and horses, and there are frequent hints of cannibalism among Orcs. Grishnákh, leader of the Mordor Orcs, accuses Saruman's Uruks of eating Orc-flesh, which they angrily deny.
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What is ORC Draught?

Orc Draught is an invigorating drink used by Orcs, which inflicts damage when drunk but restores some hunger and grants speed and strength buffs. It is essentially Sauron's imitation of elven Miruvor.
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Who was the tallest dwarf in LOTR?

The Hobbit film trilogy

Proud, brave and one of the tallest of the Dwarves, Dwalin will bow to none but those who have earned his respect.
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What are the Orcs drinking in the two towers?

It is miruvor, the cordial of Imladris.
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How do I make ORC grog?

Ingredients
  1. 1 oz sambuca.
  2. 1 oz sweet vermouth.
  3. 1 1/2 oz absinthe.
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Do Orcs get tired?

Yes: they need some sleep, but they're trained to be hardy. Orcs are mortal beings after all, and it seems reasonable to assume that they do need sleep just like Men, hobbits, etc.
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What is grog made of shadow of war?

In-Game Description

These bowls are commonly made of clay and baked in huge kilns, but Mordor has proved a fruitful realm for the Uruks, and now some bowls are made of metal or wood."
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What is the difference between Orcs and Uruk-Hai?

Uruk-hai are much larger and beefier than Orcs, who are often more goblin-like. The Orcs were the soldiers of Sauron and the dark forces for a long time, but were one of the weaker forces of evil.
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What happened to Ugluk?

Uglúk beheaded one of Grishnákh's followers to prevent Saruman's orders from being disobeyed. The hobbits were taken some way further, but near the borders of Fangorn Forest, an Éored of Rohirrim led by Éomer attacked and wiped out the Uruk-hai. Uglúk was slain in single combat by Éomer himself during the fighting.
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