Jan 24, 2024

It has been awhile. New missions we’re added in Before the Shadow and Umbar. Are these worth running? Is gundabad still as junk as ever? Lets find out. For part 1 and the overview of Anna kurfu,Gundubad,Thestlebridge, Erebor, Elrond, and Bilbo mission duration and specifc up- or downsides check out...

A new lotro store has launched and with it a new redeem code system. The weekly stores codes still work the same, but we’ve gotten new options. New store codes for multiple and persistent discounts (until the code lapses?). Currently these codes are active LOTRO15 15% off with 5 items, LOTRO20 – 3, LOTRO30 – 1. When you apply the Lotro30 code...

If you’re looking for a cheap valar or virtue xp. Currently (till the 30th of april ) the standard Mordor bundle with a level 105 valar package is on sale at https://www.lotro.com/expansions. While it doesn’t list the valar. Due to some issues on release they also added the valar package normally reserved for the higher ones. This even works if you...

Dec 17, 2022

Welcome back to the world of Middle-earth! This guide will help you navigate the changes that have taken place since you were last here. We’ll show you how to find answers to common questions, like: What’s new since I’ve been away? How do I navigate all these new systems? Where am I and where can I go? Let’s get started! *The guide has...

Nov 24, 2022

For now Delving is meant for level 140 on normal servers and whatever level cap there is for Shadowfax and Treebeard at the time you read this guide. You can add extra difficulty to specifically Before the Shadow missions. As a reward you’ll get delving writs or a chest that can drop a host of armour, junk or very rarely some extra fancy LI or cosmetics...

Oct 9, 2022

Unpublished part 5 of a beginners introduction to stats in lotro. Never figured out to present the follow-up and advanced parts and kinda stopped on them. As you’ll see in the level difference part. Skipping ahead a bit to the actual less than theory bit. We’ll come back to the science later, but for now we’ll go beyond the introduction...

Oct 6, 2022

With the upcoming Delving system introducing new missions and mostly more challenging missions. There was the question, what would be the easiest way to delve into these challenges. Further adventures chapter 1 and 7 don’t have any combat so would probably the best option, but would the delving system be enabled on these? If so, that would only be 2...

Sep 26, 2022

Not a draft perse, but an unpublished part of the 99 instances of lotro discussing skirmishes and some “future” possibilities from 2018. Skirmishes Are skirmishes instances? And how should you categorize them if i would decide they would be one of the 99 instances? Skirmishes have filled a hole in lotro that would have been there without them. What...

Sep 26, 2022

First draft – For better or worse. Essences are your bread and butter in 105 land.  This guide hopes to shed a light on the different type of essences that are available in the game and the armour that you can put them in . Where you step in with your character will depend on the amount of time and gold you can/want to spend. Essences It will start with a...

Sep 21, 2022

Written, but a never completed draft from May 2020. Probably not complete, but a nice read or an intro if you want to take your first steps in larger groups. Most of it applies to Hiddenhoard now. Except just a bit worse of a raid in hindsight then Remorchant Make sure you want to raid May be a strange start to a raid guide, but do ask yourself what you’re...

Sep 18, 2022

15 years of updates in expansions, questpacks and systems have brought along many changes to Middle-Earth. Some large and some you might not have given much thought about. Major small updates We’ll skip the major changes such as a new expansion, skill trees or legendary weapons and focus on smaller, more deceptfull changes. In no particular order. Essence...

Sep 4, 2022

Lotro is a large game, just like w88.com, with old systems, new system and updates to both. Housing might have been in the game for 15 years by now, but with several updates and new neighborhoods all over the place. So is any information regarding them. Got a question about your class? You’d better hope the guide you’re looking at has a date on it....

Aug 22, 2022

At todays panel at Devcom in Germany, SSG announced the name of the upcoming update and/or mini expansion. Before the shadow. Taking place in Cardolan and Swanfleet https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-before-the-shadow-announcement-en?locale=en_US Art for the update Teaser trailer Official information about content New epic story taking place in the expansion...

Aug 6, 2022

For the full video. Check out https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1553113246 Summery of the video consolidated into topics discuseed with a few personal notes or questions marked in Italic. In general a bit of an adhoc Q&A with a lot of questions left hanging due to new content, updates or information not ready to publized or under NDA currently. Content updates...

Aug 1, 2022

Irondwarf ventured beyond the black gate into Mordor. Once the home of Sauron and many deaths when it launched, is far more approacable. This time around the dwarf went into areas usually skipped like Durthang, Talath Erui and Nargonath. Memories of mobs galore and plenty of drakes and miniature volcanos sending you back to the graveyard. Difficulty was...

May 31, 2022

What if your legendary adventure was less complicated? For whatever reason you just don’t want to deal with any of the traceries or runes of the new LI system. How far would you get? Here’s the adventure of the naked LI. The adventurer – Irondwarf Originally started as “ironman” dwarf (red guardian) that would not accept any...

May 23, 2022

A large group of rangers that answered the call of Aragorn to go south. First encountering some if it’s members in The shire and other beginner areas you will see these hardy rangers in pretty much every spot in Eriador. Rohan and Gondor along your travels. Further along the questline they will go with Aragorn onto Minas Tirith and other places. As with...

May 9, 2022

While finishing off Year 8 Reflection III for the anniversary you might have found out you needed to rebuild Hytbold. Or you want access to the crafting resource instances to avoid spending 100’s of gold to get past the Riddermark tier. For whatever reason you want to rebuild Hytbold and you want to do it quickly. With help from some kinnies, mission...

Apr 23, 2022

With the Anniversary festival on the way and all the free goodies that come along with it. We can’t forget the main attraction that is at the Party Tree. The 10 years worth of Scavenger hunt from the 10 year anniversary. An 11 step programme where you follow 11 characters from lotro, 11 themes and 11 sets of places from the Shire to Mordor (or Angmar for...

Apr 18, 2022

This is the appendix for https://lotroplayers.com/2022/04/18/li-base-guide-u33/. This appendix will focus on the farming, grinding, technical deep-dive portion of the LI system. Where to find the most materials, best traceries and the most efficient ways to get these. If you’re unfamiliar with how the LI’s work or are a new or returning player read...