We’re on a mission part 2 (U38)

We’re on a mission part 2 (U38)

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...

Help – I’m a returning player

Help – I’m a returning player

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...

Help – I’m Delving (U34)

Help – I’m Delving (U34)

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...

Science behind a dead hobbit 5 – Turning gameplay into numbers

Science behind a dead hobbit 5 – Turning gameplay into numbers

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Unpublished part 5 of a beginners introduction to stats in lotro.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...

We’re on a mission, to find the quickest one

We’re on a mission, to find the quickest one

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...

[CC] 99 instances – a general look into skirmishes

[CC] 99 instances – a general look into skirmishes

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Not a draft perse, but an unpublished part of the 99 instances of lotro discussing skirmishes and some “future” possibilities from 2018.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...

Critters casual Help i’m 105 – Essences

Critters casual Help i’m 105 – Essences

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...

Getting ready for a raid (remorchant)

Getting ready for a raid (remorchant)

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...

Major small updates

Major small updates

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...

Ccommunity highlights 5 – Game system guides

Ccommunity highlights 5 – Game system guides

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....

Q&A Severlin – Aug 2022

Q&A Severlin – Aug 2022

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...

No tracery travels – Beyond Mordor

No tracery travels – Beyond Mordor

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...

Storytime without traceries

Storytime without traceries

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...

[CC] Hytbold quickly guide 2022

[CC] Hytbold quickly guide 2022

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...

Quick tips for the LI Track (U32)

Date – Tips based on U32 #beta 6 What is the LI reward track? Every time you get/used to get legendary item xp or if you use a rune of item xp you will progres on the reward track. Every time you get enough progres you’ll be able to claim the reward that is associated with that level. These are all focussed around the new Legendary items. Rewards...

Gundabad gear upgrades

Gundabad gear upgrades

Dec 29, 2021

For your first time in gundabad you should ofcourse stick with questing, but you may find yourself 140 rather than later with missions, vip weekends or other swordhalls on other characters. And looking for an easy way to gear.  This guide is broken down by gearslot and different levels of difficulty/quality of each gear and where to find it. Choose a slot...

Help, i’m 140 – U31 guide

Help, i’m 140 – U31 guide

Dec 20, 2021

This guide will focus on gearing at level 140, the weeklies and other activities on the level cap. Index Questing in gundabadGundabad beyond questingGearing at level 140Gear and essencesInstancesWeekliesLegendary weapon upgradesResource and material farmTraitpointsVirtue Xp Questing in gundabad Questing starts in Annak-Kurfu with the Legacy of Durin Chapter 5.1...

Producers letter Dec 2021

Producers letter Dec 2021

Dec 16, 2021

The first of a more up to date and factual producers lettter has just been released. Instead of a yearly letter that comes around too late and always gets baited with eventual delays. Raninia is now giving us a quarterly update. For the full letter visit https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/letter-producer-raninia-%E2%80%93december-2021 The bullet points of...

CCQ4 – Easy access allegiance

Easy access to your allegiance panel and a ton of other panels you might not be aware off. In UI settings you can assign any panel to the buttons that are on the left or right of your 1 to = skillbar. Normally this is where you find your bags, crafting, deed log and much more. But what if you dont need those options or have grey out bags cause you resized them?...

[CC] LI faq sept-21

[CC] LI faq sept-21

Sep 20, 2021

A rudimentary FAQ about the new LI system. While plenty is still unclear or not definitive below are some questions that get asked often. The most important part is that the new system won’t come online it’s entirety at the same time. Neither will the old system go away on day 1. What is the new LI system and how does it work? Instead of the version...