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 you want to upgrade, check the gear you currently wear and then on the same row you might find a replacement or further down the rows an upgrade and where to find it.
Last Update
Updated as of U31.1 with T5 3-man and T3 6-man available with no raid options.
For a Table version check out https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A884-78AMsMHXrBcyw1fUFyMw0fMUtUVRtJYceqOuLU/edit?usp=sharing
Upgrade path
Depending on how you got to 140 you will either have your old 130 gear with some quest rewards. Or a mix of 455 to 460 quest gear. Running some T1 Puglak/Assault on Dursthrok at level 131 to 140 will get you quickly to a decent set of gear.
Followed by crafted gear for missing slots, reputation and/or allegiance and T1 instances. If you want better gear from here on out you will need to run T2 and higher.
There currently is no single source of quick and easy option to completely gear a char like Limlok barterer or Stairs run like with Minas Morgul. Probably won’t change Update 32 and the raid anytime soon.
General tips and pointers for the guide
- Free is either a questline, reputation barter, mission or allegiance. They require work, but can be done solo. However they are usually bind on character.
- Instance drops are bind on account and can be passed to other characters once you’ve upgraded. A hunter piece can be donated to your burglar/warden.
- Tier 1 or solo is reasonably doable in any questgear. But for Tier 3 3-mans or T2 6-man you will need a good amount of 460 gear and are familiar with the tactics.
- All crafted jewelry requires 2 sunstone shards and armour needs 3 sunstone shards. Offhand requires no shards. While immediate gear the Free options are usually equally good and easier to acquire than equivalent instance drops
- Ember teal are usually really good, but only come in O/D versions and embers are hard to come by atm. Spend them wisely.
O/D/S stats
Gear in lotro in general and gundabad comes in 3 different variations.Crafted, scaled gear from older instances and crafted usually only comes in offensive and defensive.Whereas some barterers and instances from Minas Morgul onward can have a 3rd variation which i like to call Support.
- O = Offensive – Usually double the Agility/might/will then vitality with secondary stats focussed on dps such as Mastery/critical rating and finesse
- D = Defensive – Equal Agi/might/will and vitality with secondary stats focussed on either tanking or healing such Mitigation/evade/parry/outgoing healing
- S = Support – in between O and D on stats, but with a mix of Mastery/Outgoing healing or Mastery/incoming healing. Usually better for specific trait lines such as yellow beorning, red captain, heal/buff minstrel, debuf/dps burglar.
Depending on which role you’re playing you may prefer a decent instance drop to a good crafted gear piece.
Roles and essence slot Bold preference
The Bold are the preferred choice in a mix of time/flexibility/difficulty. The available gear option and number essences slots refer to the Bold option.
Legendary weapon
For what traceries you need for your class I’ll refer you to other people’s class guides. To upgrade your LI at this time you’ll have two options. Upgrade the quality of the tracery Purple to Teal etc and upgrade the level of the slot.
Tracery upgrade
If you’ve teal traceries from the 130 days. We’ll assume they are 440. In that case you should never downgrade them to a lower quality tracery. Yes this will save you some yellow runes, but it’s not worth it.
School of tham midraim farm.This is usually run with a set of 3 people of which one is a tank. Start with 140 and kill the “1st” boss at the door for a purple tracery + rune. Then kill the final boss for a teal tracery. Challenges are usually not worth the effort. After this you’ll have to reset it. Use this reset to start a school level 132 and kill up to 1st boss. Rinse and repeat til you hit the 15-instance limit.
Use the teals you get. Ash the purples incase you shouldnt use them or cant use them. Eventually you’ll have enough ancient script to barter purple traceries you miss.
The Legacy of Durin Chapter 10/11 will award 1 teal and 1 gold Cracked tracery coin.
At this time Sari Surma T2 is the only repeatable source for golden traceries. However this can’t be run at 131 anymore and is quite a lot harder on 140. Will need Good gear.
Runes
You’ll want 10 yellow runes (or 10 extra) and 10 purple for each tracery. Start with the Heraldic tracery, then words of power followed by word of mastery for stats you need. Words of crafting are the very last traceries.
To farm extra runes either Forge/Loft daily instance with extra Geode quests. Or use ashed traceries from School runs to barter extra yellow 131 runes. Usually short on these compared to purple runes.
Gear slots
Every boss in the gundabad instances has a specific set of gear they can drop. And a lot of different barterers and crafters have different options. That’s why for now the upgrades in gundabad gear are more complex than in Minas Morgul.
Earrings
Quest or lower level puglak earrings are an excellent start. Followed by 140 instances. Crafted and ember are the better options later on.
| Jewelry – Earring (2*) | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Puglak 131+ | O/D/S | |||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Pug t1/Hor t1 | O/D/S | ||||
| Good (460 P+) | Pug T3/Hor T2 | X | O/D | 0/1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Pug T4+/Hor T3 | x | O/D | 0/1 |
Necklace
Level 5 allegiance is the first good choice followed by House of Rest, crafted or ember
| Jewelry – Necklace | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Epic Ch7 | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Allegiance | House T1 | Mix | 1 | ||
| Good (460 P+) | House T2 | X | O/D | 1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | House T3 | X | O/D | 1 |
Bracelet
The Friend reputation barter is incredibly easy to aquire. And will last you a long while
| Jewelry – Bracelet (2*) | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | ||||||
| Good (460 P+) | Friend | X | O/D/S | 1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | X | O/D | 0 |
Rings
Same as the earrings, but instead of puglak you can run Assault on Dursthrok. A decent option is available with missions, but very defensive.
| Jewelry – Ring (2*) | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | AoD 131+ | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Mission | AoD T1/HoR T1 | D | 1 | ||
| Good (460 P+) | AoD T3/HoR T2 | X | O/D | 0 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | AoD T4+/HoR T3 | X | O/D | 0/1 |
The geod pocket is expensive, but also really great. In a future patch these prices are halved. House of rest is the only other option available
| Jewelry – Pocket | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | |||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | House T1 | O/D | 0/1 | |||
| Good (460 P+) | House T2 | N/A | O/D | 1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Geode | House T3 | X | O/D/S | 1 |
Head
Puglak or House of rest with a good crafted option.
| Armour – Head | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Puglak 131+ | O/D/S | 0 | ||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Pug t1/Hor t1 | O/D/S | 0 | |||
| Good (460 P+) | Pug T3/Hor T2 | X | O/D | 0 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Pug T4+/Hor T3 | X | O/D/S | 1 |
Shoulder
Puglak or House of rest with a good crafted option. Mission barterer have a good free option.
| Armour – Shoulders | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Puglak 131+ | O/D | 0 | ||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Pug t1/Hor t1 | O/D | 0 | |||
| Good (460 P+) | Mission | Pug T3/Hor T2 | X | O/D | 1 | |
| Best (460+ P/T) | Pug T4+/Hor T3 | X | O/D | 1 |
Chest
Puglak or House of rest with a good crafted option. With level 25 allegiance a great free chest piece.
| Armour – Chest | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | AoD 131+ | Fixed | |||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | AoD T1/HoR T1 | |||||
| Good (460 P+) | Allegiance | AoD T3/HoR T2 | X | O/D | 0 | |
| Best (460+ P/T) | AoD T4+/HoR T3 | X | O/D | 1 |
Gloves
Only house of rest drops gloves. Crafted or ember is a good choice for this slot atm
| Armour – Gloves | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | House T1 | 1 | ||||
| Good (460 P+) | House T2 | X | O/D | 1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | House T3 | X | O/D | 1 |
Pants
Puglak or House of rest with a good crafted option. With a good choice at Ally reputation
| Armour – Pants | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | Puglak 131+ | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Puglak T1 | |||||
| Good (460 P+) | Ally | Puglak T3 | X | O/D/S | 1 | |
| Best (460+ P/T) | Puglak T4+ | X | O/D | 2 |
Boots
Durstrhok or House of rest with a good crafted option. With level 15 allegiance a great free pair of boots.
| Armour – Boots | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Landscape | AoD 131+ | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | AoD T1/HoR T1 | |||||
| Good (460 P+) | Allegiance | AoD T3/HoR T2 | X | 1 | ||
| Best (460+ P/T) | AoD T4+/HoR T3 | X | O/D | 1/2 |
Cloak
A decent Mission and a very good quest reward from Chapter 11 of Legacy of Durin. House of rest has a 2-slot version on higher tiers
| Other – Cloak | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | ||||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Mission | House T1 | D | 1 | ||
| Good (460 P+) | Epic Ch 11 | House T2 | X | O/D | 0 | |
| Best (460+ P/T) | House T3 | X | O/D | 2 |
Offhand – weapon/shield.bow
For all offhands you can get a no-shard cheap option crafted. These are better than older scaled instance drops, but ember barters are enough better to make them worthwhile.
| Other – Offhand weapon | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Quest | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Scaled | O/D/S | ||||
| Good (460 P+) | Crafted | X | O/D | |||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Teal | O/D | ||||
| Other – Offhand Shield | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Quest | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Scaled | O/D/S | ||||
| Good (460 P+) | Crafted | X | O/D | |||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Teal | O/D | ||||
| Other – Offhand Bow | Free | Instance | Crafted | Ember | Roles | Essence slot |
| Just 140 (450-460) | Quest | Fixed | ||||
| Decent (460 Y/P) | Scaled | O/D/S | ||||
| Good (460 P+) | Crafted | X | O/D | |||
| Best (460+ P/T) | Teal | O/D |
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