A lot of worldy events in this round up about news in lotro. World transfers are (partly) open Instead of waiting a few more months the server transfers have re-opened between existing worlds. Your characters on closed servers will still be stuck. These opened up with the same restrictions as before (No Eu <-> US transfers) If memory serves the per...

May 18, 2020

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...

May 5, 2020

Ever since Minas Tirith not much has changed about creating your level 100 Legendary items and imbueing them afterwards. For this guide we’ll focus on keeping it compact and streamlined. Sources of level 100 legendary itemsPreparing imbuement (and legacy information)Imbuement and best practicesPower curve of legacies (your level vs LI level)Upgrading your...

Apr 27, 2020

With the renewed alliance between caveclaws and chicken, George felt it was an excelent time to go back to Ered Luin to visit his friend Diggy. He may not be a dwarf, but he’s very Diggy Diggy. With just 6 picks you won’t find many treasures With all the festivals cancelled for awhile Berry came down from his neighborhood to sign some autographs...

Apr 6, 2020

The full letter below and for the discussion topic see https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7999675#post7999675. A deeper dive will be later done later in the week once a few questions have been answered. Greetings! I hope everyone is staying safe! Before looking ahead, I want to thank our players for traveling with us through Middle-earth in...

Mar 31, 2020

Rumours have it that the delay of the yearly Producer’s letter, in which the SSG team details their expectations for content and changes for the upcoming 2020, has been delayed even further. While it has always been “ready when it will be” this years delays has been a hot topic. At the player meet-up (Pax east) we got several details about the...

Mar 21, 2020

Main hub for your Minas Morgul expansion questions. Last update 20th of March Content Walkthrough linksQuestingGearing up before Minas MorgulActivities after 130Weekly and dailies for Reclamation of Minas IthilInstance overviewLoot overviewCrafting guildBullet point information Instance guide links NameLink – Guide qualityHarrowing of Minas...

Dec 11, 2019

After the Special honey rolls wore out and crashing on the closest hay stack Noffer woke him up. “Not all your rambles were a fever dream”, he said. That turtle you saw that was talking to the goblins? He’s here, he was just watching the watchers that have been watching you ever since you arrived in the Vales. The hobbits have been gone for...

Nov 24, 2019

Mordor besieged overlaid on the Dor Amarth map Besides all the fancy kings, elfs and estranged cavedwellers and hibernators there are more things to find in both Dor Amarths. Then again 3000 years and an exploding volcano manages to do some work on your real estate. After a little thought experiment lets take a quick look at what happened to it all What changed...

Nov 13, 2019

Current version – last updated 17 nov with U25.0.2 infoThe Minas Morgul primer updates marked. Answering questions and giving an overview on the Minas Morgul expansion.  Quest guide (first maps) Quest rewards (summary upcoming) Instance gear  Item level T1, T2, T3 Ithilad Crafting materials Crafting guild details on how and where Reclamation materials...

Nov 5, 2019

The Minas Morgul expansion has been confirmed to launch on the 5th of November with a downtime that (currently) ends at 19:00 Cet.  For full details you can read the patchnotes here. Login priorities Any Valar and Carry-all will only be available on the first server you log in to! Be careful with the legendary server or alt-servers. Black book or Mordor or...

Oct 28, 2019

A short non-definitive guide to what you could do to prepare for the Minas morgul expansion. Why probably good? The amount of betas are limited and even then most information hasn’t been confirmed to be 100% correct. So we’re working with a lot of assumptions and guesses. So take it with a grain of salt. Deeds and challenges All challenges in lotro are only...

Oct 6, 2019

It’s time go on an adventure. With questpacks, regionpacks and expansions there’s plenty of way to play lotro. Often people will venture from Bree to the Lonelands and then into Evendim. Wander the level 40’s and then follow the epic into Eregion and beyond. With the legendary server you have to do each area for xp. And not so much on the normal...

Sep 25, 2019

The next expansion will take us to the lands of the Morgul Vale. The old gondorian city of Minas ithil or Morgul as orcs now call it. The pre-orders are up and use the same pricing as the Mordor expansion. The first possible release date given by SSG is 29th of october with the 7 3, 6 and raid instances following in later patches. The 80$ version is could be...

Aug 30, 2019

In the last article we’ve gone over what the legendary system currently looks like and what they want(ed) it to be. So lets just fix it. Or why it’s not that easy. First we’ll see why it’s not as easy as some might think and the extra underlying problems each iteration has. In the end we can look at how SSG could go about updating the legendary weapons and...

Aug 26, 2019

Easy to learn, hard to master. Simple in design yet infinitely intricate. That’s what the legendary item system was when it was introduced 11 years ago.  With the launch of the Mines of Moria. Each Legendary Item contains the possibility of greatness. While they’re typically less impressive than comparable items of their initial level, they have the...

Aug 22, 2019

If you got the chance. Try to find some Honey rolls. The special kind if you know what i mean. Don’t wait for it. I need that legendary recipe. “A taste of the special honey rolls, is that your offer i can’t refuse?” I can just ask the beornings for that. They really softened up to foreigners since those dwarves saved their lands. Must...

Aug 19, 2019

Two areas, 4 instances and a long backlog of options to gear up as you come back to the game. This guide will help you find the best way to build up your character when you hit 120 by showing you the options, where to find gear and activities. This article will get clarifications as they become available or needed. Special noteThis guide will assume you got a...

Aug 2, 2019

You may have seem them floating around and wonder where they come from. Bigsy, the big honey bee is a reward for completing all the region deeds for the Vales of the Anduin (minus the Gladden fields update). This deed consists of three part as any standard region deed Explore the region Visit all the landmarks in this regionComplete all the quests special...

Jul 30, 2019

George had always wanted to visit his old friend Bearlee in it’s hometown. With the Misty mountains passage into the Vales now open he took the downtime to go strawling across Rivendell, but it seemed Elrond had already left. George astounded, “thought he would never leave that library of his”. If only she knew of my travels across...