Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.3, released on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Our Legendary Worlds of Angmar and Mordor now have a level cap of 75 and the inclusion of content from Isengard to the Great River.

https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-legendary-angmar-mordor-aug-2024-en.

! The Tower of Orthanc instance becomes available to play at 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, August 28th. 

• In the Egg Scramble, the drop rates of White Eggs have been slightly increased once again to aid in completing the quest.

• Resolved an issue with the Farmers Faire quest Kick Out the Cave-claws that caused players to not be able to loot the den if they kicked a second cave-claw too quickly.

• In the Farmers Faire quest Kick Out the Cave-claws, multiple players will no longer be able to kick the same cave-claw.

• You will no longer be haunted by Gathering Guests (Weekly) trying to bestow to you when the Midsummer Festival is not in progress. When the Midsummer Festival returns, this quest will be bestowed by Captain Khâtaphos and will no longer bestowed remotely.

• Ringwraith Event

  • Enervating Grip VFX no longer gets stuck on players.

  • Amelia's barter now offers a set of level 75 essences.

• The Fire & Frost Lore debuff applied by Lore-masters will no longer build hidden stacks on a target. When an active Fire & Frost Lore effect is cleansed, it will be removed entirely and will not allow a suppressed version to rise up.

• The legacy client has been discontinued, if you have the legacy client selected, you will be prompted to select a new game client when launching the game. You may change which game client you are using from the Launcher in "Menu->Options→General."

• The Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu, The Tower of Orthanc, Draigoch's Lair, and Throne of the Dread Terror traditional raid locks will now reset three times per week (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday). Other instances with thrice weekly traditional raid locks (Carn Dûm and Dâr Narbugud) have been switched to Monday, Thursday, and Saturday resets rather than Monday, Wednesday, and Friday resets.

• Birds can now be discovered properly in the Rohan Housing neighborhoods, the Cape of Belfalas, and North Ithilien.

• Beorning, Brawler, and Lore-master incomparable armours from the Tower of Orthanc now correctly require you to complete different bosses from the raid before they can be equipped.

• Lalia's Market barter prices for Hedgehog Burrow, Gondorian Supplier Horn, Ingredient Crate, and Premium Ingredient Crate housing decorations have been increased to better correspond to pricing in the LOTRO Store.

• In the LOTRO Store, the LOTRO Point prices for many housing decorations have been reduced to better correspond with barter pricing in Lalia's Market.

• Isengard Equipment Sets

  • Mariner's Draigoch Armour of the Serpent's Bite now has a set bonus.

  • Beorning armour sets of the Tower Smasher and Echoing Roar now have the correct equipment pieces associated with them.

  • Beorning and Brawler Orthanc sets now have two class-based bonuses, matching the sets other classes can acquire.

  • Burglar's gamble chance upgrade no longer implies that it can affect the deprecated debuffing gamble.

• GERMAN:  Translations for the titles Sublime Stalwart, Dragon Slayer, and Adept of Shadows will now display in German.

• FRENCH: Translations for the titles Farmer, Wanderer of the Free City, and Proud will now display properly in French.

Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.2, released on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

The farmers of Staddle need help! Shrews and Cave-claws have been using tunnels beneath the fields of Staddle to pillage the town. The people of Staddle are begging for stout-hearted, adventuresome folk to aid them in their time of need. Talk to Humbert Thornburrow in Bywater, or head straight to Staddle and report to Constable Tanglerush for more information.

"Staddle Besieged" is a series of six quests plus a daily wrapper that is available only during the Farmers Faire. Earn Farmers Faire Tokens for helping the hobbits in need, and keep an eye out for treasures found within The Understaddle that may include pipeweed, cosmetics, dyes, or even a pet!

The 2025 Farmer's Faire begins at 10:00 AM Eastern on Thursday, August 14th.

• Farmers Faire returns on August 14th, 2025 with new quests in Staddle and new Apple-picker’s cosmetic rewards! Read more about the Farmer's Faire on https://LOTRO.com.

• For Farmers Faire some adjustments have been made to make the Egg Scramble and Mushroom Hunt deeds easier to complete:

• Farmers Faire: Maggot's Mushroom Hunt now requires 5 mushrooms rather than 8 to complete successfully.

• Egg Scramble Victories (Tier 2) now requires 10 rather than 20 quest completions.

• Maggot's Mushrooms Victories (Tier 2) now requires 10 rather than 20 quest completions.

• Much Drinking, Much Running and Much Eating, Much Running now require 2 successful bets per runner rather than 3.

• In the Egg Scramble, the drop rates of White Eggs have been reduced. The drop rates of Bad Eggs have been greatly reduced. The drop rates of colored, spotted, and striped eggs have been increased. The drop rate of the Golden Egg has been greatly increased.

• In accordance with these drop rate changes, the Farmers Faire tokens received for using the striped eggs has been reduced from 10 to 5 and the tokens received for using the golden egg has been reduced from 50 to 20.

• We removed the announcement for heroes returning to Grothum and Hoarhallow, as they were occurring randomly, at best.

• We revised the value of quests on the Monster Player Reward Track to make the amount of time engaging with the track more achievable. The new values are as follows:

• Standard quests will reward 2500 Monster Player Reward Track Experience.

• Immediately repeatable quests will reward 500 Monster Player Reward Track Experience.

• The task to kill 50 players will reward 7500 Monster Player Reward Track Experience.

• The weekly quest for Monster Players will reward 50000 Monster Player Reward Track Experience.

• This change reduces the number of standard quests to earn a single pip along the reward track to about 8.

• We have addressed an issue where the titles from the latest Monster Play Reward Track were not bestowing correctly.

• We addressed the errant title on the reward box for the Nemesis of the Free title on the Monster Play Season 2 Reward Track.

• Grodris' timer will extend to 2 hours between spawns.

• The faction that defeats Grodris keeps the buff she grants until the opposition defeats her.

• Flags will return to the exterior/interior of Lugazag and Tírith Rhaw; these align with the controlling faction and can only be used to ingress and egress from the tower when you are out of combat.

• Defenders at forward camps will more readily defend the flags.

• Underseaths exits can only be used when out of combat.

• Relics are no longer dispelled when near Underseath exit.

• You can no longer leave the Underseaths while carrying a relic.

• You cannot be interrupted when deploying a siege machine.

• White Hand Bow-masters will be removed from the forward camps and replaced with a less potent enemy.

• Mazauk and Goldhead gain skills to deal with gates.

• Mazauk now appears as a defender at Lugazag when Monster Players control the tower.

• Goldhead now appears as a defender at Tírith Rhaw when Players control the tower.

• Doors are placed behind the new defenders on the bottom floor of Tírith Rhaw and Lugazag.

• Broadcasts now alert players and Monster Players when the reward chests are available to claim at Thirith Rhaw and Lugazag.

• Levers, on either side of the doors, can only be used when out of combat and will open the doors.

• Defeating the defenders on the bottom floor of the tower will also open the doors.

• The base resistance of gates was increased significantly.

• Fixed an issue with overwriting an existing spider skin with the U45 update. This sets the name and the appearance back to the original Luminescent Morgul Creeper.

• Captain: Removed the errant Ettenmoors Dispel effect on the improved version of the Motivating Speech.

• Translations for "The Gambler" have been updated in German.

• "Extraordinary Wanderer's Tools" now properly give their bonus rare item effect.

• "Magnificent Master's Resilient Leggings" have had their stats adjusted to differentiate themselves from the "Magnificent Master's Steadfast Leggings".

Here are the release notes for Update 45.1, released on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025.

• An errant multiplier for two-player groups in the Ettenmoors has been corrected. The error was reducing the amount of Infamy/Glory to 5% instead of providing a 5% bonus before dividing the amount of Infamy/Glory earned.

• Keys rewarded at Lugazag and Tirith Rhaw for capturing the location are now unique.

• The keys of Lugazag and Tirith Rhaw now grant properly when flipping a keep to your faction.

• Chests in the Towers that grant rewards will now lock so they can be used by other players.

• Rewards from chests at the Towers now provide a decaying reward package item. This is done to ensure that the loot in the chest is able to respawn.

• Players and Monster Players will no longer trigger aligned cauldrons at the towers of Lugazag and Tirith Rhaw.

• Gates will no longer hold players in combat after being attacked at Tirith Rhaw and Lugazag.

• Health bonuses on the gate now stack correctly and apply a lesser value.

• Tomes of Defence have been added to Outpost barterers for 175 Marta for both Free People and Monster Players.

• Burglar's "Hiding in Plain Sight" now correctly activates "Sneak" within the Ettenmoors.

• The Forester Crafting Event will now provide its correct reward.

• We have removed the 15th Legendary Items Reward Track that debuts August 20th from the 32-bit game worlds. We do not want players to begin this track just prior to world closing and have to restart progress on their 64-bit game world. The 15th LI Reward Track begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on August 20th. Reminder that Character Creation is no longer available on our 32-bit game worlds.

• Birding

  • The Anduin Eagle and Helmed Mew now properly describe that they can be found in Anórien in addition to the Eastfold.

  • The Bird in the Hand and Handful of Bird Feed Baubles now properly display in the Collections Panel.

  • The Deed "The Rarest of Birds in Gondor and Mordor" now properly bestows.

• Burglar

  • "A Sure Thing" damage now correctly applies to your current target.

  • Clever Retort's "Malicious Wound" now benefits from damage over time pulse bonuses.

  • Clever Retort now correctly benefits from bonuses to Fellowship Maneouvre potency, including those from Burglar signals.

  • Well-placed Strike now benefits from Critical Magnitude bonuses.

  • Exposed Throat now correctly benefits from single-target critical chance and magnitude bonuses.

• Hunter

  • Kingsfoil Healing no longer incorrectly turns into Purge Poison when Bountiful Purge is traited.

  • Split Shot now benefits from Suppressing Stings as intended.

  • Strength of the Earth now requires you to stop moving before using it.

  • Distracting Shot now correctly interacts with the Volley trait.

  • Call to Greatness now resets the cooldown of Horn of Orome for yellow line Hunters.

  • The trait Perseverance now correctly requires you to first trait "Press Onward". 

• Mariner

  • Disarming Strike now correctly reduces Tactical Damage rather then Ranged Damage.

Here are the release notes for Update 45: Allies and Adversaries, released on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025. 

The Ettenmoors has received significant updates with the release of a Siege mechanic and more! These changes are far-reaching and aim to alter the gameplay in the Ettenmoors by providing a large number of fluid events that can influence and tip the scale of battle. We have added more mechanics in the form of rewards for taking and holding the towers of Lugazag and Tírith Rhaw, new relics and buffs in a new area called The Underseaths, accessible by controlling a forward camp on the landscape of the Ettenmoors, and new vendors with buffs available once you take control of outposts. This is one of the largest changes made to the game play flow of the Ettenmoors in several years. Further information about these changes can be found lower in the release notes.

Along with other major changes to the Ettenmoors we will debut Season 2 of the Monster Player Reward Track! This reward track is available will be made available on the LOTRO Store, and we will announce when the track will become active. Completing the track earns you a currency called Marta, which can be used to claim new rewards! Further details are available in the release notes.

Birding has been expanded once again! This time around, birding reaches into the lands of both Mordor and Gondor, with nine new territories to discover birds in. These new territories are Anórien, Ithilien, Lossarnach, Lebennin, Belfalas, Lamedon, Waste, Agarnaith, and Lhingris. Within these, there are over 120 new birds to discover amongst these territories. Find all the rarest of these birds to gain a new title. Along the way, discovering all the birds in certain territories will grant you other rewards, from new pictures to hang up in your houses to even a few new Baubles to collect. The birds are calling and eagerly awaiting those birding enthusiasts, so get out there and explore!

• We have implemented some fixes that aim to correct an issue that causes characters and pets to get stuck in a "flying" animation.
  
• We have implemented some fixes that aim to correct an issue that requires us to undergo twice-weekly restarts on four of our 64-bit game worlds. Note that we will continue to undergo these twice-weekly restarts for now.
  
• Dun Shûma, The King's Fortress
  
• Fixed an issue where Weaponmaster Mâkhragab was not taking reduced damage during Whirling Death.
  
• Reduced the health of Weaponmaster Mâkhragab, Raghtâ Sai, Methân Sai and Kâlach Hûl.
  
• Iti-mêlim can no longer use Terrifying Roar while stealthed.
  
• The Serpent's Glare laser will now despawn after 30 seconds and respawn when the boss uses the ability again.
  
• Fixed an issue where Weaponmaster Mâkhragab and Zidunâm, the Spirit-caller encounters could improperly reset if players wipe just as the boss is defeated.
  
• The Ordâkhai Trader Cache will now be bound to account as intended. Unbound Trader Caches that already exist will bind as soon as they enter your inventory.
  
• Quest - Gundabad: Defending the Shielded Citadel can now be properly completed.
  
• It is now easier to catch the correct fish when next to Dúdrad during the West Rohan quest Edoras: The Last Cast.

• Two wights that would sometimes aggro on Lalia before the missing begins in "Lalia's Safe Passage" have been removed.
  
• Several wights in "Lalia's Safe Passage" have been moved further back from Lalia's path to ease the difficulty on non-Delving difficulty.
  
• All ideal Locations for "Sparking an Interest" in front of the Prancing Pony should now be available more frequently.
  
• The Anniversary Event wrapper "Another Lovely Year" can now be turned in to Waldo Rumble after the completion of 7 Anniversary Quests and/or Anniversary Missions. NOTE: This fix requires the quest to be reset. Current quest progress has been lost with the release of Update 44.2.
  
• The objectives at the end of "A Gift for the North" have been adjusted for clarity.

• Rowan Raspberry has retired for the season.
  
• Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound Lootboxes contain new "Able Angler" cosmetic items including avatar cosmetics, a steed and matching war-steed cosmetics, a bear cosmetic pet, and new housing items including a chair and painting. These items are also available on Myrtle Mint for Figments of Splendour.
  
• Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound Lootboxes also now contain a Pack of the Able Angler and Desk of the Able Angler. These items are not yet available for barter.
  
• The following cosmetics and housing items are now available on on Myrtle Mint for Figments of Splendour: Mask of the Silent Hunter, Cloak of the Silent Hunter, Hooded Cloak of the Silent Hunter, Settee of the Silent Hunter, & Garden Perch of the Silent Hunter.
  
• A number of items have been moved from Myrtle Mint onto The Curator. 

• Warning indicators for Charging Lions should now render regardless of your "Dynamic Particle Rendering" setting selection.
  
• Bugfixes and Tuning Adjustments:
  
• Weaponmaster Mâkhragab
  
• Reduced Induction time of these skills: Command: Loose, Command: Throw, and Cruel Dagger.
  
• Fixed an issue where players were not always being freed from Pinning Spear.
  
• Fixed an issue where players were not released if the boss dies while they are pinned.
  
• Ushdâla, Lady of the Pride
  
• Reduced the cooldown on Ravenous Lioness' Vicious Claw
  
• Reduced the cooldown on Unleash the Pride
  
• Reduced the cooldown on Shoot to Kill
  
• Increased Damage of Focused Shot (Distributed)
  
• Zidunâm, the Serpent Reborn
  
• Fixed an issue where the Serpent's Glare beam was not visible after a wipe.
  
• Reduced the cooldown on Serpent's Cry
  
• Increased Damage of Coiled Strike

• The Black Serpent Scale > Sand-worn Copper Token exchange no longer erroneously requires 10 Copper Tokens in addition to the scale.
  
• The Guardian set "Claymore of the West" now correctly improves the Damage of all Bleeds.
  
• Shields found in Dun Shuma chests can now correctly disenchant into Embers of Enchantment.
  
• The Temple of Utug-bûr: Garash will no longer summon fragments during the normal stages of the fight.
  
• The Subuzûri and Ekhamâti forces at Garash Kâru in Ambarûl now play combat sounds when you approach them. 
  
• Elder Roshat in Khûtra on the Cape of Umbar no longer despawns if you leave the Elder Hall without accepting "The Wellspring" quest. 
  
• Gorthorogs should no longer become stuck in their fist-pump animation loop.
  
• FRENCH:
  
• Translation for the "Deeds Before Words" objective has been updated with the "Inspire" skill instead of "Influence" Skill.
  
• The translation for the Beorning Quarter master at Bej Mâgha, Cape of Umbar has been updated.
  
• GERMAN:
  
• Translations for "Tall Decorative Walls (Smials)" have been updated.  

• An issue has been corrected in the "Year 9 Tales: Gandalf" quest where fireworks failed to appear. These fireworks now appear correctly.
  
• The number of ideal locations available for the Anniversary quest "Sparking an Interest" has been increased.
  
• The mission wrappers "On A Mission (Weekly)" and "On A Continuing Mission (Weekly)" have been reset. This was done to allow the Missions associated with the Anniversary Event to count toward these quests.
  
• FRENCH: The Luck-Stealer and Luck-Maker Anniversary titles now display the proper translations in French.

• The following bundles now contain their expected items, and bundles that have been previously acquired can now be opened:
  
• Ornate Warrior's Shield Displays Bundle
  
• Banners of Bree-land Bundle
  
• World-traveller's Throw Rugs Bundle
  
• All-Encompassing World-Traveller's Runner Bundle
  
• Cozy Cusions of Moria Bundle
  
• The "Tapestry of the Shield-maiden" and "Tapestry of the Mearas" (Left-facing and Right-facing) now face the correct direction when placed on a hook.
  
• All items in the "Warrior's Wall Displays Bundle" now face the correct direction when placed on a hook.
  
• The sideways tapestries of Lalia's Market are no longer sideways.
  
• Several new cosmetic, 2-handed axe appearances purchased in Lalias's Market were incorrectly configured to appear as one-handed weapons. They now correctly function and display as 2-handed axes.
  
• The default orientation for the housing decoration "Painting of the Old Forest" is now correct for wall hooks.

• With the release of "Dun Shûma, the King's Fortress", travel skills to Dun Shûma have been added to the Hamâti Quartermaster in Iridír. Purchasing the travel skills requires completion of the Crown of Hamât story arc.
  
• "Travel to Premium House" skill:
  
• If your skill was giving you the error "The address you have entered is incorrect." it should now work correctly. Additionally, setting your primary residence from the Character -> House panel now updates the destination of the "Travel to Premium House" skill correctly.
  
• The "Travel to Premium House" skill no longer automatically updates to newly purchased premium houses. Please use the "Character -> House" panel to set your primary residence and target of the "Travel to Premium House" skill.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Crown of Hamât quest "Sabotaging Kûr Anzar" wherein a Subuzuri was visible outside of the assault on Kûr An.
  
• Nisigurm in Imhular now has correct radar images.
  
• We have updated the summoned orcs coming out of the Orc Tunnels in Delvings to correctly show their attack skills in the corresponding colour.
  
• Fixed bug causing incorrectly colored frills when Frill Terrain Color graphics option is enabled.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused DX10 Dynamic Shadows - Very High setting to always be in shadow.
  
• Fixed an issue with the new Crown of Hamât landmarks not appearing on maps after discovery.
  
• Fixed a typo in the Sand-smoothed Burl instance currency description.
  
• The Mariner's Barad Guldur helm-slot item name has been corrected from "Shoulders" to "Cowl."
  
• The Burglar's Barad Guldur set bonus now correctly reduces the cooldown of Coup de Grace as stated in its tooltip.

• Several instance currencies for level 150 can now be exchanged with one another at relevant Quartermasters:
  
• 1 Cold-iron Token > 3 Sand-worn Copper Tokens
  
• 10 Sand-worn Copper Tokens > 1 Cold-iron Token
  
• Any Iron Signet from Utug-bûr > 2 Cold-iron Tokens
  
• 12 Cold-iron Tokens and 2,500 Embers > One Iron signet from Utug-bûr of any kind (requires completion of The Temple of Utug-bûr on tier 2 difficulty)
  
• 7 Cold-iron Tokens and 2,500 Embers > 1 Menacing Tentacle (requires completion of The Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo on tier 3 difficulty )
  
• Sword-hall and Warg Pens chests now correctly drop fellowship-tradeable loot.
  
• Sammath Gul
  
• Guldur Corpses will now apply corruptions to nearby denizens of Sammath Gul when they die.
  
• Demafaer now gains power while their fell-shield is suppressed by the power of bones.
  
• Demafaer gains a powerful skill when empowered by the corruptions of defeated Guldur Corpses.
  
• Demafaer's chest now contains an additional level 65 cloak.
  
• Damage dealt by Urchír's Death's Finger skill has been reduced by 66%.
  
• Barad Guldur
  
• Dúrchest's inactive armour reinforcements have been banished back to their holding pen beneath the floor.
  
• Sword-hall of Dol Guldur
  
• Damage dealt by Durkâr's Earth Shock Wave has been increased ~5x.
  
• The Temple of Utug-bûr
  
• Thûr Hin
  
• Khablag's Stolen Strength can now only stack up to 12 times max.
  
• Inner Sanctum
  
• We permanently disabled two skills previously used in the Tier 3 Boss 6 fight of the Inner Sanctum.
  
• After resetting combat for Azagath, the Aladi, or Garash, player skills should now properly reset.
  
• Addressed an issue that could cause the last boss of the Utûg-bur raid to not behave correctly.

• Baker's Delight Fireworks
  
• Eighteen-Year Frame
  
• Title: , Luck-maker
  
• Monster Players (Premium and VIP):

• Luck-stealer Fireworks
  
• Eighteen-Year Frame
  
• +5% Attack Damage x5 - consumable
  
• Title: , Luck-stealer

• Tome of the Baker's Delight Cub
  
• Steed of Baker's Delight
  
• Shoes of Baker's Delight
  
• Hat of Baker's Delight
  
• Jacket and Leggings of Baker's Delight
  
• Baker's Delight Garments - Gift-wrapped Selection Box
  
• Dining Table of Baker's Delight
  
• Dining Chair of Baker's Delight
  
• Banner of Baker's Delight

• Ceremonial Staff of the Searcher
  
• Ceremonial Spear of Battle
  
• Ceremonial Boar-tooth Dagger
  
• Ceremonial Sword of the Mountains
  
• Ceremonial Bow of the Hills
  
• Ceremonial Cleaved Halberd
  
• Ceremonial Great Hammer of Runes

• Baker's Delight Fireworks - consumable
  
• Luck-stealer Fireworks - consumable

• Tome of the Baker's Delight Cub
  
• Steed of Baker's Delight
  
• Shoes of Baker's Delight
  
• Hat of Baker's Delight
  
• Jacket and Leggings of Baker's Delight
  
• Baker's Delight Garments - Gift-wrapped Selection Box
  
• Dining Table of Baker's Delight
  
• Dining Chair of Baker's Delight
  
• Banner of Baker's Delight

• Ceremonial Staff of the Searcher
  
• Ceremonial Spear of Battle
  
• Ceremonial Boar-tooth Dagger
  
• Ceremonial Sword of the Mountains
  
• Ceremonial Bow of the Hills
  
• Ceremonial Cleaved Halberd
  
• Ceremonial Great Hammer of Runes

• Baker's Delight Fireworks - consumable
  
• Luck-stealer Fireworks - consumable

• Baker's Delight Fireworks
  
• Eighteen-Year Frame
  
• Title: , Luck-maker

• Luck-stealer Fireworks
  
• Eighteen-Year Frame
  
• +5% Attack Damage x5 - consumable
  
• Title: , Luck-stealer

• The release of Legacy of Morgoth in 2024 brought a new VIP feature for players, and that feature is now being expanded to nearly all of the Reputations throughout the game. The Favored Reputation System grants all characters on a VIP account a bonus to earned Reputation once at least one character on your account has achieved at least Friend rank within a Reputation Faction. Newly-added Reputation Factions in Update 44 are:
  
• Men of Bree
  
• Council of the North
  
• Thorin's Hall
  
• The Wardens of Annúminas
  
• The Eglain
  
• Rangers of Esteldín
  
• The Mathom Society
  
• Elves of Rivendell
  
• Defenders of The Angle
  
• The Eldgang
  
• Lossoth of Forochel
  
• Iron Garrison Guards
  
• Iron Garrison Miners
  
• Galadhrim
  
• Malledhrim
  
• The Grey Company
  
• Algraid, Men of Enedwatih
  
• Men of Dunland
  
• Théodred's Riders
  
• The Riders of Stangard
  
• Heroes of Limlight Gorge
  
• Men of the Wold
  
• Men of the Norcrofts
  
• Men of the Sutcrofts
  
• Men of the Entwash Vale
  
• People of Widlermore
  
• Survivors of Wildermore
  
• The Eorlingas
  
• The Helmingas
  
• The Ents of Fangorn Forest
  
• Dol Amroth (This does NOT include the sub-factions)
  
• Pelargir
  
• Men of Ringló Vale
  
• Men of Dor-en-Ernil
  
• Men of Lebennin
  
• Rangers of Ithilien
  
• Defenders of Minas Tirith
  
• Riders of Rohan
  
• Host of the West (This does NOT include the Sub-factions)
  
• Conquest of Gorgoroth
  
• Men of Dale
  
• Elves of Felegoth
  
• Dwarves of Erebor
  
• Grey Mountains Expedition
  
• Wilderfolk
  
• The White Company
  
• Reclamation of Minas Ithil
  
• The Great Alliance
  
• March on Gundabad
  
• The Gabil'akkâ
  
• The League of the Axe
  
• Woodcutter's Brotherhood
  
• The Habban'akkâ of Thráin
  
• Kharum-ubnâr
  
• Reclaimers of the Mountain-hold
  
• The Yonder-watch
  
• Dúnedain of Cardolan
  
• Stewards of Iron-home
  
• The Renewal of Gondor
  
• and The Citizens of of Umbar Baharbêl

• A change to the Thorin's Hall Hard Tack event now provides an uncooked version of the Dish, Brew, and Snack before using the ovens. You will not get the final
  
• product until the item is successfully delivered to the tables.
  
• We have re-worked the Combe Forester Event as follows:
  
• The event will begin every hour on the hour.
  
• A call will go out to Bree-land when the event starts recruiting; recruiting lasts 10 minutes.
  
• Axes still need to be collected.
  
• Using the Wood Piles, while you have the Axe, grants you Unrefined Wood.
  
• Using the competition workbenches, while you have the event Axe, grants you Refined Wood.
  
• Aldith will collect the Axe and the Refined Wood before you move to the next stage,
  
• You must have a tool that allows skinning, universal or a Foresters Axe equipped, to skin the bears.
  
• You must have a tool that allows skinning, universal or a Foresters Axe equipped, to refine the bear hides.
  
• The event countdowns, cooldowns, and statuses should no longer fall out of synch with the servers.
  
• Whetstones obtained from the Forester Event now appear as Crated Items in the Auction House.
  
• Whetstones obtained from the Forester Event can now be removed from Mail.

• Guardian
  
• Retaliation now has extra verbiage explaining that it cannot be used while specialized in 'The Keen Blade.'
  
• Lore-master
  
• Lore-master The aurochs pet should now interact correctly with all Lore-master traits and skills.
  
• "Don't You Touch Him" is no longer erroneously cleansable
  
• Rune-keeper
  
• Rune-keeper Static Surge now has a 10 target cap limit. It will now correctly benefit from traceries and other bonuses to target counts.
  
• Combat & Monsters:
  
• Goblin Sappers in the Vales of Anduin no longer stay in an over the head pose after throwing their firepots.
  
• Applying a new Daze to an already Dazed target will no longer cause the Daze visual effects to be removed.
  
• Gundabad Bat-riders now use bat-specific animations for their special attacks.

• All versions of the Umbari Feasts have been standardized to a minimum level of 141, with no maximum level.

• Talagan Silvertongue will no longer turn to face you when he is kneeling in the Elf tutorial Instance: "The Refuge of Edheliona".
  
• The Lothlorien quests "Malbrethil Saplings" and "Songs for the Saplings" should now function correctly.
  
• The quests "On a Mission (Weekly)" and "On a Continuing Mission (Weekly)" have been updated to accept new Crown of Hamât missions.
  
• The quest "Forging a Path in the Ikorbân Valley (Weekly)" has been updated to remove bounties and accept new Crown of Hamât missions. Completing either existing Ikorbân Valley or Crown of Hamât missions will progress the quest. Note: this will version these weekly quests upon release, causing weekly progress to reset.

• Hot spots have been visually updated for clarity.
  
• Tul Zakana, The Well of Forgetting
  
• Ordakhai Sorcerers in the Well of Forgetting no longer attempt to use a shadow skill for which they do not have appropriate animations.
  
• Consuming Fire now has a slightly longer delay before it activates.
  
• Consuming Fire damage has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Temple of Utug-bûr
  
• Dhorgruth
  
• The Death Grip skill used by crawling arms on tier 3 now has the correct AoE size and shape: 120 degree angle and 3m range. 
  
• Thur Hin
  
• Weeping Poison now deals Acid damage.
  
• Frenzied Axe now correctly tiers up a bleed.
  
• Shield of Blood now prevents Blood Rupture.
  
• Plague Aura damage reduced on Tiers 2 and 3.
  
• Reduced the number of mobs that can apply the targeted Purge Hope effect.
  
• Adjustments to Boss 2 all tiers:
  
• Nodules reaching blisters will now apply a stun to players for 5 seconds and apply a tier of true despair to players in a slightly larger area.
  
• Nodules reaching blisters will now explode and deal raid-wide damage.
  
• Nodule damage from exploding is increased.
  
• If no blisters or fragments are available for nodules to attack, they will now default to attacking players or pets.
  
• Adjustments to Boss 2 Tier 3:
  
• The skill Drain Reason will now Randomize targets when it is multi-cast. This should reduce a single target being hit by all of the skill plays simultaneously.
  
• There was an effect appearing on players that should not have been visible in Temple of Utûg-bur Wing 3, this effect is now hidden.
  
• Setting an instance to Duo will now be based on Solo difficulty and rewards rather than 3-person values.
  
• Note that Duos can still freely play 3-person mode if they desire the additional challenge.

• Endgame group content has been updated for the release of Mirkwood on the legendary servers Angmar and Mordor. Base Health and Damage have been increased for most monsters found within level 65 endgame instances, including those from the Mirkwood and In Their Absence content clusters. These changes should help make those instances harder to complete without full groups when played on-level. In particular, the level 65 instance tiers have been updated so that the Tier 2 Enhancement buff has values more similar to Tier 2 mods found in later instance clusters. Tier 1 should likewise provide an easier stepping stone for any groups that struggled with level 60 instances after they were updated.
  
• Warg Pens
  
• Statistical changes only at this time.
  
• Sword-hall of Dol Guldur
  
• Statistical changes only at this time.
  
• Dungeons of Dol Guldur
  
• Statistical changes only at this time.
  
• Sammath Gul
  
• Statistical changes only at this time.
  
• Barad Guldur
  
• Knockbacks from Mace-wielding armours are now less likely and have longer cooldowns.
  
• Shadow Seed's damage has been renamed so that it is more clearly associated with its source skill.
  
• The corruption auras applied by the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur once again correctly debuff different damage types:
  
• Slowing Shadows reduces Ranged Damage.
  
• Draining Shadows reduces Melee Damage.
  
• Corrupting Shadows reduces Tactical Damage.
  
• Stoneheight
  
• All of the corruptions that bosses gain over time are now more potent.
  
• Backstbber goblins now have backstab and bleed skills.
  
• Gundul
  
• Gundul's Ally Buff skill now has an interruptable induction and heals allies.
  
• Bubhosh-grat
  
• Morale bubble potency has been dramatically increased.
  
• Pull skill now only targets players at range.
  
• Grinding Bones damage now has a small amount of resistance penetration.
  
• Bubhosh-grat will now wait 5 minutes before using Champion's Rage.
  
• Dale Truitt
  
• Flashing Knives is now a much smaller AoE that does some base damage to any player hit (and still deals bonus damage to his current target).
  
• Flashing Knives is no longer interruptable on Tier 2.
  
• Dale Truitt will now stun his target only if that target is at range.
  
• Dale Truitt can now periodically daze any player at range.
  
• Northcotton Farm
  
• Legbarthil
  
• Legbarthil's hatchling heal potency has been significantly impacted.
  
• Legbarthil's Egg will hatch after 5s, rather than 10s.
  
• Legbarthil can now lay more eggs on low health.
  
• Legbarthil now gains power each time she lays an egg.
  
• Thadur
  
• The Dark Thorn skill should once again work as intended.
  
• Umheryn
  
• On Tier 2, spiders and goblins will be summoned periodically throughout the fight.
  
• The time allowance before Thadur's brew is complete has been reduced by 2 minutes.
  
• Sari-surma
  
• Coldbear
  
• Removed a few inductions to speed up Coldbear's overall skill usage.
  
• Significantly altered both shout skills so that coldbear now gains power as intended until using roar of the damned.
  
• Coldbear's reflect now has an induction and the reflect only lasts 5s.
  
• Osan
  
• Fixed a couple key skills and renamed a couple effects so that it's clearer which skills are gained from which auras.
  
• Removed aura skills from shared cooldown.
  
• Set different cooldowns for key skills based on instance tier.
  
• Essence of Blood DoT now has a name which matches its skill.
  
• Essence of Frailty now has a unique debuff effect (named appropriately).
  
• Lesser wight reflects only return 5% of incoming damage to the player.
  
• Drugoth
  
• Fixed a few issues with Drugoth's class-specific skills. Specifically, the Brawler and Mariner skills now play only when the corresponding class is being locked down by spirits, and all class-based skills should be used more consistently. the spirits also gain short buff when they spawn to help improve their defenses and give a little more breathing room for Drugoth to use a stolen skill before the spirits are killed.
  
• Several Guardian and Drugoth skills were adjusted to reduce the number of knockbacks in this encounter significantly.
  
• Frozen Floor now deals damage and applies a permanent debuff to players hit.
  
• Lost Temple
  
• Virulent Plague happens 33% more frequently, and the time before Ferndur fills the room with poison has correspondingly been reduced from 11 minutes to 7 minutes 30 seconds.
  
• Ost Dunhoth
  
• Gortheron now reaches maximum power much more quickly, and his power effects are less potent and more clearly named.
  
• Gortheron should no longer benefit from player group buffs and heals.

• Rubble Piles in the Gundabad Mission "Clearing a Path" can no longer be forced to turn with the Burglar Diversion skill.
  
• Mission banners, catapults, and siege towers, destroyed in the missions in the Before the Shadow missions now have burning effects when they are being destroyed.

• The Long Umbari Marble Ramp decoration item can now only be used in enormous yard hooks, interior wall hooks, and interior furniture hooks.
  
• All Premium Neighborhood Brokers, and the Umbar/Ikorban Furnishers now exchange Housing Writs and Mithril Coins for Homesteading Coins.
  
• Umbar/Ikorban Furnishers now accept Homesteading Coins instead of Writs for their barter purchases.

• Barter costs have been adjusted for many pieces of generic uncommon and rare skirmish equipment bartered with marks and medallions.
  
• Many pieces of level 60 equipment were giving invisible stat benefits beyond what their tooltips suggested. This has been fixed, so your character stats should update in accordance with the values seen on your equipment.
  
• The Mariner's epic Helegrod armour set now correctly has a set bonus effect.
  
• Level 65 Rewards: Equipment for level 65 has been revised, and some items now have slightly different stats to better reflect current class designs.
  
• Completing instances from the Mirkwood cluster at level 65 will once again award you with Medallions of Dol Guldur.
  
• Completing instances from the In Their Absence cluster at level 65 will once again award you with Medallions of the North Men.
  
• Note: not all barter vendors are updated to give you more items on which to spend these medallions.
  
• Raid armour sets can no longer be acquired with marks and medallions - you will need to earn the corresponding raid barter tokens by completing the raids at level 65 in order to barter for these equipment sets.
  
• As with level 50 and 60 this past year, sets are in the process of being revised with current class designs in mind. In particular, heavy armour classes are likely missing raid set bonuses entirely in this build, so don't worry if you try to check those out and find them mysteriously blank at the moment.
  
• Level 60 set bonuses were erroneously capped at a max level of 69, and have been corrected to have max levels of 64.
  
• Mirkwood and In Their Absence instance chests have been reconfigured to drop their original loot for instances run at level 65, with a few changes:
  
• Items should now be fellowship tradeable for one hour if they were not previously.
  
• Raid chests can now only be opened once before you are locked, and locks reset 3x weekly (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday).
  
• Instance chests can now only be opened 10x daily before you are locked (with the exception of challenge chests, which are still 1x daily).
  
• A handful of chests are not finished being updated - this includes non-final-boss chests in Stoneheight, Northcotton Farm, Sari-surma, and Lost Temple.

• Monster Player damage and healing have been increased by ~7.5%.
  
• Monster Player traits and effects have been updated to item level 525 equivalent values.

• The mailbox and mustering horn will no longer appear in the "Sigileth in the Dark" instance.
  
• Various terrain texture issues in Eriador have been corrected.
  
• Various decorative and floating resource node issues in Khud Zagin have been fixed.
  
• Various pathing issues in Utug Bur have been resolved.
  
• Wildermore now displays as Wildermore when entering the region, and on the Stable-master panel.

• FRENCH:
  
• Secure the Landing of Kur Anzar - turn-in dialogue now displays properly.
  
• Translations for Light damage in French have been updated.

• The command in the tooltip on the Grant the Epic Coin Flip Emote item has been corrected to read /coinflip_epic.
  
• Fixed a bug with guards carrying lit torches to cause terrain lighting to flicker.

• The virtue cap has been increased to 96 for level 150 characters.
  
• NPCs inside the House of Craft, Minas Tirith [Midsummer] will no longer use incorrect pre-battle voice over audio.
  
• All Banker NPCs can now repair items.
  
• Lórien now displays properly in 'The Basics of Birding' guide.
  
• Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast adjustments are now available in Windowed mode.

• The French titles "Luck-Maker" and "Luck-Stealer" have the incorrect translations in game as : "Lame cachée" and "Lame voleuse".  They will be updated to "créateur/créatrice de fortune" and "voleur/voleuse de fortune" in a subsequent update.