# The Lord of the Rings Online changelog > Join the world’s greatest fellowship of players in the award-winning online re-creation of J. - Vendor: Standing Stone Games - Category: Games - Official site: https://signup.lotro.com/lotro.php?ftui=LOTROSteam&abrs=1 - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online) - Harvested from: Steam (app 212500) - Entries below: 25 of 30 (newest first; the rest are on https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. ## Releases ### Update 49 Release Notes - Date: 2026-07-22 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/693141584174121203 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-693141584174121203 - **added** — Angmarim Sorceress Monster Play class is now available for purchase in the LOTRO Store - **changed** — Glory and Infamy earning formula updated to reduce kill value for players organized in raids in the Ettenmoors - **changed** — Artifact capture mechanics redesigned with drop-and-recover system allowing manual drops via unique skill or automatic drops on death - **changed** — Artifact reset cooldown changed from 30 minutes to 2-minute timer when dropped, after which artifact returns to last location - **added** — Artifact bearer gains immunity to movement modifying effects and stealth while carrying aligned artifact - **added** — Escalating damage effect applied to artifact bearer carrying enemy artifact, becoming more lethal every 90 seconds - **changed** — Relic capture moved from Rottenroot and Gwaelug to The Delving of Frór with new visages of Sauron and Gil-gâlad - **added** — Relic control grants movement speed, damage output, Commendation earnings, and Glory or Infamy bonuses, doubled when controlling both relics - **added** — Tower defenders can now deploy three ballista variants at Tírith Rhaw and Lugazag including traditional ballista, explosive blast ballista, and sticky substance ballista - **changed** — Distance restriction between defensive siege units reduced to 12 meters allowing more ballista deployment - **added** — Attackers can choose from two battering ram variants with new ram dealing more damage but being more easily destroyed - **added** — New entrances and exits added to the Delving of Frór enabling rapid travel across Ettenmoors - **changed** — Delving bosses return with new abilities and renewed strength, no longer prevented from entering by outpost control - **added** — Enemies in Delving of Frór provide powerful potions and salves for Players and Monster Players - **added** — Free Peoples can recover rare ore in Delving of Frór to forge equipment designed for Ettenmoors combat - **added** — Four new quests available from War-tyrant at Gramsfoot and Captain-General at Glân Vraig to fight Gaergoth and enemy forces - **added** — New dyes available from Filbert Fig, Myrtle Mint, and Rowan Raspberry in exchange for Figments of Splendour - **changed** — Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound Lootbox cosmetics refreshed with new items including Azog's Sword, tattered clothing, cloaks, cosmetic pets, housing decorations, and dyes ##### **Update 49 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 49: In Good Company, released on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. _As Mizadi's forces march across Harad to restore order, warriors and wanderers alike find rare moments to reflect, celebrate, and share laughter among old friends and trusted companions. Yet within the iron walls of Carn Dûm, the masters of Angmar muster fresh armies and forge new plans for war. Beneath the Ettenmoors, an Ancient Evil stirs anew, reclaiming the forgotten depths as new champions flock to its banner. With each passing day, the enemy's strength grows, threatening to drive back the Free Folk and carry the conflict far beyond the Ettenmoors. Will you answer the clarion call and take up arms in the coming struggle, or seek refuge in the fading peace of home and hearth while you still can?_ ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **The Angmarim Sorceress has arrived!** The Angmarim Sorceress is our exciting new Monster Play class! The Angmarim Sorceress is available for purchase in the LOTRO Store, and purchase is required for access. VIPs get 30% off all Angmarim Sorceress bundles through August 5! ##### **Ettenmoors Updates and Enhancements!** Update 49 brings big changes to your PvMP experience: - **Earning Infamy and Glory has been updated:** We have made a change to the formula used to determine the amount of Glory and Infamy earned while in larger groups of players in the Ettenmoors. This will reduce the value of a kill while players and monster players are organized in raids.​ - **Artifact Capture has been enhanced:** **NOTE: Artifacts will become available with our next game update. See Known Issues for more information.** The battle for control of the Crown of Mordírith and Gift of the Carrock capture is shifting. While the core objective remains the same, players can now seize the opposing artifact from Ost Ringdyr of Dar-gâzag and deliver it to your keep or recover your own Artifact from the enemy keep. - Artifacts now have a drop-and-recover mechanic, allowing players and monster players to manually drop their artifacts by using a unique skill granted upon pickup, or drop the artifact immediately on death. - The 30-minute reset cooldown has been removed and replaced with a 2-minute timer when the artifact is dropped. After two minutes the artifact returns to its last location.​ - Carrying an artifact is safe while holding your aligned artifact, but dangerous when carrying the enemy artifact. An escalating damage effect becomes more lethal to the Artifact bearer every 90 seconds and without support, could force them to drop the Artifact too soon. - Carrying an artifact makes the bearer immune to movement modifying effects and the ability to enter stealth.​ - **Relic Capture: **Relics are moving to The Delving of Frór. The visage of Sauron at Rottenroot, and the visage of Gil-gâlad at Gwaelug. Claiming a relic grants a modest boost to your movement speed, damage output, Commendation earnings, and your Glory or Infamy gains. Controlling both relics simultaneously doubles the potency of these buffs. - **Siege Warfare Updates**​: At the towers of Tírith Rhaw and Lugazag, the siege has begun. Defenders now have three options for the ballista they can deploy to defend a tower; the traditional ballista, a new ballista that launches explosive blasts, and a third that launches a sticky substance to coat the ground and slow enemies. In addition to these new ballistae, defenders can deploy more of these defensive siege units, as the distance restriction between them is reduced to 12 meters.​ - Attackers facing a fully reinforced gate at a tower can now choose from two variants of battering ram, and they can deploy as many rams as they desire. The new battering ram deals more damage but is more easily destroyed.​ - **Rediscover the Delving of Frór: **Find new entrances into and out of the Delving, allowing for rapid travel across the Ettenmoors for those who don't fear the den _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/693141584174121203]_ ### Update 48.8 Release Notes - Date: 2026-07-01 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/717908846920600756 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-717908846920600756 - **changed** — Reduced rubble pile sizes in the public dungeon Dungeons of Barad-dûr in Dor Amarth to allow for easier traversal - **fixed** — The quest Lost Lore of Gorgoroth: Dor Amarth is no longer blocked by an offending rubble pile - **added** — Added a new Tier 3 deed in Pagru-kirít, Garden of Corpses - **changed** — Reduced ranged on Khardâmu's Rending Cleave - **added** — Added additional check for Khardâmu's banner effects - **changed** — Reduced effective range on Khardâmu's Ending Strike - **changed** — Increased cooldown of Ushkudâsh's Weave Shadows - **changed** — Increased cooldown on Ushkudâsh's Song of Nuzêru - **changed** — Reduced area size of Ushkudâsh's Song of Nuzêru pulsing from players - **changed** — Reduced damage on Ushkudâsh's Shadow Spit - **added** — Added callout for Ushkudâsh's Call for Aid - **changed** — Reduced frontal size for the Spawn of Ushkudâsh's fire breath - **changed** — Reduced damage on Ushkudâsh's Shattering Roar - **fixed** — Echoes of Nuzêru can no longer heal other Echoes of Nuzêru - **fixed** — Rotting Blood now correctly gets removed when a player is healed to full health on Tier 3 ##### **Update 48.8 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.8: A Glorious Hunt, Patch 8, released on Wednesday, July 1st, 2026. ##### **News and Notes:** - Within the public dungeon "Dungeons of Barad-dûr" in Dor Amarth, rubble piles have been reduced in size to allow for easier traversal. Additionally the quest "Lost Lore of Gorgoroth: Dor Amarth" is no longer blocked by an offending rubble pile. - Pagru-kirít, Garden of Corpses - A new Tier 3 deed has been added for those up to the challenge! - Trash - Reduced ranged on Rending Cleave - Khardâmu - Added additional check for banner effects - Reduced effective range on Ending Strike - Ushkudâsh - Increased cooldown of Weave Shadows - Increased cooldown on Song of Nuzêru - Reduced Area size of Song of Nuzêru pulsing from players - Reduced damage on Shadow Spit - Added callout for Call for Aid - Reduced frontal size for the Spawn of Ushkudâsh fire breath - Reduced damage on Shattering Roar - Echoes of Nuzêru can no longer heal other Echoes of Nuzêru - Rotting Blood now correctly gets removed when a player is healed to full health on Tier 3. ### Update 48.7 Release Notes - Date: 2026-06-24 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/717908846920597717 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-717908846920597717 - **fixed** — Khardâmu in Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses should no longer reset banner health when using Consuming Call - **fixed** — The Leaping Fish Kite will now work to advance the Midsummer Festival quest Let's Go Fly a Kite ##### **Update 48.7 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 48.7 A Glorious Hunt, Patch 7, released on Wednesday, June 24th, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses will unlock Tier 3!** Tier 3 of Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses unlocks this Thursday, June 25th starting at 12:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). The Tier 3 Leading the Charge deed will be available until Monday August 10th at 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT). Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses is FREE to VIPs and available as part of the Quest Pack "A Glorious Hunt." ##### **News and Notes:** - Khardâmu, in Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses, should no longer reset banner health when using Consuming Call. - The Leaping Fish Kite will now work to advance the Midsummer Festival quest "Let's Go Fly a Kite". ### Update 48.6 Release Notes - Date: 2026-06-17 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/707775112793819278 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-707775112793819278 - **added** — New 6-player instance Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses available through Tier 2 difficulty, with Tier 3 available June 25th - **added** — Pocket item for barter that increases lesser wraith encounter frequency from approximately 7 minutes to approximately 4 minutes - **added** — Additional tier of Reputation added for the top levels of the barter system in Veil of the Nine - **fixed** — Corrected issue with higher-level barter profiles in Veil of the Nine - **fixed** — Corrected issue where Monster Player Rewards were displaying in certain Free People character's Reward Track panel - **changed** — Amount of Tattered Shadows granted for defeating lesser wraiths has been increased - **changed** — Quest Tracker overall height returned to previous size and long objective descriptions no longer use extra line with ellipses overflow indicator, instead moving ellipses to the right side of tracked quest UI ##### Update 48.6 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.6: Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses, released on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026. ##### Of Special Note: ##### A new 6-player instance has arrived! A new 6-player instance, Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses is available through Tier 2 difficulty with the launch of update 48.6. Free to VIPs or unlocked with purchase of the Quest Pack: A Glorious Hunt. Tier 3 will be available at noon on Thursday June 25th. The Tier 3 Leading the Charge deed will be available until Monday August 10th at 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT). ##### News and Notes: - Veil of the Nine (Ringwraith event): - We have corrected an issue with the higher-level barter profiles. - A pocket item has been added for barter that can increase lesser wraith encounter frequency. (~7 min -> ~4 min) - The amount of Tattered Shadows granted for defeating lesser wraiths has been increased. - An additional tier of Reputation has been added for the top levels of the barter system. - Quest Tracker: Overall height has been returned to the previous size. To reduce cutoff for the last tracked quest in the quest tracker list, long objective descriptions no longer use an extra line containing the ellipses ("...") overflow indicator. The ellipses has instead been moved to the right side of the tracked quest UI. - Corrected an issue where the Monster Player Rewards were displaying in certain Free People character's Reward Track panel. ### Update 48.5 Release Notes - Date: 2026-06-11 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/678501080802263908 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-678501080802263908 - **added** — The 2026 Midsummer Festival featuring new rewards including Flowering Sun avatar cosmetics, Elk mount, Eagle-owl cosmetic pet, and housing decorations - **added** — Shield Isles Midsummer Run horse race at the Midsummer Festival where players can earn Midsummer tokens and the title Sea Horse-master - **fixed** — Gothmog's Mace fire effects are now only visible when the weapon is visible in Monsterplay - **fixed** — Trait Tree Panel UI content selection no longer shifts when the panel size exceeds the screen size - **fixed** — Trait Tree Panel trait dependency arrows now scale better with the panel size - **fixed** — Tooltips for UI elements now correctly scale with the Tooltips UI scale slider ##### Update 48.5 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.5, released on Thursday, June 11, 2026. ##### Of Special Note: ##### The 2026 Midsummer Festival has arrived! The festival runs from Thursday June 11th starting at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Wednesday July 1st. New rewards are available for barter, including Flowering Sun avatar cosmetics, Elk mount, Eagle-owl cosmetic pet, and housing decorations. Read our guide to the event on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com!): [https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-midsummer-festival-guide-en](https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-midsummer-festival-guide-en) At this year's Midsummer Festival, the freebooters of Furtherholm are introducing a new horse race, the Shield Isles Midsummer Run! Race around the tropical paradise of Zír Aktar and earn Midsummer tokens. Complete the race enough times to become a seaside sensation and earn extra Midsummer Tokens, 500 Virtue Experience Points, and the title Sea Horse-master. To begin the race, speak to Lêkhar, the Shield Isles Race Master, on the west side of The Cracked Flagon. To get to Furtherholm, talk to Ikhajât in front of the City Stables in Minas Tirith (Midsummer). She can also be found at the Party Tree, Thorin's Hall Inn, inside The Prancing Pony and The Festival Garden in Duillond. ##### News and Notes: - Monsterplay: Gothmog's Mace fire FX is now only visible when the weapon is visible. - Trait Tree Panel - UI content selection no longer shifts when the panel size exceeds the screen size. - Trait Tree Panel - Trait dependancy arrows scale better with the panel size. - Tooltips for UI elements correctly scale with the Tooltips UI scale slider again. ### Update 48.4 Release Notes - Date: 2026-06-03 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/712277443918954709 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-712277443918954709 - **changed** — Angmar and Mordor Legendary Worlds now have a level cap of 105 - **changed** — Maximum item level for Legendary Items increased to 250 - **added** — All six previously-seen Veil of the Nine Ringwraiths are now rotated into the game during this level cap - **added** — The Throne of the Dread Terror raid opens on Angmar and Mordor - **added** — 18th Legendary Items Reward Track is now available with rewards including Incomparable Coffer of the Ambarûl Property Guard, Tome of the Arabian Pony Pet, Legendary Coffer of the Hamât Renewed Protectors, and Tome of the Tame Hyena - **added** — 7th PvMP Reward Track is now available with new appearances for each Monster Play class and cosmetic weapon items - **fixed** — Housing Shared Storage capacity has been updated for certain non-kinship premium houses purchased during the launch of Rivendell housing - **changed** — Retry timer on all festival horse races reduced from five minutes to one minute - **changed** — Cost to repeat festival horse races sooner than the daily cooldown reduced from 5 Mithril Coins to 3 Mithril Coins - **changed** — Cosmetic weapons Gundabad Captain's Bow and Wight's Great Axe now hide when the user is not in combat - **changed** — Visual appearance of the Wight's Great Axe has been upgraded - **fixed** — Telemnar now spawns correctly in the private instance The Silent Street, no longer blocking progress - **changed** — Lions now have more natural looking out-of-combat idle animations for Maned Lion and Proud Lioness cosmetic pets - **fixed** — Fixed incorrect physics and origin placement of Rivendell housing decorations - **changed** — Rivendell housing decorations including Portrait Set, Tapestry, Fire-side Set, Trunk, Bed, Bedroom Set, Bedside Table, Coffee Table, Fireplace, Book-shelf, and Stove have been slightly to moderately scaled up in size - **fixed** — Timeless Elf-hawk cosmetic pet will correctly play hawk sounds - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that resulted in the player ending up in the default housing neighborhood when leaving an instance via the right-click menu - **fixed** — Addressed the issue in Mission: Drive the Enemy Away where enemies continue to respawn making it very difficult to get the scout to appear ##### **Update 48.4 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.4: A Glorious Hunt, Patch 4 released on Wed, June 3, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **Angmar and Mordor now have a level cap of 105!** Our Legendary Worlds of Angmar and Mordor now have a level cap of 105. The maximum item level for Legendary Items has also increased to 250! Additionally, all six previously-seen Veil of the Nine Ringwraiths are being rotated into the game during this level cap, so if you have missed any Ringwraiths they can now appear. The Ringwraiths are The Black Blade of Lebennin, The Gloom of Nurn, The Grim Southron, The Bane of Rhûn, The Forsaken Reaver, and The High Sorcerer of Harad. The Throne of the Dread Terror raid opens on Angmar and Mordor at Noon Eastern (-4 GMT) on June 11th. ##### **The 18th Legendary Items and 7th PvMP Reward Tracks are now available!** The 18th Legendary Items Reward Track begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on June 3rd and continues until 9:59 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on September 2nd, 2026. The 7th PvMP Reward Track now begins and ends alongside the Legendary Items Reward Track as well. VIPs can unlock access to the PvMP Reward Track at a 50% discount in the LOTRO Store! New rewards in the LI Reward Track include an Incomparable Coffer of the Ambarûl Property Guard, the Tome of the Arabian Pony Pet, the Legendary Coffer of the Hamât Renewed Protectors, and the Tome of the Tame Hyena. New Rewards in the PvMP Track include new appearances for each Monster Play class and a selection of cosmetic items for weapons! ##### **News and Notes:** ##### **General Notes:** - Housing Shared Storage capacity has been updated for certain non-kinship premium houses that were purchased during a short time window during the launch of Rivendell housing. The housing shared storage capacity should now correctly update to match the highest value of another house owned by the account on the world. - NOTES: - This change will not resolve outstanding issues with kinship housing storage capacity, only personal homes. - This change will not resolve an account's Shared Storage housing capacity if it does not own another home with the correct higher capacity. - Players with outstanding housing storage issues should work with Customer Support to resolve. - The retry timer on all festival horse races has been reduced from five minutes to one minute. - The cost to repeat the festival horse races sooner than the daily cooldown has been reduced from 5 Mithril Coins to 3 Mithril Coins. - Monster Play: - The cosmetic weapons Gundabad Captain's Bow, and Wight's Great Axe have been adjusted to hide when the user is not in combat. - The visual appearance to the Wight's Great Axe has been upgraded. - In the private instance "The Silent Street" Telemnar now spawns correctly, no longer blocking progress. - Lions will now have a more natural looking out-of-combat idle animations. This includes the Maned Lion and Proud Lioness cosmetic pets, but not the Shadow Lion cosmetic pet. - Fixed incorrect physics and origin placement of Rivendell housing decorations. Note that a few of the decorations have moved relative to their current placement in housing hooks, but they will now be more accurately positioned for future placements. You will need to unhook and re-hook any of these decorations already placed in order for these changes to fully take effect. - The following Rivendell housing decorations have been slightly to moderately scaled up in size to better suit elf housing interiors. You will need to unhook and re-hook any of these decorations already placed in order for the size changes to fully take effect. - Rivendell Portrait Set - Portrait of Elrond - Rivendell Tapestry - Rivendell Fire-side Set - Rivendell Trunk - Rivendell Bed - Rivendell Bedroom Set - Rivendell Bedside Table - Rivendell Coffee Table - Rivendell Fireplace - Rivendell Book-shelf - Rivendell Stove - The Timeless Elf-hawk cosmetic pet wi _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/712277443918954709]_ ### Update 48.3 Release Notes - Date: 2026-05-20 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/668366079168348314 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-668366079168348314 - **added** — Conclude the "A Glorious Hunt" storyline questline in Ingarûma in Pahar Hatokáli - **changed** — Improved game performance in heavier instances and raids by adjusting the load balancer to reduce the impact of multiple groups sharing the same server instance - **fixed** — Missions in Sul Madash and Zajana should now rotate properly - **fixed** — Music in Rivendell housing no longer stops playing when transitioning between floors and now smoothly changes based on music choice - **fixed** — Player housing music item changes now update the audible music immediately instead of requiring players to exit and re-enter the house - **fixed** — Resolved numerous floating item and stuck spot issues across the game world - **fixed** — Resolved server boundary physics issues in Idagal - **fixed** — Resolved numerous terrain texture issues in Idagal - **changed** — Removed the mysterious ruin walls in Nan Dhelu from non-instance landscape - **changed** — Increased usage range on all housing hooks - **changed** — Restored the original scene file usage in Eastfold neighborhoods to help bring forests closer to their previous appearance - **changed** — Adjusted housing landmarks in Rivendell Housing to improve loading of and access to housing features while in a property's yard - **changed** — Adjusted clearance boxes on housing hooks to match the dimensions used by previous larger hook artwork to reduce excessive ground cover in yards - **changed** — Increased the default movement range of non-mobile yard hooks - **fixed** — Corrected an issue that prevented selling a house in French client with certain addresses - **fixed** — The Folly of Nagakhêd Maukhorn Avalanche skill now fires more reliably following the unstable buff and auto attacks now fire reliably when the boss has placed the Unstable Debuff - **fixed** — Timeless Elf-hawk pet now correctly plays hawk sound effects - **fixed** — Housing shared storage capacity has been updated for certain premium houses purchased during the launch of Rivendell housing to correctly display the full capacity - **fixed** — The Elderslade quest Reclaiming Supplies has been fixed and is now completable ##### **Update 48.3 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.3: A Glorious Hunt, Patch 3 released on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **"A Glorious Hunt" Concludes!** Join Shâra Mizâdi in Ingarûma in Pahar Hatokáli for the epic conclusion of the "A Glorious Hunt" storyline, as she seeks her vengeance against the villainous Bârshud and a return to peace in the lands of Shagâna and Mûr Ghala. "A Glorious Hunt" is FREE to VIPs and available in the LOTRO Store. ##### **News and Notes:** - An adjustment has been made to our load balancer to improve game performance in heavier instances and raids. This change aims to reduce the impact of too many groups sharing the same server instance on performance, and should help during raiding and instance grouping with some of the most severe lag caused by less optimized load balancing. - Missions in Sul Madash and Zajana should be rotating properly. - Rivendell housing - Music no longer stops playing when transitioning between floors and now smoothly changes based on music choice. - Player Housing General - When music item is changed in a housing decoration slot, the audible music now updates immediately. Originally players would need to exit and re-enter the house to hear the music update. - Numerous floating item and stuck spot issues across the game world have been resolved - Server boundary physics issues in Idagal have been resolved - Numerous terrain texture issues in Idagal have been resolved - The mysterious ruin walls in Nan Dhelu have been removed from non-instance landscape - Increased usage range on all housing hooks. - The original scene file usage in Eastfold neighborhoods has been restored. This does not guarantee that scenery assets will appear exactly as they were prior to the introduction of Property Fences but should help bring the forests closer to what they previously were. - Housing landmarks in Rivendell Housing have been adjusted to help improve loading of and access to housing features while in a property's yard. - Clearance boxes on housing hooks have been adjusted to match the dimensions used by the previous larger hook artwork. This change will help to "de-frill" yards in neighborhoods that have experienced a sudden explosion of ground cover. - Increased the default movement range of non-mobile yard hooks. - FRENCH: Corrected an issue that prevented selling a house in a French client with certain addresses. - The Folly of Nagakhêd - Maukhorn - The Avalanche skill has been reworked to more reliably fire following the unstable buff. Additionally, auto attacks will now reliably fire when the boss has placed the Unstable Debuff. - Timeless Elf-hawk pet now correctly plays hawk sound FX. - Housing Shared Storage capacity has been updated for certain premium houses that were purchased during a short time window during the launch of Rivendell housing. The housing shared storage capacity should now correctly display the full capacity at all houses on an account. - The Elderslade quest "Reclaiming Supplies" has been fixed and is now once again completable. ### Update 48.2 Release Notes - Date: 2026-05-06 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/662735310818378419 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-662735310818378419 - **added** — The second set of 'A Glorious Hunt!' quests are now available in Hanamíku in Pahar Hatokáli - **added** — Powerful members of Kishâsu's Risen have invaded the Hatokáli Fells near Mut-hûru and Imizíla - **fixed** — Minstrel's Armour of Triumphant Song no longer causes the echo heal from Triumphant Spirit to play more than once per player - **fixed** — Fixed an issue with shared housing storage where the bank capacity would not correctly calculate for Rivendell housing, Belfalas Islands, and Rohan Towers and Caves - **fixed** — The deed tracking the acquisition or use of the Ringwraith Baubles from the legendary server has been restored and players who newly acquire one will correctly earn the item across their account - **fixed** — Tyrant Tharbîl now displays his correct name in Monster Play - **fixed** — In the Anniversary Mission: The Fortress of Olnathron, resolved an issue that caused Olnathron to become unattackable after a player wipe - **fixed** — The Rohan Sutcrofts quest 'Foes From All Sides' now advances and completes correctly - **fixed** — In The Folly of Nagakhêdi, Maukhorn's Avalanche ability should more reliably fire when the Tank is under the effect of the Unstable Buff - **changed** — The appearance of Arodel in the Book 15 Daughter of Strife session play has been reverted to the original appearance - **fixed** — German localization text for Ringwraith Baubles now display properly ##### **Update 48.2 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 48.2, released on Wednesday, May 6th, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** - The second set of 'A Glorious Hunt!' quests are now available. Meet up with Shâra Mizâdi in Hanamíku in Pahar Hatokáli to resume your journey. - Gather friends and seek out challenging foes in the darkness. Powerful members of Kishâsu’s Risen have invaded the Hatokáli Fells near Mut-hûru and Imizíla. ##### **News and Notes:** ##### **Classes & Skills** - Minstrel - Armour of Triumphant Song no longer erroneously causes the echo heal from Triumphant Spirit to play more than once per player. ##### **Housing & Decorations** - Fixed an issue with shared housing storage where the bank capacity would not correctly calculate, preventing storage of items, for Rivendell housing, Belfalas Islands, and Rohan Towers and Caves. ##### **Items & Rewards** - The deed tracking the acquisition or use of the Ringwraith Baubles from the legendary server was errantly removed. This has been fixed and now players who newly acquire one of these unique server baubles will correctly earn the item across their account. As before, if you have previously acquired the item, use the bauble skill and the item will populate to all other characters on your account. ##### **Monster Play** - Tyrant Tharbîl once again displays his correct name. ##### **Quests & Instances:** - In the Anniversary Mission: The Fortress of Olnathron, an issue has been resolved that caused Olnathron to become unattackable after a player wipe. - The Rohan Sutcrofts quest "Foes From All Sides" now advances and completes correctly. - The Folly of Nagakhêdi: Maukhorn's Avalanche ability should more reliably fire when the Tank is under the effect of the Unstable Buff. - The appearance of Arodel in the Book 15 Daughter of Strife session play has been reverted to the original appearance. ##### **Localization:** - GERMAN: The description text for the following Baubles now display properly in German: "Behold: My Treasure Hauler", "Laundry Day", "Plant a Patch of: Crystals", "Plant a Patch of: Poppies", "Plant a Patch of: Saffron", "Plant a Patch of: Tulips", "Sandstorm is Coming", "Stink Ball, Viznak's Cure?". ### Update 48.1 Release Notes - Date: 2026-04-29 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/662734677473231164 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-662734677473231164 - **added** — Rivendell Steadings premium neighbourhood housing is now available - **added** — Access Rivendell Steadings from Bree-town via the Broker's Office and from the new Rivendell Steadings Broker's Board in Lalia's Market - **fixed** — Enemies will now spawn each time a boat is burned in the mission Deny Their Escape - **fixed** — Enemies will no longer glide across the landscape when pathing in the mission A Harsh Truth - **fixed** — A floating builder in the mission Workers Released has been grounded - **fixed** — The appearance of the Tarkrîp Scrappers in the Anniversary Mission Thornley's Revenge has been corrected - **changed** — The sub quests to the From Ashes Come Virtue quest now state that you must Complete Quest NAME for clarity - **fixed** — The Sutcrofts quest Thatching a Plan now correctly requires you to collect 7 reeds instead of 8 - **fixed** — The VIP Rewards quest is once again available to all subscribers starting at level 5 - **changed** — The bestowal text for the quest Ally of Hamât Renewed has been re-written to no longer sound like it is Mizâdi giving the quest - **added** — Mûr Ghala Quartermasters now allow filtering barter profiles by reputation level - **changed** — The Scorpion Trophy Housing Items have been renamed to better match their poses - **fixed** — Adjusted pathing issues across the Hatokali Fells - **fixed** — Adjusted rock placement in Elderslade to fix issues in The Lord of Gundabad story instance - **fixed** — Adjusted rock placement in Rohan to allow completion of Searching for Erkenbrand quest line - **fixed** — Adjusted Eastfold neighbourhood to bring back trees around the yards and cleaned up errant trees in the middle of yards - **changed** — Race of Man run animations were reverted to pre-U48 animation style ##### **Update 48.1 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.1, released on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** **Rivendell Housing opens on Thursday, April 30th!** Update 48 sees the launch of our newest premium neighbourhood, the Rivendell Steadings. Nestled high in the mountains just to the west of the Vale of Imladris, players now have the opportunity to call Rivendell home! Rivendell Housing will open on the 64-bit game worlds on Thursday, April 30th, starting at Noon Eastern (-4 GMT). Additional housing neighborhoods will open automatically once enough homes in existing neighborhoods are purchased. [Learn more in our guide on LOTRO.com.](https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-rivendell-housing-guide-en) There are multiple ways to get to the Rivendell Steadings. The main entrance of the neighborhood is a quick walk south-west from the Rivendell stables, right before the tree bridge crossing. You can also access the neighbourhood from Bree-town via the Broker’s Office as well as from the new Rivendell Steadings Broker’s Board in Lalia’s Market. ##### **News and Notes:** ##### **Missions:** - Enemies will now spawn each time a boat is burned in the mission "Deny Their Escape." - Enemies will no longer glide across the landscape when pathing in the mission "A Harsh Truth." - One of the builders in the mission "Workers Released" was floating. They have been grounded. - The appearance of the Tarkrîp Scrappers in the Anniversary Mission: Thornley's Revenge has been corrected. ##### **Quests:** - The sub quests to the "From Ashes Come Virtue" quest now state that you must "Complete Quest: NAME" for clarity. - The Sutcrofts quest "Thatching a Plan" now correctly requires you to collect 7 reeds, instead of 8. - The "VIP Rewards" quest is once again available to all subscribers starting at level 5. ##### **Reputation:** - The bestowal text for the quest "Ally of Hamât Renewed" has been re-written to no longer sound like it is Mizâdi giving the quest. - Mûr Ghala Quartermasters now allow filtering barter profiles by reputation level. ##### **Items:** - The Scorpion Trophy Housing Items have been renamed to better match their poses. ##### **Landscape:** - Adjusted pathing issues across the Hatokali Fells. - Adjusted rock placement in Elderslade to fix issues in The Lord of Gundabad story instance. - Adjusted rock placement in Rohan to allow completion of "Searching for Erkenbrand" quest line. - Adjusted Eastfold neighborhood to bring back trees around the yards and cleaned up errant trees that suddenly sprouted up in the middle of yards. ##### **Art & Avatars:** - Race of Man run animations were reverted to pre-U48 animation style. ### Update 48 Release Notes - Date: 2026-04-22 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/523122454653043192 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-523122454653043192 - **added** — New Quintessential cosmetics available on Anniversary barter vendors - **added** — 19-year Gift Box with new fireworks and portrait frames for players who acquired the 18-year Gift Box - **added** — Four new Missions set in the Lone-lands and the North Downs available from the Mysterious Stranger during Anniversary Event for levels 20-160 - **added** — New Sunstone Drakeling cosmetic pet available through a special 19th Anniversary Celebration quest - **added** — New dog and parrot cosmetic pets available to barter for Anniversary tokens - **added** — Jerboa pet and fence housing decorations available to barter for Steel Tokens - **added** — Nineteenth Anniversary Surprise packages that occasionally drop from monsters - **added** — Rivendell Steadings premium housing neighbourhood opening on Thursday, April 30th - **added** — New questing storyline A Glorious Hunt released in three parts starting at launch with subsequent parts unlocking May 6th and May 20th - **added** — New weekly Embers for Virtue quests that reset every Thursday and allow players to turn in embers for Virtue XP - **added** — Rowan Raspberry trader now offers Rivendell cosmetic items including avatar cosmetics, oryx cosmetic pets, and housing decorations for Figments of Splendour - **added** — Humming Sunbird cosmetic pet added to Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound lootboxes - **added** — Forges of Imladris, Rivendell Stove, and Rivendell Kitchen Set crafting facility decorations added to lootboxes - **added** — Replica of the Imladris Stables and Last Homely House decorations added to lootboxes - **added** — Mushroom Hunter's Pack and Mushroom Hunter's Corgi cosmetic pet available on Rowan Raspberry for Figments of Splendour - **changed** — Hidden Peaks cosmetic clothing and many housing decorations moved from Rowan Raspberry to the Curator - **changed** — Newly acquired Adventurer's Steel-bound Lootbox gear for level 160 characters now scales to item level 562-564 - **removed** — Filbert Fig retired for the season ##### **Update 48 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 48: A Glorious Hunt, released on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **The 19th Anniversary has arrived!** The Lord of the Rings Online is turning 19! Enjoy our Anniversary Event fun starting at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, April 23rd. This year's Anniversary Event continues until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Tuesday, May 12th. [Find our guide on LOTRO.com!](https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-anniversary-event-guide-en) **This year's celebration features new Missions, new rewards and more:** - New Quintessential cosmetics on Anniversary barter vendors - A 19-year Gift Box with new fireworks and portrait frames for players who previously acquired the 18-year Gift Box. - The Mysterious Stranger inside the Prancing Pony has four new Missions set in the Lone-lands and the North Downs. These Missions are available to all players levels 20-160 during the festival, and all have Delvings as an option. - Special items available just for the19th anniversary: - We've added a special quest for our 19th Anniversary Celebration! Speak with Waldo Rumble and take part in new missions alongside existing missions and activities to obtain a new Sunstone Drakeling cosmetic pet. - Find new dog and parrot cosmetic pets available to barter for Anniversary tokens and a jerboa pet and fence housing decorations available to barter for Steel Tokens. - 'Nineteenth Anniversary Surprise!' packages will occasionally drop from monsters out in the world. ##### **Rivendell Housing opens on Thursday, April 30th!** Update 48 sees the launch of our newest premium neighbourhood, the Rivendell Steadings. Nestled high in the mountains just to the west of the Vale of Imladris, players now have the opportunity to call Rivendell home! Rivendell Housing will open on the 64-bit game worlds on Thursday, April 30th, starting at Noon Eastern (-4 GMT). Additional housing neighborhoods will open automatically once enough homes in existing neighborhoods are purchased. There are multiple ways to get to the Rivendell Steadings. The main entrance of the neighborhood is a quick walk south-west from the Rivendell stables, right before the tree bridge crossing. You can also access the neighbourhood from Bree-town via the Broker’s Office as well as from the new Rivendell Steadings Broker’s Board in Lalia’s Market. ##### **New Questing: A Glorious Hunt!** _In the southern scrubland of Pahar Hatokáli, Shâra Mizâdi, queen of Shagâna and its environs, has pursued the villainous pretender king Bârshud across deserts, mountains and cities throughout Shagâna and Mûr Ghala. After he fled Emax Dûl, Bârshud and his sorcerous second, Sudûgul, have taken up residence south, in the Hatokáli Fells. Mizâdi and her retinue, including Numûru, Razâl and Rahâzi are fast on his heels. But like a serpent cornered, Bârshud is even more dangerous in his desperation. What fresh secrets and horrors will Mizâdi find in her hunt, buried deep beneath the Fells?_ Experience the story of Mizâdi's glorious hunt over three parts, released over time throughout the spring! Meet up with Shâra Mizâdi in Hanamíku in Pahar Hatokáli to begin your journey. The first set of quests is available with launch, and the second set of quests unlocks on Wednesday May 6th at 10am EDT. The final quests in the story unlock on May 20th. "A Glorious Hunt" is FREE to VIPs and available in the LOTRO Store. ##### **A new weekly quest to earn Virtue has arrived!** New Embers for Virtue quests are obtained from Embers traders around Middle-earth. - First, you will need to obtain the weekly quest "From the Ashes Comes Virtue - Weekly" that tracks your status and provides the paramount reward at the end of the week. This quest resets every Thursday allowing your to start the process over again. - Then, bestowed by the same Embers traders that bestowed the Weekly, you can obtain the six "From the Ashes Comes Virtue - I _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/523122454653043192]_ ### Update 47.4 Release Notes - Date: 2026-04-08 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/542261484106810153 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-542261484106810153 ##### **Update 47.4 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 47.4, released on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. ##### **News and Notes:** ##### **The Folly of Nagakhêdi:** - Badharál the Gorger: - The morale of the Plump Spiderling has been reduced. - The Unnerving Spider's "Spores of Fear" has had its ability range reduced. - Maukhorn: - Maukhorn's maximum Morale has been reduced by 3%. - Blighted Bloom has had its maximum Morale reduced by 20%. - Legion of Lhaereth, Cristhir the Night-shadow: - The initial cooldown and cooldown of Nightfall has been increased. - Assassination has had its cooldown increased on Tier 3. - The initial cooldown and cooldown of Call Stalkers has been increased on Tier 3. - The health of assassins and Nightsingers has been reduced. - Nightfall damage now ramps up every 25 seconds instead of every 20 seconds. - Zamâktar the Putrescent: - Zamâktar's Suffocating Spores on T3 (that spawn when a player dies) now have smaller Area of Effect that deals less damage. - Terrible Roar's debuff duration has been reduced from 60 seconds to 45 seconds. - Water should no longer sometimes remain risen during the fight with Zamâktar the Putrescent on Tier 3 difficulty. ### Update 47.2 Release Notes - Date: 2026-03-19 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/536630082118091167 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-536630082118091167 ##### **Update 47.2 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 47.2: Folly of Kings, Patch 2, released on Thursday March 19th, 2026. ##### **News and Notes:** - The Lutenist inside the Boat and Basket Tavern is no longer T-posing. - TBD's have been fixed in the Spring Festival daily wrapper, A Taste of Spring. - The Map to Clegur given to players in the quest "A Gardener's Lament" no longer shares a cooldown with the Map to the Spring Festival. - The daily repeatables in Clegur for the Spring Festival can now be reset using Mithril Coins. - The appearance of the Daffodil Banners used in the quests "Springtime's Colours" and "Flower Envy" have been corrected. - The Large Daffodil Celebration Banner now uses the correct banner appearance. - The appearance of the Small Daffodil Celebration Banner housing decoration has been updated to resolve some visual issues. For these changes to fully take effect, please unhook and rehook the housing decoration. - Several T-posing NPCs in various parts of the game have been fixed. - The instance quests for "The Folly of Nagakhêdi" will now correctly update if a "Conquering the Folly of Nagakhêdi" quest is used to skip bosses. - The "Challenges of the Folly of Nagakhêdi (Weekly)" Quest now requires you to kill each boss once on any tier instead of completing the instance quest three times. - The "Advanced Challenges of the Folly of Nagakhêdi (Weekly)" Quest now requires you to kill each boss once on Tier 3 difficulty. - The "Explorer of 'The Folly of Nagakhêdi' - Tier (1-3)" Deeds now require you to complete each boss on each respective Tier. - Daily Quests - The daily rotating Adagím quest "Attacking the Blight" now advances based off any Huorn killed in the zone. - The daily rotating quest "Terror in Abnishu" has had the Matron removed as a requirement. - Monster Play: - Fixed a typo in the description of Ivar's Corrupted Staff. - Warden - Armour of the Wound Carver's free Spear of Fate skill can now be used as intended. When this special Spear of Fate skill is usable, there is now a visible effect for 10s. - Armour of the Wound Carver's 4-set bonus now correctly states that the Tier 3 Heroic Spear of Fate effect will cause Spear of Fate to remove your Mastery skill cooldowns for a brief moment. - The Folly of Nagakhedi - Fixed an issue where Badharál the Gorger's Caustic Birth may target fewer eggs after a reset. - Maukhorn: Cascading Blooms should no longer spawn on players after the encounter has ended. - Legion of Lhaereth: Animated Blood monsters now have set spawns instead of reactively spawning based on the location of Blood Pools. (Developer's Note - This mechanic was changed to improve game performance issues.) - Zamâktar: Picking up a second mushroom of the same color as a mushroom you are currently holding will now correctly cause the second mushroom to detonate immediately. - Zamâktar: Fixed an issue where players could end up with Blight Mastery in addition to Blue or Yellow Spores. - Increasing health values for Zamâktar the Putrescent on Tier 2 and Tier 3 by 10%. ### Update 47.1 Release Notes - Date: 2026-03-11 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/493845251872522293 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-493845251872522293 ##### **Update 47.1 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 47.1: Folly of Kings, Patch 1, released on Wednesday March 11th, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note** ##### **Ten new Missions & Delvings are available in Mûr Ghala** Visit Várudar in Adagím or Jôrlar in Zajâna within Kighân to pick up new Missions to conquer fresh challenges in Mûr Ghala! Each mission giver has five new missions available. Missions in Adagím and Kighân are now split over two days - come back the next day to see a different set of missions! ##### **Monster Player Rewards - Season 6 now available** Beginning with Update 47.1, Monster Player Reward tracks will be extended to a 3-month duration, and moving forward, the Monster Player Rewards timing will coincide with the Legendary Item Reward Track. The Season 6 track will be available to complete through June 2nd, 2026. You will still need to unlock the Monster Player Rewards track in the LOTRO Store, and active VIP members will receive a 50% discount on the track. You can read more about these adjustments on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com) . ##### **New Quests for Spring Festival** Everyone is invited to celebrate the return of Spring with the Hobbits of Clegur in Swanfleet, as they enjoy their Daffodil Days event! There, you will find new festival quests with their own daily and weekly wrappers that can be advanced in tandem with the main spring festival wrappers. You can get the party started by talking to Hughbert Larch at the Bree-land Festival grounds. New rewards available during this year's Spring Festival include Daffodil Celebration cosmetics, goat mount and pet, a new Stoor dance emote, and several new housing decorations. The Spring Festival begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, March 12th and continues until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on March 31st. Learn more about the Spring Festival in our guide on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com) . ##### **News and Notes:** **Festivals & Events** - No movement altering abilities should be usable in the Shrew Stomping event during the Spring Festival. - Seasonal rewards for the Red Maid festival instance have been adjusted to reward Legendary Tracery Token Packages. **General Notes** - Ordâkhai Battle-cats will now attack on their own and no longer require being attacked first. - You can no longer use the Boots of Quite-imaginable Power, the Enormous Boots, or the Dwarf-club of Unimaginable Power while in bear-form as a Beorning. - Tracery Token packages awarded by quests and deeds that were generating General Errors and could not be used because they were missing their Max Contents Level should now be stamped with level 160 and be usable. - In the Hobbit tutorial Instance: A Road Through the Dark, Celandine will no longer t-pose. - Kintai Caretakers are now actually guards. - Players can now leave The Haunt of Kidu-bala. - All Festival Banners (static and housing decorations) now use the correct appearances. - The treasure cache stuck in the hills of southern Idagal has been moved slightly, making it accessible. - The month of March now displays properly on the German kinship calendar **Classes** - Burglar: Mischievous Delight now properly restores Power to allies. **Instances & Skirmishes** - Folly of Nagakhêdi Tier 3 opening has been adjusted, and is now Noon Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, March 26th. - Folly of Nagakhêdi - Legion of Lhaereth Encounter changes: - Reduced the number of adds summoned by Call the Legion and Call Stalkers on Tier 1. - Blood Pool now has a 2 second trigger delay (was 1) and a much weaker initial damage hit. - During Phase 2, which special "Arena abilities" can occur is now tier-gated. On Tier 1, only Commander Mornang will use her ability (Darkwing Flight). On Tier 2, only Darkwing Flight and Rain of Knives can occur. On Tier 3, Darkwing Flight, Rain of Knives, and Blood Orb can all occur. - Fixed an issue where completing Ekal-nêbi, the Fallen Palace on Solo/Duo mode would _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/493845251872522293]_ ### Update 47 Release Notes - Date: 2026-03-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/517488519393837180 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-517488519393837180 ##### **Update 47 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 47: Folly of Kings, released on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **A new raid has arrived: The Folly of Nagakhêdi!** _For over a hundred years, the Kintai Elves have battled a mysterious blight, seemingly brought on by the Din of Stone. It has already consumed once-beautiful Adagím, and now threatens the rest of the Elven glades. An investigation by the Rangers Faeron and Rhadrog has tracked the source of the blight to The Folly of Nagakhêdi, but what dangers lurk inside the ancient and abandoned wonder?_ The Folly of Nagakhêdi is now available at Tier 1! Account ownership of the Kingdoms of Harad expansion is required for access. Learn more about Kingdoms of Harad on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com) . Tier 2 opens at Noon Eastern (-5 GMT) on Thursday, March 12th. Tier 3 opens at Noon Eastern (-5 GMT) on Thursday, March 19th. The Leading the Charge deed for The Folly of Nagakhêdi will be available until 3:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on Thursday, May 14th. Reminder that the Leading the Charge deeds for the Kingdoms of Harad instances continues until 3:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on March 16th. ##### **The 17th Legendary Items Reward Track has arrived!** The newest Legendary Items Reward Track has arrived! The Legendary Items Reward Track is available to all players starting at level 45, and can be accessed through the Menu (Character - Reward Track.) New rewards in the 17th track include the Tome of the Vibrant Spotted Boglurker cosmetic pet, Tome of the Rose-coloured Mumak Calf cosmetic pet, Incomparable Coffer of the Wild Pasture Weapon Aura, and Legendary Coffer of the Wild Pasture Hoof-prints! The 17th Legendary Items Reward Track continues until 9:59 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on June 3rd. ##### **News and Notes:** ##### **Classes: Skills & Traits** - Beorning - Blue line version of Ferocious Roar will now properly bestow the Rattling Roar deed. - Brawler - Come at Me now correctly taunts enemies for 5s. - Vulnerability now reduces enemy Critical Chance rather than Incoming Damage. - Strike as One now lasts 15 seconds and grants a larger buff when solo but a smaller buff when affecting allies. - Burglar - Clever Retort builders now have diminishing returns. - Bloodletter's Melee Damage buff reduced from 3/6/9% to 1/2/3%. - Burglar damage reduced by 5%. - Mischievous Delight once again restores Power to your Fellowship. - Champion - Emboldened Blades at Tier 5 will now cause Remorseless Strikes to hit multiple enemies. - Raging Blade damage increased by 25%. - Guardian - NOTE: Guardian's saved Trait tree configurations have been reset due to changes to Traits. - Charge effects are no longer removed when executing an attack while using the trait tree Defender of the Free. - Shield Wall will no longer remove or block the use of Protection by the Sword. - We have increased the range on the defensive portion of Protection by the Sword to 60m. The parry response effect will only trigger when the protected target is within 20m of the Guardian. - Stamp now earned at level 16. - Challenge is now granted by specializing in 'The Defender of the Free.' - Fray the Edge base cooldown increased to 30s. - Fray the Edge cooldown is now reduced to 15s when specializing in 'The Defender of the Free.' - The Disorientation trait has been removed. - Smashing Strike (formerly Smashing Stab) is now a general skill earned at level 34. - Smashing Strike bonus effects are now mutually exclusive, and Smashing Strike must be used directly after either Shield Swipe or Retaliation in order to gain a bonus effect. - Smashing Strike can now be used while wielding a 2h weapon. - Smashing Strike's bleed now pulses every 3s rather than every 2s. - The Break Ranks effect is now applied by Smashing Strike rather than Shield-taunt. - The Shield Spikes trait has been decoupled from consumable spikes and now always benefits shield skills, regardl _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/517488519393837180]_ ### Update 46.2.1 Release Notes - Date: 2026-02-18 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/516361351075987771 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-516361351075987771 ##### Update 46.2.1 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 46.2.1: Kingdoms of Harad, Hotfix 1 released on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. ##### News and Notes: ##### UI Scaling - Lua support for UI scaling has been disabled due to the need for additional compatibility development. We will be working to reduce the requirements for Lua order of operations, particularly for SetParent, SetVisible, SetSize, and SetRotation. We intend to bring this future development to upcoming Bullroarer previews. - The new Lua UI.Window functions have been temporarily removed and should not be used: SetScalingOriginPoint(), GetScalingOriginPoint(), RegisterForGlobalScaling(), UnregisterForGlobalScaling(), SetScale() - Fixed a bug that caused certain UI elements to re-position incorrectly when the screen size changed. This includes when switching focus to and from a fullscreened client. - Dungeon maps correctly show the player arrow again. ### Update 46.2 Release Notes - Date: 2026-02-11 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/538878715067629646 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-538878715067629646 ##### Update 46.2 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 46.2: Kingdoms of Harad, Patch 2 released on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. ##### Of Special Note: ##### Tier 3 of the new Instances arrives February 12th! Tier three of the new Instances arrives at Noon Eastern (-5 GMT) on February 12th. The Leading the Charge Deed is available to earn until 3:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on March 19th. Access to Kingdoms of Harad is required for access. You can learn more about Kingdoms of Harad on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com). You can access the Instance Finder using Control+J or through the main menu button in-game. ##### News and Notes: **Instances** - The Treasure Caves of Hurum Kana - Deeds now bestow correctly on all tiers. - Barlat's enrage timer effect should not start until the fight begins. - Sand Blast has been adjusted from a 60m radius explosion to a 10m radius. - Summoned Grasping Shadows now have more threatening skills. - Bârlat's Overseers' Impaling Strike skill now has an induction and deals damage in a frontal arc. - Bârlat the Bold should no longer use Shower of Jewels and Gold Pile simultaneously. - Ekal-nêbi, the Fallen Palace - Fixed an issue where the deeds were not bestowing upon entering the instance. - Fixed an issue where the guard summoned by the Palace Sentries in the stairwell after the Ratúlko the Bloody encounter would not aggro if players ran away. - The damage zone generated at the end of Ratúlko the Bloody's Barbed Chain ability is now visible. - The Curtain Pulls in the 6-player version of Dark Priestess Barkhuráni's encounter will now disappear after they have been used. - Kôth Rau, the Wailing Hold - Leading the Charge and vanquisher deeds rewards were corrected. - Râkdakul's Calamity mechanic now correctly drops two damaging areas, then puts down safe locations. - Sorceress Ombátha adds will stop spawning following a boss kill. **UI Scaling** - Lua Plugins are now supported by UI Scaling. By default, plugins will scale with the Global scaling option. Plugin authors can change the scaling to their plugin with the following commands. Added Lua functions for Window and LOTRO. - Window: function Window:SetScalingOriginPoint(left, top); Set the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0. - function Window:GetScalingOriginPoint(); Get the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0. returns: left, top - function Window:RegisterForGlobalScaling(); Enable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale - function Window:UnregisterForGlobalScaling(); Disable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale - function Window:SetScale(scale); Update the scale of the Window. If registered for Global scaling, this value is multiplied by the Global scale factor. - **Known Issue: **The 1st tooltip in a session will be unscaled. - Map cursor coordinates now correctly match the map scale. - Tooltips that are too large for the screen no longer reset to minimum size and instead correctly scale to match the screen. - UI elements that save their size and position are better at restoring their size and position regardless of their scale between play sessions. - Tooltips originating from the right side of the screen are now positioned closer to the cursor. - Statically placed tooltips now correctly stay inside the client window even if the "Examination Tooltip Position" window is set close the to screen edge. - Scaled UI objects are better at staying in their relative screen position when the client window is resized. - Player map marker no longer goes invisible on some maps - Corrected an issue that caused player storage items to have a mismatched selectable area with their visible image when scaled. - Fixed a bug that caused UI Elements to shrink when the HUD is toggled off then on. **General Notes** - Crafted class items with essence slots will now properly appear as a choice when right-clicking a valid essence to slot. - Fixed an issue whe _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/538878715067629646]_ ### Update 46.1 Release Notes - Date: 2026-02-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/505101083838775369 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-505101083838775369 ##### **Update 46.1 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 46.1: Kingdoms of Harad, Patch 1, released on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **Three new Kingdoms of Harad instances have arrived!** _The Kingdoms of Harad stand at a crossroads, their rivalries sharpening as a greater threat gathers strength. Gandalf has come with a warning of a darkness rising in the South. The Thardúth, ancient servants of Morgoth, rise once more, harnessing powers that could unmake the balance of Middle-earth._ **Ekal-nêbi, the Fallen Palace (6 Player Instance)**​ "The palace of Ekal-nêbi is the crown jewel of Emax Dûl, an opulent home to rulers from the kingdom of Nêshak, Nísaka... and now from Ordâkh. Hidden in the background of palace life, Thothril the Entangler, Thardúth of Damudûr, quietly began working her enchantments upon the minds of its inhabitants. Now with soldiers of Mizâdi's alliance at the palace doorstep, she asserts final control over the palace."​ **Kôth Rau, the Wailing Hold (6 Player Instance)**​ "Overlooking Damudûr, Kôth Rau serves as stronghold for those who wish to subjugate those within An Shêru. Faeron and Rhadrog have tasked you with entering this stronghold and defeating the sorceress Ombátha and the cruel Utûgi leader, Râkdakul. The hope is that with the defeat of these cruel masters, it will break the hold on those under their influence. This 6 person instance has three boss encounters located in the Wailing Hold, a fortress in An Shêru." **The Treasure Caves of Hurum Kâna (3 Player Instance)**​ "In the forgotten caves of Hurum Kâna, a scoundrel makes his home. The self-styled brigand king, Bârlat the Bold strikes at caravans and travellers on the nearby Great Road. The Doorwards of Zajâna have tasked you with bringing Bârlat to justice. But what secrets could the caves - and Bârlat - be hiding, deep in Hurum Kâna?"​ These instances are accessible to level 160 characters that have acquired access to the Kingdoms of Harad expansion. Tiers I and 2 of these new Instances are now available! Tier three of the new Instances arrives at Noon Eastern (-5 GMT) on February 12th. The Leading the Charge Deed is available to earn until 3:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on March 19th. You can learn more about Kingdoms of Harad on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com) . You can access the Instance Finder using Control+J or through the main menu button in-game. ##### **The first phase of Scaling UI has arrived!** Update 46.1 includes the addition of a new User Interface Scaling feature to the game! Access these new settings in the "UI Settings" tab of the Options menu. Scaling is currently supported for the cursor, more than fifty individual UI elements, and a Global UI setting. Additionally many full screen UI elements have been updated to support wide screen displays without stretching, including the Login Screen, Character Creation and Selection, Loading Screens, and the Map Window. The MAP UI can also now be toggled between Fullscreen and Panel modes in the UI Settings. ##### **News and Notes:** - Premium homes will once again return 90% of their Homesteading Coin cost when sold. Note that premium houses that are released automatically as part of the transfer process will continue to return 100% of their Homesteading Coin cost via in-game mail on the destination world. Foreclosed premium houses will continue to refund 80% of their homesteading coin cost. - Some Tracery Token, Sealed Tracery, Enhancement Rune and other packages that were in the mail system when players logged in for Update 46 or 46.0.1 are displaying a general error when attempting to open them because they are missing their Max Content Level. This issue now is corrected as long as those packages were no longer in the mail system when first logging into Update U46.1. - Resolved an issue where some players could not withdraw account-bound items from their character or shared storage after transferring from a legacy world _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/505101083838775369]_ ### Update 46.0.1 Release Notes - Date: 2025-12-10 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/519732709746016613 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-519732709746016613 ##### **Update 46.0.1 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 46.0.1: Kingdoms of Harad, released on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **The Yuletide Festival begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) tomorrow (Thursday, December 11th)!** The Yuletide Festival has returned for 2025 along with Yule Hobbit Presents! Hobbit Presents have a chance to drop bonus Yule gifts including a mount, cosmetic pets, and housing decorations. A slate of new rewards is also available in this year's Yuletide Festival. [Read more in our guide on LOTRO.com! ](https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-yuletide-festival-guide-en) - Available during the Yule festival this year, you can get weekly and daily quests from Mara Sandydowns in Winter-home or Calúrmin at Sul Madásh. For the weekly quest, Mara and Calúrmin will accept 2500 Embers of Enchantment for 5000 Virtue XP added directly to your current virtue. Daily quests from Mara require you to obtain 10 Perfect Snowballs from the barter vendor in Winter-home or to provide 10 Mûr Ghala Sarzái for Calúrmin to receive 500 Virtue XP. - Note: You may have to re-log after acquiring enough of the token to complete the turn in. ##### **News and Notes:** - _Planning Note: With the release of Update 46.1 in January_, we will be restoring our prior Homesteading Coin return rate of 90% when selling premium homes. Note that premium houses that are released automatically as part of the transfer process will continue to return 100% of their Homesteading Coin cost via in-game mail on the destination world. Foreclosed premium houses will continue to refund 80% of their homesteading coin cost. ##### **Legendary Items and Traceries** - With the release of Update 46 we encountered an issue where Legendary Items were, in some cases, incorrectly displaying un-leveled or empty tracery slots. Most items at or near the 150 level cap were unaffected, but lower level items were generally affected. While no Traceries were actually lost from these affected items, the data indicating which levels went with which slot was shuffled. - With this Update 46.0.1 game update any affected items should once again be displaying their proper Tracery slotting, but unfortunately,** **the levels on those Tracery slots may be re-arranged, with the levels re-assigned to a different slot of the same type. - Note that if you re-slotted an affected item in the meantime, this fix will not revert your item to its prior state, but will likely still reorder your item's Traceries and slot levels to ensure that there are no lingering issues with the item data. - Tier 16 Word of Craft Traceries will now correctly contribute to normal set bonuses, while Tier 15 and below Traceries will contribute to 'Faded' set bonuses. - Tracery boxes granting level 151+ rewards now correctly require players to be level 151 or higher to open them. - Ettenmoors weekly quests now reward a scaling box to provide a Tracery token appropriate to your character level. - We corrected an issue where occasionally Sealed Tracery and Tracery, Lvl 151 packages were giving level 131 heraldries to level 151+ characters. - Reward Track 16: Tiers 40, 65, and 90 rewards no longer grant Umbar-specific Tracery recipes. These rewards now grant players a Tracery token and a Delving Box of Crafting Materials. The repeatable level 101+ reward can likewise no longer award players with crafted Tracery recipes. ##### **Quests & Reputation** - We addressed an issue where Mizadi and crew did not respawn properly after the ambush in “To Shield the Shepherds.” - An issue has been resolved that made it difficult to advance the An Shêru quest “Gathering Friends” when other players were doing the same quest objective at the same time. - Made an adjustment to prevent the whispers from getting stuck on characters that progress “The Song of Waves and Wind.” - Updated the bestowal text for the Kintai Reputation to reflect needing to speak with the Quarte _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/519732709746016613]_ ### Update 46: Kingdoms of Harad Release Notes - Date: 2025-12-03 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/494962277561139590 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-494962277561139590 ##### **Update 46 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 46: Kingdoms of Harad, released on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. ##### **Of Special Note** ##### **Kingdoms of Harad has arrived!** **_Where Sun and Shadows Meet_** _The Kingdoms of Harad stand at a crossroads, their rivalries sharpening as a greater threat gathers strength. Gandalf has come with a warning of a darkness rising in the South. The Thardúth, ancient servants of Morgoth, rise once more, harnessing powers that could unmake the balance of Middle-earth._ Rally the Kindred of the Coins along with the fierce Mizâdi, Shâra of Renewed Hamât, as rival kingdoms clash and old grudges resurface. From arid wastelands, blighted forests, and perilous ruins, war looms on every horizon. Who will rise to lead the Kingdoms of Harad against the coming darkness, or deeper into it? The Epic conclusion of 'The Song of Waves and Wind' arrives with Kingdoms of Harad! Pick up 'Chapter 14.1: Whispers of Wizardry' from Jaith, the guard outside the Meeting Hall of Dar Laja in the city of Umbar Baharbel. Completing the previous chapters of 'The Song of Waves and Wind' are recommended but not required. The level cap is now 160! With the level cap increase, Monster Player characters will automatically advance to level 160 on login. Learn more about our new expansion Kingdoms of Harad on [LOTRO.com!](https://LOTRO.com!) ##### **Angmar and Mordor have a new level cap!** - Angmar and Mordor have been updated with a new level cap of 85! Learn more about our Legendary Veil of the Nine worlds on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com). - ## **News and Notes** ##### **Festivals & Events** - Salutation to Faire Days Farmers Faire wrapper quest will now take 12 total days to complete rather than 15. - A Bountiful Harvest Fall Festival wrapper quests can no longer be cancelled to prevent issues with properly receiving the quests every year. ##### **Classes & Skills** - Beorning - **NOTE: Beorning class saved Trait configurations have been reset due to changes to Piercing Roar Traits.** - Piercing Roar now costs 10 wrath. - Piercing Roar is now only available to trait when specialized in 'The Roar'. - Piercing Roar cooldown increased 30s > 45s. - Piercing Roar now reduces incoming damage of all fellows (x0.75 Incoming Damage) for 10s. - Crippling Roar (now Resounding Roar) makes the buff raidwide and increases its cooldown to 60s. - Thickened Hide now grants a multiplicative reduction rather than an additive reduction to your defences. - Hearten's HoT now has one additional pulse. - Encouraging Roar's HoT no longer tiers up. Its baseline potency is now equivalent to tier 3 of the deprecated, tiered effect. - Nature's Salve radius has been increased from 8m to 20m. - Nature's Mend is now an AoE 30m heal for the fellowship of your target. - Piercing Roar is now a fellowship buff rather than a targeted debuff (the skill is no longer targeted, and no longer reduces enemy damage). - Trample is now an AoE skill and no longer applies a debuff. - The Improved Trample trait now increases Trample damage by 10% per tier. - Thorned Armour now mitigates effect damage (no longer ignores effect damage) - Burglar - Corrected a typo in the Trait No Subtlety. - Subtle Stab now has +10% inherent bonus to critical chance as intended. - Malicious Wound can now benefit from DoT crit chance. - Clever Retort Outputs now have reduced critical magnitude. - Clever Retort now consumes Aim correctly when used. - Cash Out (Payout) damage variance reduced from 20% to 5%. - Captain - At the Fore now tiers up from and mitigates effect damage. (no longer ignores effect damage) - Champion - Adamant now reduces all incoming damage by 5% (with additional 4% per fervour, up to 25%). - Adamant now correctly consumes Fervour when used. - Adamant now correctly applies your player buff before the skill removes your Fervour (so it can respond to Fervour-based changes correctly). - Sprint cool _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/494962277561139590]_ ### Update 45.8 Release Notes - Date: 2025-11-12 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/603046765501874384 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-603046765501874384 ##### **Update 45.8 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 45.8, released on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025. ##### **News and Notes:** - This update includes support for the 4th Monster Player Reward Track, which begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on Thursday, November 13th and is available in the LOTRO Store at that time. The 4th Monster Player Reward Track continues until 9:59 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on January 1st, 2026. ### Update 45.7 Release Notes - Date: 2025-10-22 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/532113165768458650 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-532113165768458650 ##### **Update 45.7 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 45.7, released on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. ##### **News and Notes:** - Adjustments have been made to the way timed effects like damage or healing over time communicate to make this work more efficient in the game environment. This change's impact will be most visibly seen in large raid groups and heavily-populated PvMP zones, but this change will improve communication efficiency game-wide. - The end date for Legendary Items Reward Track Season 15 has been extended to 12/3/2025 at 9:59am server time. Legendary Items Reward Track Season 16 will start on 12/3/2025 and run until 3/4/2026 at 9:59am server time. - All avatars should now play the proper effects when using the Milestone of the Golden Passage. ### Update 45.6 Release Notes - Date: 2025-10-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/508467999107186829 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-508467999107186829 ##### **Update 45.6 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.6, released on Thursday, October 9, 2025. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **The Harvestmath Festival begins on Thursday! ** The Harvestmath Festival begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, October 9th, and continues until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on November 3rd. This year's festival features new rewards, including a "Cobweb" cosmetic cloak, hat, robe, Harvestmath Cauldron, Fall Hobby-broom, decorative pumpkins and webbed hedges, new pets, "spooky" housing music themes and more! [See this year's full reward list in our guide to the Harvestmath Festival on LOTRO.com](https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-harvestmath-festival-guide-en). ##### **News and Notes:** - NPCs will no longer fall through the floor in the Tier 1 version of the raid "Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo", - The number of spawns from skills have been reduced in the Garash fight in the raid "The Temple of Utug-bûr". We have reduced most summoning effects by half as well. - A bug has been corrected that prevented characters under level 50 from accessing titles in the third Monster Player Reward Track. - Captain-General and Tyrant quests at Tol Ascarnen, Grimwood Lumber Camp, and Tirith Rhaw will now advance correctly. - The reset at the Grimwood Lumber Camp will now invoke an hour long cooldown on resetting the NPCs. - Legendary Worlds: Nazgul logic has been adjusted to trigger victory at the start of its defeat sequence. ### Update 45.5 Release Notes - Date: 2025-09-24 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/508466730850320542 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-508466730850320542 ##### **Update 45.5 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.5, released on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. ##### **Of Special Note:** ##### **Kingdoms of Harad is now available for Pre-Purchase!** _The Kingdoms of Harad stand at a crossroads, their rivalries sharpening as a greater threat gathers strength. Gandalf has come with a warning of a darkness rising in the South. The Thardúth, ancient servants of Morgoth, rise once more, harnessing powers that could unmake the balance of Middle-earth._ Rally the Kindred of the Coins along with the fierce Mizâdi, Shâra of Renewed Hamât, as rival kingdoms clash and old grudges resurface. From arid wastelands, blighted forests, and perilous ruins, war looms on every horizon. Who will rise to lead the Kingdoms of Harad against the coming darkness, or deeper into it? Experience the Epic Finale: Embark on over 400 new quests, uncovering stories of betrayal, shifting alliances, and ancient powers. Test your strength in three new instances and raid** as you take part in the climactic chapter of the Song of Waves and Wind. - **Level Cap Raised to 160: **Advance from 150 to 160 and unlock new powers, abilities, and gear to face the trials of Harad. Grow stronger than ever as the struggle against Morgoth’s shadow reaches its decisive moment. - **Explore the Heart of Harad: **Journey through four vast new regions: the blighted lands of Adagîm, the arid gorges of Kíghan, the scorched plateaus of An Shêru, and the once vibrant lakes of Idagâl. - **Forge Fragile Alliances: **As the Thardúth rise with power from the First Age, the South teeters between unity and ruin. Rally the proud Kindred of the Coins and the fierce Mizâdi, Shâra of Renewed Hamât, even as the ambitious Nakási Wave-reaper moves to tip the balance. - **Journey Farther with Expedition Supplies: **Get immediate access to Expedition supplies to enhance your journey! The Collector's Edition includes five Reputation Acceleration Tomes, a Virtue XP Accelerator, five 100% XP Accelerators, and a Rare Crafting Component x5 Selection Box. The Ultimate Fan Bundle also includes 25k virtue XP, four Virtue XP Accelerators, and an Ultimate Carry-all Selection Box. Expedition Supplies are limited to one per account. - **Exciting Bonus Items in the Ultimate Fan Bundle: **Enjoy other great features in the Ultimate Fan Bundle, including: 10 slots of extra bank space, an Ultimate 150 level-up package, Ultimate Carry-all Selection Box, Housing Teleporter, Armor of the Golden Lion, Weapon Aura of the Golden Lion, Camel and War-steed of the Golden Lion, Baby Camel pet, a "What's in the Basket?" Bauble, XP Boost Earing, and a level 150 Valar Package. ** Instance & Raid content will be available after Kingdoms of Harad release. **[Click here to learn more about Kingdoms of Harad!](https://www.lotro.com/kingdoms-of-harad)** ##### **The Bane of Rhûn has arrived on Angmar and Mordor!** The Bane of Rhûn has joined the Black Blade of Lebennin to challenge adventurers on the Legendary Worlds of Angmar and Mordor! Learn more about these worlds on [LOTRO.com](https://LOTRO.com) . Ringwraiths will sometimes appear in-game, either in the landscape or accessible by a portal that appears, and anyone at the level cap of the game world can enter the portal or otherwise take part in the fight. Once enough players arrive through the portal, the Ringwraith will spawn. New versions of these Ringwraith instances will appear as necessary based on the number of players who enter the portal instance space. ##### **Filbert Fig and Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound Lootboxes have been updated!** Filbert Fig has arrived to barter your Figments of Splendour for new and returning rewards! Filbert Fig can be found by the Boar Fountain in Bree along with Galtrev in Dunland, Skarhald in Ered Mithril, Estolad Lan in Imlad Morgul, the Twenty-First Hall in Moria, and in Hultvis in The Vales of Anduin. Read more on [LOTRO.com!](https://LOTRO.com!) _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/508466730850320542]_ ### Update 45.4.1 Release Notes - Date: 2025-09-17 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/508466096994517107 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-508466096994517107 ##### **Update 45.4.1 Release Notes** Here are the release notes for Update 45.4.1, released on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025. ##### **News and Notes:** - This game update restores a correction that initially launched with Update 45.1,1 but was accidentally reverted in Update 45.4. This correction relates to the Burglar Trait "On a Roll" and targets a specific gameplay performance concern. - Veil of the Nine worlds: Vitality has been increased on Amelia's level 75 faction armour to make it more competitive with other sets available at this level. - The Temple of Utug-bûr: The number of additional nodules that spawn during the transition stages of the Gârash boss fight have been reduced for Tier 3. This brings the spawns into better alignment for each tier and reduces the overall impact on performance when these enemies spawn. - Transfer: We have corrected an issue where some characters were unable to join a kinship after server transfer. ### Update 45.4 Release Notes - Date: 2025-09-10 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/536612959323947215 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/steam-536612959323947215 ##### **Update 45.4 Release Notes** Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.4, released on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. ##### **News and Notes:** - We have corrected a bug that could cause characters to be unable to jump due to riding mounts in snow. - Grodris, the Matron of the Wintersebb in the Isendeep Mine in The Ettenmoors, now properly respawns two hours after defeat. - The Burglar Trait: On a Roll will once again decrease the active cooldown on Double Down by additional time per rank. - Chat line call-outs for signature skills during the Veil of the Nine ringwraith event now display properly in French and German.