# The Lord of the Rings Online Update 46: Kingdoms of Harad Release Notes - Product: The Lord of the Rings Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online) - Vendor: Standing Stone Games - 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/2025-12-03-update-46-kingdoms-of-harad-release-notes 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. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Level cap increased to 160 with the Kingdoms of Harad expansion - **added** — Epic story chapter 14.1: Whispers of Wizardry added to The Song of Waves and Wind - **added** — Angmar and Mordor updated with new level cap of 85 - **changed** — Salutation to Faire Days Farmers Faire wrapper quest now takes 12 days to complete instead of 15 - **fixed** — A Bountiful Harvest Fall Festival wrapper quests can no longer be cancelled to prevent issues with properly receiving the quests every year - **changed** — Beorning Piercing Roar now costs 10 wrath and cooldown increased from 30s to 45s - **changed** — Beorning Piercing Roar is now only available to trait when specialized in The Roar - **changed** — Beorning Piercing Roar now reduces incoming damage of all fellows by 25% for 10s as a fellowship buff instead of a targeted enemy debuff - **changed** — Beorning Crippling Roar renamed to Resounding Roar and makes the buff raidwide with cooldown increased to 60s - **changed** — Beorning Thickened Hide now grants a multiplicative reduction rather than additive reduction to defences - **changed** — Beorning Hearten's HoT now has one additional pulse - **changed** — Beorning Encouraging Roar's HoT no longer tiers up with baseline potency equivalent to former tier 3 - **changed** — Beorning Nature's Salve radius increased from 8m to 20m - **changed** — Beorning Nature's Mend is now an AoE 30m heal for the fellowship of your target - **changed** — Beorning Trample is now an AoE skill and no longer applies a debuff - **changed** — Beorning Thorned Armour now mitigates effect damage instead of ignoring it - **fixed** — Burglar Subtle Stab now has +10% inherent bonus to critical chance as intended ##### **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]_