# The Lord of the Rings Online Update 46.1 Release Notes

- Product: The Lord of the Rings Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online)
- Vendor: Standing Stone Games
- Date: 2026-02-04
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/505101083838775369
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- **added** — Three new Kingdoms of Harad instances: Ekal-nêbi the Fallen Palace (6 player), Kôth Rau the Wailing Hold (6 player), and The Treasure Caves of Hurum Kâna (3 player)
- **added** — User Interface Scaling feature supporting cursor, more than fifty individual UI elements, and Global UI setting
- **added** — Map UI can now be toggled between Fullscreen and Panel modes
- **changed** — Premium homes will return 90% of their Homesteading Coin cost when sold
- **changed** — Full screen UI elements including Login Screen, Character Creation and Selection, Loading Screens, and Map Window updated to support wide screen displays without stretching
- **changed** — The 'Renewed Defences' effect duration restored to 3 minutes
- **changed** — All DPS specializations now have inherent -50% threat generated by damage modifier
- **changed** — Tank specializations threat generated from damage increased by 50%
- **changed** — Threat copy overhead reduced from +100% threat to +10% threat
- **changed** — Potencies of all additional threat effects doubled by +100%
- **changed** — Let Fly no longer has an induction, now has 40m range, and applies bonus threat for Guardians and Champions in tanking specializations
- **changed** — Jiret-menêsh travel skills no longer take a scenic detour to Khanâg Gur
- **changed** — Travel skills to Ahâba and Zajâna are now more centrally located
- **changed** — Beorning Nature's Mend will no longer play its unique sound for every ally targeted
- **fixed** — Beorning Bee Swarm mounted skill no longer forces target to move away
- **fixed** — Beorning Vicious Claws no longer makes reference to deprecated skill Mark of Beorn
- **changed** — Beorning Maul is once again raid-wide
- **changed** — Beorning Maul now consumes 5 Wrath per second, or 10 Wrath per second while specialized in The Hide
- **changed** — Beorning The Roar Maul duration reduced to 6 seconds
- **changed** — Beorning The Hide Maul lasts as long as you can sustain it with Wrath and cooldown reduced to 5 seconds

##### **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]_