# The Lord of the Rings Online Update 47 Release Notes - Product: The Lord of the Rings Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online) - Vendor: Standing Stone Games - Date: 2026-03-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/517488519393837180 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online/releases/2026-03-04-update-47-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** — A new raid The Folly of Nagakhêdi has arrived for players with Kingdoms of Harad expansion, with Tier 1 immediately available and subsequent tiers opening on March 12th and March 19th - **added** — The 17th Legendary Items Reward Track has arrived with new cosmetic pet tomes and weapon aura rewards for players level 45 and above - **fixed** — Beorning blue line version of Ferocious Roar will now properly bestow the Rattling Roar deed - **fixed** — Brawler Come at Me now correctly taunts enemies for 5 seconds - **changed** — Brawler Vulnerability now reduces enemy Critical Chance rather than Incoming Damage - **changed** — Brawler Strike as One now lasts 15 seconds and grants a larger buff when solo but a smaller buff when affecting allies - **changed** — Burglar Clever Retort builders now have diminishing returns - **changed** — Burglar Bloodletter's Melee Damage buff reduced from 3/6/9% to 1/2/3% - **changed** — Burglar overall damage reduced by 5% - **fixed** — Burglar Mischievous Delight once again restores Power to your Fellowship - **changed** — Champion Emboldened Blades at Tier 5 will now cause Remorseless Strikes to hit multiple enemies - **changed** — Champion Raging Blade damage increased by 25% - **changed** — Guardian charge effects are no longer removed when executing an attack while using the trait tree Defender of the Free - **fixed** — Guardian Shield Wall will no longer remove or block the use of Protection by the Sword - **changed** — Guardian increased the range on the defensive portion of Protection by the Sword to 60m, with the parry response effect only triggering when the protected target is within 20m - **changed** — Guardian Stamp is now earned at level 16 - **changed** — Guardian Challenge is now granted by specializing in The Defender of the Free - **changed** — Guardian Fray the Edge base cooldown increased to 30 seconds and reduced to 15 seconds when specializing in The Defender of the Free - **removed** — Guardian The Disorientation trait has been removed - **changed** — Guardian Smashing Strike (formerly Smashing Stab) is now a general skill earned at level 34 and can be used while wielding a 2h weapon - **changed** — Hunter overall damage reduced by 5% ##### **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]_