# The Lord of the Rings Online Update 48.8 Release Notes

- Product: The Lord of the Rings Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-online)
- Vendor: Standing Stone Games
- Date: 2026-07-01
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/212500/view/717908846920600756
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- **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.