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The Lord of the Rings Online — Update 49.1 Release Notes

Update 49.1 Release Notes

Added 1
  • Farmers Faire returns on August 13th, 2026 with new High-land Pastures cosmetic rewards
Changed 6
  • Leading the Charge deeds for Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses will be available for an additional two weeks, now ending 8/24/2026 at 3:00 AM Eastern
  • Adjusted the description on the Sorceress trait Dread Summons to accurately describe the behavior of the Umbral Spout
  • Normalized the range and targets on the fumaroles and ice pillar to 8 meters range and up to 5 targets affected
  • Reduced the distance magnitude of the umbral spouts pull effect from 8 meters to 5 meters
  • Withered arms now has a 10 second duration
  • Disabled March! in the Delving of Frór
Fixed 13
  • Corrected the run animation for female NPCs to resolve issues with NPCs moving extra slowly and potentially breaking instance dramas
  • Delving monsters in Cardolan and Swanfleet now utilize Delving skills appropriately
  • Fixed mesh stretching and clipping issues for the Nurn Pariah Sorceress Appearance
  • Umbral Spout aura effects no longer stack with multiple spouts
  • Acid Spout effects no longer stack with multiple fumaroles
  • Banish the Light no longer stacks when applied by multiple sorceresses
Update 49.1 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 49.1: In Good Company, Patch 1 released on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.

News and Notes:

  • Leading the Charge deeds for Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses will be available for an additional two weeks, now ending 8/24/2026 at 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT).

  • Farmers Faire returns on August 13th, 2026 with new High-land Pastures cosmetic rewards.

  • We have corrected the run animation for female NPCs. This should resolve issues with NPCs moving extra slowly and potentially breaking instance dramas.

  • Delving monsters in Cardolan and Swanfleet once again utilize Delving skills appropriately.

  • The mesh stretching and clipping issues for the Nurn Pariah Sorceress Appearance have been fixed.

  • Angmarim Sorceress

  • We have adjusted the description on the Sorceress trait “Dread Summons” to accurately describe the behavior of the Umbral Spout.

  • We have normalized the range and targets on the fumaroles and ice pillar. The range is now 8 meters, and up to 5 targets can be affected.

  • We have reduced the distance magnitude of the umbral spouts pull effect from 8 meters to 5 meters.

  • Umbral Spout aura effects no longer stack with multiple spouts.

  • Acid Spout effects no longer stack with multiple fumaroles.

  • “Banish the Light” no longer stacks when applied by multiple sorceresses.

  • Withered arms now has a 10 second duration.

  • Addressed a tooltip issue with Durability of Angmar.

  • Ettenmoors

  • We have re-enabled the first Sapling quest in the Ettenmoors.

  • We have resolved an issue with Artifacts in the Ettenmoors and have re-enabled artifact capture.

  • Delving of Frór

  • We have disabled March! in the Delving of Frór.

  • Relic capture now appropriately applies the buffs in the Delving of Frór.

  • Addressed an issue with broadcast expressing capture at the wrong locations for Relics.

  • Fixed a rendering issue that caused blurry terrain when using DirectX9 and with the Landscape Lighting Quality option set to Low.

  • PvMP Essence of the Serpent will no longer cause player UI lag when equipped.

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