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Update 11: Volume III, Book 10 Quest Notes

Welcome to another edition of Quest Notes! I like to take a few pages every so often to keep you all posted on the current state of the Epic Story in LOTRO and to provide some choice tidbits concerning the adventures on which your character soon will embark.

Update 11 Developer Notes: Housing Foreclosure and Escrow Changes

Vacant houses. They take up space and make it hard for folks to find a home close their friends. In preparation for some cool housing updates later this year, it’s time to clean up those old homes and get them back on the market.

The One Fund Cloak

To raise awareness for The One Fund, the LOTRO team has created The One Fund Cloak!

Update 11: Treachery of the White Hand

The epic story continues as you are called to the remote region of Wildermore

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND TURBINE ANNOUNCE THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: HELM’S DEEP™

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment unveiled today The Lord of the Rings Online™: Helm’s Deep™, the next expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine. 

New Quarterly Wallpapers are available!

Get new desktop wallpapers here!

FAQ: Hobbit Presents
Find out more about the upcoming reward system called Hobbit Presents!
Bullroarer Took Day 2013 Screenshot Contest Winners!

Announcing the winners of our Bullroarer Took Day 2013 Screenshot Contest!

Fashion Week Screenshot Contest 2013 - The Winners!

Here are the winners for the 2013 Fashion Week Screenshot Contest!

We are very pleased to announce the LOTRO Player Council!

Starting March 22st, 2013, we invite players to apply for the LOTRO Player’s Council.

Bullroarer Took Screenshot Contest 2013 Rules, Terms and Conditions

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

Fashion Week: Schedule of Events 2013

All times listed in /servertime. (Eastern Time, -4 GMT)

Come Join Us For Middle-earth Fashion Week 2013!

Adventuring never looked this good! From March 11th to the 18th it’s Fashion Week here in LOTRO. Pull out your finest fabrics and make sure to participate in these various community and in-game events.

Middle-earth Fashion Week Fashion Contest

Sure, you adventurers may fight through the swamps, ditches, and battlegrounds of Middle-earth, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t dress to impress! It’s Middle-earth Fashion Week and we want to see your latest couture combinations! 

Bullroarer Took Day 2013 -- You Could Win a Copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!

Come celebrate Bullroarer Took day with us! On March 14th we’ll begin accepting screen shots from all over Middle-earth honouring the mighty Bullroarer Took! You could win a copy of The Hobbit on Blu-Ray! (it’s about another very famous Hobbit you might have heard about.)

Update 10 - Critical Defence Revision

As part of an ongoing examination of the Combat System, we have been making adjustments to the nature of Critical Hits in LotRO.

Update 10: Warden Stat Change - Agility Wardens!

Hey everybody! DEViled_Egg here to talk about the Warden stat changes. I’ll be going over what’s changing, how, why, and what we’ll be doing to ease this transition. RockX will also provide some more details on the change and what this means from an itemization perspective.

Update 10 - Instance Cluster Developer Diary

The second half of the instance cluster takes place within the lands of Erebor, at the town of Dale and at the Lonely Mountain. It tells the story of the Battle of Dale and Siege of Erebor. Sauron sent a large Easterling army north to defeat the Men of Dale and Dwarves of Erebor at the same time he was engaged with Gondor.

Update 10 - Seals and Medallion Conversion

Today I’ll be talking about the Seal conversion we’re performing with Update 10. Before I get into the details, allow me to shed some light on the reasoning.

Update 10 -- Itemization Information

Hello all, RockX here! Today I’ll be talking about the Itemization changes being introduced with Update 10. There’s two main areas which have seen some major changes for this update – Scaling Instance Loot and Set Bonuses.

A letter from Kate Paiz, Executive Producer, The Lord of the Rings Online™.

Hello all!

January has been an exciting month for us on the dev team!  We’ve wrapped up our plans for 2013, and I’m very pleased to announce some new big initiatives for LOTRO you can expect in the coming year:

Update 10 Mithril Coin Q&A

The release of Update 10 will introduce a new in-game currency called Mithril Coins. They can be purchased in the LOTRO store with Turbine Points and can be used for a variety of services including Stablemasters, Fast Travel to NPCs in quests, Reviving, Mannequins, and Daily Quest resets.

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