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Server Opening Time: Tuesday, April 15 ~6:00 PM ET
Server Closing Time: Friday, April 18 ~3:00 PM ET
Welcome to Update 44: Crown of Hamât
Reputation
Along with the factions that introduced the system, the following factions will now provide Bonuses when a Character on a VIP account reaches 'Friend' status:
Festival Refresh
Of Special Note
Server Opening Time: Tuesday, April 15 ~6:00 PM ET
Server Closing Time: Friday, April 18 ~3:00 PM ET
- Report A Bug
- /bug may also be used from the Chat in the game.
- Guide to the Eyes and Guard Tavern
- Character Copy is AVAILABLE. This can be accessed through the 'Transfer' button on the Live Servers LOTRO Launcher.
- Player database was wiped on 04/08/25.
Welcome to Update 44: Crown of Hamât
This beta includes a new 6 Player Instance, a Lalia's Market Refresh, quests, missions and more! Also enjoy a first look at our Festival Refreshes, a Reputation bonus system for VIPs, and the new Legendary Reward Track Season 14.
Crown of Hamât
In a new story line spanning 25 quests, The Ikorbân Valley is under threat from a new evil, the enigmatic Bârshud II of Ekhamât. Explore the story of Mizâdi, Shâra of Hamât Renewed as she fights for her people and attempts to bring peace to Shagâna.
Unlock 12 additional side quests when you complete the Crown of Hamât quest "A Grim Warning" in Iridír.
New Instance
Dun Shûma, The King’s Fortress (6 Player Instance)
The hostile forces of Ekhamât have claimed Dun Shûma, the hidden fortress of Menûn Shûma III. The ancient ruin is said to hold many historical treasures of the kingdoms of Shagâna. Though Bârshud has retreated, his Umûni still stand opposed to Mizâdi's quest to claim the Crown of Hamât.
Legendary Mirkwood
Legendary Endgame for Level 65: Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Endgame group content has been updated for the release of Mirkwood on the legendary servers Angmar and Mordor. Base Health and Damage have been increased for most monsters found within level 65 endgame instances, including those from the Mirkwood and In Their Absence content clusters.
Reputation
Favoured Standing Enhancement
As part of the release for Legacy of Morgoth in 2024, we added a new VIP feature for players. To Celebrate the 18th Anniversary of The Lord of the Rings Online, we have added this feature to nearly all of the reputations throughout the game.
The Favoured Reputation system grants all characters on VIP-level accounts a bonus once one character on your account has achieved at least Friend rank with a reputation faction.
Along with the factions that introduced the system, the following factions will now provide Bonuses when a Character on a VIP account reaches 'Friend' status:
| Men of Bree | The Grey Company | Dol Amroth | The White Company |
| Council of the North | Algraig, Men of Enedwatih | Pelargir | Reclamation of Minas Ithil |
| Thorin's Hall | Men of Dunland | Men of Ringló Vale | The Great Alliance |
| The Wardens of Annúminas | Théodred's Riders | Men of Dor-en-Ernil | March on Gundabad |
| The Eglain | The Riders of Stangard | Men of Lebennin | The Gabil'akkâ |
| Rangers of Esteldín | Heroes of Limlight Gorge | Rangers of Ithilien | The League of the Axe |
| The Mathom Society | Men of the Wold | Defenders of Minas Tirith | Woodcutter's Brotherhood |
| Elves of Rivendell | Men of the Norcrofts | Riders of Rohan | The Habban'akkâ of Thráin |
| Defenders of The Angle | Men of the Sutcrofts | Host of the West | Kharum-ubnâr |
| The Eldgang | Men of the Entwash Vale | Conquest of Gorgoroth | Reclaimers of the Mountain-hold |
| Lossoth of Forochel | People of Wildermore | Men of Dale | The Yonder-watch |
| Iron Garrison Guards | Survivors of Wildermore | Elves of Felegoth | Dúnedain of Cardolan |
| Iron Garrison Miners | The Eorlingas | Dwarves of Erebor | Stewards of Iron-home |
| Galadhrim | The Helmingas | Grey Mountains Expedition | The Renewal of Gondor |
| Malledhrim | The Ents of Fangorn Forest | Wilderfolk | Citizens of of Umbar Baharbêl |
Please note the subfactions for Dol Amroth and Host of the West are not included in this system.
Festival Refresh
18th Anniversary Celebration
New for LOTRO's 18th Anniversary Event are six seasonal Missions. Each mission is inspired by a low-level quest and is available to characters level 20+, with Delvings available at level cap. Talk to the Hooded Stranger inside The Prancing Pony to run these missions and enjoy the quests of yore in a new way.
Midsummer Festival
New for this year's Midsummer Festival, you're invited to visit the far-off tropical island of Furtherholm! Located in the Shield Isles off the coast of Umbar in the Bay of Belfelas, a crew of freebooters have retired from a life at sea to open the island as a retreat for travellers from all parts of Middle-earth. Come enjoy the sun and surf and collect rewards for lending a hand! To start this new summer adventure, talk to Ikhajât in front of the City Stables in Minas Tirith (Midsummer). She can also be found at the Party Tree, Thorin's Hall Inn, inside The Prancing Pony and The Festival Garden in Duillond.
Release Notes - U44 Beta #2 (New notes in yellow):
Of Special Note
- The Chargen music (on non-Legendary severs) has been updated for our anniversary with a new track that celebrates LOTRO's musical journey!
- Lore-master
- The aurochs pet should now interact correctly with all Lore-master traits and skills.
- Rune-keeper
- Rune-keeper Static Surge now has a 10 target cap limit. It will now correctly benefit from traceries and other bonuses to target counts.
- A change to the Thorin's Hall Hard Tack event now provides an uncooked version of the dish, brew, and snack before using the ovens. You will not get the final product until the item is successfully delivered to the tables.
- We have re-worked the Combe Forester Event as follows:
- The event will begin every hour on the hour.
- A call will go out to Breeland when the event begins recruiting and at the 8 and 2 minutes to begin marks.
- Axes still need to be collected.
- Using the woodpiles, while you have the axe, grants you unrefined wood.
- Using the competition workbenches, while you have the event axe, grants you refined wood.
- Aldith will collect the Axe and the refined wood before you move to the next stage.
- You must have a tool which allows skinning, universal or a Foresters Axe equipped, to skin the bears.
- You must have a tool which allows skinning, universal or a Foresters Axe equipped, to refine the bear hides.
- The event countdowns, cooldowns, and statuses should no longer fall out of synch with the servers.
- Goblin Sappers in the Vales of Anduin no longer stay in overhead pose after throwing their firepots.
- Applying a new daze to an already dazed target will no longer cause the daze VFX to be removed.
- Gundabad Bat-riders now use bat-specific animations for their special attacks.
- All versions of the Umbari Feasts have been standardized to a min level of 141, with no max level.
- In the Elf tutorial Instance: The Refuge of Edheliona, Talagan Silvertongue will no longer turn to face you when he is kneeling.
- The Lothlorien quests Malbrethil Saplings and Songs for the Saplings should now both function correctly.
- The quests "On a Mission (Weekly)" and "On a Continuing Mission (Weekly)" have been updated to accept new Crown of Hamât missions.
The quest "Forging a Path in the Ikorbân Valley (Weekly)" has been updated to remove bounties and accept new Crown of Hamât missions. Completing either existing Ikorbân Valley or Crown of Hamât missions will progress the quest.
- Note: this will version these weekly quests upon release, causing weekly progress to reset.
- Hotspots visually updated for clarity.
- Tul Zakana, The Well of Forgetting
- Ordakhai Sorcerers in the Well of Forgetting no longer attempt to use a shadow skill for which they do not have appropriate animations.
- Consuming Fire now has a slightly longer delay before it activates.
- Consuming Fire damage reduced by 20%.
- Ost Dunhoth: Gortheron
- Gortheron now reaches maximum power much more quickly, and his power effects are less potent and more clearly named.
- Sari-surma
- Removed a few inductions and sped up Coldbear's overall skill usage.
- Coldbear's reflect now has an induction and the reflect only lasts 5s.
- Cleaned up Osan's "Essence of" skills so that it's clearer which skills are gained from which auras, and which effects are applied by each essence skill.
- Lesser wight reflects only return 5% of incoming damage to the player.
- Setting an instance to Duo will now be based on Solo difficulty and rewards rather than 3-man values.
- Note that duos can still freely play 3-man mode if they desire the additional challenge.
- Utug-bur Wing 2: Thur Hin
- Weeping Poison now deals Acid damage.
- Eruption can no longer target Legolas.
- Frenzied Axe now correctly tiers up a bleed.
- Shield of Blood now prevents Blood Rupture.
- Utug-bur Wing 3: Inner Sanctum
- Plague Aura damage reduced on Tiers 2 and 3.
- Reduced the number of mobs that can apply the targetd Purge Hope effect.
- Adjustments to Boss 2 all tiers:
- Nodules reaching blisters will now apply a stun to players for 5s and apply a tier of true despair to players in a slightly larger area.
- Nodules reaching blisters will now explode and deal raid-wide damage.
- Nodule damage from exploding is increased.
- If no blisters or fragments are available for nodules to attack, they will now default to attacking players or pets.
- Adjustments to Boss 2 Tier 3:
- The skill Drain Reason will now Randomize targets when it is multi-cast. This should reduce a single target being hit by all of the skill plays simultaneously.
- Rubble Piles in the Gundabad Mission "Clearing a Path" can no longer be forced to turn with the Burglar Diversion skill.
- The Long Umbari Marble Ramp decoration item can now only be used in enormous yard hooks, interior wall hooks, and interior furniture hooks.
- The housing reward for the Life Unlived quest line has been updated to take the user to Raphûz and Ashami at their location as mission givers. From there players can use the lectern to access the story instances that were part of the arc.
- Barter costs have been adjusted for many pieces of generic uncommon and rare skirmish equipment bartered with marks and medallions.
- Many pieces of level 60 equipment were giving invisible stat benefits beyond what their tooltips suggested. This has been fixed, so your character stats should update in accordance with the values seen on your equipment.
- Visit the new Hamâti quartermaster in Iridír in the Ikorbân Valley for new rewards, including housing items, Tome of the Evergreen Sickle-fly and Tome of the Russet Corgi available from completing Crown of Hamât quests and missions.
- Monster Player damage and healing have been increased by ~7.5% Monster Player traits and effects have been updated to iLvl 525 equivalent values.
- Misc terrain texture issues in Eriador have been resolved.
- Misc deco and floating resource node issues in Khud Zagin have been fixed.
- Misc pathing issues in Utug Bur have been resolved.
- Wildermore now displays as Wildermore when entering the region, and on the stable-master panel.
- FRENCH
- Secure the Landing of Kur Anzar - turn-in dialogue now displays properly.
- Translations for Light damage in French have been updated.
- The command in the tooltip on the Grant the Epic Coin Flip Emote item has been corrected to read /coinflip_epic.
- Fixed a bug with guards carrying lit torches to cause terrain lighting to flicker.
- NPCs inside the House of Craft, Minas Tirith [Midsummer] will no longer use incorrect pre-battle VO.
- All Banker NPCs can now repair items.
- "Lórien now displays properly in 'The Basics of Birding' guide"
- Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast adjustments are now available in windowed mode.
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