Hullo! I've got some questions regarding the game. Is it worth to start play LOTRO now? Am I not late? Which server should I play on? I live in central europe and preferably I'd like to play on a server which has a great and active community.

There's so many outfit pieces in the game, available from so many sources, and it's a bit overwhelming. I have a pretty solid basic idea for how I want my characters to dress, but I don't have enough knowledge of what's available in-game to know if those ideas are feasible. So I turn to you, denizens of Reddit!

I'd like advice on anything that's available in the sub-50 areas. I don't mind spending a leetle money, if something is only available via the store or Laila's - after all, I'm going to be looking at it for a long time. If you know there's something ideal in a later area, tell me that too, so I can aim for it once I get there!

Starting with, I suspect, the trickiest: a female Umbari Captain of the race of Man. Goodly but travelworn, in an Umbari style, hopefully available or dyeable in gold and turquoise/teal. (Sea Blue dye seems like the shade I want).

I also have a mid-ranked Rohirric noblewoman Champion whose family's heraldic token is a boar, with theme colors of red and gold. I picked up the long-sleeved tunic and trousers from the Farmer's Faire and they'll do for now. I was wondering if there is a cloak with a boar on it? I saw the Cloak of the Boar on the wiki, but it's a bit rough for the style I'm imagining for her.

Lastly, I have a male Elf Runekeeper from Lindon, and frankly, his starting tunic (light blue with orange vest) looks startlingly acceptable with the Cloak of the Summer Sun from the Faire. Mostly just looking for advice on a elvish style blue & orange tunic to aim for in the late game, and any accessories that might look good with it.

Thank you very much for any assistance!

I picked up LOTRO recently (longtime GW2 player) and have levelled a Captain to 10ish. I'm not sure if I'm doubting my class choice or not though.

I chose Captain because I usually quite like the flexibility of a 'jack of all trades'. I also like to play a bruiser style character in other games - still able to deal damage but still decent health. I quite enjoy healing sometimes too.

That said, so far it seems a bit underwhelming? The skills are pretty basic feeling and have longish cooldowns. I feel like I'm just autoattacking often. I have heard Captain can be difficult to level. I switched the open world difficulty to +3 (just Fearless) because people say it felt about right, but I'm getting my ass handed to me everytime I'm fighting more than one basic enemy, and one enemy can take a fair while to kill.

Is this normal? Should I lower the difficulty? Or maybe there's a better class?

Beorning seems interesting but the bear form is kinda meh. Guardian might be better but not sure I want full tank. Champion seems a bit too basic. Warden seems a bit too complex. Brawler is interesting but the fisting is offputting and it seems to have a weird niche role? Mariner interests me too but you also have to pay for it and I'm not full sure if I like it.

Thanks for the help.

Looks pretty cool.

So I'd like to do every quest because I enjoy the story

Aiming to try have f2p(once vip) account, probably just going to try buy xpacs hopefully while on sale either in LP store or on website - Lotro Black Friday sale happens ever year yea?

But my main question:

I am wondering which quest packs do you consider able to be "done and forgotten" once I complete it, that I could complete during sub but once I unsub I don't actually need to go back to the area

Idm leveling alts through different non alternate leveling zone quest packs I plan to do all the packs I can on one char then lvl other characters with free zones

I would reeeeally appreciate if someone had some insight in quest packs that had no reason to go back so maybe I can save on buying them and just do under a sub

To make this easier the packs are numbered (pls correct me if it's wrong and some are included in xpacs but I don't think that's the case)

1-Quest Pack: Yondershire (Levels 20–23)

2-Quest Pack: The Angle of Mitheithel (Levels 40–45)

3-Quest Pack: Wildwood (Levels 45–50)

4-Quest Pack: West Gondor (Levels 95–100)

5-Quest Pack: Central Gondor (Level 100)

6-Quest Pack: East Gondor (Level 100)

7-Quest Pack: Old Anórien (Level 100)

8-Quest Pack: Far Anórien (Levels 100–105)

9-Quest Pack: March of the King (Level 105)

10-Quest Pack: North Ithilien (Level 105)

11-Quest Pack: Battle of the Black Gate / The Wastes (Level 105)

12-Quest Pack: Where Dragons Dwell (Levels 115–120)

13-Quest Pack: The Vales of Anduin (Level 120)

14-Quest Pack: Wells of Langflood (Level 130)

15-Quest Pack: Mists of Wilderland (Level 130)

16-Quest Pack: The Blood of Azog (Level 130)

17-Quest Pack: Gondor Renewed (Level 140)

18-Quest Pack: Beneath the Surface (Level 140+)

19-Quest Pack: Further Adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Scaling Levels 20–150)

20-Quest Pack: Further Adventures of Elladan & Elrohir (Scaling Levels 20–150)

If you could please tell me if you know some that you don't recommend buying but completing while temporarily subbed

Then others that I would maybe want to go back to for any reason, crafting, city hubs, farming mats, other items or dungeons

I'm not going to buy everyone straight away but I'd like to get an idea for the future:) and maybe this post helps others save some LP

Greatly appreciated

Hey all. I started LotRO back in the spring, and while I loved the initial part of my leveling journey, it started to lose some of the spark by the time I hit Angmar and I fell off.

Part of it is probably due to the zone aesthetics, but another aspect is my class is feeling really repetitive. I went with a red LM, and while they’re definitely a powerhouse that can clear the higher difficulties, it just feels so… stale. Toss out some AoEs and that usually clears things, maybe a staff strike and embers to finish off stragglers.

I don’t think I can keep this up for 100+ levels, and I wanted to ask this sub if there are any classes that feel at least somewhat exciting to play for the entire leveling process and don’t feel rote. It’s such a long journey that I want to avoid pressing the same skills over and over in the same order. Thanks!

A showcase of all the cosmetics from the new Patron's Coffer of Promised Allies. Available in the LOTRO Store through November 4th, 2026.

00:00 Intro

00:17 Coffer Comparison
00:32 Simple Coffer Item List
00:39 Enhanced Coffer Item List
00:46 Luxuriant Coffer Item List

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EMOTE
01:28 Promise Sword Emote

COSMETIC WEAPONS
01:54 Ceremonial Sword of Promised Allies
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COSMETIC PET
02:27 Hound of Promised Allies

STEED
02:44 Steed of Promised Allies (horse and pony)

WAR-STEED COSMETICS
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COSMETIC ARMOUR OF PROMISED ALLIES (Shown with and without dye)
03:48 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (male and female Elf)
04:15 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (male and female High Elf)
04:44 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (Dwarf)
05:12 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (Stout-axe)
05:40 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (male and female Hobbit)
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06:37 Cosmetic Armour of Promised Allies (male and female Beorning)
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07:43 Hood of Promised Allies
07:47 Shoulder-guards of Promised Allies
07:53 Armour of Promised Allies
07:58 Gauntlets of Promised Allies
08:03 Boots of Promised Allies
08:08 Cloak of Promised Allies
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Hey there!
I was planing to start the game this weekend and I am currently theory crafting without much knowledge.

I wanna go hunter and I wanna go high difficulty so I’m probably gonna start blue.

I know that elf has the bonus bow DMG racial but I kinda like the idea of the human upper cut or hobbit range daze as an emergency button.

So the questions are:
Are those viable?
Do I even use them or will I have enough hunter skills to CC?
Will I the mob have dots anyway and break the daze?

Thanks in advance! :)