Update 33.1 Release Notes

Update 33.1 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 33.1: The Further Adventures of Elladan and Elrohir, release date Wednesday, July 20th, 2022.

Of Special Note

The Further Adventures of Elladan and Elrohir have arrived!

Soon after Frodo's rescue from the Ford of Bruinen, the scouts of Rivendell venture forth, seeking news on the Enemy and his servants. Lord Elrond has given his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, a secret errand. Join the twins on their journey from Rivendell to the distant land of Lothlórien!

Players can start Further Adventures by talking to Elrond in his library in Rivendell. Rewards can be exchanged with Celeblír outside the Last Homely House.

Updates from the PvMP Front!

Experience the thrill of player versus player combat with new PvMP Options. You can become a monster player after your main character reaches level 2. If you wish to fight on the side of heroes, you can ride your character into the Ettenmoors at level 20, where you will be scaled up to better handle the carnage. Audacity is now essential for survival in the Ettenmoors. As you reach level 140, you will acquire more Audacity and gear to better handle the fight!

For a full list of changes and updates to PvMP in the Ettenmoors, please see the PvMP section.

News and Notes

The dynamically scaling stats on the following items have been adjusted to be more appropriate across all levels and increase above level 130: "Shields of the Hammerhand", "Earrings of the High Elves", "Earring of the Dead City", and "Fateful Gundabad Earring".

The stats granted by the following traits have been adjusted to be more appropriate across all levels and increase above level 130: "Man of the Fourth Age", "Hobbit-stature", "Fateful Dwarf", "Friend Of Man", "Emissary", "Unwritten Destiny", and "Those Who Remain".

Some player-level based stat progressions were tweaked a bit to smooth out values below level 105.

Events

• Treasure Bugan

• The Treasure Bugan’s base spawn chance is now 75%, an increase from 25% - 33%.

• The "Theodore Gorse’s Lucky Feather" item has been changed:

• Now guarantees that a Treasure Bugan will spawn when used in a qualifying instance.

• Still lasts 90 minutes, but expires in real-time.

• Can no longer be purchased for "Coins of the Bugan".

• Now costs 10 Mithril Coins, an increase from 5.

• Daily Quest “Seeking the Treasure Bugans!” has been updated:

• Now requires you to slay 3 Treasure Bugans instead of 4.

• Now offers the following rewards:

• 400 VXP

• Picker Box of basic crafting Materials

• 1 "Treasure Bugan's Cache", which offers a choice of the following:

• "Enhancement Runes" x3, Incomparable

• "Sealed Tracery": Incomparable

• "Universal Optional Ingredient"

• "Universal Solvent"

• Picker Box of crafting shards

• The once-per-event quest “Thwarting the Treasure Bugans” now offers the following rewards:

• 2000 VXP

• "Crate of Crafting Materials"

• 1 "Treasure Bugan's Cache", which offers a choice of the following:

• "Enhancement Runes" x3, Incomparable

• "Sealed Tracery", Incomparable

• "Universal Optional Ingredient"

• "Universal Solvent"

• Picker Box of crafting shards

• Classes

• Brawler

• Brawlers now have a visible proficiency skill in the Skills Panel for battle-gauntlets.

• 'Fist of the Valar' base damage increased to be more in line with other mettle spenders.

• 'Follow Me!' is no longer an attack speed buff, it is now a group combat run-speed buff, increasing speed by 20% for 15s.

• 'Come At Me' has several updates:

• Now 'fast' rather than 'immediate', to mitigate a skill cancellation issue encountered during periods of lag.

• Taunt duration increased [5s->10s].

• Base target count increased