Update 40 Release Notes

Update 40 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 40: Beneath the Surface, released on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Of Special Note

Season 10 of the Legendary Items Reward Track has arrived!

The latest Legendary Items Reward Track has arrived with new rewards! See some of the new rewards on LOTRO.com. The 10th Legendary Items Reward Track begins at 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on May 15th and runs until 10:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on August 14th. Make sure to claim your rewards before the 11th Reward Track begins!

Welcome to Umbar-môkh, the Neaths, beneath Umbar Baharbêl, the City of the Corsairs!

It is a new dawn for Umbar. At the request of Hármelak, the Golden Queen, the Kindred of the Coins has reopened the great meeting-hall of Dâr Laja so they can better hear the voices of their people. And yet, beneath the city in Umbar-môkh, there are some who feel threatened by this new order, working in the darkness until their plans bear fruit. Speak to Jaith outside the Meeting-hall of Dâr Laja in the Upper Ward of the City of Umbar to begin Chapter 9 of "The Song of Waves and Wind", a new on-ramp for the story! We recommend you complete chapters 1 through 8 of "The Song of Waves and Wind", but it is not required to begin Chapter 9. There are also new side quests in each of the five sections of Umbar-môkh. Each side quest chain is started by a member of the Kindred of the Coins inside of Dâr Laja.

• Tâkhdar; the Cellars, where shady business deals and black market sales take place.

• Ilmabiri; the Wells, where the sewers beneath the city are filled with a variety of dangers.

• Kamrabezûr; the Vaults, where it is rumored that escaped gladiators dwell.

• Khabârkhad; the Crypts, where the ancestors of Umbar's past rest - or do they?

• Dil-irmíz ; the Berths, a flooded area that is deemed so dangerous that adventurers are discouraged from travelling there alone.

These quests are for players at level 150.

News and Notes

Classes and Skills

• Beorning

• Wrathful was incorrectly increasing Beorning crit chance by 4% starting at 1 Wrath rather than 21 Wrath. It now correctly increases your Critical Chance by 4% every 20 wrath, starting at 21 wrath and maxing out at 81 Wrath. The Wrathful trait tooltip has also been updated so that it correctly reflects this effect.

• Ferocious Roar now interacts correctly with Trample, Nature's Wrath, Rush, Sacrifice, Vicious Claws, and Hearten.

• Captain

• The Lend Courage tooltip now displays the correct value for Morale restored.

• The Lend Resolve tooltip now displays the correct values for Morale and Power restored.

• The Oathbreaker's Shame tooltip now has a disclaimer that its effect will not stack with other potent Incoming Damage debuffs.

• Captains could end up in a temporary state where Rallying Cry and Rousing Cry were both disabled after using Time of Need and subsequently defeating a monster, This has been fixed so that Defeat Events from kills correctly refresh the 15 second duration even when following the use of Time of Need.

• Champion

• The tooltip of the Umbari Armour of a Thousand Blades now clearly states that it only changes the effect applied by Great Cleave.

• Guardian

• Bastion of Light, when modified with both Radiate and Flash of Light, failed to spread debuffs applied by the guardian. This has been fixed.

• We fixed a string error that was reintroduced to the Protection by the sword skill.

• Shield-swipe now correctly