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Update 38.0.1 Release Notes
Update 38.0.1 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 38.0.1, released on Wednesday, November 15th, 2023. Of Special Notes: New rewards in Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound Lootboxes! Adventurer's and…
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Update 38: Corsairs of Umbar Release Notes
Update 38 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 38: Corsairs of Umbar, released on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023. Of Special Note: Corsairs of Umbar has arrived! Face the Rising Tide of the Kindred's Power…
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Update 37.2 Release Notes
Update 37.2 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 37.2, released on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. Of Special Note: Corsairs of Umbar is now available to pre-purchase! Face the Rising Tide of the Kindred's Po…
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Update 37 Release Notes
Update 37 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 37, released on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023. Of Special Note: Introducing the River Hobbit A new starting race is now available! The last of their kind remai…
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Update 36: Gondor Renewed Release Notes
Update 36 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 36: Gondor Renewed, released on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023. Of Special Note: A New Story Begins in A Renewed King's Gondor! After the defeat of Sauron, King E…
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Update 35 has been released!
Of Special Note: Angmar Reborn: Carn Dûm After suffering countless setbacks and defeats, the last remnants of the Iron Crown have returned to Carn Dûm, hoping to wield a lost artifact of the Witch-king of Angmar to win…
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Before the Shadow has arrived!
Update 34 Release Notes Here theease notes for Update 34: Before the Shadow, released on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. Of Special Note: Before the Shadow has arrived! Before the shadows lengthened in Angmar, forces of ev…
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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…
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Update 33 Release Notes
Update 33 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 33: The Yondershire, released on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022. Of Special Note Celebrate 15 Years of The Lord of the Rings Online! This year we are partying i…
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Celebrating 15 Years of The Lord of the Rings Online!
Celebrate 15 Years of LOTRO! This year we are partying in a big way, with all sorts of giveaways, events, and more. Read on to celebrate with us! The Anniversary Event Returns! Our Anniversary Event starts at the Party…
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Read our newest Producer's Letter! March 2022
A Letter from Producer Raninia – March 2022 Hello again! It’s time to update y’all again on what we have going on. Before I get into that, just a reminder that I’m Raninia, the Producer on The Lord of the Rings: Online,…
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Update 32: Rangers and Ruins is now available!
Update 32 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 32: Rangers and Ruins, released on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022. Of Special Note: The Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra Raid arrives soon! "Beyond the falls of Amga…
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A Letter from Producer Raninia – December 2021
A Letter from Producer Raninia – December 2021 Hello! For those of you who may not know who I am, I’m Raninia, the producer on The Lord of the Rings: Online. Severlin hasn’t gone anywhere, but I’m now picking up the dut…
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Our Black Friday sales have arrived!
Black Friday Sales have arrived! Available through Monday, November 29th, 2021: LOTRO Store: Temporary Release: Bombur's Bounty! A bundle of useful things including Mithril and boosts! Available through Monday, November…
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Update 31: Fate of Gundabad has arrived!
Following the grueling battles and heavy tolls of the initial assault, Prince Durin and his allies now regroup and prepare their final offensive on the mountain-home of Gundabad, seeking to reclaim their ancestral legac…
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Update 30 Release Notes
Update 30 Release Notes Here are the Release Notes for Update 30: Blood of Azog, released on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021. Of Special Note: Interlude: Blood of Azog After the escape of Gorgar, son of Bolg, and the sealing of…
