Community rules
Here are the rules you are required to follow in order to post in The Lord of the Rings Online Forums.
Official News and Information Find our announcements, downtime notices, release notes, and more here!
Announcements
Get the latest announcements and news here.
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Service News
Downtime announcements, temporary content closures and other service-related matters will be announced and updated here.
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Release Notes and Known Issues
You can find links to our game release notes and known issues here.
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Sales and Promotions
Find the latest sales and promotions here.
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Official Discussions and Developer Diaries
Developer Diaries and official discussion threads are kept here. NOTE: These threads are moderated to avoid off-topic discussion, and discussions about a given topic between players may be moderated as necessary.
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The Lord of the Rings Online General Forums
64-bit Transfers
Use this temporary channel to keep all of your 64-bit server questions, comments, and information in one place. We will eventually move the entirety of this forum into General Discussion.
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Housing Opens
Discuss the opening of Housing before and during.
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New Player Questions and Feedback
If you are a new player or looking to help new players this is your forum!
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Player Suggestions
Got a great idea? Post it here! Like a Suggestion? Help others see it!
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Off Topic
This is where anything not LOTRO-related goes! This is also where to post about other things related to the general IP of the Lord of the Rings Online.
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Bullroarer Public Preview Server Bullroarer is where we preview upcoming content and systems! Learn how to download, install, run, and play on this special preview server open to all players.
Bullroarer Official Discussions and Information
Get Bullroarer release notes and other official information here.
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Bullroarer Feedback and General Discussion
General public discussion and reports from the community from Bullroarer.
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The Lord of the Rings Online Specific Forums These forums provide a place for more detailed and less general discussion about the game.
Gameplay Discussion
Traits, Deeds, Skirmishes, Delvings, Missions, Mounted Combat and more! Talk about the specific gameplay and systems of LOTRO here.
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Landscape Content
Discuss landscape Quests, objectives, Tasks, Deeds, Traits, and Titles here in addition to anything else related to playing in the LOTRO landscape!
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Instanced Content
Discuss instanced Quests, Skirmishes, Raids, Epic Battles, Missions, and Delvings here in addition to anything else related to running Instances in LOTRO!
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Character Creation and Development
Discuss LOTRO's classes here! General Class-specific discussion goes in this forum, and sub-forums exist for each class as well.
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Players versus Monster Players (PvMP)
Talk about PvMP here! NOTE: We do not permit calling out other player for negative attention. Do not bring your in-game disputes here!
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Legendary Items and Other Rewards
Discuss Legendary Items and other rewards here.
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Crafting
Everything crafting goes here.
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Housing
Discuss everything Housing here.
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LOTRO Community Forum This is the place for Content Creators, Guide Writers, Musicians, Plug-In Makers and more!
Kinships
This is the place for discussions about Kinships in The Lord of the Rings Online, and the place to recruit for your Kinship!
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Player Events
Organizing an in-game event for players, like a party, wedding, or other get-together? Advertise it here! Remember to include the time (and time zone), date, and which server your event is on!
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Creator and Maker Space
This is the place to share and promote your YouTube and Twitch channels, created artwork, music, podcast, blog, or Discord!
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Guides and FAQs
Share your excellent guide or FAQ here.
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Music and Musicians
This is the place for discussion about creating music in LOTRO in addition to a place for Bands to promote themselves!
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Cosmetics and Appearances
The most stylish part of the forums.
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User Interface, Plugins, and Lua Scripting
Discussions of the User Interface, Lua Scripting and plugins goes here.
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The Professor!
A specific forum to discuss the writing and life of J.R.R. Tolkien
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Game Worlds Server specific discussions and sub-forums.
Sting
I will give you a name, and I shall call you Sting.
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Legendary Worlds
Discuss Legendary Worlds here.
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Arkenstone
This server is named for the white jewel that was the greatest treasure of the Kings of Erebor. For over 150 years, Smaug kept it as part of his hoard, until Bilbo Baggins found it. It now lies entombed at the Lonely Mountain with the remains of Thorin Oakenshield.
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Brandywine
This server gets its name from two well-known things in Middle-earth, the Brandywine Bridge and the Brandywine River (also known as the Baranduin). The Brandywine River acts as a border on the east of the Shire, except for Buckland.
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Crickhollow
This server is named after the home Frodo Baggins purchased in Buckland from which he began his journey with the Ring.
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Evernight
A dark, shadow-filled region in the Great Sea that appears in one of Bilbo's songs called "Song of Eärendil".
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Gladden
This server has the name of two important places in Middle-earth, Gladden Fields and Gladden River. Gladden Fields was once a place where hobbits lived and the place where Sméagol (or Gollum), and Déagol came from. Gladden River was the river where Isildur was ambushed and killed by Orcs.
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Landroval (EN-RE)
This server shares its name with one of the Great Eagles. Landroval was the brother of Gwaihir, the Lord of the Eagles during the War of the Ring, and was one of the Eagles who saved Frodo and Sam from Mount Doom. Gandalf also claimed that he was fastest of the Eagles of the Misty Mountains.
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Laurelin (EN-RP)
One of the two trees the Valar planted atop a high hill, which cast a golden light over the realm.
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Belegaer (DE-RP)
Das Trennende Meer, ein mächtiger Ozean, der zwischen Mittelerde im Osten und Aman im Westen liegt.
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Gwaihir (DE)
Der Windfürst ist der erste aller Adler des Nebelgebirges und immer zur Stelle, wenn Gandalf und seine Gefährten Hilfe in der Not brauchen.
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Sirannon (FR)
Une rivière de l'Eriador, également connue sous le nom de "Rivière de la Porte", coulait hors des portes de la Moria. Elle fut par la suite endiguée, isolant les Portes de Durin des terres environnantes.
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Player-to-Player Assistance Help other players with their Account and Technical Support here! Official support can be found through help.standingstonegames.com, and no official support is provided in these forums.
Report a Bug
This is the place to send us your bug reports!
Account Support
Look here for answers to your questions about your LOTRO account, including Pre-orders, subscription plans, etc.
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Technical Support
Get help from other players about technical support questions here.
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Bug Discussion
NOTE: Please submit game bugs to us here: https://help.standingstonegames.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
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Der Herr der Ringe Online™ – DE Deutsches Forum für HdRO
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HdRO - Spiel-Diskussion
Hier könnt Ihr die verschiedenen Systeme, Gameplay-Techniken oder andere Elemente von „Der Herr der Ringe Online™“ diskutieren.
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Community & Soziales
Diskussionen über alle Aspekte der Community und des sozialen Lebens bei HdRO, einschließlich der Sippen, des Rollenspiels, der HdRO-Lotterien und mehr!
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Le Seigneur des Anneaux Online™ – FR Forums francophones du SdAO.
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Discussion générale sur le SdAO
Discussion générale, suggestions et commentaires sur le Seigneur des Anneaux Online™
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Discussion sur le SdAO : le jeu
Discutez des différents systèmes, des mécanismes de jeu et des autres éléments du Seigneur des Anneaux Online™
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Communauté et social
Discutez de tous les aspects sociaux et communautaires du SdAO, comme les confréries, le jeu de rôle, la loterie du SdAO et bien plus !
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