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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 10h

Start a New Journey! Get 20% off:
Character Slots
Vet Status
Stat Packages
XP Boosts
Now through October 16th! #LOTRO

The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 10h

The Kingdoms of Harad is now available to Pre-Purchase!
Learn more about our next expansion on LOTRO.com:
https://www.lotro.com/kingdoms-of-harad #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 10h

New to the LOTRO Store: Shared Wardrobe Space #40 - #42
Store your superb silks and sashes with a newly extended cap to your shared wardrobe! Each pack grants +10 storage slots! #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 10h

LOTRO Bonus Days bring you +25% Crafting XP, now through October 12th! #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 10h

The latest Casual Stroll preview of the regions of Kingdoms of Harad is now available on YouTube! Join Senior World Designer Scenario for A Casual Stroll Through Kighân: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krKPl9atBIc #LOTRO

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Fibro Jedi @fibrojedi.me.uk · 14h

[Updated!] My #LOTRO Fall Festival Guide has now been updated with the newest rewards

🧹 Hobby-broom Mount
🕸 Cobweb Outfit Items
🎃🦬 The Pumpkin Huorn and Autumn Aurochs pets.
🎨 Dyes updated

More updates to follow later or tomorrow.

#LOTROfamily @officiallotro.bsky.social @lotrofamily.bsky.social

LOTRO Fall Festival 2025 - Guide and Rewards

Get the best of the Autumn/Halloween Feel at LOTRO's Fall Fest →

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MMORPG.com @mmorpg.com · 14h

Standing Stone Games has opened up @officiallotro.bsky.social's 32-bit "dark worlds", offering a second chance to transfer characters and items to 64-bit servers. www.mmorpg.com/news/if-you-...

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 15h

The Harvestmath Festival is now underway!

The Harvestmath Festival continues until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on November 3rd. Read about the new rewards and more in our guide on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-harvestmath-festival-guide-en

Guide to the Harvestmath Festival

The final crops of the year's harvest are ripe for enjoyment, which means it is the perfect time for the Harvestmath Festival! Read more about this annual event in our guide.

www.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 15h

The Legacy of Morgoth instances that closed after 45.5 have now been reopened following today's game update. #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 16h

Free Transfers Available From Select 64-bit Game Worlds

We are offering free transfers from several of our 64-bit game worlds through Tuesday, November 4th. See which worlds are available here: https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-64-bit-transfers-october-25-en

Free Transfers Available From Select 64-bit Game Worlds

We are offering free transfers from several of our 64-bit game worlds through Tuesday, November 4th. See which worlds are available here.

www.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 16h

Free transfers are once again available from our former 32-bit game worlds to our 64-bit game worlds. Read more about transfers from these “dark worlds” on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-dark-worlds-transfers-en

Free Transfers from Former 32-bit Game Worlds to 64-bit Game Worlds Now Available!

Free transfers are once again available from our former 32-bit game worlds to our 64-bit game worlds. Read more about transfers from these “dark worlds” on LOTRO.com.

www.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 17h

The game worlds have reopened. #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 1d

The LOTRO game worlds will be unavailable on Thursday, October 9th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 45.6. Find the release notes on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-45-6-release-notes-en
#LOTRO

Update 45.6 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.6, released on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 1d

Starting shortly: Our latest Kingdoms of Harad preview on Twitch.tv/LOTROStream! Join Senior World Designer Scenario for the latest A Casual Stroll preview! #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 1d

To copy your characters to Bullroarer for this week's performance test do it through the Bullroarer launcher! Get more information: https://forums.lotro.com/index.php?threads/bullroarer-update-46-kingdoms-of-harad-performance-test-open-wednesday-10-08-25-10-00-am-et.23694/ #LOTRO

Bullroarer - Update 46 - Kingdoms of Harad - Performance Test - OPEN (Wednesday - 10/08/25 - 10:00 AM ET)

Bullroarer is OPEN Server Opening Time: Wednesday, October 08 ~10:00 AM EDT Server Closing Time: Friday, October 10 ~3:00 PM EDT Report A Bug /bug may also be used from the Chat in the game. Guide to the Eyes and Guard Tavern Character Copy is AVAILABLE. This can be accessed through the...

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 2d

We will be conducting our weekly downtime on Thursday instead of Wednesday this week. We will have more information on Thursday's downtime tomorrow, but you can expect the downtime to be around the usual 9:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) duration. #LOTRO

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Fibro Jedi @fibrojedi.me.uk · 3d

If you're a #LOTRO player and do either/or PvMP and Raids, they're looking for groups to test **performance** changes on Bullroarer later this week.

The forum thread is here.
forums.lotro.com/index.php?th...

Enjoy!

#LOTROfamily #MMORPG @officiallotro.bsky.social

Special Raid and PvMP Focused Bullroarer Preview This Week

We are hosting a special preview this Wednesday and Thursday on our public preview server Bullroarer to determine the impact of some changes made to how the client communicates with the server in instance and raid groups. We have been doing analysis behind the scenes and we believe we have...

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 2d

Join Senior World Designer Scenario this Wednesday starting at 2pm Eastern on Twitch.tv/LOTROstream for the second in our Kingdoms of Harad landscape previews! This week we'll be exploring the arid hills and valleys of Kighân! See you in chat. #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 3d

We're looking for some players interested in helping us check out performance fixes on Bullroarer this week in a targeted raid and PvMP preview. Please read more in the LOTRO Forums: https://forums.lotro.com/index.php?threads/special-raid-and-pvmp-focused-bullroarer-preview-this-week.23697 #LOTRO

Special Raid and PvMP Focused Bullroarer Preview This Week

We are hosting a special preview this Wednesday and Thursday on our public preview server Bullroarer to determine the impact of some changes made to how the client communicates with the server in instance and raid groups. We have been doing analysis behind the scenes and we believe we have...

forums.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 5d

The Kingdoms of Harad is now available to Pre-Purchase!
Learn more about our next expansion on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/kingdoms-of-harad
#LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 5d

Hobnanigans is back through October 5th! #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 5d

The Hard Tack Crafting Event is back through October 7th! Get more information in our guide: https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-hard-tack-guide-en #LOTRO

Guide to the Hard Tack Crafting Event

Learn more about the newest crafting event in The Lord of the Rings Online!

www.lotro.com

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 6d

This is a weekend to find buried treasure in The Lord of the Rings Online! The Buried Treasure event continues through October 5th. #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 6d

Today's +Cord of the Rings is now available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w1QbaBiK3hg Thanks for watching! #LOTRO

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The Lord of the Rings Online @officiallotro.bsky.social · 6d

We are giving away a huge trove of free questing with the Coupon Code EXPLOREOURWORLD through November 3rd! Learn more on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-free-questing-coupon-2025-en #LOTRO

Free Questing Coupon – Thank You from Standing Stone Games

We would like to thank you for supporting us! Now through November 3rd, 2025, you can enter a special Coupon Code through Redeem Code in the LOTRO Store inside of the game to unlock a trove of Quest Packs for free! Get the full list on LOTRO.com!

www.lotro.com

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