Legendary Items

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Overview

Legendary Items are special class-specific items that players can acquire when they begin Epic Volume II. Legendary items advance in levels through the acquisition of item XP, IXP. Legendary items also have legacies - bonuses to specific skills that are applied to a character while they have the legendary item equipped. As legendary items level, they gain points which can be used to increase the rank of their legacies, which increases their bonuses. Legendary items also have relic slots in which players can slot relics that they have acquired to add additional bonuses. Finally, some legendary items also have inherent properties which are static bonuses that cannot be advanced.

Each class has two different legendary items - a main-hand weapon and either a class item or a ranged weapon. For a list, see here. You cannot dual-wield legendary items - if you are a class that can use two melee weapons at once, only the main-hand weapon can be a legendary item. Note that this means you cannot use a crafted spear and still use a legendary weapon, as a spear must be in the main-hand slot as well.

Legendary Item Ages

Legendary items are classified according to their age. The older the legendary item, the more powerful it can become. The maximum points obtainable by a legendary item is determined by its age. More points means that the legacies on the legendary item can be better upgraded, giving greater bonuses. The following table summarizes the ages, qualities, and available points of legendary items:

Item Age Quality Minimum
Points at level 60
Maximum
Points at level 70
Third Age Rare (purple) 590 670
Second Age Incomparable (teal) 650 750
First Age Epic (golden) 710 830

How to Obtain

A character's first legendary item will be acquired by completing the quest Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 9: A Weapon of the Elder Days. Their second legendary item will be acquired by completing the quest Vol II, Book 1, Chapter 14: Khazad-dûm at Last!. These first legendary items typically have legacies of high tier and are therefore of good overall quality, although they will have the same DPS as a minimum level 51 item and will only advance to level 40.

A level 65 second age legendary item is the selectable reward for completing the Vol III, Book 3, Chapter 4: Ergothorn Elf-friend quest.

Additional legendary items can be acquired through the following means:

Drops

  • Humanoid mobs, level 51 and above, even those outside the Mines Of Moria, have a chance to drop random Third Age or Second Age legendary items.
  • Humanoid mobs, level 61 and above in Mirkwood, have a chance to drop random Third Age legendary items.
  • Humanoid mobs, level 66 and above in Dunland, have a chance to drop random Third Age legendary items.
  • Chests in instances inside Moria have a chance to drop random Second or Third Age legendary items.
  • Chests in instances in Mirkwood have a chance to drop random Third Age legendary items.
  • Chests in instances in Dunland and Isengard have a chance to drop random Third Age legendary items.

Barter

Crafted

  • Crafters who are an Artisan of the Guild with their crafting guild can craft Third Age, Second Age, and First Age legendary items, of minimum level 60 or 65.
  • Crafters who are a Master of the Guild with their crafting guild can craft Third Age, Second Age, and First Age legendary items, of minimum level 75.
  • Level 65 Second Age legendary items are only available through crafting. Crafted (aka Reforged) Second Age items require 5 legendary fragments and a Symbol of Celebrimbor. The Symbol and fragments are not BoA. There are no dropped/bartered Second Ages legendary items for levels 61-75.
  • Level 65 First Age legendary items are only available through crafting. Crafted (aka Reshaped) First Age items require 8 legendary fragments and a Symbol of the Elder King, which can be found in Ost Dunhoth. The Symbol and fragments are not BoA.
  • Level 75 Second Age legendary items are only available through crafting. Crafted (aka Reforged) Second Age items require 5 legendary fragments and a Worn Symbol of Celebrimbor. The Symbol and fragments are not BoA.
  • Level 75 First Age items are only available through crafting. Crafted (aka Reshaped) First Age items require 7 legendary fragments and a Worn Symbol of the Elder King, which can be found in The Tower of Orthanc. The Symbol and fragments are not BoA.

Identifying an Item

Before you can use a legendary item, you must first identify it. Take a legendary item to a Forge-master and open the Identify tab. Select the unidentified item and press the Identify Item button. Identifying a legendary item costs either silver or shards - you can change what currency you use to pay by clicking the toggle buttons at the bottom of the window.

Once identified, the legendary item will now show three major legacies, based on class and type of legendary item. If the legendary item is for your class and level, you can now equip it. If not, you can now deconstruct it.

Slotting and Advancement

In order to equip or advance a legendary item, it must first be slotted. Slotting an item will bind it to your character even if you do not equip it. To slot a legendary item, open the Legendary Item Panel either through the main menu or by typing (by default) shift + I. Characters can have up to eight legendary items slotted at a time, though the last two slots require a purchase from the LOTRO Store. Once slotted you can move a legendary item to a different slot by dragging the item onto the new slot in the legendary item panel. The only way to unslot a legendary item is to deconstruct it.

Note that a legendary item has an item level - the level the weapon itself it, somewhere between 1 and 70, that increases as you gain item xp - and a minimum equip level - the level the player must be, somewhere between 51 and 75, which never changes for that specific item.

Legendary items are advanced when players acquire item XP. Aside from the initial legendary items you gain from the Epic Volume II Quests, the legendary item does not have to be equipped to gain item xp. Item XP can be gained from three sources:

  • Killing mobs that are no more than nine levels lower than you (they can not be grey)
  • Acquiring and using Heritage Runes
  • Completing quests which grant item XP as a reward

The item XP granted for killing mobs does not increase with rested XP, but it can be increased for a limited time by drinking a Fine Drink.

If you do not want a legendary item to gain item experience, you can disable leveling on the Legendary Item Panel for that particular legendary item.

A legendary item can be leveled to item level 60. If you use a Scroll of Delving (Lesser Scroll of Delving for a legendary item that has a minimum equip level of less than 61 or a Greater Scroll of Delving for a legendary item that has a minimum equip level of greater than 65), the maximum item level is increased to 70, allowing you to receive and spend more points.

The following tables show the required item XP for legendary items to achieve specific levels. Note that this scale is not identical to the XP scale for characters.

IXP increases are as such AFTER level 30 and BEFORE level 60:
Third Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per 20,000 points.
Second Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per 40,000 points.
First Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per 80,000 points.

IXP increases are as such AFTER level 60:
Third Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per 40,000 points.
Second Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per 60,000 points.
First Age Legendary Items, 1 Level per ? points.

Level Total XP to Level Increase from Previous Total Legacy Points Increase from Previous
1 0 0 0 0
2 100 100 10 10
3 350 250 20 10
4 850 500 30 10
5 1,700 850 40 10
6 3,000 1,300 50 10
7 4,850 1,850 60 10
8 7,718 2,868 70 10
9 11,130 3,412 80 10
10 15,435 4,305 90 10
11 20,738 5,303 102 12
12 27,143 6,405 114 12
13 34,755 7,612 126 12
14 43,680 8,925 138 12
15 54,023 10,343 150 12
16 65,888 11,865 162 12
17 79,380 13,492 174 12
18 94,605 15,225 186 12
19 111,668 17,063 198 12
20 130,673 19,005 210 12
21 151,725 21,052 224 14
22 174,930 23,205 238 14
23 200,393 25,463 252 14
24 228,218 27,825 266 14
25 258,510 30,292 280 14
26 291,375 32,865 294 14
27 330,031 38,656 308 14
28 372,200 42,169 322 14
29 418,068 45,868 336 14
30 467,828 49,760 350 14
Level Third Age LIs Increase from Previous Total Legacy Points Increase from Previous
31 487,828 20,000 358 8
32 507,828 20,000 366 8
33 527,828 20,000 374 8
34 547,828 20,000 382 8
35 567,828 20,000 390 8
36 587,828 20,000 398 8
37 607,828 20,000 406 8
38 627,828 20,000 414 8
39 647,828 20,000 422 8
40 667,828 20,000 430 8
41 687,828 20,000 438 8
42 707,828 20,000 446 8
43 727,828 20,000 454 8
44 747,828 20,000 462 8
45 767,828 20,000 470 8
46 787,828 20,000 478 8
47 807,828 20,000 486 8
48 827,828 20,000 494 8
49 847,828 20,000 502 8
50 867,828 20,000 510 8
51 887,828 20,000 518 8
52 907,828 20,000 526 8
53 927,828 20,000 534 8
54 947,828 20,000 542 8
55 967,828 20,000 550 8
56 987,828 20,000 558 8
57 1,007,828 20,000 566 8
58 1,027,828 20,000 574 8
59 1,047,828 20,000 582 8
60 1,067,828 20,000 590 8
61 1,107,828 40,000 598 8
62 1,147,828 40,000 606 8
63 1,187,828 40,000 614 8
64 1,227,828 40,000 622 8
65 1,267,828 40,000 630 8
66 1,307,828 40,000 638 8
67 1,347,828 40,000 646 8
68 1,387,828 40,000 654 8
69 1,427,828 40,000 662 8
70 1,467,828 40,000 670 8
Level Second Age LIs Increase from Previous Total Legacy Points Increase from Previous
31 507,828 40,000 360 10
32 547,828 40,000 370 10
33 587,828 40,000 380 10
34 627,828 40,000 390 10
35 667,828 40,000 400 10
36 707,828 40,000 410 10
37 747,828 40,000 420 10
38 787,828 40,000 430 10
39 827,828 40,000 440 10
40 867,828 40,000 450 10
41 907,828 40,000 460 10
42 947,828 40,000 470 10
43 987,828 40,000 480 10
44 1,027,828 40,000 490 10
45 1,067,828 40,000 500 10
46 1,107,828 40,000 510 10
47 1,147,828 40,000 520 10
48 1,187,828 40,000 530 10
49 1,227,828 40,000 540 10
50 1,267,828 40,000 550 10
51 1,307,828 40,000 560 10
52 1,347,828 40,000 570 10
53 1,387,828 40,000 580 10
54 1,427,828 40,000 590 10
55 1,467,828 40,000 600 10
56 1,507,828 40,000 610 10
57 1,547,828 40,000 620 10
58 1,587,828 40,000 630 10
59 1,627,828 40,000 640 10
60 1,667,828 40,000 650 10
61 1,707,828 40,000 660 10
62 1,747,828 40,000 670 10
63 1,787,828 40,000 680 10
64 1,827,828 40,000 690 10
65 1,867,828 40,000 700 10
66 1,907,828 40,000 710 10
67 1,947,828 40,000 720 10
68 1,987,828 40,000 730 10
69 2,027,828 40,000 740 10
70 2,067,828 40,000 750 10
Level First Age LIs Increase from Previous Total Legacy Points Increase from Previous
31 547,828 80,000 362 12
32 627,828 80,000 374 12
33 707,828 80,000 386 12
34 787,828 80,000 398 12
35 867,828 80,000 410 12
36 947,828 80,000 422 12
37 1,027,828 80,000 434 12
38 1,107,828 80,000 446 12
39 1,187,828 80,000 458 12
40 1,267,828 80,000 470 12
41 1,347,828 80,000 482 12
42 1,427,828 80,000 494 12
43 1,507,828 80,000 506 12
44 1,587,828 80,000 518 12
45 1,667,828 80,000 530 12
46 1,747,828 80,000 542 12
47 1,827,828 80,000 554 12
48 1,907,828 80,000 566 12
49 1,987,828 80,000 578 12
50 2,067,828 80,000 590 12
51 2,147,828 80,000 602 12
52 2,227,828 80,000 614 12
53 2,307,828 80,000 626 12
54 2,387,828 80,000 638 12
55 2,467,828 80,000 650 12
56 2,547,828 80,000 662 12
57 2,627,828 80,000 674 12
58 2,707,828 80,000 686 12
59 2,787,828 80,000 698 12
60 2,867,828 80,000 710 12
61 2,947,828 80,000 722 12
62 3,027,828 80,000 734 12
63 3,107,828 80,000 746 12
64 3,187,828 80,000 758 12
65 3,267,828 80,000 770 12
66 3,347,828 80,000 782 12
67 3,427,828 80,000 794 12
68 3,507,828 80,000 806 12
69 3,587,828 80,000 818 12
70 3,667,828 80,000 830 12
# of items Total XP
percentage
Percentage of
XP to each item
1 100% 100%
2 120% 60%
3 144% 48%
4 160% 40%
5 180% 36%
6 216% 36%
7 216% 31%
8 216% 27%

If you have multiple legendary items slotted when you receive item XP from killing a mob or completing a quest, that item XP will be divided amongst the all slotted items unless an item is already at max level or you have disabled leveling on it. The amount of XP that each slotted item receives depends on how many items between which it is being divided. For example, if you have three legendary items slotted and none are at max level or disabled, and you turn in a quest that grants 12,468 item XP, each of the three items would receive 5,985 XP. Note that if you have six legendary items slotted, you are in fact receiving 216% of the item XP granted across all of your items (36% per item times six items).

In general, if you want to maximize both the amount of XP you are gaining and the number of relics and heritage runes you are receiving upon deconstruction, it is best to always level six or more legendary items at a time.

Legacies

Every legendary item has legacies, which give bonuses to class skills. Legacies are specific to your class and to the type of legendary item - all main hand weapons have different legacies than class items or ranged weapons. For legacies by class and type, see here.

Legacies come in two types - major legacies (generally better legacies for the class) and minor legacies (generally less impressive legacies). A legendary item always has 3 major legacies on identification. At level 10, 20, and 30, when you reforge your legendary item, the forge master will give you a choice between two legacies. You must choose one to add to your legendary item. The choices presented may be major legacies, minor legacies, or one of each, but minor legacies are most likely. This means that a legendary item will end up with 6 total legacies, and between 3 and 6 major legacies and between 0 and 3 minor legacies.

Note that legendary items identified before Update 2 - Echoes of The Dead may have between 2 and 4 major legacies on identification. Any legendary item identified now will have exactly 3.

You only gain the benefit of your legendary item legacies if the item is equipped. Items that are slotted in your legendary item panel but not equipped on your character sheet gain item xp, but do not give you any bonuses.

Default Legacy

Each item has a default legacy that is always the same on every legendary item of that type. For weapons, this default legacy is DPS or tactical damage, depending on class. For the class item, the default legacy varies between classes. For classes with healing, it is a bonus to tactical healing. For other classes, it's a bonus to incoming healing or shield use. For specifics on a class, see here.

Rank

Each legacy has a rank. The rank indicates how much benefit the legacy gives to the class skill. For example, a rank 1 legacy could give a bonus of +1 targets to a skill. That same legacy at rank 2 could give a bonus of +2 targets to that skill. All legacies start at rank 1, which still gives some amount of bonus. Different legacies have different max ranks, somewhere between 4 and 9, depending on the legacy. Default legacies always have a max rank of 7.

Increasing the rank to get better bonuses costs legendary item points. Your legendary item gains these points by leveling up. Different ages of legendary items have different maximum amounts of points. To increase the rank of your legacy, you must go to the Legendary Item Panel (shift + I by default) and click on the legacy you wish to increase, then click on 'Rank Up'. If you have the legacy points to spend, your legacy will increase and you will immediately get the increased benefit.

Tier

Each legacy also has a tier, between 1 and 6. The tier indicates how expensive it is to level up that legacy's rank. The higher the tier, the cheaper it is to level. For example, a legacy at tier 2 may cost 95 points to level to rank 2. But that same legacy at tier 3 may cost 79 points to level to rank 2. Default legacies have no tier.

It's possible to increase the tier of a legacy, making it cheaper to level, by using a Scroll of Empowerment. Each scroll raises the tier of that legacy by one, up to the maximum of 6. Note that you can't use a Scroll of Empowerment on a default legacy, as they have no tiers.

There are three types of Scrolls of Empowerment, depending on the equip level of legendary item. You can use any of the higher level scrolls on the lower level legendary items, but the higher level scrolls are more expensive.

Replacing Legacies

You can replace legacies you don't want on your legendary item. To replace a legacy, you must first have a legacy replacement scroll. There are two types of replacement scrolls. The first replaces either a major or a minor legacy with a bonus to a specific stat. The second type of replacement scroll replaces a legacy with another legacy. A major legacy can only replace another major legacy, while a minor legacy can replace either another minor legacy or a major legacy.

To get these legacy scrolls, you must level up a different legendary item that has the legacy you want to at least level 30, then deconstruct. Upon deconstruction, you choose one of the legacies on that legendary item and receive a scroll of that legacy. There are level limits on these scrolls - if you deconstruct an equip level 60 or lower legendary item, you'll receive a scroll that can only be used on legendary items with equip level of 60 or lower. If you deconstruct an equip level 61 or higher legendary item, the scroll may be used on any legendary item.


Relics: Settings, Gems, and Runes

Relics are items which can be slotted on Legendary Items in order to add additional buffs to their user. There are four types of relics:

  • Settings, which grant will/might/morale/power and tactical and physical mastery
  • Gems, which grant vitality/agility/fate and critical rating
  • Runes, which grant incoming healing/in-combat morale regen/in-combat power regen and block/parry/evade
  • Crafted, which grant might/agility/vitality/will/fate/morale/power/critical rating/tactical mastery/physical mastery

The first three types also have exceptional versions, more difficult to obtain, that grant additional or different bonuses.

Legendary items have four relic slots (one for each type). Relics can be slotted at any time, but slotting a new relic on top of an already-slotted relic will destroy the already-slotted relic. The only way to unslot relics is to buy a Relic Removal Scroll from the online LOTRO store with Turbine Points. Crafted relics can never be removed.


Legendary Titles

Legendary Titles are items which can be applied on Legendary Items in order to add damage and/or protection bonuses. They can be obtained as quest rewards or as bartered items. Titles come in two types - those that can be applied to a weapon (either main hand or ranged) or those that can be applied to a class item. This means a hunter or a warden cannot use certain titles, as they have no class items, only weapons.

Legendary Scrolls

Scrolls are available via barter. For specific barter prices and where they can be obtained, see each scroll page. Scrolls of Renewal may also be obtained from legendary item deconstruction. All level requirements listed are equip levels, not the item level.

Stat legacies mean things like Might, Agility, Fate, Will, etc. There is no limit to the amount of upgrade scrolls you can use on a legendary item.

  1. Scrolls of Renewal formerly known as Legendary Point Reset Scrolls: resets the points spent on legendary items. There are two versions of this scroll.
  2. Scrolls of Empowerment formerly known as Legacy Upgrade Scrolls: upgrades the tier of one legacy of player choice on a legendary item. There are two versions of this scroll.
  3. Legacy Exchange Scrolls formerly known as Legacy Replacement Scrolls: replaces a chosen legacy with the stat legacy listed on the scroll.
    Legendary points spent on the exchanged legacy are refunded.
    Only one legacy of any stat type is allowed on a legendary item. There are two different versions for different equip levels.
    • One set of these scrolls will do the replacement for items up to level 60.
    • The other set will do the replacement for items up to level 75.
    • For specific stats and scrolls, see Legacy Replacement Scrolls
  4. Legacy Exchange Scrolls replace a chosen legacy with the skill legacy listed on the scroll. These scrolls are received for deconstructing a legendary item that is item level 30 or higher. See Reforging and Deconstructing for more information on how to get them.
    Legendary points spent on the exchanged legacy are refunded.
    Each legacy can only be on a given legendary item once.
    • Legendary items that are equip level 51-60 give scrolls that can only be used on equip level 60 or lower legendary items.
    • Legendary items that are equip level 61-74 give scrolls that can be used on equip level 79 or lower legendary items, despite equip level 75 being the highest in the game currently.
    • Legendary items that are equip level 75 give scrolls that can be used on equip level 80 or lower legendary items, despite equip level 75 being the highest in the game currently.
  5. Legendary Item Advancement Scrolls formerly known as Level Unlock Scrolls: unlocks an additional 10 experience levels on any legendary item. There are three versions:
    • (Note: You may only use this scroll once per item).

Reforging and Deconstructing

Every ten levels you will need to reforge a legendary item at a Forge-master. Reforging an item gives you the ability to add or upgrade a legacy on the item, and also permits you to rename the item and reset its legacy points.

  • At levels 10, 20, and 30, you will be given two legacies from which to choose one to add to the item. You will have the option to select from legacy pool B (with a small chance at getting a Pool A legacy). The higher the weapon's quality, the better tier the legacies are liable to be.
  • At levels 40, 50, 60 (and 70 if you use a scroll) you will be given two existing legacies on the item from which you can choose one to upgrade by two tiers. The legacies from which you can choose to add or upgrade are random. Note: If your legendary item already has all tier 6 legacies on it, you will NOT be offered another chance to add a new legacy instead (due to the fact that you can use upgrade scrolls to try and game the system).

You can deconstruct any unequipped legendary item at any time at a Relic-master, even items that are not for your class. When you deconstruct a legendary item, you have a chance to receive the following:

When you deconstruct a legendary item you lose all slotted relics on that item. You can use a Relic Removal Scroll to un-slot all non-crafted relics prior to deconstruction.


Average Relics Received On Deconstruction

Type IXP Level Fragments / Shards Relics Relic Units* IXP / Relic Unit Relic Shard Value IXP / Relic Shard
All 1 0-1 (1)Tier1 1 ~ 1 ~
All 2 (3)Tier1 3 33 3 33
All 11 (5)Tier1, (3)Tier2 20 1,037 11 1,885
All 21 (5)Tier1, (3)Tier2, (4)Tier3
Third Age 31 1-3 (4)Tier1, (4)Tier2, (1)Tier3, (2)Tier4 204 2,391 85 5,739
Third Age 41 (5)Tier1, (3)Tier2, (4)Tier3, (2)Tier4 260 2,645 111 6,197
Third Age 51 4-6 (4)Tier1, (3)Tier2, (4)Tier3, (2)Tier4
Third Age 60 5-6 (4)Tier1, (4)Tier2, (4)Tier3, (4)Tier4 424 2,721 176 6,067
Second Age 60 (4)Tier1, (4)Tier2, (4)Tier3, (6)Tier4 584 2,856 240 6,949

(*Relic Units are the equivalent number of Tier 1 Relics needed to be forged.)

Legendary Items by Class

Class One-handed Weapons Two-handed Weapons Secondary Item
Axe Club Dagger Hammer Mace Rune-stone Spear Staff Sword Great Axe Great Club Great Hammer Great Sword Halberd
Burglar x x x x Tools
Captain x x x x x x x x x x x x Emblem
Champion x x x x x x x x x x Rune
Guardian x x x x x x x x x x x Belt
Hunter x x x x x x x Bow, Crossbow
Lore-master x Book
Minstrel x x x x Book
Rune-keeper x [1] Satchel
Warden x x x x x x x Javelin

Notes

  1. There are three different types of Rune-stones - Fire, Frost, and Lightning


Class-Specific Legendary Item Indexes

Class Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Burglar Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Captain Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Champion Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Guardian Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Hunter Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Lore-master Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Minstrel Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Rune-keeper Legendary Items Legendary Legacies
Warden Legendary Items Legendary Legacies

Lore

There are many examples of legendary items in Tolkien's works, including:

  • Narsil, the sword of Elendil that cut the ring from Sauron's hand, later reforged as Andúril and wielded by Aragorn in the War of the Ring
  • Sting, the sword found by Bilbo in The Hobbit and later passed to Frodo
  • Glamdring, the sword Gandalf used to fight the Balrog of Moria
  • Orcrist, the sword found by Thorin Oakenshield after defeat of the trolls. *Thorin wielded an Axe in the Battle of Five Armies, but Orcrist was laid upon his tomb by the Elvenking.

Other named legendary items in the Lord of the Rings Online include:

See this page on Wikipedia.org for additional information.


Additional Guides

[1] Lorebook entry for Acquiring Legendary Items
[2]Legendary Item Point Spender, provided by lotrotools.mmorsel.com (outdated)
[3]Legendary Item Planner Plugin

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