Social:List of Guides

Official Guides

• The Lord of the Rings Online Game Manual - The official game manual can be downloaded and viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Updated for Siege of Mirkwood (Volume II, Book 9).
• The Lord of the Rings Online Official Guide by Prima Games - A complete guide for Shadows of Angmar, featuring basic information, maps, crafting, strategies, and all classes.

Beginner's Guides

• Choosing a LOTRO Server by mmorsel - If you only played the Introduction you might be under the impression that no one plays LOTRO. You'd be wrong! In North America we have 11 LOTRO servers - some are busy, other feel sparsely populated, and still others are in-between. Here are some tips for surviving the Introduction, picking a server that suits your playstyle, and meeting other players.
• Choosing a LOTRO Class by mmorsel - There are several factors to consider when choosing a class in LOTRO. Will you enjoy the soloing playstyle of the class you choose? Will the class you choose be able to get into groups? Will you enjoy the role others expect of you in a group?
• Basic User Interface by IGN - An easy-to-understand User Interface explanation for MMORPG games beginner, such as options, status windows, maps, items owned, and may more.
• Fellowships: Grouping in LOTRO by mmorsel - While it's possible to solo to max level in LOTRO, you'll miss out on a lot of great 3-man (small fellowship) and 6-man (fellowship) content. How do you find a fellowship? What is expected of you in a group? How do you lead a fellowship? This guide will get you started.
• Travel in LotRO by IGN - The Q&As that helps beginners to look at maps, get around the areas of LotRO, to use flags in the map, and to get the destination.
• The Lord of the Rings Online Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide. The guide contains detailed basic and advance information on quests and deeds guide, crafting, grouping, gold making, leveling walkthroughs. (This guide requires purchase)
• Social Guide by IGN - Information on interaction with other players in the game, how to have kinship, create fellowships, and how to use the In-game Social Interface.

Class Guides

• The Lord of the Rings Online Champion Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for champion class. The comprehensive guide includes leveling strategies and walkthroughs from 1-50, skills, traits, and combat tips. (This guide requires purchase)
• LotRO Champion Guide by LOTRO Guru - A free guide to the champion class. Learn whether or not you should duel-wield and which traits to equip for certain situations.
• The Lord of the Rings Online Guardian Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for guardian class. The guide features useful information for Guardian class such as character creating to leveling strategies. (This guide requires purchase)
• The Lord of the Rings Online Hunter Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for hunter class. The guide provide strategies on making gold from crafting, skills, leveling. (This guide requires purchase)
• The Lord of the Rings Online Minstrel Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for minstrel class. Basic and advance strategies for Minstrel, class quests, gold making technique, and step by step leveling guide can be found in this guide. (This guide requires purchase)
• The Lord of the Rings Online Burglar Guide - The complete guide for burglar class, from the LotRO official forum. The guide includes traits, virtues, PvE, PvMP, PvP traits, and general information.
• The Lord of the Rings Online Captain Guide by Lotro Info - The detailed general information of captain class, the advantages and disadvantages of the captains, skills, traits, builds.
• The Lord of the Rings Online Lore Master Guide by Lotro Info - The useful basic information of lore master class. Traits, skills, magic, builds, and pets are featured in the guide.

Game Mechanics Guides

• How Stats Work by mmorsel - The Seige of Mirkwood expansion introduced major changes to both the combat system and how stats are shown in the UI. There are more big numbers than ever before in the stats panel, and it's a daunting task to make sense of them. This guide takes a fresh look at character stats since Mirkwood and helps you decide which ones to care about.
• How Radiance Works by mmorsel - The Siege of Mirkwood expansion also brought some changes to how Radiance works. Unfortunately most of the online guides still describe the way radiance used to work in Moria. If you're not sure what it does now or whether you still need it, you aren't alone! Let's take a fresh look at Radiance, and clear up the confusion.
• Racial Traits by mmorsel - Racial Traits give your character extra stats or abilities. In this five-part series, we look at which racial traits are "must-haves", help you determine which five to equip and provide a complete and up-to-date reference by race.
• Choosing Your Virtues by mmorsel - Virtues give your character extra stats. In this article, we discuss our approach for choosing which virtues to trait for leveling to 50, for leveling 50-65, at the level cap and for raiding.
• Choosing Your Legendary Items by mmorsel - This guide looks at the game mechanics of choosing a legendary item. When do the level and age of a legendary item really matter? Which legendary item should you make with your Symbol of Celebrimbor? What's the difference between dropped and crafted LIs?

Leveling Guides

• LOTRO Leveling Guide by mmorsel - Looking for a comprehensive and free guide to leveling in Lord of the Rings Online? Look no further! The mmorsel Lord of the Rings Online Leveling Guide offers tips for fast leveling and leveling resources by level and by zone. Wherever you are in your journey to level 65, our guides will give you important on which quests not to miss, which deeds to complete while leveling up, how to integrate the epic story quests into your leveling and even crafting notes for each zone. Enjoy!
• LotRO Leveling Guide by Lotro-Guru.com - This leveling guide will take you step by step from level 1 to 65. It outlines the actual quest hubs in every region so that you'll optimize your time and level in the most efficient way possible.
• LotRO Leveling Guide If you are looking for a quick, detailed and complete guide choose this one. It help you leveling up since 1 to 35 (more will be added, because we are currently testing). The guide also have images, maps, detailed quests, showing its rewards. Hope you like it =).

Expansion Guides

• The Lord of the Rings Online Mines of Moria Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for the Mines of Moria expansion. The strategy guide for the new expansion of the Lord of the Rings Online. Artifact control information for PvMP, questing, gold making technique, item forging and more are available in this guide. (This guide requires purchase)

Map Guides

• LotRO Dynamic Maps - Maps for LotRO, displaying quests, milestones, items, merchannts, crafts, trainers.
• Maps by Lotro Alliance - LotRO Maps that looks similar to the in-game, filtered by areas.
• LotRO Maps for Instances and Dungeons by Lotro-Guru.com - Don't get lost the first time you go into a new instance or dungeon. Find the locations of bosses here.

Gold Guides

• Earning Extra Gold by mmorsel - LOTRO has a well balanced economy: the money you make doing quests and selling dropped loot will usually cover your costs. But what do you do when you need more gold than you have? Our FREE guide covers the basics of managing your in-game wealth and solid suggestions by level for making extra gold as you quest, deed, skirmish and earn IXP. Updated for Siege of Mirkwood (Volume II, Book 9).
• The Lord of the Rings Online Gold Guide by Killer Guides - The unofficial Lord of the Rings Online strategy game guide for gold making. The guide contains useful information on how to save gold, make money from crafting, auction hall, and trophy farming. (This guide requires purchase)
• LotRO Auction House Guide to Making Gold by Lotro-Guru.com- Learn how to use the auction house to your advantage! Discover the tactics and items that will make you easy gold in the Lord of the Rings Online.

Crafting Guides

• General Crafting by IGN - The site contains introduction and detail information about crafting, short description of each vocation, and crafting interface explanation.
• LOTRO Professions Guide for Beginners by Lotro-Guru.com- If you're new to the game or haven't gotten into crafting yet, this guide can help. This guide will go through all of the crafting professions and help you pick the perfect one.
• Crafting for Max Level Players by mmorsel - The gear and consumables you can make by crafting are quite useful in LOTRO, even at level 65. But is it worth the trouble to master a craft? Which crafts are best for items you will use at level 65, and which ones make the best items to sell to other players?

Faction Guides

• Chordian.net - All of the barter and faction items in Lothlórien, Moria, Mirkwood and Enedwaith can be browsed here using overview maps and in-game barter/shop boxes.

Festival Guides

• LOTRO Fall Festival 2010 by CSTM - Complete guide to all the quests, races and goodies offered by the Harvest Festival. Map and explanation to completing the brand new Haunted Burrow!
• Guide to the Inn League by CSTM - Everything you need to know about the Inn League. Instructions on how to join, how to earn reputation and the rewards available.
• Guide to the Ale Association by CSTM - Everything you need to know about the Ale Association. Instructions on how to join, how to earn reputation and the rewards available.
• General Festival Quests by CSTM - Information on the general festival quests available with each festival. Covers the dance quests & horse race.

PvMP Guides

• Monster Manual The most complete and up to date guide on Players vs Monster Players