Bree-land
Bree-land is located at the centre of Eriador, surrounded by the Shire, Evendim, The North Downs, and the Lone-lands. Bree-land and its settlements has managed to remain a thriving outpost of civilization, despite the wars and turmoil that destroyed the North Kingdom of the Dúnedain.
It is said that when Men crossed into the West, the town of Bree was there... and that when the old Kings returned, they found the town of Bree waiting. It is the only land in Middle-earth where Men and Hobbits dwell together in harmony and is also an important hub for Elves and Dwarves who are trading goods or travelling from one kingdom to another.
Bree is the capital of Bree-land. It is located at the junction of the royal Great East Road and North-South Roads, right at the slopes of Bree-hill together with the villages of Archet, Combe, and Staddle. The natural epicentre of Bree is the Prancing Pony, run by a renowned but somewhat forgetful tavern keep who is celebrated to have the finest ale in the North.
* Bree-land means "land around the hill" as "brú" roughly means "hill" in Old English ("brae" in Scottish).
- Levels: 1 - 24
- Factions: Men of Bree
- Introduced: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, April 2007
History
Bree is first mentioned in annals in III 1300, but then it already existed long since as also the lands wide around the hill. The exact history of Bree-land and its capital is not specified by Tolkien. References suggest that the first residents may have been groups of the Edain who did not make it all the way to Beleriand during the First Age; or, they may have descended from the Dunlendings. However, both these origins share their roots in ancient families so existing references are not contradicting; their characteristics denote the Bree-men.
Locations
Towns
- Bree, the capital city of Bree-land, skirmish camp, excellent service and craft centres
- Buckland, vendors, craft-faire
- Combe, bard, vendors and craft-faire
Villages
Notable Locations
- Adso's Camp
- Combe Lumber Camp
- Festival Grounds
- Hengstacer Farm
- Saeradan's Cabin
- Thornley's Work Site
Housing
Player housing in Bree-land is located south-east of Bree, south of the Midgewater Marshes.
Points of Interest
Locations mentioned in Tolkien's works (also all towns and villages):
Buckland
Old Forest
Barrow-downs
Instances (Dungeons)
- The Great Barrow - Public Dungeons from level 21
- Defense of the Prancing Pony - skirmish accessed thru the Instance Finder
- Barrow-downs Survival - skirmishs can be found in the Instance Finder
Areas
Andrath
- Quests: mainly 15 - 16
Archet Dale
- Village: Archet: Milestone, Mailbox, Class Trainers, Provisioner, armour and weapon vendors
- Quests: mainly 1 - 9, including intro quests (Hobbit/Man)
Brandy Hills
- Creatures: mainly 16 - 21
Bree
- Stable-masters, Milestone, Mailbox, Reflecting Pool, Skirmish Camp, Tasks Bulletin Board, Auction House, Vault, Barber, Bard, Clerk of Kinships, Class Trainers, Grocer, Healer, Hobby Master, Notary, Outfitter, Provisioner, Taxidermist, armour and weapon vendors
- Crafting: Three-farrow Crafting Hall, West Gate, South Gate, Training Hall, Bree-town Hunting Lodge
- Factions: Men of Bree
- POI: Bill Ferny's House, The Prancing Pony
- Events: Bree Fireworks Area, Combe Gate, Jasmine's Garden, Market Square, The Stone Quarter, and misc.
- Quests: mainly 9 - 22
The Brandywood
- Creatures: mainly 20 - 22
Buckland
- Stable-master, Milestone, Mailbox, Provisioner, armour and weapon vendors
- Buckland's Craft-faire, Supplier, trainers
- Quests: mainly 14 - 16
Chetwood
- Combe Lumber Camp: Workbench
- Quests: mainly 8 - 12
Combe
- Town: Stable-master, Milestone, Mailbox, Bard, Class Trainers, Clerk of Kinships, Healer Provisioner, Tavern Keep, armour and weapon vendors
- Combe Crafting Hall, Supplier, trainers
- Quests: mainly 7 - 15
Eastern Bree-fields
- Quests: mainly 20 - 21
Far Chetwood
- Creatures: mainly 16 - 18
Hengstacer Farm
- Farmstead: Stable-master, Horse-master for horse and pony bartering
- Quests: mainly 20 - 21
The Horsefields
- Festival Grounds and The Hedge Maze: Vendors and barterers, quests and games (festivals only)
- Camp Site Fire
- Quests: mainly 20 - 21
The Midgewater Marshes
- Quests: mainly 14 - 15
Nen Harn
- Quests: mainly 20 - 21
Northern Barrow-downs
- Camps: The Dead Man's Perch and Old Barrows Road, both with vendors
- POIs: The Dead Spire, Old Barrows Road
- Quests: mainly 18 - 24
Northern Bree-fields
- Thornley's Work Site: Provisioner, Forge
- Quests: mainly 14 - 21
Old Forest
- POIs: Tom Bombadil's House, Bald Hill, Old Man Willow, etc.
- Quests: mainly 16 - 21
Southern Barrow-downs
- Public dungeons: The Great Barrow, from level 20
- Quests: mainly 20 - 24
Southern Bree-fields
- Camp Site Fire
- Adso's Camp: Stable-master, Grocer, Provisioner; Crafting: Camp-fire
- Quests: mainly 14 - 17
Staddle
- Village: Fishing Supplier, Mailbox, Grocer, armour and weapon vendors
- Crafting: Farmlands, Forge, Oven, Workbench, Novice Farmhand
- Quests: mainly 10 - 14
Starmere Lake
- Creatures: mainly 17 - 18
Weather Hills
- Quests: mainly 22
Connected To
Crafting
Crafting areas
- All crafting areas contain facilities for all Professions except Farming.
- All facilities qualify as both "standard" and "superior."
- Bree's Three-farrow Crafting Hall, West Gate, South Gate, Buckland, Combe, Staddle
- Farmlands - West Gate, Staddle
Individual facilities
Resource Tiers
- Apprentice (T1): Archet Dale, Chetwood, The Midgewater Marshes,
- Journeyman (T2): Andrath, Brandy Hills, The Brandywood, Buckland,
- Expert (T3): Nen Harn, Southern Barrow-downs, Northern Barrow-downs
Named Creatures Shard Collectors List
Each of these creatures is the rare, signature, tougher, named version and all have a high change to drop a rare shard used in crafting.
Maps
Bree-land
Bree
Archet Dale
Old Forest
Northern Barrow-downs
Southern Barrow-downs
Category Overview
Detailed list of all things by Category:
Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of Bree-land
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Areas: | Andrath • Archet Dale • Brandy Hills • The Brandywood • Bree-land Homesteads • Buckland • Chetwood • Eastern Bree-fields • Far Chetwood • Hengstacer Farm • The Horsefields • The Midgewater Marshes • Nen Harn • Northern Barrow-downs • Northern Bree-fields • Old Forest • Southern Barrow-downs • Southern Bree-fields • Starmere Lake • Weather Hills • The Wildwood | |
Settlements: | Adso's Camp • Archet • Bree • Combe • Crickhollow • Staddle | |
Landmarks: | Andrath: Halecatch Lake • Pierson's Farm • South-guard Ruins Archet Dale: Archet Gate • Archet East Gate • Archet Jailyard • Blackwold's Roost • Bronwe's Folly • Combe North Gate • Old East Path • Sprigley's Farm Barrow-downs: The Dead Man's Perch • Northern Barrows • Northern Barrows Pass • Old Barrows Road • Ost Gorthad • The Dead Spire Brandy Hills: Girdley Island • Ost Barandor • Starmere Lake • Svalfang's Hut Bree-Town: Beggar's Alley • Bill Ferny's House • Boar Fountain • Combe Gate • Dwarrow-ward • High Bridge • High Stair • Inn Gate • Ironmonger's Gate • Jasmine's Garden • Low Gate • Market Gate • Market Square • Mud Gate • North Gate • Oldstone Ruins • Oldstones Gate • Scholar's Stair • Scholar's Walk • Skirmish Camp • South Gate • Staddle Gate • The Stone Quarter • Trader's Gate • West Gate • Windview Estate • Woodsmen's Gate Buckland: Craft-faire • Brandy Hall • Brandywine Bridge • Buckland Faire • Buckland Gate • Buckland's Craft-faire • Bucklebury Ferry • Newbury • Old Forest Tunnel • Toad Marsh Chetwood: Big Staddlemere • Blackwold Headquarters • Crumbled Court • Lumber Camp • Old Bauman's Farm • Ost Baranor • Silverwell • Skunkwood's Farm • Staddle Falls • Stump Field • Torthann's Camp • Wolf Den • Woodsedge Ruins • The Yellow Tree The Horsefields: Festival Grounds • The Hedge Maze • Hengstacer Farm Midgewater Marshes: Bindbale's Rest • Goblinhole Ruins • Marshwater Fort • Midgewater Pass • Ost Alagos • Sunken Stones Northern Bree-fields: The Abandoned Graveyard • Cirith Nûr Encampment • Everclear Lakes • The Old Greenway Fort • The Quince Farmstead • Saeradan's Cabin • Snarling Hollow • Thornley's Work Site Old Forest: Abandoned Cottage • Angerwood • Bald Hill • Bonfire Glade • The Broken Heart • Creaking Vale • Dark-paw Vale • Dire Glade • East Forest Road • The Forlorn Glade • Goldberry's Spring • Old Barrows Road • Old Man Willow • Old Muddyfoot's Hill • The Old Oak's Grave • The Shade Pool • The Shifting Wood Tomnoddy Corner • The Weaver's Den • Weeping Water • Willow Glade • Withywindle Crossing Southern Bree-fields: Brigand's Watch • Dogwood's Farm • Greenway Crossing • Hillshire Ruins • Old Sweetgrass Farm • Outlaw's Haven Staddle: Eldo Swatmidge's Farm • Gammy Boggs' Farm • Little Staddlemere • Widow Froghorn's Farm The Wildwood: Blomley Sward • Cotfast • East-delf • Gnawbone Pit • Helva's Edge • Hunter's Ledge • Marl's Crossing • Norwarden • The Old Bluff-house • Overwine Hall • Sutwarden • West-delf |
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Interiors: | Artie Root's House • Bree-town Auction Hall • Bree-town Hall • Bree-town Hunting Lodge • Bree-town Jail • Bree-town Vault • Broker's Office • Cartwell's House • The Cat Lady's House • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Combe Crafting Hall • Ellie Cutleaf's House • Grobo Dogwort's House • Grobo Dogwort's Shed • Hunting Lodge (Archet) • Infiltrators' Headquarters • Lalia's Market • The Lowbanks' Estate • The Mad Badger Inn • Mess Hall • Mustering Cave • The Prancing Pony • The Scholar's Hall • Scholar's Stair Archives • Sig Mandrake's Shop • Staddle Arms • Three-farrow Crafting Hall • Tom Bombadil's House • Training Hall • Training Hall (Bree) • Weapons and Armour Shop (South) • Weapons and Armour Shop (West) • Whitethorn's Taxidermy | |
Dungeons: | The Barrow of Orron • The Barrow of Ringdor • The Barrow of Taradan • Blackwold Camp • Goetham • Gwantham • Haudh Iarchith • Haudh Methernil • Haudh Nogbenn • Haudh Taenthond • Hautham • Sprigley's Cellar • Tomb of Maenadar • Writhenset | |
Instances: | World Instances: The Great Barrow • Woe of the Willow / Skirmish: Barrow-downs Survival • Defence of the Prancing Pony • Thievery and Mischief / Quest: Brigand Cave • Cirith Nûr Cave • Holt Adderson's Grotto • Reniolind's Hideout |
Settlements and Landmarks of Archet Dale
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Settlements: | Archet | |
Landmarks: | Archet Gate • Archet East Gate • Archet Jailyard • Blackwold's Roost • Bronwe's Folly • Combe North Gate • Old East Path • Sprigley's Farm | |
Interiors: | Hunting Lodge • The Mad Badger Inn | |
Dungeons: | Sprigley's Cellar |
Landmarks and Interiors of Bree
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Landmarks: | Beggar's Alley • Bill Ferny's House • Combe Gate • Dwarrow-ward • High Bridge • High Stair • Inn Gate • Ironmonger's Gate • Jasmine's Garden • Low Gate • Market Gate • Market Square • Mud Gate • North Gate • Oldstone Ruins • Oldstones Gate • Scholar's Stair • Scholar's Walk • Skirmish Camp • South Gate • Staddle Gate • The Stone Quarter • Trader's Gate • West Gate • Windview Estate • Woodsmen's Gate | |
Interiors: | Artie Root's House • Bree-town Auction Hall • Bree-town Hall • Bree-town Hunting Lodge • Bree-town Jail • Bree-town Vault • Broker's Office • The Cat Lady's House • Infiltrators' Headquarters • Lalia's Market • The Lowbanks' Estate • Mess Hall • The Prancing Pony • The Scholar's Hall • Scholar's Stair Archives • Sig Mandrake's Shop • Three-farrow Crafting Hall • Training Hall • Weapons and Armour Shop (South) • Weapons and Armour Shop (West) • Whitethorn's Taxidermy |
Landmarks and Interiors of Combe
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Interiors: | Cartwell's House • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Combe Crafting Hall • Ellie Cutleaf's House • Training Hall |
Landmarks and Interiors of Staddle
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Landmarks: | Eldo Swatmidge's Farm • Gammy Boggs' Farm • Grobo Dogwort's House • Little Staddlemere • Staddle Arms • Widow Froghorn's Farm | |
Interiors: | Grobo Dogwort's House • Grobo Dogwort's Shed • Staddle Arms |
Regions within the Land of Eriador
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Angmar • Bree-land • Cardolan • Dunland • Enedwaith • Ered Luin • Eregion • Ettenmoors • Evendim • Forochel • Gap of Rohan • Lone-lands • Misty Mountains • Nan Curunír • North Downs • Swanfleet • The Shire • Trollshaws |