LOTRO Anniversary Celebration

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Overview

Happy 18 years of The Lord of the Rings Online! The Anniversary Event returns on Thursday, April 24th 10:00 a.m. server time, and the event continues until Sunday, June 1st 3:00 a.m. server time!

SSG's Official Announcement: [1]

"This year's event features new rewards, including new rewards with both the Anniversary Barter and Festivity Anniversary Barter! Cosmetic outfits of the Baker's Delight, Fireworks, new Steed, Ceremonial weapons, and more!
Our Anniversary Event starts at the Party Tree, located on The Hill in The Shire (location: 29.9S, 71.5W). When you first log in while the event is active you will also receive a message in Available Quests, which will get you a free map to take you there. Once there, make sure to pick up the wrapper quest “Another Lovely Year” by speaking to Waldo Rumble by the Party Tree! You can read more about the Anniversary Event in our guide.

Other Events

The festival repeats the events from previous Anniversary Festivals, Anniversary account rewards have also been added for accounts created on or before April 30, 2007. Eleven sets of scavenger hunt quests are available from the Party Tree.

Dates

Approximate Dates
Schedule for this event is currently unconfirmed or to be determined.
Previous Dates
2025: April 24 – June 01 -- extended twice
2024: April 18 – May 06
2023: April 20 – May 15
2022: April 20 – May 11
2021: April 21 – May 11
2020: April 23 – May 20
2019: June 07 – June 18 -- second time that year
2019: April 23 – May 19
2018: June 07 – June 18 -- second time that year
2018: April 20 – May 08
2017: April 20 – May 08
2016: April 22 – May 08
2015: April 15 – April 28
2014: April 16 – April 29
2013: April 16 – May 06
2012: April 16 – May 09
2011: April 19 – May 02
2010: April 29 – June 30
2009: April 24 – April 30
2008: April 24 – May 23

Festival Grounds

Coordinates Directions / Description
[29.9S, 71.5W] (The Shire) All Scavenger Hunt quests begin at The Party Tree.
[32.6S, 69.9W] (The Shire) Methel-stage.
[35.4S, 73.5W] (The Shire) The Shire Race-track.
[13.5S, 103.2W] (Thorin's Gate) Thorin's Hall's Inn and The Festival Arena
[30.3S, 51.1W] (Bree) Bree Market Square
[29.1S, 52.1W] (Bree) Bree Fireworks Area

Anniversary Gifts and Character Portrait Frames

Gifts are bestowed to accounts according to Account Status - see [2] below for a detailed explanation of Account Status.
The gift boxes are automatically placed in the inventories of all characters on the account upon character login, provided there are enough open spaces available. If you did not have enough inventory spaces, the remaining gifts will appear upon the next login when enough spaces are open.
Eligible players will have their new Character Portrait Frames automatically applied to your characters upon receipt if they are Year 8 and prior; Year 9 and after require opening the gift item, which puts the Portrait Frame into your inventory. (You must select the frame version to display.)
Gifts are no longer awarded based on how long ago the account was created, and have not been for some time; see [3] for more info.


Quests

Notes

  • The Anniversary Quests are divided into two groups:
The Anniversary Scavenger Hunt quests (Not repeatable).
These are all begun at the Party Tree in Hobbiton from hanging scrolls.
The normal Anniversary (and Festival) Quests (Repeatable).
  • The quest level scales to your character's level.
  • The experience and monetary rewards scale based on the quest level
  • Some Anniversary Event repeatable quests are repeatable on a periodic basis (they reset at 3:00 a.m. server time).

Anniversary Scavenger Hunt quests

From 2018 a cut down version of the Scavenger Hunt was introduced which involved locations only in Eriador accessible to players in the Legendary servers. Both quest lines are available concurrently, if the quests have not been completed.

Missions

From 2025, missions were added to the Anniversary Event, which are reprises of various instances and landscape quests from the early zones of Bree-land, Ered Luin and The Shire. All 6 of these missions are enabled for Delving. Talk to the Hooded Stranger inside The Prancing Pony to run these missions.

Seasonal Instances

Deeds

All Festival Deeds are found under Race & Social

  • Happy 15th Anniversary - Received Expansion Pack Collector's Edition gifts for logging in during our 15th Anniversary.
  • The Anniversary Scavenger Hunt - Auto bestowed on login when the festival is active and accompanied by an in-game mail from Waldo Rumble asking for help.
  • For completing one Scavenger Hunt Quest for each of the 10 years:
  • For completing all ten years' Scavenger Hunt Travel quests:
  • For completing all ten years' Scavenger Hunt Trifle quests:
  • For completing all ten years' Scavenger Hunt Tales quests:
  • For completing the year eleven quests:
  • For completing all Eriador Scavenger Hunt quests:
  • Swinging your club at opponents 200 times:

NPC Barterers


Region Name Location
Bree-land Frithbert Bree [30.2S, 51.0W]
Ered Luin Anniversary Vendor (Thorin's Hall) The Festival Arena [13.8S, 103.3W]
Ered Luin Gísli Strongclub The Festival Arena [13.8S, 103.3W]
Ered Luin Rökkvi Thorin's Hall - The Great Hall [13.8S, 103.3W]
Ered Luin Seifur Celondim [28.3S, 92.1W]
The Shire Ingwaldur Michel Delving [34.1S, 75.0W]



Region Name Location
Bree-land Angeline Greenpasture Market Square, Bree [30.2S, 51.0W]
Dunland Anniversary Vendor (Galtrev) Galtrev [80.2S, 16.8W]
Ered Luin Arnúlfur Thorin's Hall - The Great Hall [13.7S, 103.2W]
Ered Luin Mallenwen Celondim [28.3S, 92.1W]
Evendim Baidhrien Tinnudir [12.6S, 67.3W]
The Great River Anniversary Vendor (Stangard) Stangard [25.5S, 63.4W]
Lone-lands Ailith Ost Guruth [31.7S, 29.4W]
Lothlórien Gílbereth Caras Galadhon [16.1S, 67.0W]
Mirkwood Gloredhriel Ost Galadh [14.4S, 51.1W]
Moria Biarki Twenty-first Hall [5.7S, 105.2W]
North Downs Ruinwen Esteldín Forecourt [9.6S, 42.0W]
The Shire Drogo Whitfoot Michel Delving [34.1S, 75.0W]
Trollshaws Norien Rivendell [29.7S, 3.7W]
Ettenmoors Thrak Gramsfoot [12.3S, 20.9W]
Ettenmoors Anhebron Glân Vraig [20.9S, 13.6W]



  • Token Exchange

Gallery

Cosmetic Items

Suits, Robes, and Dresses

Cosmetic Sets

Cloaks

Accessories

Instruments

  • Bardic Fiddle
    Bardic Fiddle
  • Traveller's Trusty Fiddle
    Traveller's Trusty Fiddle

Mount Gallery

Cosmetic Pet Gallery

  • Beaver
    Beaver
  • Bill the Pony
    Bill the Pony
  • Baker's Delight Cub
    Baker's Delight Cub
  • Cozy Grey Cat
    Cozy Grey Cat
  • Farmer Maggot's Dog
    Farmer Maggot's Dog
  • Friendly Deer
    Friendly Deer
  • Golden Dragon Kite
    Golden Dragon Kite
  • Happy Pig
    Happy Pig
  • Majestic White Stag
    Majestic White Stag
  • Merrymaking Hamster
    Merrymaking Hamster
  • Mysterious Celebration Pig
    Mysterious Celebration Pig
  • Puffy Sheep
    Puffy Sheep
  • Quiet Cow
    Quiet Cow
  • Raven
    Raven
  • Silver Dragon Kite
    Silver Dragon Kite
  • Sienna Hamster
    Sienna Hamster
  • Sky of a Perfect Day Kite
    Sky of a Perfect Day Kite

Decorations Gallery

  • Large Moria Mirror
    Large Moria Mirror
  • Watchful Raven Statue
    Watchful Raven Statue
  • Purple Moria Crystal
    Purple Moria Crystal
  • Windmill
    Windmill
  • Toy Windmill
    Toy Windmill
  • Glorious Beer-mug Trophy
    Glorious Beer-mug Trophy
  • Gate to Moria Painting
    Gate to Moria Painting
  • Path to Moria Painting
    Path to Moria Painting
  • Map of The Walls of Moria
    Map of The Walls of Moria
  • Map of The Silvertine Lodes
    Map of The Silvertine Lodes
  • Map of Durin's Way
    Map of Durin's Way
  • Map of The Water-works
    Map of The Water-works
  • Map of Zelem-melek
    Map of Zelem-melek
  • Map of Nud-melek
    Map of Nud-melek
  • Map of the Foundations of Stone
    Map of the Foundations of Stone
  • Map of the Redhorn Lodes
    Map of the Redhorn Lodes
  • Map of Zirakzigil
    Map of Zirakzigil
  • Map of The Flaming Deeps
    Map of The Flaming Deeps
  • Map of The Grand Stair
    Map of The Grand Stair
  • Map of Bree-land
    Map of Bree-land
  • Map of The Shire
    Map of The Shire
  • Map of Ered Luin
    Map of Ered Luin
  • Map of the Lone-lands
    Map of the Lone-lands
  • Map of the North Downs
    Map of the North Downs
  • Map of the Trollshaws
    Map of the Trollshaws
  • Map of the Misty Mountains
    Map of the Misty Mountains
  • Map of Angmar
    Map of Angmar

External Links

  • The "Department of Strategery" has a good guide to the Scavenger Hunt -- or as they call it, the "Befriend a Hunter Festival".
https://departmentofstrategery.wordpress.com/category/lotro/guides/scavenger-hunt/

References

  1. ↑ https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-18th-anniversary-en
  2. ↑ From the official announcement:
    Account Status refers to the billing state of the account as of 10:00 AM EST on April 20th, 2023. An account may reflect a billing state of VIP, Premium, Free Player or Suspended Account Status. Rewards will be distributed based on the gift players received the previous year at the time of account review at 10:00 AM EST on April 20th, 2023. Account must be in good standing to receive rewards. Rewards have no cash value. You may see all of the individual Subscriptions on a single master Account by logging into https://myaccount.standingstonegames.com/. Standing Stone Games' decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to the Anniversary Rewards Program. Standing Stone Games, LLC, is not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Anniversary Rewards Program, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the upgrade of accounts.
  3. ↑ Per a post by Cordovan on the Lotro Forums answering a player question:
    Q: Has it always been that you need to log in during the anniversary in order to be eligible for the gift that year to "count"?
    A: The answer is yes, but the way the system awards gifts has changed several times over the years. Up to a certain year it procced based on time since account creation, but after about Year 9 it began incrementing based on the last annual check of your account, and gives you the next in line. So, if you picked up Year 12 last year, you will get Year 13 this year, etc. Yes, though, you DO need to log into the game at least once during the year in order to increment your award and pick up the annual gift. The awards are account-based, so once you log into one of your characters it will increment for the account and put that year's reward on your account.


Special Events

Seasonal events: Spring Festival • Midsummer Festival • Farmers Faire • Harvest Festival • Yule Festival Seasonal events:
Recurring events: Hobnanigans • Treasure Hunt Recurring events:
Annual events: April Fool's Chicken Run • Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday • Durin's Day • Ill Omens • LOTRO Anniversary Celebration • Treasure Bugan Event • The Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners Annual events:
Crafting events: Hard Tack Crafting Event • The Combe Forester Event Crafting events:
Legendary server events: Veil of the Nine Legendary server events:
  See also Discontinued Events  
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