The Eyes and Guard Tavern
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The Eyes and Guard Tavern is only present when you are running a special version of the LOTRO client which has access to the Bullroarer test server enabled. Information on how to gain access to the server is available on the server's LOTRO Wiki page.
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Location
The Eyes and Guard Tavern is an out-of-character hub for beta testers on the Bullroarer test server. It houses a number of NPCs and facilities to aid in the testing process, as well as a centralized location for developers to interact with players.
The tavern can be enabled or disabled as testing requires, but when enabled, it is accessible on foot from special doors on a couple locations:
- The Archet jail yard [25.0S, 48.8W]
- Thorin's Gate stables [15.0S, 103.6W]
- Mossward [60.7S, 34.5W]
![[25.0S, 48.8W]](/wiki/File:Archet_map.jpg){kind=link}
![[15.0S, 103.6W]](/wiki/File:Thorin%27s_Gate_map.jpg){kind=link}
![[60.7S, 34.5W]](/wiki/File:Mossward_map.jpg){kind=link}
As these doors appear in both the open world and the new player tutorial spaces, any beta character can access them. Once inside, players can acquire map items to return directly to the Tavern. Should the tavern be subsequently disabled, these same maps will divert the player to Bree.
Most of the NPCs within the tavern are named for game developers, while others are copies of game NPCs from various locations.
Services and Facilities
Note: The tavern is an ever-evolving place that has seen many changes to its layout over the years. This article is meant to briefly describe its most recent incarnation.
Main Hall
The main area of the tavern is much like that of the Forsaken Inn and offers many barters and other NPC services. Down the stairs in the back of the room, there are a number of other NPCs and doors that lead to different regions.
Main Room:
| NPC | Description |
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 Kehleyr |
E&G Tavern Introduction Bestows a number of traits required for gameplay, including Novice, basic and War-steed Riding, and Seeker of Deep Places |
 Vastin |
Mordor Test Gear Vendor Sells assorted gear intended for Mordor (lv 106-115) |
 Trotter |
Decorations Bestows emotes obtained from the Treasure Hunt event and sells a variety of housing decorations |
 Jinjaah |
Outfit Provider Sells dyes and cosmetic outfit items, including ones otherwise locked by reputation or festivals |
 Berephon |
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 Maid of Lions |
1-50 Level-up Provides advancement to any selected level from 1 to 50 |
| Pinion |
51-85 Level-up Provides advancement to any selected level from 51 to 85 |
 Sarumango |
86-150 Level-up Provides advancement to any selected level from 86 to 150 |
 Shempf |
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 Wilson |
Cosmetic Pets Sells a number of cosmetic pets |
 Chiver Me Timbers |
Lady of Delvings and Carn Dûm Sells class-essences, end-game Cloaks and necklaces with class-essence slots. Also barters end-game Carn Dûm items and gear for Embers |
 Composer |
Sells cosmetic instruments, including some festival ones |
 Iceman |
Mapmaker Sells travel maps to many points across Middle-earth as well as one to return to the tavern |
 Snowlight |
Racial Trait Bestower Bestows all racial traits |
 Avon |
Mounted Combat |
 Moose |
Dwarf-holds Instance Gear Offer barters for armour from the Dwarf-holds: the Anvil of Winterstith, Thikil-gundu, Thrumfall, and Glimmerdeep |
 Berthadan |
Hardened Traveller Changes the difficulty of landscape mobs |
 Bobo |
Class Trait Points Bestows various amounts of Class Trait Points |
 Lansu |
Unlocks the Bloody Watchers, the statues that allow swift travel to the top of Seregost in Agarnaith |
| Aubergine |
LP and Mithril Allowance Offers daily quests that grant various amounts of LOTRO Points and Mithril (via acorns). These points are usable only in Bullroarer version of the LOTRO Store. |
 Aerin |
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| Harmonixer |
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 Egg |
Class Weapons & Jewellery Vendor & Crafting Sells boxes of gear for most level caps through 95 and Doomfold-tier crafting recipes |
 Eldorudo |
Armour Vendor Sells boxes of armour and jewellery sets |
 Scarycrow |
Relic & Forge-master Provides the services of Relic-masters and Forge-masters (as of September 2022, still offers relic services) |
 Fantus |
Money Bestows gold |
| Temerity |
Virtues Bestows Virtue XP items |
| Ransroth |
Reputation Advances reputation with almost all factions in game |
| Budgeford |
Legendary Item Store Sells assorted legendary item advancement items from the old (pre-update 30.3) legendary system |
 Squidtank |
Various Class Items Sells class-specific equipable and consumable items for various levels |
 Javatar |
Instance Discovery Deeds Completes discovery deeds for most instances in the game |
 NPComplete |
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 Sit-cough |
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| Penfold |
Bloody Threshold Gear Vendor Completes raid deeds and barters gear from Amdân Dammul, Shakalush, and the Fall of Khazad-dûm (deed only) |
| Svenson |
Adventurer's & Traveller's Quartermaster Barters boxes of gear for greatly reduced costs for Motes and Embers of Enchantment |
 Drachyn |
Gundabad Instance Gear Completes deeds for Adkhât-zahhar, the Houses of Rest, and barters gear from Adkhât-zahhar and the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra |
 Amlug |
Vault-keeper |
| Edgecase |
Minas Morgul & U30 Gear Barters boxes of legendary item advancement supplies (current system) and gear from Minas Morgul instances & the Fall of Khazad-dûm |
 Arbor |
Essences Sells essences and boxes of essences |
 Dimentoad |
Potion-maker Sells potions, hope tokens, and crafted food |
 Charvey |
Auctioneer |
First Landing:
| NPC | Description |
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| Dust |
Ash Bestows Embers of Enchantment, Motes of Enchantment, and Figments of Splendor Sells carry-alls for mithril coins |
- Door to the Crafting Hall
- Door to Aldburg
Second Landing:
- Gusone
Basement:
| NPC | Description |
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 Verizal |
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| Seleflad |
Rohan Eastfold Housing Broker |
| Burginda |
Rohan Kingstead Housing Broker |
| Gárthi Lockwarden |
Erebor Housing Broker |
| Tybur |
LI Weapons and Class Items Offers Figments of Splendour barters for LIs offered by Roving Threat vendors and a package of LI materials for a level 120 character |
| Trennor |
Skirmish Advancement Skips the Skirmish tutorial |
| Hoarsedev |
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 Hank |
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 Kiote |
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| Big Battles Beals |
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| JWBarry |
Raid Deeds Completes certain raid deeds |
| Tens |
Epic Bestower Advances through Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 book by book |
 Stumpy |
Epic Bestower, Volume 2 |
| Mithlin |
Epic Bestower, Volume 3 Advances through parts of Vol. 3 |
| Istien |
Epic Bestower, Volume 4 Advances through parts of Vol. 4 |
 MadeOfLions |
Black Book of Mordor Bestower Advances through sections of the Black Book of Mordor |
 Orion |
Monster Play Advances Monster Play ranks |
| Coldfells Quartermaster |
Field Services Barters PvMP gear (freep) |
| Coldfells Heavy Armour Quartermaster |
Heavy Armour Vendor Barters PvMP heavy armour (freep) |
| Coldfells Medium Armour Quartermaster |
Medium Armour Vendor Barters PvMP medium armour (freep) |
 Coldfells Light Armour Quartermaster |
Light Armour Vendor Barters PvMP light armour (freep) |
| NPC | Description |
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| Rock | Barter Currency Provides regional, instance, and skirmish currencies |
 Aragorn |
Skirmish Captain |
 Gollum |
Skirmish Trainer |
| Bill |
Legendary Items (No inventory at present) |
 Pippin |
Weapons |
 Galadriel |
Currency Exchange |
 Elrond |
Jewellery and Cloaks |
 Merry |
Heavy Armor |
 Sam |
Medium Armor |
 Frodo |
Light Armor |
 Gandalf |
Classic |
 Legolas |
Cosmetics |
 Gimli |
Provisions |
 Boromir |
Curiosities |
 Bilbo |
Crafting |
Fast travels:
- Door to Caras Galadhon
- Door to Galtrev
- Door to Michel Delving
- Door to Bree-town
- Door to the Twenty-first Hall
- Door to Esteldín
- Door to Rohan Housing - Plains
- Door to Rohan Housing - Foothills
- Real Estate Ledger - to The Abodes of Erebor
- Door to Bree Homesteads
- Door to Snowbourn
- Door to Thorin's Hall
- Test Durin - to Annâk-khurfu
- DocOctoport - to newest region
- Door to Housing Test Space
- Door to Hobbit Homesteads
- Door to Dwarf Homesteads
- Door to Elf Homesteads
- Door to Glân Vraig
Crafting Hall
The crafting hall provides most of the facilities, training, and special resources needed to equip new characters and test new crafting content. The sheer size and roominess of the area also makes it a choice location for staffers to address blocking issues or distribute items not yet offered by NPCs. The crafting hall provides all crafting services as well as tracery bookshelves.
| NPC | Description |
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| Rhidden |
Master of Apprentices Offers enrollment in a vocation, and automated advancement to the current tier. |
| Mr. Alexander |
Master of Crafting Guilds Offers enrollment and advancement within applicable crafting guilds. |
 Ayvan |
Crafting Bestows carry-alls and certain rare crafting materials |
| Spaki |
Forge-master |
 Major Malphuntion |
Supplier |
| Brainasium |
Expert Cook |
| Trout |
Expert Farmer |
 Expert Jeweller |
Expert Jeweller |
| LinkFrost |
Expert Metalsmith |
 Scarecrow |
Expert Scholar |
 Ayngst |
Expert Tailor |
| Chronos |
Expert Weaponsmith |
 Nekros |
Expert Woodworker |
| Matthieu Jackedarmes |
Fishing Supplier |
| Cooking Bookshelf | Cook recipe vendor |
| Farming Bookshelf | Farmer recipe vendor |
| Jewellery Bookshelf | Jeweller recipe vendor |
| Metalsmithing Bookshelf | Metalsmith recipe vendor |
| Scholar Bookshelf | Scholar recipe vendor |
| Tailoring Bookshelf | Tailor recipe vendor |
| Weaponsmithing Bookshelf | Weaponsmith recipe vendor |
| Woodworking Bookshelf | Woodworker recipe vendor |
| Cooking Goods | Cook ingredients vendor |
| Farming Goods | Farmer resources vendor (seeds, fair crops, etc.) |
| Foresting Goods | Forester resources vendor (branches, planks, etc.) |
| Prospecting Goods | Prospector resources vendor (ore, ingots, etc.) |
| Scholar Goods | Scholar resources vendor (lore, tomes, etc.) |
| Special Goods | Special ingredients vendor (guild tokens, LI crafting items, etc.) |
| Istien |
Vault-keeper |
| Kelt |
Tavern Keep Offers the inventory of a Supplier, Provisioner, and Healer, as well as tavern-only offerings such as morale potions and foods. |
| Destructhor |
Auctioneer |
 L12 Test Currency |
Offers Ancient Script and cracked & shattered traceries of all tiers |
| Legendary Weapons/Class Items |
Offers Forge-master services and barters for Legendary Items |
| Brawler Traceries | Barters Brawler traceries |
| Beorning Traceries | Barters Beorning traceries |
| Captain Traceries | Barters Captain traceries |
| Champion Traceries | Barters Champion traceries |
| Guardian Traceries | Barters Guardian traceries |
| Hunter Traceries | Barters Hunter traceries |
| Warden Traceries | Barters Warden traceries |
| Rune-keeper Traceries | Barters Rune-keeper traceries |
| Minstrel Traceries | Barters Minstrel traceries |
| Lore-master Traceries | Barters Lore-master traceries |
| Burglar Traceries | Barters Burglar traceries |
| Word of Power Traceries | Barters word of power traceries |
| Word of Craft Traceries | Barters word of craft traceries |
| Heraldric Traceries | Barters heraldry traceries |
Old Services and Facilities
Note: These are no longer used, now there are three level bestowers and no training rooms.
Original Training Chamber (1-50)
Modeled after The Hall of Fire, this chamber holds many of the Tavern's original NPCs for testing content level 1-50.
| NPC | Description |
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| Maid of Lions |
Level-up Bestower |
| Constant Gardener |
Level-up Bestower |
| Amlug |
Level-up Bestower |
| Keth |
Level-up Bestower |
| Danger Dan |
Racial Trait Bestower |
| Wilcomb |
Outfit Provider |
| Fantus |
Allowance Bestower |
| Avon |
Raid Gear Bestower |
 Orion |
Monster Play Level-up Bestower |
| Zombie Columbus |
Skirmish Traits and Skills |
| Fantus |
Skirmish Allowance |
| Harry Twiggins |
Skirmish Captain |
| Denour |
Men of Bree Level-up Bestower |
| Wrinklor |
Mathom Society Level-up Bestower |
 Iceman |
Thorin's Hall Level-up Bestower |
| Kehleyr |
Elves of Rivendell Level-up Bestower |
| Squidtank |
Eglain Rep Bestower |
| Temerity |
Rangers of Esteldin Level-up Bestower |
| Slayde |
Wardens of Annúminas Level-up Bestower |
| Berenfan |
Council of the North Level-up Bestower |
| Scenario |
Lossoth of Forochel Level-up Bestower |
Moria Training Chamber (50-60)
Mirkwood Training Chamber (60-65)
Isengard Training Chamber (65-75)
Rohan Training Chamber
The newest chamber, this room provides advancement to level 85 and equipment from the Rohan region.
| NPC | Description |
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| Sleepy |
Level-up Bestower Offers a one-time quest that advances the player to level 85, and provides them with a suitable assortment of gear. |
| Shempf |
Mounted-Combat Trainer Grants use of War-steeds and provides Steed XP. |
| Scenario |
Eastemnet Friend Maker Provides advancement through the reputation tiers of the East Rohan factions. |
DPS Training
Modeled after a portion of Gabilazan, this chamber serves as a space for testing skills and parsing DPS. While in this chamber, players with be subject to a number of buffs: Improved Ancient Wisdom, Improved Tale of Warding, War Banner, Defense Banner, Focus, and Motivated.
| NPC | Description |
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| Bracknar Hammerhand |
Training Master |
| Bruinen Snowpeak |
Quartermaster A combination Supplier, Healer, and Provisioner. |
| Training-dummy of the 65th Order | Arch-nemesis A level 65 training dummy. |