Virtues

Overview

Virtues are a type of trait that characters can gain in Lotro. Virtues grant bonuses to stats and are an important part of improving your character.

Each Virtue grants bonuses to 3 different stats. The first stat listed on the tooltip grants the largest bonus, the next grants a somewhat smaller bonus, and the last stat listed on the tooltip grants the smallest bonus. In order to gain the stat bonuses for a Virtue it must be slotted by double-clicking it or dragging it to the top bar in the Virtue page of the Trait Tree Panel (which by default is accessed by the j key).

All Virtues also grant a small passive stat bonus (either to Maximum Morale or Physical and Tactical Mastery) even if they are not slotted.
(Note: even when you don't have any rank at all then you still get rank 1 passives.)

Virtue slots are unlocked as you level up:

Slot	Unlocked at Level
1	7
2	9
3	11
4	17
5	23

Slotted Virtues are tied to each Trait build (specified using the numbered tabs on the right side of the Trait Tree Panel). Therefore players can have unique Virtue builds that accompany their Class Trait builds. Note that Trait builds can be switched at any time while out of combat.

To determine which Virtues provide the most benefit for each class and role, consult the following pages:

Stat progressions on Virtues are of the item type. Therefore, virtues behave much like items with item levels. The amount of stat points contained in each virtue is roughly equal to half of somewhere between an incomparable ~ epic item.
Virtue ranks are not straight equal to the item level used for producing the stats. For this a lookup is done into an internal table, which translates rank to item level. You can find these item levels in the table further below.

Ranking up Virtues

A Virtue marked as Earning

To increase the stat bonuses provided by Virtues, you must increase their rank. Virtues gain ranks when players acquire Virtue Experience ("Virtue XP") as a reward for completing a deed, certain repeatable quests, or Featured Instances. Only one Virtue can be ranked up at a time - the Virtue that is specified as Earning in the Virtue panel. To mark a Virtue as Earning, click it such that the text 'Earning' appears in green below the Virtue name.

The current maximum rank achievable for Virtues was raised to 96 on 23th April 2025 with Update 44. The next Virtue Tier increase from 96 to 98 has not been announced yet. However, the effective maximum rank is also based on a cap dictated by character level and the lowest of the two caps counts.

Character Level	Rank Cap by Level
5-110	Level/2 (rounded down)
111-139	Level-55
140	Level-54 (86)
141-149	Level-53
150	Level-52 (98)

The next Virtue cap increase is currently unknown.

If you gain Virtue XP while your Earning Virtue is capped then the Virtue XP will go instead to a Virtue which is not capped in this order:

A slotted Virtue in your current build from left to right.
The lowest ranked Virtue and in case of multiple equally ranked - in alphabetical order.

The following table lists the amount of Virtue XP required for each rank (and resulting stats item levels):

Rank	VirtueXP Rank	VirtueXP Total	Virtue ILvl	Rank	VirtueXP Rank	VirtueXP Total	Virtue ILvl	Rank	VirtueXP Rank	VirtueXP Total	Virtue ILvl	Rank	VirtueXP Rank	VirtueXP Total	Virtue ILvl
1	1,000	1,000	4	25	1,300	28,000	52	49	1,800	65,300	190	73	2,200	113,600	421
2	1,000	2,000	6	26	1,300	29,300	54	50	1,800	67,100	210	74	2,200	115,800	426
3	1,000	3,000	8	27	1,400	30,700	56	51	1,800	68,900	222	75	2,200	118,000	431
4	1,000	4,000	10	28	1,400	32,100	58	52	1,800	70,700	236	76	2,200	120,200	436
5	1,000	5,000	12	29	1,400	33,500	60	53	1,800	72,500	260	77	2,200	122,400	441
6	1,000	6,000	14	30	1,400	34,900	62	54	1,900	74,400	276	78	2,200	124,600	446
7	1,000	7,000	16	31	1,400	36,300	64	55	1,900	76,300	292	79	2,300	126,900	451
8	1,000	8,000	18	32	1,500	37,800	66	56	1,900	78,200	300	80	2,300	129,200	456
9	1,000	9,000	20	33	1,500	39,300	68	57	1,900	80,100	308	81	2,300	131,500	461
10	1,000	10,000	22	34	1,500	40,800	70	58	1,900	82,000	316	82	2,300	133,800	466
11	1,100	11,100	24	35	1,500	42,300	72	59	1,900	83,900	324	83	2,300	136,100	471
12	1,100	12,200	26	36	1,500	43,800	74	60	2,000	85,900	332	84	2,300	138,400	476
13	1,100	13,300	28	37	1,500	45,300	76	61	2,000	87,900	340	85	2,400	140,800	481
14	1,100	14,400	30	38	1,600	46,900	78	62	2,000	89,900	348	86	2,400	143,200	486
15	1,100	15,500	32	39	1,600	48,500	88	63	2,100	92,000	356	87	2,400	145,600	491
16	1,200	16,700	34	40	1,600	50,100	98	64	2,100	94,100	364	88	2,400	148,000	496
17	1,200	17,900	36	41	1,600	51,700	108	65	2,100	96,200	372	89	2,400	150,400	501
18	1,200	19,100	38	42	1,600	53,300	118	66	2,100	98,300	380	90	2,400	152,800	506
19	1,200	20,300	40	43	1,700	55,000	128	67	2,100	100,400	388	91	2,500	155,300	511
20	1,200	21,500	42	44	1,700	56,700	138	68	2,200	102,600	396	92	2,500	157,800	516
21	1,300	22,800	44	45	1,700	58,400	148	69	2,200	104,800	401	93	2,500	160,300	521
22	1,300	24,100	46	46	1,700	60,100	158	70	2,200	107,000	406	94	2,500	162,800	526
23	1,300	25,400	48	47	1,700	61,800	168	71	2,200	109,200	411	95	2,500	165,300	531
24	1,300	26,700	50	48	1,700	63,500	178	72	2,200	111,400	416	96	2,500	167,800	536

Virtue / Stat Comparison Matrix

The following table illustrates which Virtues provide which stat bonuses.

Virtue	Stats (values at Rank 96)
Virtue	Agility	Armour	CritDef	CritRtg	Evade	Fate	Finesse	ICMR	IHR	Morale	Power	Might	PMR	PMit	Resist	TMR	TMit	Vitality	Will	Passive
Charity														4677	21673			632		Morale
Compassion		1497												9354			4677			Morale
Confidence				12028	5054		8021													Mastery
Determination	2,130			3610									4680							Mastery
Discipline									8021					2808	21673					Morale
Empathy		4992	8021												6497					Morale
Fidelity														2808			9354	1,053		Morale
Fortitude			8021							9030					6497					Morale
Honesty				3610												9357			1,067	Mastery
Honour			4814							9030							4677			Morale
Idealism						1,771			8021	2710										Morale
Innocence														9354	10863		2808			Morale
Justice								180.6		4516							2808			Morale
Loyalty		2498							4814									2,109		Morale
Mercy					16857	885												632		Morale
Patience				3610	8423						1417.47									Morale
Tolerance														2808	10863		9354			Morale
Valour				3610			8021						9357							Mastery
Wisdom							4814									4680			2,130	Mastery
Wit				6015			16063						2808			2808				Mastery
Zeal				3610								2,130	4680							Mastery

Note: Cells in the table are colour-coded as follows:

High Value Virtue

Medium Value Virtue

Low value Virtue

For a complete list of all stat values for all ranks for each Virtue, see the Virtue page.

Best Virtues by Stat

The following table lists the best Virtues to slot for each stat. High value virtues provide the highest value for the stat, while medium and low value virtues provide lesser values.

Stat	High Value Virtues	Medium Value Virtues	Low Value Virtues
Agility	Determination
Armour Value	Empathy	Loyalty	Compassion
Critical Defence		Empathy, Fortitude	Honour
Critical Rating	Confidence	Wit	Determination, Honesty, Patience, Valour, Zeal
Evade Rating	Mercy	Patience	Confidence
Fate	Idealism	Mercy
Finesse Rating	Wit	Confidence, Valour	Wisdom
in-Combat Morale Regen	Justice
Incoming Healing Rating		Discipline, Idealism	Loyalty
Maximum Morale	Fortitude, Honour	Justice	Idealism
Maximum Power	Patience
Might	Zeal
Physical Mastery Rating	Valour	Determination, Zeal	Wit
Physical Mitigation	Compassion, Innocence	Charity	Discipline, Fidelity, Tolerance
Resistance Rating	Charity, Discipline	Innocence, Tolerance	Empathy, Fortitude
Tactical Mastery Rating	Honesty	Wisdom	Wit
Tactical Mitigation	Fidelity, Tolerance	Compassion, Honour	Innocence, Justice
Vitality	Loyalty	Fidelity	Charity, Mercy
Will	Wisdom	Honesty

Virtue-boosting Racial Traits

In addition, there are certain Racial Traits which add 1 rank to each of 3 given virtues, if this trait is slotted as a Racial Trait.

These are either awarded by reputation factions or a designated class quest.

	Faction / Quest	Award / Deed	Trait	+1 Virtues
Dwarf	Friend of Thorin's Hall	Award of Dwarf Virtue	Virtuous Dwarf	Fidelity	Honesty	Loyalty
Elf	Friend of Elves of Rivendell	Award of Elven Virtue	Virtuous Elf	Charity	Patience	Wisdom
Hobbit	Friend of the Mathom Society	Award of Hobbit Virtue	Virtuous Hobbit	Empathy	Honesty	Idealism
Man	Friend of the Men of Bree	Award of Men's Virtue	Virtuous Man	Confidence	Justice	Patience
Beorning	[30] Hatred of Bear and Man	-	Virtuous Beorning	Fortitude	Empathy	Honour
High Elf	Friend of the Galadhrim	-	Virtuous High Elf	Wisdom	Confidence	Justice
Stout-axe	Friend of Thorin's Hall	Guest of Thorin's Hall	Virtuous Stout-axe	Wit	Determination	Fortitude
River Hobbit	Friend of the Eglain	Friend of the Forsaken	Virtuous River Hobbit	Innocence	Mercy	Wit