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:

Ranking up Virtues

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 86 on 15th February 2023. However, the effective maximum rank is based on character level. If a character is not max level, their Virtues will be capped at a rank of the character's level divided by 2 (rounded down, up to character level 110), or the character's level minus 55 (for characters above level 110), up to a maximum of 86.
The next Virtue cap increase is scheduled for 17th May 2023.

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:

Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required
1	1,000	1,000	23	1,300	25,400	45	1,700	58,400	67	2,100	100,400
2	1,000	2,000	24	1,300	26,700	46	1,700	60,100	68	2,200	102,600
3	1,000	3,000	25	1,300	28,000	47	1,700	61,800	69	2,200	104,800
4	1,000	4,000	26	1,300	29,300	48	1,700	63,500	70	2,200	107,000
5	1,000	5,000	27	1,400	30,700	49	1,800	65,300	71	2,200	109,200
6	1,000	6,000	28	1,400	32,100	50	1,800	67,100	72	2,200	111,400
7	1,000	7,000	29	1,400	33,500	51	1,800	68,900	73	2,200	113,600
8	1,000	8,000	30	1,400	34,900	52	1,800	70,700	74	2,200	115,800
9	1,000	9,000	31	1,400	36,300	53	1,800	72,500	75	2,200	118,000
10	1,000	10,000	32	1,500	37,800	54	1,900	74,400	76	2,200	120,200
11	1,100	11,100	33	1,500	39,300	55	1,900	76,300	77	2,200	122,400
12	1,100	12,200	34	1,500	40,800	56	1,900	78,200	78	2,200	124,600
13	1,100	13,300	35	1,500	42,300	57	1,900	80,100	79	2,300	126,900
14	1,100	14,400	36	1,500	43,800	58	1,900	82,000	80	2,300	129,200
15	1,100	15,500	37	1,500	45,300	59	1,900	83,900	81	2,300	131,500
16	1,200	16,700	38	1,600	46,900	60	2,000	85,900	82	2,300	133,800
17	1,200	17,900	39	1,600	48,500	61	2,000	87,900	83	2,300	136,100
18	1,200	19,100	40	1,600	50,100	62	2,000	89,900	84	2,300	138,400
19	1,200	20,300	41	1,600	51,700	63	2,100	92,000	85	2,400	140,800
20	1,200	21,500	42	1,600	53,300	64	2,100	94,100	86	2,400	143,200
21	1,300	22,800	43	1,700	55,000	65	2,100	96,200
22	1,300	24,100	44	1,700	56,700	66	2,100	98,300

Virtue / Stat Comparison Matrix

The following table illustrates which Virtues provide which stat bonuses.

Virtue	Stats (values at Rank 86)
Virtue	Agility	Armour	CritDef	CritRtg	Evade	Fate	Finesse	ICMR	IHR	Morale	Power	Might	PMR	PMit	Resist	TMR	TMit	Vitality	Will	Passive
Charity														3008	10899			313		Morale
Compassion		974												6016			3008			Morale
Confidence				4824	2536		4025													Mastery
Determination	603			1453									2564							Mastery
Discipline									4025					1809	10899					Morale
Empathy		3226	4025												3263					Morale
Fidelity														1809			6016	522		Morale
Fortitude			4025							4183					3263					Morale
Honesty				1453												5127			301	Mastery
Honour			2412							4183							3008			Morale
Idealism						878			4025	1259										Morale
Innocence														6016	5428		1809			Morale
Justice								89.498		2093							1809			Morale
Loyalty		1613							2412									1047		Morale
Mercy					8443	439												313		Morale
Patience				1453	4221						702.857									Morale
Tolerance														1809	5428		6016			Morale
Valour				1453			4025						5127							Mastery
Wisdom							2412									2564			603	Mastery
Wit				2412			8043						1542			1542				Mastery
Zeal				1453								603	2564							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

Faction-awarded Racial Trait

In addition, there is a Faction-awarded Racial Trait which adds 1 rank to each of 3 given virtues, if this trait is slotted as a Racial Trait.

	Faction Reputation	Award name	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 Men of Bree	Award of Men's Virtue	Virtuous Man	Confidence	Justice	Patience

Note: The Beorning can acquire a similar bonus at level 30 by completing the quest Hatred of Bear and Man which awards the trait Virtuous Beorning which increases Fortitude, Empathy, and Honour by +1.

External Links

Update 24 changes to Virtues announcement on LOTRO forums