Yule Festival
Overview
The Yule Festival is a continuation in the tradition of previous Yuletide Festivals with the main activities being the festival celebrations in Frostbluff. There are additional activities to earn tokens or emotes in each of the other Festival Grounds.
Dates
- 2022: December 8, 2022 - January 3, 2023
- 2021: December 9, 2021 - January 4, 2022
- 2020: December 10, 2020 - January 5, 2021
- 2019: December 12, 2019 - January 8, 2020
- 2018: December 13, 2018 - January 14, 2019
- 2017: December 14, 2017 - January 7, 2018
- 2016: December 19, 2016 - January 15, 2017. Repeated February 16 2017 to February 22, 2017.
- 2015: January 29, 2016 - February 10, 2016
- 2014: December 16, 2014 - January 13, 2015
- 2013: December 18, 2013 - January 14, 2014
- 2012: December 17, 2012 - January 3, 2013
- 2011: December 20, 2011 - January 31, 2012
- 2010: December 14, 2010 - January 11, 2011
- 2009: December 15, 2009 - ?
- 2008: December 11, 2008 - ?
- 2007: ? - ?
Festival Grounds
- Bree-land - Festival Grounds [24.7S, 51.6W]
- Ered Luin - Thorin's Hall Inn [13.5S, 103.2W]
- Ered Luin - Duillond - The Festival Garden [24.6S, 93.1W]
- The Shire - The Party Tree [29.9S, 71.5W]
- Frostbluff - Accessible by Festival Stable-masters in Bree, Michel Delving, Frerin's Court and Celondim
Festivities
Winter-home
Main article: Winter-home
- You are cordially invited to join our Yule Festival celebration in Winter-Home. We have many events to suit your taste, whether you like eating contests, snowball-fights, theater, or simply helping folks around town.
General Festival Events
Festival Dances
- Main article: Dance of the Races
- During all seasonal Festivals, Dance Leaders will teach characters up to eight special racial dances (two from each Race) by completing dance lessons. There is one Dance Leader located in each of the festival grounds of Thorin's Hall Inn and the Festival Garden in Ered Luin, The Party Tree in the Shire, and the Festival Grounds in Bree-land.
Dance lessons take place approximately every 20 minutes, and the quests are available for about 5 minutes before the dance begins. As of U20, the quest start times are random.
When the Dance Leader starts, target the leader and follow their instructions using the commands /dance1, /dance2, or /dance3 as they instruct you. The time to perform each step decreases with the quest's progression.
At the end of the lesson, the Dance Leader returns to their original position and you are able to select your reward: either the first or second dance emote from that race. Complete the lessons again to learn all the dances! You can do one (successful) dance per day for each race.
Festival Horse Races
- Main article: Festival Horse Races
- Each festival brings exciting horse races to the Shire Race-track and the Bree-land Festival Grounds. By completing a race in time, players can win festival tokens which can be exchanged for festival rewards.
- Race locations:
- All-Shire Run - The Shire, just north of the Shire Homesteads
- The Bree Derby - Bree-land at the Festival Grounds
A Bit of Drinking
- Main articles: The Inn League and The Ale Association
- The Inn League and The Ale Association are looking for a few good drinkers. Are you wishing to cause mischief at the smug inns of the realm or grant the wishes of those lonely drinkers who are simply in need of a good brew. Either way raise your mug and toast the festivities!
Quests
Yule Festival Quests
Ered Luin - The Festival Garden
- Yuletide Woes - Can only be completed once per character.
The Shire - The Delving Fields
Frostbluff Quests Frostbluff Quests
Auto bestowed at Frostbluff
- Mara Sandydowns
- […] A Fortune of Festive Spirit - quest chain
- Guard Kember
- […] The Yule Celebration of Winter-home - once per character, unlocks other quests
- […] The Abominable Snow-beasts
- […] Moving Them Off
- Festival Announcer
- […] Stolen Sweets
- Ona Kay
- Carolyn Goodnough
- […] Yes Means Snow
- Mabel Mitford
- Basil Wyndham
- […] Empty Keg Emergency
- […] Tidying Up
- Gareth Rust
- […] Making Mischief
- Daley Utteridge
- […] A Charitable Spirit
- […] Cold as Ice
- Verbena Greenhand
Snowman Field
End of the Frostbluff story - Requires completion of The More the Merrier
- […] A Final Act - Can redo this and pick a different option every year
The Ale Association Reputation Quests The Ale Association Challenge
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: Introduction
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: The Prancing Pony
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: The Combe-Gate
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: Staddle at Staddle
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: The Garden in Bree
- [...] The Ale Association Challenge: The Stone Quarter
Spoiler Quests
- [...] An Irritating Initiation
- [...] Jónar's Special Brew
- [...] Jónar's Special Delivery
- [...] Tainted Mug
- [...] The Draught Drought
Covert Reparations
Delivery Quests
- [...] All But the Good Cider
- [...] Never Further From Home
- [...] One Drink Too Few
- [...] Quite a Tickle
- [...] A Bit of White
- [...] Bombur's Breath
- [...] A Different Reminder of Rivendell
- [...] A Drink of the Best Character
- [...] A Convoluted Wine
- [...] A Dark Prank
- [...] Not Atli's Favourite
Harvest Festival quests
Instances
Deeds
Festival Items
Verbena Greenhand (Winterhome)
Alex Grey (Winter-home)
| The More the Merrier Steed | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item to Receive | Items to Trade | |
 Shire Holly Steed
|
 80 Yule Festival Tokens
| |
 Yule Gala Steed
|
60 Yule Festival Tokens
| |
| Dyes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item to Receive | Items to Trade | |
6 Moria Silver Dyes
|
 10 Mithril Coins
| |
6 Belegaer Blue Dyes
|
10 Mithril Coins
| |
6 Dark Mossy Green Dyes
|
30 Yule Festival Tokens
| |
6 Lórien Gold Dyes
|
30 Yule Festival Tokens
| |
| Essence Related Items | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item to Receive | Items to Trade | |
 Essence Reclamation Scroll
|
180 Yule Festival Tokens
| |
 Festive Shadow Essence Box
|
 4 Fragments of a Shadow Essence
| |
| Essence Reclamation Scroll
|
 3 Scraps of an Essence Reclamation Scroll
| |
Jeffrey Bloomer (Winter-home)
- Dawson Berwick (Winter-home)
- Will Peartree (Festival Horse Trader at Hengstacer Farm, in Bree-land)
- Mount Vendor (Winter-home and Hengstacer Farm)
Gallery
Cosmetic Items
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Decoration Items
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Emote Items
Cosmetic Pets
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Mounts
Festival Token Mounts
Mithril Coin Mounts
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![[24.7S, 51.6W]](/index.php/File:Bree-land_map.jpg){kind=link}
![[13.5S, 103.2W]](/index.php/File:Thorin%27s_Gate_map.jpg){kind=link}
![[24.6S, 93.1W]](/index.php/File:Ered_Luin_map.jpg){kind=link}
![[29.9S, 71.5W]](/index.php/File:Shire_map.jpg){kind=link}
References
| Special Events
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Seasonal Events: | Spring Festival • Midsummer Festival • Farmers Faire • Harvest Festival • Yule Festival | |
| Recurring events: | Hobnanigans • Treasure Hunt | |
| Annual events: | Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday • Durin's Day • Ill Omens • LOTRO Anniversary Celebration • Treasure Bugan Event • The Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners | |
| See also Discontinued Events | ||