Yule Festival

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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

Scheduled Dates
2025: December 11, 2025 – January 05, 2026
Previous Dates
2024: December 12, 2024 – January 06, 2025
2024: June 06 – June 25 -- summer encore
2023: December 07, 2023 – January 03, 2024
2022: December 08, 2022 – January 03, 2023
2021: December 09, 2021 – January 04, 2022
2020: December 10, 2020 – January 05, 2021
2019: December 12, 2019 – January 08, 2020
2018: December 13, 2018 – January 14, 2019
2017: December 14, 2017 – January 07, 2018
2017: February 16 – February 22 -- encore
2016: December 19, 2016 – January 15, 2017
2016: January 29 – February 10 -- delayed
2014: December 16, 2014 – January 13, 2015
2013: December 18, 2013 – January 14, 2014
2012: December 17, 2012 – January 03, 2013
2011: December 20, 2011 – January 31, 2012
2010: December 14, 2010 – January 11, 2011
2009: December 15, 2009 - January 2010
2008: December 12, 2008 - January 2009
2007: December, 2007 - January 2008

Festival Grounds

Festivities

Winter-home Festival Square

Winter-home

Main article: Winter-home

You are cordially invited to join our Yule Festival celebration in Winter-home. This quaint and picturesque village is tucked away in the small valley of Frostbluff, and is the main location for Yuletide activities. We have many events to suit your taste, whether you like eating contests, snowball-fights, theater, or simply helping folks around town.

It is accessible via a special stable master that appears near regular Stable-masters in West Bree, Michel Delving, Frerin's Court, and Celondim. In addition, Far-ranging Stable-master in housing neighbourhoods and maps to Winter-home may also be used to travel there.

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

The Bree Derby
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:

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

Note: Quests marked with ✲ grants Festival Items as rewards. Click to display.

Seasonal Instances

Deeds

Festival Rewards

Barter Vendors

Note:

  • Currency for Dyes alternate each year between Yule Festival Tokens and Mithril Coins.
  • Newly introduced Mounts & Steed appearances are available for barter with Yule Festival Tokens for a limited time (usually two Yule Festivals). After that, they will cost Mithril Coins.


Barterer: Verbena Greenhand (Winter-home in Frostbluff)

Barterer: Alex Grey (Winter-home in Frostbluff)

Barterer: Jeffrey Bloomer (Winter-home in Frostbluff)

Barterer: Dawson Berwick (Winter-home in Frostbluff), Will Peartree (Hengstacer Farm in Bree-land)

Barterer: Mount Vendor (Winter-home in Frostbluff, Hengstacer Farm in Bree-land)

Hobbit Gifts

Aside from the usual presents from Hobbit Gifts, players also have a chance to claim and receive special Yule Gifts containing festive-themed items such as housing decorations, pets and mounts for the duration of the festival. See Yule Hobbit Gifts.

Token Exchange

Barterer: Becka Burdock (The Party Tree in The Shire)


Rewards Gallery

Cosmetic Items

Outfits

Cloaks

Accessories

Housing Items

Emote Items

Pets

Mounts

Note: Current- and recent-year mounts are available for Festival Tokens or Mithril Coins.
Mounts older than four years are retired to Mithril Coin exclusivity.

Festival Tokens
Mithril Coins

Links

References


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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