Harvest Festival

Each race knows it by a different name

Harvest Festival for Hobbits

Harvestmath for Men

Autumnfest for Dwarves

Iavasmereth for Elves

Everywhere you turn in Middle-earth,

The fall season is in full colours,

Harvest Festival means harvesting, dancing,

Drinking, fun games, and trick or treating!

Leaves are turning colours, the air is growing crisp, tricks and treats are ready, and in Middle-earth that means - Harvestmath is here! This year the festival is back and better than ever before. Become a Patron of the Festival and join the fun with new quests, new deeds, and new rewards. Plus, journey beneath the Party Tree and discover the Haunted Burrow. Don't miss out on the spookiest party of the year!

Dates

Scheduled dates
2025: TBA
Previous Dates 2024: October 10 - November 4 2023: October 12 - November 2 2022: October 12 - November 2 2021: October 13 - November 2 2020: October 28 - November 30 (originally scheduled October 8 – November 2) 2019: October 15 – November 11 2018: November 28 – December 9 2018: October 17 – November 6 2017: November 30 – December 10 2017: October 11 – November 5 2016: October 18 – November 3 2015: October 23 – November 2 2014: October 21 – November 2 2013: October 22 – November 4 2012: September 24 – October 14 2011: October 19 – November 7 2010: ? – November 15 2009: ? – ? 2008: September 26 – October 12 2007: October 26 – November 11

For details about the content of festivals in previous years, use the page history.

Festival Grounds

Ered Luin - Thorin's Hall Inn ^{[13.5S, 103.2W]}
Ered Luin - gazebo outside the Festival Garden ^{[24.6S, 93.1W]}
Bree-land - Festival Grounds ^{[24.7S, 51.6W]}
The Shire - The Party Tree ^{[29.9S, 71.5W]}
- The Haunted Burrow in the Shire
- Wistmead in the Shire (port using horse near the Party Tree)

Festivities

The Haunted Burrow

Main article: The Haunted Burrow

The Haunted Burrow is a spooky, fun-filled house of scary sights and sounds. It is only available during the Harvest Festival and accessible after completing the short quest series starting with A Cellar Door Appears and ending with The Haunted Burrow. Along with daily quests which reward Fall Festival Tokens, there are many other hidden surprises to be found within!

Wistmead

Main article: Wistmead

Wistmead is a closed location somewhere deep within the woods of the Shire accessed exclusively during the Harvest Festival, introduced in 2018. It is only accessible via a horse near Bingo Boffin^{[29.8S, 71.2W]} during the Festival.

Set up by a team of hobbits from Hobbiton and Bywater in the span of roughly 2 weeks, the area's main attraction is the large wheat maze dotting the center of the clearing. The ruined structures suggest that the woods were once inhabited long ago.

Mini-games

Try your hand at games such as Geode-hunting, Scroll-grabbing, Apple Bobbing & Pumpkin Picking. You can participate in each mini-game once each hour.

Geode Hunting in Thorin's Hall
Scroll-grabbing in gazebo outside the the Festival Garden
Apple Bobbing at the Party Tree
Pumpkin Picking at the Festival Grounds

Troves and Trickery

Main article: Troves and Trickery

Troves and Trickery are quests available during the Harvest Festival with the aim of provoking certain NPCs using appropriate emotes on them. The rewards for these quests include festival mask tokens which are different for each location. For instance, a reward for Troves and Trickery -- Thorin's Hall is a Dwarf Mask Token which can be turned in for a Bucket Festival Mask.

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.

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 to cause mischief at the smug inns of the realm. Raise a mug and check out the available quests and rewards!

In addition to these regular seasonal quests, the Inn League is looking for some vintage wine in the Haunted Burrow and the Ale Association wants to play tricks on some of the already scared hobbits.

Quests

Harvest Festival Quests

Auto-bestowed

[...] Fall Festival is Here! ¹³

Bree-land - Festival Grounds

[...] Dances with Men

[...] Troves and Trickery -- Bree

[...] The Bree-fields Harvestmath Run

Ered Luin - The Festival Garden

[...] Dances with Elves

[...] Troves and Trickery -- Duillond

Ered Luin - Thorin's Hall

[...] Dances with Dwarves

[...] Troves and Trickery -- Thorin's Hall

The Shire - The Party Tree

[...] Dances with Hobbits

[...] Harvesting the Crop

[...] Troves and Trickery -- The Shire

[...] A Fortune of Harvest Spirit ¹⁸

[...] A Spirited Harvest ¹⁷

[...] A Bountiful Harvest (Intro) ¹⁷

[...] A Bountiful Harvest (Intermediate) ¹⁷

[...] A Bountiful Harvest (Advanced) ¹⁷

[...] A Bountiful Harvest (Final) ¹⁷

Bingo Boffin

Season 1: Frightful Tales to Curl the Hair On Your Toes

[...] Frightful Tales to Curl the Hair On Your Toes ¹⁷
[...] Scary Dreams ¹⁷

[...] Boffin for Apples ¹⁷

[...] Fear Not To Dance! ¹⁷

[...] Dinodas Does Not ¹⁷

[...] A Little Spooky Research ¹⁷

[...] A Night for Ghost Stories ¹⁷
[...] Instance: A Night for Ghost Stories ¹⁷

[...] Frightened Beyond Disbelief ¹⁷

[...] An Autumnal Mystery ¹⁷

Continues with: The Curse of Eerie Acres
Season 2: The Curse of Eerie Acres
Continues from Frightful Tales to Curl the Hair On Your Toes

[...] The Curse of Eerie Acres ¹⁸
[...] Fun and Games? ¹⁸

[...] The Parting Fog ¹⁸

[...] The Haunting of Wistmead ¹⁸
[...] Instance: The Haunting of Wistmead ¹⁸

[...] None But One ¹⁸
[...] Instance: None But One ¹⁸

The Shire - The Shire Race-track

[...] The Delving Fields Fall Festival Run

The Shire - The Haunted Burrow

[...] A Cellar Door Appears

[...] Bilbo's Letter

[...] The Haunted Burrow
[...] A Riddle in a Bottle - uses special doors

[...] A Stroll Through the Haunted Burrow
[...] A Race Through the Haunted Burrow

[...] Rattling in the Haunted Burrow

[...] Roaring Maw in the Haunted Burrow

[...] The Ale Association -- A Game of Hobbit-harrying

[...] The Great Hobbit Rescue

[...] The Inn League Excavation

[...] Valuables Gone Astray

[...] Wailing in the Haunted Burrow

See also
[...] On a Horse Painted Pale - Started by Aged Deed

Wistmead - accessed from the Party Tree

Starting

[…] A Windy Walk Through Wistmead
[…] A Frightful Lack of Spirit

[…] A Waste of Webs

[…] An Eerie Fog

[…] Challenging Wheat
[…] Cheat of the Wheat

[…] Gathering Gourds

[…] Gourds and Goblins

[…] Preventing a Murder

[…] Wayward Shadows

[…] A Promise of Treats and of Trickery
[...] Treats or Trickery

Involving

[…] A Spirited Harvest

Footnotes

7 - Added with Harvest Festival 2007

8 - Added with Harvest Festival 2008

9 - Added with Harvest Festival 2009

10 - Added with Harvest Festival 2010

11 - Added with Harvest Festival 2011

12 - Added with Harvest Festival 2012

13 - Added with Harvest Festival 2013

17 - Added with Harvest Festival 2017

18 - Added with Harvest Festival 2018

The Inn League Reputation Quests

Inn League Initiation

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Party Tree

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Plough and Stars

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Golden Perch

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Floating Log

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Green Dragon

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Ivy Bush

[...] Inn League Initiation -- Bird and Baby

The Inn League Trial Quests

[...] Inn League -- Party Tree Trial

[...] Inn League -- Plough and Stars Trial

[...] Inn League -- Golden Perch Trial

[...] Inn League -- Floating Log Trial

[...] Inn League -- Green Dragon Trial

[...] Inn League -- Ivy Bush Trial

[...] Inn League -- Bird and Baby Trial

Delivery Quests

[...] A Bit of Brown

[...] A Dark Day

[...] A Drink of the Worst Character

[...] A Member in Need

[...] A Reminder of Rivendell

[...] A Simple Wine

[...] All But the Cider

[...] Atli's Favourite

[...] Never Far From Home

[...] One Drink Too Many

[...] Quite a Pickle

Harvest Festival

[...] The Inn League Excavation

Spring Festival

[...] The Green Challenge

Covert Reparations series

If you're playing both sides of the fence, and running quests for The Ale Association as well, you will unlock the Covert Reparations series after successfully completing An Irritating Initiation.
[...] Covert Reparations - (Ailward Chubb at the Party Tree wants to know why four dwarves have quit the Inn League).
[...] Covert Reparations I -- Sugary Sincerity - (Cheer up Óli in Thorin's Hall)

[...] Covert Reparations II -- A Gesture in Jest - (Cheer up Kópur in Noglond)

[...] Covert Reparations III -- The Card - (Cheer up Grímar in Gondamon)

[...] Covert Reparations IV -- Who Doesn't Like Flowers? - (Cheer up Herluf in Needlehole)

After completing the first time, you no longer visit Allward Chubb, just visit Oli, Kopur, Grimar and Herluf directly.

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

[...] Covert Reparations

[...] Covert Reparations I -- Sugary Sincerity

[...] Covert Reparations II -- A Gesture in Jest

[...] Covert Reparations III -- The Card

[...] Covert Reparations IV -- Who Doesn't Like Flowers?

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

[...] The Ale Association -- A Game of Hobbit-harrying

Deeds

Harvest Festival Deeds‎ (16 P)

The Ale Association Deeds‎ (6 P)

The Inn League Deeds‎ (5 P)

Cartographile -- Eriador