Hobbiton-Bywater

Hobbiton-Bywater
Region:	The Shire
Interior(s):	The Floating Log Inn The Green Dragon The Ivy Bush
Landmark(s):	Bywater Bridge The Frogmoors The Grange Mudbottom Lake Three Farthing Stone Tom Cotton's Farm
Settlement(s):	Bywater Frogmorton Hobbiton
Connecting Area(s):	Bridgefields Bindbole Wood The Delving Fields Green Hill Country The Hill Tookland
Levels:	Mainly 7 - 10
Resource tier:	Apprentice

Hobbiton-Bywater is an area within the Shire in the central region.

This is the heart of the Shire, where Tolkien's fictional realm begins and ends, twice actually. And in fact, this is the only area of the Shire which has a renowned tavern or inn in each of its settlements.

The area borders to the Delving Fields to the west, the Hill and Bindbole Wood to the north and north-east, Bridgefields in the east, touching the Green Hill Country, and Tookland to the south. Several roads provide excellent communications, the Great East Road, the road from Tookland past the Hill towards Overhill, and the "Bywater Road" from near the Three Farthing Stone through Bywater, Hobbiton and on towards Little Delving (also known as the Hobbiton Road).

The farmlands of this area are most fertile since The Water flows through, as well as many contributory streams. In the north-eastern section of Hobbiton-Bywater farmers will find the best farmlands of the entire Middle-earth, and farmhands. Other good crafting facilities are found in Bywater.

Crafting

Farmlands ^{[30.5S, 70.6W]}
Workbenches ^{[30.3S, 70.7W]}

Locations

Settlements

Landmarks

Interiors

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within Hobbiton-Bywater

NPC	Function	Coords
Gaffer Gamgee	Grocer	^{[30.2S, 71.5W]}
Olo Proudfoot	Expert Farmhand	^{[30.4S, 70.9W]}
Porto Brownlock	Novice Farmhand	^{[30.5S, 70.7W]}

Quests

See "starting quests" and the landmarks for more quests
Starting:

[1] Introduction to Farming - Farmer
[7] Fallen Apples
[...] Baggins' Birthday - Gaffer's List - Baggins' Birthday
[...] Baggins' Birthday - Bilbo's Present - Baggins' Birthday
[...] Bilbo's Letter - Harvest Festival

Involving:

[10] A Few Pages Short
[10] The Menace Confronted
[10] Bandages for Callum
[5] Stocking the Pond - Festival
[5] How the Shire Shoos Shrews - Festival

Creatures

The following creatures are found within the area:

Critters

Lore

The Bywater Road was once lined with trees, but history later than the current Lotro era, during Sharkey's occupation of The Shire, the trees were felled, and ugly new houses were raised along the roadside. Then this road will become famous as the site of the Battle of Bywater, which will take place between its high, hedged banks near the junction with the Great East Road. Encouraged by the returning Fellowship, Tom Cotton and the Shire-hobbits trapped nearly a hundred of Sharkey's ruffians in the narrow lane. In the fight that followed, nearly seventy Men were killed in a victory that led ultimately to the freeing of the Shire from Sharkey's yoke.

Maps

Gallery

Farmland across The Water before The Hill
Main road through Hobbiton-Bywater
Smial off the main road
Storehouse near the Bywater Bridge
Road between Hobbiton & Bywater

Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of The Shire
Areas:	Bindbole Wood • Bridgefields • The Delving Fields • Green Hill Country • Greenfields • The Hill • Hobbiton-Bywater • The Marish • North Bridgefields • Rushock Bog • Shire Homesteads • Tookland • The Yondershire* * Requires Quest Pack: Yondershire	Areas:
Settlements:	Brockenborings • Budgeford • Bywater • Frogmorton • Hobbiton • Little Delving • Michel Delving • Needlehole • Overhill • Scary • Stock • Tuckborough • Waymeet • Woodhall	Settlements:
Landmarks:	Abandoned Elf-camp • Appledores • Bag End • Bamfurlong • Bear Dens • Bolestones • Brandywine Bridge • Bridgefields Wall • Bucklebury Ferry • Bullroarer • Bywater Bridge • Bywater Pool • Dora Brownlock's Farm • Downs Gate • The Frogmoors • Golfimbul's Hole • The Grange • The Great Willow • Lob's Grove • Longo Burrow's Farm • The Mathom House • Methel-stage • Michel Delving's Craft-fair • Narrowcleeve • Old Odo's Leaf-farm • Overhill Yards • The Party Tree • Pinglade • Puddifoot's Fields • The Quarry • The Rushock Gate • Sandson's Farm • Sandyman's Mill • The Scrag-dells • The Shire Race-track • Skirmish Camp • South Fields • Southfarthing Gate • Stocktower • Three Farthing Stone • Tom Cotton's Farm • Troll's Knoll • The Water • Wellbridge • Wolf Den • The Yale-height Baranduin • Norbourn • Shirebourn	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Bag End • The Bird and Baby Inn • Boffin Manor • Brockenborings Watch Office • Cook's Guild Hall • Esilia's House • The Floating Log Inn • The Golden Perch • Great Smials • The Green Dragon • The Ivy Bush • The Mathom House • The Michel Delving Training Hall • The Michel Delving Vendor Hall • The Plough and Stars • The Quick Post • The Shire Auction Hall	Interiors:
Dungeons:	Gerebert Took's Home • Greenfields Warren • The Haunted Burrow • Scary Quarry	Dungeons:
Instances:	Skirmish: The Perfect Picnic • Trouble in Tuckborough	Instances: