Item:Doormat in a Box

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Doormat in a Box
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  • "Contains a random doormat for Treats and Trickery!"

Item Information

You have a chance to receive one of the below Doormats when opening this box.

Contents
 Treats Doormat - Apple Goblins
 Treats Doormat - Ent-bark
 Treats Doormat - Honey-bears
 Treats Doormat - Jam Tarts
 Treats Doormat - Liquorice Twists
 Treats Doormat - Mad Baggins' Gold
 Treats Doormat - Marshmallows
 Treats Doormat - Mint Turtles

Barter Information

Barterer: Mogo Bracegirdle

Item(s) to Receive Item(s) to Trade
 Doormat in a Box 24 Fall Festival Tokens

Quest Information

This item is a reward for the following quest(s):

Accessing all 8 Doormats

Since the treat doormat acquired from the box is (presumably) random, with (presumably) equal probabilities for each type of treat doormat, the number of boxes required to acquire all 8 types of treat doormat devolves into the so-called "coupon collector's problem" within Probability Theory (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupon_collector%27s_problem). Applying known solutions to the problem, it would take approximately 22 boxes, on average, to collect all 8 doormats.

As a practical matter, it would be preferable to work towards this goal as a co-operative, or check the LOTRO forums (https://forums.lotro.com) for the locations of houses or neighborhoods on your server, which already have all 8 doormats, set to be usable by the public in Housing Permissions. Note that as of Update 37, doormats can be used on furniture hooks, thus making it possible to provide multiple treat doormats -- or even all treat doormats -- in a single house. Allowing the public to enter a house does, however, require setting the Visit permisssion, in addition to the Use Decoration permission necessary for interaction with the doormats.