Legendary Items are class-specific equippable items that can be customized to suit a character's combat needs, build, and style, as opposed to standard weapons and equipment that have unchangeable stat bonuses. Legendary Items (LIs) are customized by adding Traceries, which are granted as quest rewards, bartered for, or found as drops in instances. Traceries are improved by using Enhancement Runes which are also quest rewards, bartered items, and drops. Periodically as a character levels Legendary Items can be improved through Reforging which raises the item level and base stats of the item (DPS, Tactical Damage Rating, etc.).

Legendary Items are designed to grow and improve along with the character as they level. A Legendary Item once obtained need never be replaced. It can be enhanced with additional Traceries and improved with Enhancement Runes all throughout the character's lifespan.

For an index of all items related to Legendary Items, see the Legendary Items Index.

Obtaining Legendary Items

Characters obtain their first Legendary Items as rewards for the following quests:

[50] Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 9: A Weapon of the Elder Days
- Note: Do not destroy the LI you get from this quest until you have entered Moria. You cannot use LIs obtained in other ways (for example, from a Gift of the Valar) for the quests that require you to do something with your first LI.
[50] Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 13: Khazad-dûm at Last!

A character must be at least level 45 to complete both quests (although they may be difficult for under-leveled characters).

After completing the quest [50] Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 12: The Watcher in the Water, characters gain access to Gobeth Teithian, the Archive of Traceries in the Last Homely House in Rivendell, where they can barter with the vendor Legendary Weapons/Class Items for additional Legendary Items as well as Enhancement Runes and other utility items using Ancient Script.

Ancient Script are the primary barter currency for Legendary Items, Traceries, and Enhancement Runes. They have a Currency Cap of 10,000, are Bound to Account, and are stored in the Wallet. They can be obtained by the following means:

Disenchanting Traceries
Appraising Legendary Items from the old system (pre-update 30.3)
Disenchanting items related to the old system such as Scrolls of Empowerment
From Reward Track

Note: If you are at or above the currency cap of 10,000 you will not be able to receive more Ancient Script through disenchantment. However, you will be able to receive more through Appraisal. Beware: If you open an Ancient Script coffer claimed from Reward Track, you will lose any currency in excess of the cap!

Legendary Items can also be obtained by purchasing a Legendary Item Box from the LOTRO Store for 495 .

Equipping Legendary Items

All characters may have as many Legendary Items as desired, but may only equip two at a time. Most classes will equip a Legendary Weapon in the Primary Weapon Slot and a Legendary Class Item in the Class Slot. However, Hunters instead equip a Legendary Bow or Crossbow in their Ranged Weapon Slot and a Legendary Melee Weapon in their Primary Weapon Slot, and Wardens equip a Legendary Melee Weapon in their Primary Weapon Slot and a Legendary Javelin in their Ranged Weapon Slot.

The dual-wielding classes Beorning, Burglar, Champion, and Hunter cannot dual-wield two Legendary Melee Weapons.

If you have old (pre-update 30.3) Legendary Items equipped you will have an effect called "Traceries Barred" which prevents you from equipping new Legendary Items. You must unequip all old Legendary Items before equipping any new ones.

Reforging

Legendary Items must be reforged before they can initially be used and should be reforged at periodic intervals thereafter (approximately every five character levels). Reforging is done at a Forge-master or by using Subscriber Town Services.

Reforging a Legendary Item provides the following benefits:

Increases the Legendary Item's Minimum Level to the character's current level
Increases the Legendary Item's Item Level
Increases the Damage and DPS or Tactical Damage Rating of a Legendary Weapon
Increases the Tactical Healing Rating or Incoming Healing Rating of a Legendary Class Item
Sometimes adds additional slots for Traceries

There is no benefit or drawback to reforging earlier or later within a level range; the effects of the reforge will be the same within that range. It is also possible to skip level ranges. The following table summarizes the Item Levels and Tracery Slots gained when reforging at each character level range.

The current maximum rank achievable for an LI Items Level was raised to 525 on November 6th 2024. According to the Public Event Schedule, the next increases is scheduled for:

530, TBA.

Weapon reforged at character level	LI Item Level	Number of Tracery slots										Tracery Details
		Legendary Melee Weapon					Legendary Class Item, Hunter Bow/Crossbow or Warden Javelin					Usable Tiers	Enhancement Limits
		Heraldric	Word of Power	Word of Mastery	Word of Craft	Total	Heraldric	Word of Power	Word of Mastery	Word of Craft	Total	Usable Tiers	Minimum	Maximum
45-55	52	1		2	1	4	1		2	1	4	1	51	52
56-60	60	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	1	5	1	51	60
61-65	65	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	1	5	1	51	65
66-70	70	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	1	5	1	51	70
71-75	75	1	1	3	1	6	1	1	3	1	6	1	51	75
76-80	100	1	1	3	1	6	1	1	3	1	6	1	51	100
81-85	129	1	1	3	1	6	1	1	3	1	6	1	51	125
86-90	155	1	1	3	1	6	1	1	3	1	6	1, 4	51, 130	125, 155
91-95	175	1	1	3	1	6	1	2	3	1	7	1, 4	51, 130	125, 175
96-99	190	1	1	3	1	6	1	2	3	1	7	4	130	190
100	200	1	1	4	1	7	1	2	4	1	8	4	130	200
101-104	215	1	1	4	1	7	1	2	4	1	8	4, 7	130, 201	200, 215
105	250	1	1	5	1	8	1	2	5	1	9	4, 7	130, 201	200, 250
106-110	315	1	1	5	1	8	1	2	5	1	9	7, 9	201, 300	299, 315
111-115	349	1	1	5	2	9	1	2	5	2	10	7, 9	201, 300	299, 349
116-119	365	1	1	5	2	9	1	2	5	2	10	9, 11	300, 300	349, 365
120	399	1	1	6	2	10	1	2	6	2	11	9, 11	300, 350	349, 399
121-125	415	1	1	6	2	10	1	2	6	2	11	11, 13	350, 400	399, 415
126-130	449	1	2	6	2	11	1	3	6	2	12	11, 13	350, 400	399, 449
131-135	465	1	2	6	2	11	1	3	6	2	12	13, 14	400, 450	465
136-140	499	1	2	6	2	11	1	3	6	2	12	13, 14	400, 450	499
141-145	515	1	2	6	2	11	1	3	6	2	12	14, 15	450, 500	499, 515
146-150	525	1	2	6	2	11	1	3	6	2	12	14, 15	450, 500	499, 549

Reforging Legendary Items costs money. The amount is dependent on character level.

Reforging Cost by Level
Reforge at level	Cost to reforge
45	445 50
46	481 25
47	511
48	548 63
49	580
50	626 88
51	675
52	716 75
53	767 25
54	815 6
55	872
56	926 25
57	990
58	1 55 25
59	1 122
60	1 198 88
61	1 268 75
62	1 357 88
63	1 485
64	1 615 13
65	1 748 25
66	1 884 38
67	2 23 50
68	2 165 63
69	2 310 75
70	2 458 88
71	2 610
72	2 764 13
73	2 921 25
74	3 81 38
75	3 244 50
76	3 410 63
77	3 579 75
78	3 751 88
79	3 927
80	4 105 13
81	4 286 25
82	4 470 38
83	4 657 50
84	4 847 63
85	5 40 75
86	5 236 88
87	5 436
88	5 638 13
89	5 843 25
90	6 51 38
91	6 262 50
92	6 476 63
93	6 693 75
94	6 913 88
95	7 137
96	7 363 13
97	7 592 25
98	7 824 38
99	8 59 50
100	8 297 63
101	8 538 75
102	8 782 88
103	9 30
104	9 280 13
105	9 533 25
106	9 789 38
107	10 48 50
108	10 310 63
109	10 575 75
110	10 843 88
111	11 115
112	11 389 13
113	11 666 25
114	11 946 38
115	12 229 50
116	12 515 63
117	12 804 75
118	13 96 88
119	13 392
120	13 690 13
121	13 893 75
122	14 98 88
123	14 305 50
124	14 513 63
125	14 723 25
126	14 934 38
127	15 147
128	15 361 13
129	15 576 75
130	15 793 88
131	15 995
132	16 197 38
133	16 401
134	16 605 88
135	16 812
136	17 19 38
137	17 228
138	17 437 88
139	17 649
140	17 861 38
141	18 75
142
143
144
145
146	19 161 88
147
148
149
150

Customizing with Traceries

Traceries are items that are slotted into Legendary Items in order to grant skill buffs and stat bonuses and are the means by which characters can customize a Legendary Item to suit a particular use, build, or specialization. Traceries function much like Essences in that they are slotted into items and then can be unslotted at will using Mithril Coins or a Tracery Reclamation Scroll.

Traceries are available in four different qualities (or rarities): Uncommon, Rare, Incomparable, and Legendary. Higher quality Traceries have higher starting and/or maximum buffs.

For a complete list of all Traceries see the Legendary Items Index.

Tracery Types

There are four distinct types of Traceries each with its own corresponding slot in a Legendary Item.

Heraldric Traceries

Heraldric Traceries go into the first slot on a Legendary Item and provide buffs to a primary stat (Might, Agility, or Will), Vitality, and a secondary stat including Physical Mastery Rating, Tactical Mastery Rating, or Outgoing Healing Rating. Legendary Items include only a single Heraldric Tracery slot.

Word of Power Traceries

Word of Power Traceries provide buffs for a specific role - offense, defense, or healing. Although many Legendary Items will have multiple Word of Power Tracery slots, all Word of Power Traceries are Unique Use, meaning that only one of them can be equipped at a time (even across multiple Legendary Items).

Traceries that improve offense include buffs to either direct, AOE, or damage-over-time damage/criticals, number of AOE targets, range, and others. Traceries that improve defense include buffs to Morale, avoidance (Block/Parry/Evade), and mitigations. Traceries that improve healing include buffs to direct or AOE healing, healing-over-time, heal range, reduced induction time, and others.

Word of Mastery Traceries

Word of Mastery Traceries are class-specific and buff particular skills for each class in addition to providing a secondary stat buff. Like Word of Power Traceries, all Word of Mastery Traceries are Unique Use, so only one of each can be equipped at a time (even across multiple Legendary Items).

The skill buff amounts on Word of Mastery Traceries are based on the quality of the Tracery, while the stat buff amounts are based on the level and Item Level. Enhancement Runes applied to the Tracery to increase its Item Level will not effect skill buffs.

Word of Craft Traceries

Word of Craft Traceries buff a single secondary stat such as Physical Mastery Rating, Parry Rating, etc. They are therefore most similar to Essences. Since they are not Unique Use, multiple Word of Craft Traceries of the same type can be equipped simultaneously.

Some Word of Craft Traceries have set bonuses that apply when you equip multiples of the same Tracery. For example, equipping two "Ascendent Flame" Traceries will grant a Fire-type Damage buff, while equipping four of them will grant an additional Tactical Mastery Rating buff.

Obtaining Traceries

Traceries can be obtained either as drops from instances/raids, as quest rewards, via barter, or through the Reward Track. Higher tier instances increase the chances of dropping a higher quality Tracery. All slottable Traceries can be bartered for in Gobeth Teithian, the Archive of Traceries. Numerous barter vendors (appearing as bookcases) corresponding to the different types of Traceries are present in that location.

Per update 30.3.2 new Legendary Item drops from instances will now only be found when playing the instance in your character's general level range. These level ranges are 50-85, 86-100, 101-105, 106-115, 116-120, 121-130, and eventually 130 to 140. From level 101 and above, Incomparable and Legendary rarity drops will only be found when playing at the next level cap or higher! This means that a level 110 character must be running an instance at 115-119 difficulty and a level 130 character must run at 130-139 difficulty. These restrictions do not apply to quest or reward track rewards, only instance rewards.

The following table summarizes the barter costs for the various types and qualities of Traceries.

Tracery Type	Tracery Quality	Items to Barter
Heraldric
	Uncommon	200 Ancient Script
	Rare	600 Ancient Script
	Incomparable	1,200 Ancient Script and a Shattered Tracery
	Legendary	2,000 Ancient Script and a Cracked Tracery
Word of Power
	Uncommon	150 Ancient Script
	Rare	450 Ancient Script
	Incomparable	900 Ancient Script and a Shattered Tracery
	Legendary	1,500 Ancient Script and a Cracked Tracery
Word of Mastery
	Uncommon	100 Ancient Script
	Rare	300 Ancient Script
	Incomparable	600 Ancient Script and a Shattered Tracery
	Legendary	1,000 Ancient Script and a Cracked Tracery
Word of Craft
	Uncommon	100 Ancient Script
	Rare	300 Ancient Script
	Incomparable	600 Ancient Script and a Shattered Tracery
	Legendary	1,000 Ancient Script and a Cracked Tracery

Bartering for Incomparable and Legendary quality Traceries requires the following items, which can be obtained as quest rewards, in a Traveller's or Adventurer's Steel-bound Lootbox, or via Appraisal.

These can also be obtained by opening a Tracery Token, Incomparable or Tracery Token, Legendary box, when in the relevant level range. Those token boxes are earned from the Reward Track. Note that despite being called "Traceries", these are barter items and are not slottable on Legendary Items.

Level Range	Incomparable	Legendary
45-95	Shattered Khazad-dûm Tracery	Cracked Khazad-dûm Tracery
86-105	Shattered Rohirrim Tracery	Cracked Rohirrim Tracery
101-115	Shattered Gondorian Tracery	Cracked Gondorian Tracery
106-120	Shattered Ithilien Tracery	Cracked Ithilien Tracery
116-130	Shattered Ironfold Tracery	Cracked Ironfold Tracery
121-140	Shattered Morgul Tracery	Cracked Morgul Tracery
131-150	Shattered Gundabad Tracery	Cracked Gundabad Tracery
141-160	Shattered Umbari Tracery	Cracked Umbari Tracery

Slotting and Unslotting Traceries

Traceries are slotted into a Legendary Item using the Legendary Item Panel which is opened by dragging the Legendary Item to the Socketed Equipment slot on the Character Panel or by Shift + Double-clicking the Item.

The Legendary Item Panel displays all information about the item including all of the available Tracery slots. To slot a Tracery into a Legendary Item, do one of the following:

Drag the Tracery to a corresponding slot in the panel (as you begin to drag the Tracery the appropriate slot(s) on the item will sparkle)
Double-click the Tracery in inventory (which will prompt for an LI in which to slot it)

If you slot a Tracery into a slot that already contains a Tracery, the existing Tracery will be destroyed and replaced by the new Tracery (you will receive a confirmation request for this). If you want to preserve an existing Tracery that's in the desired slot you must unslot it first.

To unslot a Tracery, do one of the following:

Click the Unslot Tracery button in the Legendary Item Panel next to the Tracery to unslot. This will cost 10 .
Use a Tracery Reclamation Scroll on the Legendary Item (which unslots all Traceries)

Traceries can only be placed into slots of their type: Heraldric, Word of Power, Word of Mastery, or Word of Craft. Also note that characters can only slot a Tracery if their character level falls between the Minimum and Maximum Levels of the Tracery.

Example: A character has an existing Legendary Item with an Uncommon-quality Tracery in its Heraldric Tracery slot. The character receives a better Rare-quality Heraldric Tracery that is an upgrade. Opening the Legendary Item Panel and dragging the new Rare-quality Tracery on top of the existing Tracery replaces it and improves its stats while preserving any Item Level increases that were previously applied with Enhancement Runes.

Tracery Advancement and Item Levels

All Traceries begin at a specific Item Level when first acquired. This Item Level can be raised by applying Enhancement Runes to the Tracery's slot. A Tracery's Item Level is capped at the Item Level of the Legendary Item in which it is slotted. As the Item Level increases on a Tracery, so do any stat buffs on the Tracery. Note that skill buffs on Word of Mastery Traceries are not increased with the Item Level: only the stat buffs are increased.

Example: A character reaches level 56 and decides to reforge its Legendary Melee Weapon. Upon reforging the Weapon becomes Item Level 60 and gains a Word of Power Tracery slot. The character is now able to slot a Word of Power Tracery on their Weapon and is able to increase the Item Level of all Traceries on the Weapon to 60, which will increase their stat buffs.

Item Level increases applied to a Tracery slot remain on the slot even if the Tracery is unslotted. If another Tracery is then slotted in that same slot, it will inherit the upgraded Item Level. The Item Level on the slot is visible in the Legendary Item Panel to the right of the slot while a Tracery is slotted (it will say "L-#/#", with the numbers indicating the current and maximum Item Level applied to that slot).

The following table summarizes the starting and maximum Item Levels that can be achieved for each level range of Tracery.

Tracery Tier	Tracery Level Range	Starting Item Level	Maximum Item Level
1	45-95	51	125
4	86-105	126	200
7	101-115	201	299
9	106-120	300	349
11	116-130	350	399
13	121-140	400	499
14	131-150	450	499
15	141-160	500	549

Replacing Traceries

Since all Traceries have a Maximum Level, they must eventually be replaced as a character levels. Characters above a Tracery's Maximum Level will not benefit from the bonuses from that Tracery. Since the Minimum and Maximum levels of Traceries can overlap, it is easy to switch from one level range to another as a character is levelling.

Example: A level 115 character has a Legendary Item with several Traceries slotted. That character then levels to 116. The character will continue to benefit from the already slotted Traceries on their Legendary Item since those Traceries have a Maximum Level of 120. However, the character should then begin to replace the Traceries on their Item with Traceries in the 116-130 level range, making sure to replace them all before they progress beyond level 120.

To replace a Tracery, simply slot a Tracery in a higher level range, unslotting the existing Tracery if desired. Replacing a Tracery with one of a higher level range will immediately raise the Item Level of the Tracery regardless of the Item Level applied to the slot previously. Since all Traceries are Bound to Account (even after they've been slotted and unslotted), the unslotted Tracery could then be shared with another character on the Account.

Improving Traceries with Enhancement Runes

Enhancement Runes are items that are used on Traceries in order to increase their Item Level and improve their stats or buffs. Enhancement Runes function similar to how Heritage Runes functioned in the old Legendary Item system. Note that only stat bonuses on Traceries are improved with Enhancement Runes: skill buffs on Word of Power and Word of Mastery Traceries are not improved with Enhancement Runes and are based on the quality of the Tracery instead.

Enhancement Runes are available in different qualities (or rarities):

Uncommon,
Rare,
Incomparable,
and Epic.

For a complete list of Enhancement Runes see the Enhancement Rune Index.

Obtaining Enhancement Runes

Enhancement Runes can be acquired as quest rewards, drops from bosses in instances, or bartered for at Gobeth Teithian, the Archive of Traceries.

Applying Enhancement Runes

To apply an Enhancement Rune to a Tracery, first open the Legendary Item Panel by dragging the Legendary Item to the Socketed Equipment slot on the Character Panel or by Shift + Double-clicking the Item. Then drag an Enhancement Rune (or stack of Runes) onto the Tracery's slot in the panel. Each Enhancement Rune raises the Tracery's Item Level by one. Applying a stack of Enhancement Runes to the Tracery will display a prompt for how many Runes in the stack to apply (up to the Enhancement Limit described in the next section).

Enhancement Limits

Tracery Item Levels are capped at the Item Level of the Legendary Item in which they're slotted. Reforging a Legendary Item will increase its Item Level.

Enhancement Runes increase the Item Level of a Tracery based on their quality as follows:

Quality	Item Level Increase
Uncommon	+1
Rare	+2
Incomparable	+3
Epic	+4

Example: A level 130 character has a Legendary Item that is Item Level 449 and all of the Traceries on it have been enhanced to their maximum (Item Level 449, same as the Legendary Item). That character then levels to 131 and they reforge their Legendary Item, making it Item level 465. Now the Traceries on the Item can be enhanced to Item Level 465, so the character applies ten Uncommon-quality Enhancement Runes, Lvl 131. That raises it to Item Level 459. Then the character applies one Rare-quality Enhancement Rune, Lvl 131 to get it to Item Level 461 followed by one Epic-quality Enhancement Rune, Lvl 131, finally raising it to Item Level 465.

See the Enhancement Rune Index for a list of all Enhancement Runes along with their Enhancement Limits.

Table of Legendary Items

Class	One-handed Weapons								Two-handed Weapons							Class Items	Traceries
Class	Axe	Club	Dagger	Hammer	Mace	Spear	Staff	Sword	Battle- gauntlets	Great Axe	Great Club	Great Hammer	Great Sword	Halberd	Rune- stone	Class Items	Traceries

Legendary Item Stats by Item Level

The following table lists the inherent stats on each Legendary Item based on its Item Level.

Character Level	Item Level	One-handed Damage	One-handed DPS	Two-handed Damage	Two-handed DPS	Ranged Damage	Ranged DPS	Tactical Damage Rating^[1]	Tactical Healing Rating^[2]	Incoming Healing Rating^[3]
45-55	52	22 - 29	25.8	31 - 41	36.1	31 - 41	36.1	1.320	0.500	152
56-60	60	28 - 37	32.2	39 - 51	45.0	39 - 51	45.0	6.600	1.341	226
61-65	65	30 - 40	35.2	42 - 56	49.3	42 - 56	49.3	9.100	3.091	272
66-70	70	35 - 47	41.2	49 - 66	57.7	49 - 66	57.7	14.050	5.279	317
71-75	75	40 - 54	47.2	57 - 75	66.0	57 - 75	66.0	19.000	7.466	363
76-80	100	47 - 63	55.0	66 - 88	77.1	66 - 88	77.1	25.500	10.791	552
81-85	129	55 - 74	64.5	77 - 103	90.4	77 - 103	90.4	33.360	14.634	743
86-90	155	64 - 86	75.2	90 - 120	105.3	90 - 120	105.3	42.200	18.001	914
91-95	175	72 - 95	83.5	100 - 134	116.8	100 - 134	116.8	49.000	20.591	1045
96-99	190	82 - 109	95.8	115 - 153	134.1	115 - 153	134.1	59.200	28.466	1144
100	200	89 - 119	104.0	125 - 166	145.6	125 - 166	145.6	66.000	33.716	1210
101-104	215	105 - 140	122.2	147 - 195	171.0	147 - 195	171.0	81.000	42.665	1450
105	250	112 - 149	130.6	157 - 209	182.9	157 - 209	182.9	88.000	46.841	1663
106-110	315	131 - 174	152.6	183 - 244	213.6	183 - 244	213.6	106.653	58.520	1963
111-115	349	149 - 198	173.6	208 - 278	243.0	208 - 278	243.0	124.000	73.091	2400
116-119	365	170 - 227	198.7	238 - 318	278.2	238 - 318	278.2	144.735	87.484	2820
120	399	186 - 248	217.2	261 - 347	304.1	261 - 347	304.1	160.000	92.341	3000
121-125	415	217 - 290	253.7	304 - 406	355.1	304 - 406	355.1	190.551	117.055	3798
126-130	449	247 - 329	288.1	346 - 461	403.3	346 - 461	403.3	219.000	141.341	4540
131-135	465	301 - 402	351.6	422 - 563	492.3	422 - 563	492.3	272.694	202.127	6106
136-140	499	371 - 495	433.1	520 - 693	606.3	520 - 693	606.3	340.000	288.341	8160
141-145	515	456 - 608	532.2	639 - 852	745.1	639 - 852	745.1	422.857	410.841	12935
146-150	525	486 - 648	566.8	680 - 907	793.5	680 - 907	793.5	451.429	463.341	14424

↑ Applies only to Legendary Weapons for Lore-masters, Minstrels, and Rune-keepers.
↑ Applies only to Legendary Class Items for Beornings, Captains, Lore-masters, Minstrels, Rune-keepers.
↑ Applies only to Legendary Class Items for Brawlers, Burglars, Champions, Guardians, Mariners, and Warden Javelins.

Converting Old Legendary Items

Appraise Item on an old LI
Level 130, new LI vs old LI

Here is a summary of the process to recover Ancient Script, Enhancement Runes, and Shattered/Cracked Traceries from old Legendary Items:

Make sure you have empty space in Inventory to receive the items granted through Appraisal (Ancient Script will go into your Barter Wallet).
Open the old Legendary Items panel by clicking the ^ at the left end of your hotbar and selecting Legendary Items from the menu.
Select the Legendary Item's tab and select the Appraise Item button on the lower right. The Ancient Script and Shattered/Cracked Traceries to be granted will be displayed.
Click the Claim button to accept the Ancient Script, Enhancement Runes, and Shattered/Cracked Traceries. Even though Ancient Script has a cap of 10,000, Appraisal will allow you to go over this cap.
After Appraisal, the old Legendary Item can still be equipped and used. However, all old Legendary Items can no longer be improved or levelled, so eventually using new Legendary Items will be optimal (you can still apply Legacy Replacement Scrolls to old Legendary Items however).
You can Appraise old Legendary Items at any time but it can be completed only once for each old Legendary Item.

Known Issues

Characters stuck in the Vol. II, Book 1 Epic Quest The Walls of Moria

If your character received their first Legendary Item by completing the quest [50] Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 9: A Weapon of the Elder Days under the old Legendary Item system but did not complete the quest [50] Vol. II, Book 1, Chapter 11: Forged Anew, then you are unable to progress the quest chain under the new Legendary Item system and can neither access Moria nor pass the door of the Archive of Traceries. The official solution to this problem is to get the attention of a GM and have them help you.

Unofficially, another player can summon you (a Captain or anyone using a consumable rally horn) directly into the Archive of Traceries, where you can exchange 200 Ancient Script for a new Legendary Item that can be used to advance the Chapter 11: Forged Anew quest. You can get the 200 Ancient Script (which are Bound to Account) through any of the following means:

Appraising your old Legendary Items
Disenchanting items from the old Legendary Item system that grant Ancient Script, such as Scrolls of Empowerment
Using another character on your account that has already completed the quest chain (by Appraising old Legendary Items or disenchanting items that grant Ancient Script)
Running another character through the Vol. II, Book 1 quest chain and disenchanting Traceries.

Legendary Item tooltips have incomplete information

When viewing the tooltip for a Legendary Item that was linked into chat or visible via inspecting a player, the tooltip may not have complete information on all Traceries. The information should be considered to be inaccurate for now.

Legendary Bridles

There are Legendary Bridles as a holdover from the previous Legendary Item system. They are not currently identifiable nor equippable unless they were identified prior to update 30.3. Even if a Legendary Bridle is equippable it cannot be advanced since it is not part of the new Legendary Item system. There have been no announcements from SSG on timelines for incorporating Bridles into the new Legendary Item system (see [1] for details). As an interim solution there are Legendary Bridles with fixed attributes. They are available for the Levels 75, 85, 95 and 100 at Eastemnet Miscellany Quartermasters.

Canon/Lore

There are many examples of Legendary Items in Tolkien's works, including:

Aeglos, the spear of Gil-galad, High-King of the Noldor, which he bore during the days of the Last Alliance.
Narsil, the sword of Elendil that cut the ring from Sauron's hand, later reforged as Andúril and wielded by Aragorn in the War of the Ring.
Sting, the sword found by Bilbo in The Hobbit and later passed to his nephew Frodo.
Glamdring, the former sword of the King of Gondolin, later found and used by Gandalf in the Third Age.
Orcrist, the sword found by Thorin Oakenshield after defeating the trolls. Thorin wielded an axe in the Battle of Five Armies, but Orcrist was laid upon his tomb by the Elvenking.

Other named Legendary Items in the Lord of the Rings Online include:

Dúnachar, the sword of Golodir, with a long lineage tracing further back into the Third Age.
Zigilburk, a legendary mithril axe birthed in the days of Durin, in Khazad-dûm.

Other Legendary Items existed in Middle-earth throughout the ages; a more complete listing can be found on Wikipedia.

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