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Overview

In order to play the game, a player must select a world (also known as a server) after logging in. Created characters are stored per server.

The LOTRO Launcher provides a player the opportunity to access any server at login. To change your world selection, you must log out and back in again. Depending upon your account type, you are permitted to create at least one character on every server. The list of worlds presented at login is in seemingly random order. This is to compensate for the human tendency to pick "the first one" on the list. A "load balancing" mechanism rotates the "first on the list" periodically. However, the last world you logged into will typically be at the top.

List of active worlds

Name Group Location Role-playing Encouraged language Technology
Arkenstone A U.S. east coast 32-bit
Brandywine A U.S. east coast 32-bit
Crickhollow A U.S. east coast 32-bit
Gladden A U.S. east coast 32-bit
Landroval A U.S. east coast RE 32-bit
Glamdring A U.S. east coast 64-bit
Peregrin A U.S. east coast RP 64-bit
Sting A U.S. east coast 64-bit
Belegaer B U.S. east coast RP German 32-bit
Evernight B U.S. east coast 32-bit
Gwaihir B U.S. east coast German 32-bit
Laurelin B U.S. east coast RP 32-bit
Sirannon B U.S. east coast French 32-bit
Orcrist B Europe 64-bit
Meriadoc B Europe RP 64-bit
Grond B Europe 64-bit
Treebeard Legendary U.S. east coast 32-bit
Angmar Legendary U.S. east coast 64-bit
Mordor Legendary Europe 64-bit
Bullroarer Open preview U.S. east coast
Palantir Closed preview U.S. east coast

Server groups

Transfers are not possible between all servers. This is due to historical servers being operated by different companies: Turbine in the U.S. and Codemasters in Europe. The incompatibilities remained even after the European servers were reintegrated under Turbine. As new servers have opened and old servers closed, the worlds remain split in two distinct groups, denoted as group A and B in the table above. These are also referred to as U.S. and European servers despite their physical locations.

Characters on event servers such as legendary worlds can be typically transferred to either server group but after transfer the characters are bound to that group.

LOTRO World Character Transfer Guide

Role-playing

The world labels of RP (roleplay) or RE (roleplay encouraged) serve to direct role-players to servers with roleplay communities. Previously, RP worlds had additional rules and policies to provide a more Middle-earth immersive environment, whereas RE worlds had fewer restrictions. These rules and policies are no longer enforced, and there is no official distinction between roleplaying worlds, roleplay-encouraged worlds, and regular non-roleplaying worlds from a moderation standpoint.

Rulesets

The majority of servers follow a standard ruleset with the latest content, level cap and no inherent XP modifiers. Legendary servers have a lower level cap that progresses over time and often XP modifiers for all characters playing on those servers. The event server of Bombadil, featured the Tournament of the Twins where players could join one of two factions with PvP enabled on the landscape between factions with a level cap of 50.

Preview servers

Two preview servers, Bullroarer and Palantir open temporarily for preview and testing of new releases. Access to either of these servers requires a separate client, found on the forums. While Bullroarer is open to anyone, participation on Palantir requires a rigorous application and invitation as well as agreeing to a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

World maintenance

SSG typically conducts weekly and biweekly world restarts to support the health of the game environment during weeks where they do not have other downtime planned. These weekly restarts last for about an hour and take place starting at 8:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on Wednesdays.

Historical Information

Lord of the Rings Online originally launched with 32 servers.

On September 30, 2009, the two Japanese servers were closed.

Public testing of Chinese servers began in July 2007, on January 21, 2012, the ten Chinese servers were closed.

On May 31, 2010, the seven Korean servers closed.

Prior to 1 June 2011, the "European Worlds" (servers) were operated by Codemasters and were physically located in Europe (EU).

Since that move, those "European Worlds" were moved to Turbine's data center and all worlds became accessible to all players.

On June 1, 2015, the three Russian servers were closed. In April 2016, 19 other servers followed. For a set period of time, players of all servers were offered to move their characters over to other servers for free. Characters that remained on closed servers (also known as Dark Worlds) were inaccessible until March 2025. Between March and August 2025, characters may be transferred from those Dark Worlds to any of four new 64-bit servers for free. After August 2025, remaining characters on the Dark Worlds will be gone forever.

In November of 2018, Standing Stone Games announced the creation of two Legendary Servers (Anor and Ithil).

Details can be found here: Legendary Server Announcement Both of these servers have since closed.

In 2021, two new Legendary Servers were opened, Shadowfax and Treebeard. They differ in their progression speed (150% experience speed vs 40% experience speed), and also introduce the new Landscape Difficulty option, where you can set the landscape difficulty between Normal and Deadly +6.

An overview can be found here: https://lotro.com/en/legendary Shadowfax has now closed.

In August 2024, two new Legendary Servers were opened, Mordor and Angmar. Mordor is located in Europe, and Angmar in North America. These two servers are the first to feature 64-bit technology.

In March 2025, four new [servers were announced].

Unknown Worlds

These worlds once existed but never fully released, and historical status is unknown.

[DE] Elfstone, [EN] Entwash, [FR] Celduin, [FR] Maethor, [EU] Nimloth

[US] Isengard

Closed Worlds

These servers are now closed.
[RU] Fornost [RU] Mirkwood [RU] Aglarond [US] Vilya [EU] Maiar [DE]
[US] Firefoot [US] Meneldor [US] Windfola [EU] Morthond [DE] [EU] Gilrain [UK]
[US] Nimrodel [EU] Withywindle [UK] [EU] Vanyar [DE] [US] Dwarrowdelf [US] Riddermark
[EU] Anduin [DE] [EU] Estel [FR-RP] [EU] Eldar [US] Imladris [US] Silverlode
[US] Elendilmir [EU] Snowbourn [UK] Anor [Legendary] Ithil [Legendary] Shadowfax [Legendary]
[KO] Scatha [KO] Minas Tirith [KO] Edoras [KO] Pelennor [KO] Argonath [KO] Beorn
[KO] Ancalagon [JA] Aeglos [JA] Narya [CN] Ithilien [CN] Durin's Gate
[CN] Anduril [CN] Land of the Sun [CN] Prancing Pony [CN] Grey Wizard [CN] Dark Land
[CN] Ered Luin [CN] Golden Lorien [CN] Kazad-Dum

Historical list of worlds

Worlds

[US]Arkenstone [EU]Evernight [EU] [EU]Laurelin [EU-EN-RP] [US]Vilya(Closed) [EU]Maiar(Closed) [DE]
[US]Brandywine [US]Firefoot(Closed) [US]Meneldor(Closed) [US]Windfola(Closed) [EU]Morthond(Closed) [DE]
[US]Crickhollow [EU]Gilrain(Closed) [UK] [US]Nimrodel(Closed) [EU]Withywindle(Closed) [UK] [EU]Vanyar(Closing) [DE]
[US]Dwarrowdelf(Closed) [US]Gladden [US]Riddermark(Closed) [EU]Anduin(Closed) [DE] [EU]Estel(Closed) [FR-RP]
[EU]Eldar(Closed) [US]Imladris(Closed) [US]Silverlode(Closed) [EU]Belegaer [DE-RP] [EU]Sirannon [FR]
[US]Elendilmir(Closed) [US]Landroval [EN-RE] [EU]Snowbourn(Closed) [UK] [EU]Gwaihir [DE] Anor(Closed) [Legendary]
Ithil(Closed) [Legendary] Bombadil [Events] Shadowfax(Closed) [Legendary] Treebeard [Legendary]
Angmar [Legendary][Veil of the Nine] Mordor [Legendary][Veil of the Nine]


Russian Worlds

As of June 1, 2015 these servers are now closed.
Fornost
Mirkwood
Aglarond

Chinese Worlds

As of January 21, 2012 these servers are now closed.
伊锡利恩 (Ithilien)
[杜林之门 (Durin's Gate)
安都瑞尔 (Anduril)
清晨之门 (Land of the Sun)
跃马客栈 (Prancing Pony)
灰袍巫师 (Grey Wizard)
黑暗土地 (Dark Land)
埃雷德鲁因 (Ered Luin)
色萝林 (Golden Lorien)
卡扎德杜姆 (Kazad-Dum)

Japanese Worlds

As of September 30, 2009 these servers are now closed.
エーグロス (Aeglos)
ナリヤ (Narya)

Korean Worlds

As of May 31, 2010 these servers are now closed.
스카사 (Scatha)
미나스 티리스 (Minas Tirith)
에도라스 (Edoras)
펠레노르 (Pelennor)
아르고나스 (Argonath)
베오른 (Beorn)
앙칼라곤 (Ancalagon)
European Servers North American Servers Legendary Servers Event Servers
Anduin [DE] Arkenstone Anor Bombadil
Belegaer [DE-RP] Brandywine Ithil
Eldar Crickhollow Shadowfax
Estel [FR-RP] Dwarrowdelf Treebeard
Evernight Elendilmir Angmar
Gilrain Firefoot Mordor
Gwaihir [DE] Gladden
Laurelin [EU-EN-RP] Imladris
Maiar [DE] Landroval
Morthond [DE] Meneldor
Sirannon Nimrodel
Snowbourn Riddermark
Vanyar [DE] Silverlode
Withywindle Vilya
Windfola