Missable Content Guide for Completionists

This is a list of quests, deeds and special items that can be missed by completionists:

[1‑20] Survival Deeds and Titles

Earn the Survival Deeds by reaching levels 20 (the Undying) without a single death. Avoid lethal falls, monster swarm pulls and eating Corrupt Cheese found in Southern Barrow-downs. See also Survival Titles for the full title list.

[2‑7] Introduction “Optional Quests”

Inside the starter instance, take every quest marked “Optional” from the Introduction page before speaking to the final NPC, or they vanish forever.

[5] “A Little Extra Never Hurts” (chain, once per server)

If you missed the initial offer in the Introduction, you can still start Part 1 at level 5 from the blacksmith Skardí Bendblade in Swanfleet. Part 1 can be done only once per server.

[5-150] “Outfitting Yourself and Others” & Vocation Titles

By opening your gifts you will receive an Item:Outfitting Yourself and Others. The item starts this tutorial quest. Deleting the item before turning it in blocks the quest permanently. Before leveling any particular profession you can complete tutorials for all professions (by switching to an new profession once the tutorial is complete). This results in obtaining the following Category:Vocation Titles and Category:Crafting Deeds, which in turn result in several Item:Universal Ingredient Pack when simultaneously completing Quest:Practice Makes Perfect

[5‑11] Dual Epic Prologues (Elf & Dwarf)

After the starter instance you can acquire both dwarf‑path “At the Behest of Unnarr” and elf‑path “At the Behest of Cardavor” before advancing Volume I. Each path grants unique quest text and rewards. If you complete any of the paths before acquiring the other, they will become unavailable. You can also pick-up the Shire Epic Prologue - Quest:Prologue: Mundo's Complaint, the Bree-land Epic Prologue - Quest:Prologue: Burying the Dead and the Prologue to Before the Shadow - Quest:Prologue, Chapter 1: Something Different

[5] Starter‑Zone Fishing Trio & gated Level 40 fishing quest

Do NOT learn fishing from any the starting area Hobby Masters involved in Fish‑tales, Teach a Man to Fish and One Fish, Two Fish. Learn fishing at around level 40 from Haldúr and he will offer you Quest:Hook, Line, and Sinker. Then acquire all of Fish‑tales, Teach a Man to Fish and One Fish, Two Fish. You may then complete these at your leisure.

[5] “A Letter from Combe”

Owners of the Riders of Rohan Legendary Edition and VIP players receive A Letter from Combe at level 5; it starts New Arrival in Combe. The letter cannot be reacquired if deleted.

[5] “Worries from Waymeet”

The Shire quest Worries from Waymeet disappears once you pick up the next quest in the chain, so pick it up early in Michel Delving.

[8] Radlaw quests during “Village in the Sky”

While on Objective 2 of Village in the Sky, accept and complete the Radlaw quests: A Merchant’s Quarry and Leisure Lost in Radlaw. They vanish once you advance the main quest.

[8‑93] Bingo Boffin title choices

Throughout the Ballad of Bingo Boffin several quests let you pick only one of two exclusive titles (e.g. “Seeker of Memories” / “Keeper of Memories” in “Bingo’s Scattered Thoughts”). Choose carefully — unselected titles cannot be reclaimed.

[10‑130] Landscape Difficulty deeds

Start Difficulty 3: Fearless before level 11 and never set difficulty below 3 until 130 to keep the Landscape‑Difficulty deeds active. Completed deeds award account‑wide titles unique to each class.

[10‑20] “Town‑to‑Town” travel chain

First choose and complete either Shire to Bree OR Gondamon to Bree. After that, finish Bree to Trestlebridge before taking Trestlebridge to Ost Guruth.

[15] “To the Lonely Frontier”

Accept To the Lonely Frontier between levels 11‑19 before you visit the Forsaken Inn, or it locks permanently.

[15] “A Pressing Matter”

At level 15 a mailed item, Pressing Matters, starts A Pressing Matter. Deleting the letter blocks the quest.

[15] “Building the <Race> Homestead”

Choose one housing intro quest such as Building the Bree Homestead; starting any variant locks out the others.

[20] Quest:Horses for Hire is unavailable if Quest:The Forgetful Dwarf is underway or completed.

[20-150] Scavenger Hunt Quests

Do not advance the wrapper scavenger hunt quests - Eriador Scavenger Hunt and Scavenger Hunt - until you have finished all the quests from the current year. However Eriador quests and regular Scanvenger Hunts wrappers may be advanced separately.

[22‑72] ‘‘Afterword …and Answers’’

First complete Quest:Afterword: In Memory of the Fallen from the Before‑the‑Shadow epic Quest:Book 2, Chapter 7: Questions, then run ‘‘…and Answers’’ during the Isengard Depths quest‑line, between Quest:Chapter 18: The Captive and Quest:Chapter 26: Escape from Isengard.

[22‑23] ‘‘Do You Know…Candaith?’’ and ‘‘Candac’s Delay’’

Quest:Do You Know...Candaith? is unavailable if you have already spoken with Candaith in an earlier errand. Quest:Candac's Delay is unavailable if Candac’s Obligation is completed first.

[23] ‘‘Forsaken and Forlorn’’ and ‘‘Word to Anlaf’’

Quest:Forsaken and Forlorn is missed if you acquire or finish ‘‘Missing Supply Cart’’ or ‘‘Word to Anlaf’’. Quest:Word to Anlaf is unavailable if you have already spoken with Anlaf the Forlorn on a prior errand.

[28] Favour of the North‑downs

Reward from The Troll‑keeper.

[33‑39] “To the last Bridge”

To the Last Bridge becomes unavailable after certain interactions with Alphlanc or related quests from Anhebir.

[38] “Orchalwë’s Mission”

Don't advance the Orchalwë’s Mission / talk to Orchalwë until you have finished all optional sub-quests and possibly other quests in this region.

[44] ‘‘An Understanding’’

Quest:An_Understanding is only available during ‘‘The Rite of Clúcath’’ and before entering its instance.

[48] ‘‘The Elves of Eregion’’

Quest:The Elves of Eregion must be completed between levels 48 and 52.

[50] ‘‘Expeditions’’ breadcrumb quests

Finish the Expedition quests on your way to Moria before the Book 1 Chapter 8 instance.

[50] “The Fall of Moria”

You can complete only one version — either Quest:The Fall of Moria (Epic) or the Moria instance version - Quest:Instance: The Fall of Moria.