Scholar

Professions
Gathering:
Farmer, Forester, Prospector
Producing:
Cook, Jeweller, Metalsmith, Scholar, Tailor, Weaponsmith, Woodworker
Crafting Guide, Crafted Items

A Scholar studying

"Perhaps the most mysterious of the professions, the Scholar collects fragments of lost lore and attempts to interpret their secrets. By doing so, he can create scrolls for other craftsmen to read and improve their chances of producing a superior product. Other practical applications include lore by which specific enemies (orcs, trolls, the dead) might be best combated, dyes, and cures for various maladies."

Scholars can produce a wide variety of scrolls, potions, dyes, and other useful items. Most materials that a scholar uses tend to show up as treasure from humanoid foes. Materials can also be obtained from artifacts, typically found near ancient ruins using the Track Artifacts skill.

Some dye ingredients used by Scholars are crafted by the Farmer.

A guide to attaining Scholar Mastery

Required Tools

• Scholar's Glass
• Study for Artisan, Master, and Supreme tier recipes other than dyes. (Dyes do not require any crafting facility.)

Scholar Materials

A list of all component items that are used to craft Scholar recipes: Scholar Components

A Scholar requires a Scholar's Glass in order to study relics, texts, carvings and trinkets from days gone by. The Scholar can find these items by using the Track Artifacts skill, which directs him to the nearest Artifact in the world around him. Once he has studied the Artifact sufficiently, the scholar may then combine the knowledge he has gained with components purchased from a Novice or Expert Scholar vendor, to craft a new, useful item. A number of advanced recipes requires Crafting Rare Components.

Artifacts

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipes.

Artifacts can only be harvested by characters with the Scholar profession. The character must have the proficiency for the previous tier of the artifact, for example in order to harvest Broken Urn the character should be Apprentice Scholar. Scholars are granted the ability to Track Artifacts, study the artifact using Crafting Tools, and process the ore into ingots at a Forge.

Artifact node

Each artifact node yields a small number of texts and trinkets and a small chance of other crafting materials such as rare components and mastery components.

The following Professions can use these texts and materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Scholar
  • Note: The scholar is the only profession that can use these materials for crafting.

Artifact Node Index

Artifact Spawn	Tier	Materials	Mastery Components / Rare Crafting Components	Location
Shattered Pitcher	1 Apprentice	Aged Scrap of Text  Early Third Age Relic	Dim Candle	Bree-land, Ered Luin, the Shire, and the Swanfleet
Broken Urn	2 Journeyman	Worn Tablet Fragment  Ruined Second Age Trinket  Cryptic Text	Rushlight Candle  Sapphire Shard*	Bree-land, Ered Luin, Lone-lands, North Downs, and Cardolan
Antique Vase	3 Expert	Cracked Dwarf-carving  Faded Sindarin Passage  Torn Craftsman's Diary	Beeswax Candle  Ruby Shard*	Lone-lands, North Downs, Evendim, and The Yondershire
Forgotten Text	4 Artisan	Fragment of Dúnedain Script  Scroll of Lothlórien  Historical Document of the Dwarf-lords	Tallow Candle  Adamant Shard*	Lone-lands, Evendim, Trollshaws, Angmar, the Misty Mountains, and The Angle of Mitheithel
Ancient Vase	5 Master	Worn Elf-carving  Undeciphered Moon-letter  Long-lost Second Age Text	Ornate Candle  Beryl Shard*	Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar, The Wildwood, Eregion, and The Angle of Mitheithel
Sage's Locker Sage's Casket Sage's Lockbox	6 Supreme	Rune-carved Tablet  Etching of Moria  Tattered Khuzdul Parchment  Relic of Khazad-dûm	Bright Lamp  Mithril Flake*	Moria (esp. Mekeb-faham and Mekeb-farak crafting instances found in Hadudbâb in Durin's Way), Lothlórien, Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Banded Coffer	7 Westfold	Scrap of Weathered Dunlending Text  Scroll of Insight  Book of Knowledge  Tome of Wisdom	Page of Gondorian Parchment  Inspired Note  Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Nan Curunír and the Great River
Ornate Cache	8 Eastemnet	Scrap of Rohirric Text  Scroll of Poetry  Book of Ballads  Tome of War Stories	Piece of Eastemnet Sealed Wax  Eastemnet Candle  Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Parphád crafting instance found in Hytbold, and Wildermore
Adorned Chest	9 Westemnet	Tattered Rohirric Parchment  Scroll of Tactics  Book of Battle Plans  Tome of War Campaigns	Piece of Westemnet Sealed Wax  Westemnet Candle  Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, Gemyndsted crafting instance found in Derndingle in the Entwood, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Lavish Chest	10 Anórien	Tattered Anórien Parchment	Piece of Anórien Sealed Wax  Anórien Candle  Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien
Lavish Dagorlad Chest	10 Anórien	Relic of the Battle Plain	Rangers' Journal of Dagorlad History*	The Wastes
Gorgoroth Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax  Gorgoroth Candle  Black Adamant Shard*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Dale Artifact Chest	11 Doomfold	Tattered Doomfold Parchment	Piece of Doomfold Sealed Wax  Gorgoroth Candle  Black Adamant Shard*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Ironfold Artifact Chest	12 Ironfold	Tattered Ironfold Parchment	Piece of Ironfold Sealed Wax  Ironfold Candle  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Iron Hills, Ered Mithrin and Withered Heath
Vales Artifact Chest	12 Ironfold	Tattered Ironfold Parchment	Piece of Ironfold Sealed Wax  Ironfold Candle  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Vales of Anduin
Ithil Artifact Chest	13 Minas Ithil	Tattered Minas Ithil Parchment	Piece of Minas Ithil Sealed Wax  Minas Ithil Candle  Ithilharn Shard*	Morgul Vale, Mordor Besieged
Runed Coffer	13 Minas Ithil	Tattered Minas Ithil Parchment	Piece of Minas Ithil Sealed Wax  Minas Ithil Candle  Ithilharn Shard*	Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Sage's Coffer	14 Gundabad	Tattered Gundabad Parchment	Piece of Gundabad Sealed Wax  Gundabad Candle  Sunstone Shard*	Gundabad, King's Gondor East, Ettenmoors
Umbar Artifact Chest	15 Umbar	Tattered Shagâni Parchment	Lump of Shagâni Wax  Shagâni Candle  Red Sea-stone*	King's Gondor: Belfalas, Blackroot Vale, Dor-en-Ernil, Lamedon Outer Gondor: Anfalas, Pinnath Gelin Haradwaith: Cape of Umbar, The Shield Isles Ettenmoors Umbar-môkh - Tâkhdar, Kamrabezûr, Ilmabiri, Khabârkhad, Dil-irmíz

* Very rare component

Crops

Scholars can also find crops using the Track Crops skill. Some of these crops may be cultivated by Farmers using Vegetable Farmland; others can only be found in the wild.* They are used by Scholars to craft Dyes and Wall Paints.

Crop Type	Item Name	Tier	Standard / Critical Farming Result	Location(s) in the Wild
Amaranth	Amaranth Petal	4 Artisan	Critical	Not found in the wild
Blackberry	Juicy Blackberry	5 Master	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bloodwort	Bloodwort Root	5 Master	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bluebell	Bluebell Bulb	9 Westemnet	Critical	Not found in the wild
Bluebottle	Bluebottle Petal	3 Expert	Critical	Not found in the wild
Elder	Juicy Elderberry	5 Master	Critical	Not found in the wild
Green Onion	Onion Skin	3 Expert	Critical	Not found in the wild
Indigo Plant	Indigo Plant	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	Eregion, Trollshaws, Ered Luin (rare), Dunland
Iris	Iris Root	2 Journeyman	Critical	Not found in the wild
Lily-of-the-Valley	Lily-of-the-Valley Leaf	1 Apprentice	Critical	Not found in the wild
Saffron	Saffron Thread	4 Artisan	Critical	Not found in the wild
Strawberry	Juicy Strawberry	4 Artisan	Critical	Not found in the wild
Yarrow Root	Yarrow Root	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	Ered Luin, Bree-land, The Shire
Woad Plant	Woad Plant	n/a	Cannot be cultivated*	Lone-lands, North Downs
Walnut Branches	Walnut	9 Westemnet	Cannot be cultivated*	West Rohan

* NOTE: Most of these dye plants may drop randomly in a Westfold Farmer's Wild Flower Field, including those that can't otherwise be cultivated.

Other Dye Ingredients

When crafting dyes, a Scholar may also use non-plant dye ingredients. These ingredients may be found in Ore nodes, which can only be mined by players with the Prospector profession. The items can drop as loot (more commonly in chests and backpacks than from mobs), but this is extremely rare.

• Note that the tier designation in the table refers to the Prospecting tier required to mine the ore deposit.

Item Name	Tier	Levels Dropped	Ore Node Type
Piece of Sienna	1 Apprentice	1 - 12	Copper Deposit
Pile of Copper Salts	1 Apprentice	1 - 12	Copper Deposit
Piece of Umber	2 Journeyman	1 - 12	Barrow-iron Deposit
Pile of Ancient Iron Oxides	5 Master	1 - 12	Ancient Iron Deposit
Chunk of Lime	6 Supreme	1 - 12	Khazâd Skarn Deposit

Recipes

A complete list of Scholar recipe indexes by tier:

Scholar Recipe Index
	T1 - Scholar Apprentice Recipe Index
	T2 - Scholar Journeyman Recipe Index
	T3 - Scholar Expert Recipe Index
	T4 - Scholar Artisan Recipe Index
	T5 - Scholar Master Recipe Index
	T6 - Scholar Supreme Recipe Index
	T7 - Scholar Westfold Recipe Index
	T8 - Scholar Eastemnet Recipe Index
	T9 - Scholar Westemnet Recipe Index
	T10 - Scholar Anórien Recipe Index
	T11 - Scholar Doomfold Recipe Index
	T12 - Scholar Ironfold Recipe Index
	T13 - Scholar Minas Ithil Recipe Index
	T14 - Scholar Gundabad Recipe Index
	T15 - Scholar Umbar Recipe Index

A complete list of Scholar recipes listed alphabetically:

• Scholar Recipes

An index of items that can be crafted using Scholar recipes

• Scholar Items

Dye and Wall Paint

An index of dyes crafted using Scholar recipes

• Dyes

An index of wall paint including those crafted using Scholar recipes

• Wall Colour

Crafting Guild

Crafting Guilds are Reputation factions that grant advantages in recipe execution. Reputation is increased by bartering special crafted items. Membership in a Crafting Guild used to be exclusive but as of Update 25 you can be a member of 2 crafting guilds.

Scholars of all levels are eligible to join a Scholar's Guild, but the guild recipes require Expert tier and above. To join a crafting guild one must first speak to a Master of Crafting Guilds who are found at many locations. Then continue the quest by travelling either to Rivendell to speak with Guild Leader Ethel Applegarth, or to Minas Tirith (see note below). In Rivendell, the Scholar's Guild-hall is located at the southern wing of the first floor, in the Last Homely House.

NOTE: Characters who actively do both Scholar and Weaponsmith may find the House of Craft in Minas Tirith preferable over the Last Homely House because there are guilds for both professions. It is available to characters of all levels. However, the guild introduction quests are turned in to a NPC who does not reside there.

Quests

Class Quests

• [1] Introduction to Scholarship
• [1] Introduction: Scholar's Guild

Using your Skills

• [6] Crafting: Studying the White Ships
• [10] Crafting: Making Use of the Low-lands
• [10] Crafting: Michel Delving's Youngest Seamstress
• [15] Crafting: Knowledge is the Best Defence

Elves of Rivendell Reputation

• [40] Scholar's Writs -- Introduction
• [49] Studies of the Unknown -- Introduction
• [49] Of Mysteries Most Profound -- Introduction

NPCs

Novice Scholars

NPC	Location	Region
Alice Pickthorn	Three-farrow Crafting Hall (Bree)	Bree-land
Anna Bullrush	Combe Crafting Hall	Bree-land
Merimas Brandybuck	Buckland	Bree-land
Dúsi	Thorin's Hall - The Maker's Hall	Ered Luin
Lothinn	Gondamon	Ered Luin
Makan	Thorin's Gate, Crafting Hall	Ered Luin
Thavroniel	Celondim	Ered Luin
Amaranth Gamgee	Oatbarton	Evendim
Neville Hopwood	Tinnudir (Keep)	Evendim
Walding Tunks	Ost Forod	Evendim
Beneger Bolger	Budgeford	The Shire
Citrina Brockhouse	Brockenborings	The Shire
Glory Hornblower	Bywater	The Shire
Hildibras Took	Michel Delving's Craft-fair	The Shire
Issiril	Craft-hall of Esteldín	North Downs
Novice Scholar	Trestlebridge	North Downs
Atharovor	Elrond's Library (The Last Homely House)	Trollshaws

Expert Scholars

NPC	Location	Region
Eurwen	The Hall of Making - (Lhanuch)	Enedwaith
Forgamthan	Elrond's Library - (The Last Homely House)	Trollshaws
Gódrun	Ost Guruth	Lone-lands
Istwë	Caras Galadhon	Lothlórien
Pethbes	The Vineyards of Lórien	Lothlórien
Rue Goodbody	The Mathom House - (Michel Delving)	The Shire
Tangwen	Ost Galadh	Mirkwood
Tebrennil	Crafting Bunker - (Twenty-first Hall)	Moria

See Also

• Scholar Mastery - a guide on mastering all scholar tiers.
• The Scholars-Guide - a guide by DarkkHero at the LoTRO Forums.