Virtues

Overview

Virtues are a type of trait that characters can gain in Lotro. Virtues grant bonuses to stats and are an important part of improving your character.

Each Virtue grants bonuses to 3 different stats. The first stat listed on the tooltip grants the largest bonus, the next grants a somewhat smaller bonus, and the last stat listed on the tooltip grants the smallest bonus. In order to gain the stat bonuses for a Virtue it must be slotted by double-clicking it or dragging it to the top bar in the Virtue page of the Trait Tree Panel (which by default is accessed by the j key).

All Virtues also grant a small passive stat bonus (either to Maximum Morale or Physical and Tactical Mastery) even if they are not slotted.
(Note: even when you don't have any rank at all then you still get rank 1 passives.)

Virtue slots are unlocked as you level up:

Slot	Unlocked at Level
1	7
2	9
3	11
4	17
5	23

Slotted Virtues are tied to each Trait build (specified using the numbered tabs on the right side of the Trait Tree Panel). Therefore players can have unique Virtue builds that accompany their Class Trait builds. Note that Trait builds can be switched at any time while out of combat.

To determine which Virtues provide the most benefit for each class and role, consult the following pages:

Ranking up Virtues

A Virtue marked as Earning

To increase the stat bonuses provided by Virtues, you must increase their rank. Virtues gain ranks when players acquire Virtue Experience ("Virtue XP") as a reward for completing a deed, certain repeatable quests, or Featured Instances. Only one Virtue can be ranked up at a time - the Virtue that is specified as Earning in the Virtue panel. To mark a Virtue as Earning, click it such that the text 'Earning' appears in green below the Virtue name.

The current maximum rank achievable for Virtues was raised to 94 on 6th November 2024 with Update 42. The next Virtue Tier increase from 94 to 96 has not been announced yet. However, the effective maximum rank is also based on a cap dictated by character level and the lowest of the two caps counts.

Character Level	Rank Cap by Level
5-110	Level/2 (rounded down)
111-139	Level-55
140	Level-54 (86)
141-149	Level-53
150	Level-52 (98)

The next Virtue cap increase is currently unknown.

If you gain Virtue XP while your Earning Virtue is capped then the Virtue XP will go instead to a Virtue which is not capped in this order:

A slotted Virtue in your current build from left to right.
The lowest ranked Virtue and in case of multiple equally ranked - in alphabetical order.

The following table lists the amount of Virtue XP required for each rank:

Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required	Rank	Virtue XP for Rank	Total Virtue XP required
1	1,000	1,000	25	1,300	28,000	49	1,800	65,300	73	2,200	113,600
2	1,000	2,000	26	1,300	29,300	50	1,800	67,100	74	2,200	115,800
3	1,000	3,000	27	1,400	30,700	51	1,800	68,900	75	2,200	118,000
4	1,000	4,000	28	1,400	32,100	52	1,800	70,700	76	2,200	120,200
5	1,000	5,000	29	1,400	33,500	53	1,800	72,500	77	2,200	122,400
6	1,000	6,000	30	1,400	34,900	54	1,900	74,400	78	2,200	124,600
7	1,000	7,000	31	1,400	36,300	55	1,900	76,300	79	2,300	126,900
8	1,000	8,000	32	1,500	37,800	56	1,900	78,200	80	2,300	129,200
9	1,000	9,000	33	1,500	39,300	57	1,900	80,100	81	2,300	131,500
10	1,000	10,000	34	1,500	40,800	58	1,900	82,000	82	2,300	133,800
11	1,100	11,100	35	1,500	42,300	59	1,900	83,900	83	2,300	136,100
12	1,100	12,200	36	1,500	43,800	60	2,000	85,900	84	2,300	138,400
13	1,100	13,300	37	1,500	45,300	61	2,000	87,900	85	2,400	140,800
14	1,100	14,400	38	1,600	46,900	62	2,000	89,900	86	2,400	143,200
15	1,100	15,500	39	1,600	48,500	63	2,100	92,000	87	2,400	145,600
16	1,200	16,700	40	1,600	50,100	64	2,100	94,100	88	2,400	148,000
17	1,200	17,900	41	1,600	51,700	65	2,100	96,200	89	2,400	150,400
18	1,200	19,100	42	1,600	53,300	66	2,100	98,300	90	2,400	152,800
19	1,200	20,300	43	1,700	55,000	67	2,100	100,400	91	2,500	155,300
20	1,200	21,500	44	1,700	56,700	68	2,200	102,600	92	2,500	157,800
21	1,300	22,800	45	1,700	58,400	69	2,200	104,800	93	2,500	160,300
22	1,300	24,100	46	1,700	60,100	70	2,200	107,000	94	2,500	162,800
23	1,300	25,400	47	1,700	61,800	71	2,200	109,200
24	1,300	26,700	48	1,700	63,500	72	2,200	111,400

Virtue / Stat Comparison Matrix

The following table illustrates which Virtues provide which stat bonuses.

Virtue	Stats (values at Rank 94)
Virtue	Agility	Armour	CritDef	CritRtg	Evade	Fate	Finesse	ICMR	IHR	Morale	Power	Might	PMR	PMit	Resist	TMR	TMit	Vitality	Will	Passive
Charity														4236	19653			569		Morale
Compassion		1357												8472			4236			Morale
Confidence				10895	4581		7268													Mastery
Determination	1930			3271									4241							Mastery
Discipline									7268					2544	19653					Morale
Empathy		4525	7268												5887					Morale
Fidelity														2544			8472	948		Morale
Fortitude			7268							8130					5887					Morale
Honesty				3271												8477			966	Mastery
Honour			4363							8130							4236			Morale
Idealism						1596			7268	2440										Morale
Innocence														8472	9834		2544			Morale
Justice								162.6		4067							2544			Morale
Loyalty		2265							4363									1901		Morale
Mercy					15286	798												569		Morale
Patience				3271	7633						1277.061									Morale
Tolerance														2544	9834		8472			Morale
Valour				3271			7268						8477							Mastery
Wisdom							4363									4241			1930	Mastery
Wit				5450			14573						2544			2544				Mastery
Zeal				3271								1930	4241							Mastery

Note: Cells in the table are colour-coded as follows:

High Value Virtue

Medium Value Virtue

Low value Virtue

For a complete list of all stat values for all ranks for each Virtue, see the Virtue page.

Best Virtues by Stat

The following table lists the best Virtues to slot for each stat. High value virtues provide the highest value for the stat, while medium and low value virtues provide lesser values.

Stat	High Value Virtues	Medium Value Virtues	Low Value Virtues
Agility	Determination
Armour Value	Empathy	Loyalty	Compassion
Critical Defence		Empathy, Fortitude	Honour
Critical Rating	Confidence	Wit	Determination, Honesty, Patience, Valour, Zeal
Evade Rating	Mercy	Patience	Confidence
Fate	Idealism	Mercy
Finesse Rating	Wit	Confidence, Valour	Wisdom
in-Combat Morale Regen	Justice
Incoming Healing Rating		Discipline, Idealism	Loyalty
Maximum Morale	Fortitude, Honour	Justice	Idealism
Maximum Power	Patience
Might	Zeal
Physical Mastery Rating	Valour	Determination, Zeal	Wit
Physical Mitigation	Compassion, Innocence	Charity	Discipline, Fidelity, Tolerance
Resistance Rating	Charity, Discipline	Innocence, Tolerance	Empathy, Fortitude
Tactical Mastery Rating	Honesty	Wisdom	Wit
Tactical Mitigation	Fidelity, Tolerance	Compassion, Honour	Innocence, Justice
Vitality	Loyalty	Fidelity	Charity, Mercy
Will	Wisdom	Honesty

Virtue-boosting Racial Traits

In addition, there are certain Racial Trait which adds 1 rank to each of 3 given virtues, if this trait is slotted as a Racial Trait.

These are either awarded by reputation factions or a designated class quest.

	Faction / Quest	Award / Deed	Trait	+1 Virtues
Dwarf	Friend of Thorin's Hall	Award of Dwarf Virtue	Virtuous Dwarf	Fidelity	Honesty	Loyalty
Elf	Friend of Elves of Rivendell	Award of Elven Virtue	Virtuous Elf	Charity	Patience	Wisdom
Hobbit	Friend of the Mathom Society	Award of Hobbit Virtue	Virtuous Hobbit	Empathy	Honesty	Idealism
Man	Friend of the Men of Bree	Award of Men's Virtue	Virtuous Man	Confidence	Justice	Patience
Beorning	[30] Hatred of Bear and Man	-	Virtuous Beorning	Fortitude	Empathy	Honour
High Elf	Friend of the Galadhrim	-	Virtuous High Elf	Wisdom	Confidence	Justice
Stout-axe	Friend of Thorin's Hall	Guest of Thorin's Hall	Virtuous Stout-axe	Wit	Determination	Fortitude
River Hobbit	Friend of the Eglain	Friend of the Forsaken	Virtuous River Hobbit	Innocence	Mercy	Wit