Woe of the Willow

Woe of the Willow
Level:	20 - 150
Size:	Solo/Duo, Small Fellowship(3)
Region:	Bree-land
Area:	Old Forest
Location:	[32.7S, 57.3W]

"In the heart of the Old Forest, a fell sword calls forth evil spirits from the Barrow-downs. Only by destroying the sword can you stop the wood-trolls' blight from spreading and end the forest's misery."

Woe of the Willow is a World Instance taking place in the Old Forest, in Bree-land.

Wood Trolls have invaded the forest, and are using a Morgul Blade to summon Barrow-spirits to spread their vile corruption. The instance is imagined to be set in the area between Tom Bombadil's House and Old Man Willow.

This instance is available as part of Quest Pack: The Wildwood. The pack is free to VIP accounts, or can be purchased for 1,195 in the Lotro Store.

Difficulty Level

This is a scaled instance, designed for solo, duo, or a small fellowship (up to 3 players) from level 20 and up.

It is available in the Instance Finder.

Players can use a summoning horn located near the entrance to call upon Marigold Boffin for assistance.

Marigold has the following support skills:

Courage of the Hobbits -- Buff
Firey Determination -- Heal

Overall, the instance is a good introduction to the basic rotations and mechanics involved with grouping, with no real pressure at any given time until the final boss. The most difficult aspect of the instance may be navigating to find the two bosses.

Estimated completion time is between 10 - 30 minutes depending on the skill of the group and experience of navigating the instance.

NPCs

Marigold Boffin

Quests

Starting:

Involving:

[20] The Seed of Rot

Deeds

Known deeds for this instance (usually bestowed upon first entrance) include:

Titles

Woe of the Willow Titles

Mobs

These mobs are encountered within this instance:

Woe of the Willow Mobs

Instance Overview

First Boss: Gulmúk Dampmould
Final Boss: Old Man Willow, Morgul Blade

Walk-through and Tactics

The first boss, Gulmúk Dampmould, has only 3 skills that she can rotate very often.

"Fall before us"

Skill: Striking Blows

"Witness our might"

Skill: Sweeping Limbs

"Our corruption runs deep"

Skill: Corrupted Pool

The key is to always watch out for the boss to use his 'Sweeping Limbs' skill and stay at least 12 meters away from them or you will get blown to pieces. Also, keep in mind that once her Morale falls down to around 25%, the entire room will be filled with poison puddles. 'Striking blows' is a single target version of 'Sweeping Limbs' so whomever the boss targets with it has to move away 12 meters from her.

It is probably a good idea to keep the area clean of poison puddles to prepare for the last phase. So, whenever the boss throws 'Corrupted Pool' on the team, dump the puddle at the sides of the area, where you are not going to run through them. Ultimately, you prepare for the last phase by keeping the center of the room completely free from poison puddles. Once the fight progresses towards the end, the center will be filled with puddles, so a good way to not kill yourselves is to avoid stacking more poison in it.

Moving from one poison puddle to another will toggle the poison debuff on a player, meaning if you are taking damage from the poison puddle, you can move to the next one and you will not take damage there.

There are 10 ghosts scattered through 6 locations in the branches of the forest. 3 ghosts before the first boss and 7 after. For every ghost you kill, the ghosts in the second boss fight take 10% more damage, up to 100%. This makes the second boss fight much easier.

Rewards

This instance has two chests. Each has a unique version for the solo instance and tiers 1 through 3. Chest locks reset daily at 3:00 a.m. server time.

Dampmould's Chest (DC)
Bombadil's Gift (BG)

Barter
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Token of Resolution						X	X	X

Crafting
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Crate of Cooking Materials	X	X
Crate of Hides	X	X	X
Crate of Logs	X	X	X
Crate of Ore	X	X
Crate of Raw Gems	X	X
Crate of Scholar Materials	X	X
Universal Solvent								X

Essences
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Slade-wrought Essence (Tier 6) Box					X	X	X	X

Housing Decorations
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Angry Little Old Man Willow		X		X		X		X

Legendary Item Advancement
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Traceries*		R		R		I		I
Enhancement Runes*	U		R		R		I
Decorated Heritage Rune of Lore	X	X			X	X	X	X
Decorated Heritage Rune of Learning
Ornate Heritage Rune of Lore						X		X
* U = Uncommon quality, R = Rare, I = Incomparable

Reputation
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Barrow-treasure	X	X
Gauradan Claw	X	X			X	X	X	X

Heavy Armour / Might Classes
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Chestplate of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Chestplate of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Heavy Chestplate of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Heavy Chestplate of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Pauldrons of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Pauldrons of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Heavy Pauldrons of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Heavy Pauldrons of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Choker of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Choker of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Neckguard of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Neckguard of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X

Medium Armour / Agility Classes
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Cuirass of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Cuirass of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Heavy Cuirass of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Heavy Cuirass of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Shoulderguards of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Shoulderguards of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Heavy Shoulderguards of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Heavy Shoulderguards of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Locket of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Locket of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Torc of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Torc of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X

Light Armour / Will Classes
Item	DC Solo	BG Solo	DC T1	BG T1	DC T2	BG T2	DC T3+	BG T3+
Jacket of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Jacket of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Tough Jacket of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Tough Jacket of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Spaulders of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Spaulders of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Leather Spaulders of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Trusty Leather Spaulders of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Strand of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Strand of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X
Necklace of the Old Forest			X	X	X	X	X	X
Shimmering Necklace of the Old Forest					X	X	X	X

Map

Gallery

Marsh by the instance entrance
A river, likely the Withywindle, bisects the instance
Wood Trolls engaging in a dark ritual with a fell-spirit
It is easy to get lost in the maze of the forest
Thick vines create walls between areas
Waterfall and path up to Old Man Willow

Settlements and Landmarks of Old Forest
Landmarks:	Abandoned Cottage • Angerwood • Bald Hill • Bonfire Glade • The Broken Heart • Creaking Vale • Dark-paw Vale • Dire Glade • East Forest Road • The Forlorn Glade • Goldberry's Spring • Old Barrows Road • Old Forest Tunnel • Old Man Willow • Old Muddyfoot's Hill • The Old Oak's Grave • The Shade Pool • The Shifting Wood • Tom Bombadil's House • Tomnoddy Corner • The Weaver's Den • Weeping Water • Willow Glade • Withywindle Crossing	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Tom Bombadil's House	Interiors:
Instances:	Woe of the Willow	Instances:

Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of Bree-land
Areas:	Andrath • Archet Dale • Brandy Hills • The Brandywood • Bree-land Homesteads • Buckland • Chetwood • Eastern Bree-fields • Far Chetwood • Hengstacer Farm • The Horsefields • The Midgewater Marshes • Nen Harn • Northern Barrow-downs • Northern Bree-fields • Old Forest • Southern Barrow-downs • Southern Bree-fields • Starmere Lake • Weather Hills • The Wildwood	Areas:
Settlements:	Adso's Camp • Archet • Bree • Combe • Crickhollow • Staddle	Settlements:
Landmarks:	Andrath: Halecatch Lake • Pierson's Farm • South-guard Ruins Archet Dale: Archet Gate • Archet East Gate • Archet Jailyard • Blackwold's Roost • Bronwe's Folly • Combe North Gate • Old East Path • Sprigley's Farm Barrow-downs: The Barrow of Orron • The Dead Man's Perch • Northern Barrows • Northern Barrows Pass • Old Barrows Road • Ost Gorthad • The Dead Spire Brandy Hills: Girdley Island • Ost Barandor • Starmere Lake • Svalfang's Hut Bree: Beggar's Alley • Bill Ferny's House • Boar Fountain • Combe Gate • Dwarrow-ward • High Bridge • High Stair • Inn Gate • Ironmonger's Gate • Jasmine's Garden • Low Gate • Market Gate • Market Square • Mud Gate • North Gate • Oldstone Ruins • Oldstones Gate • Scholar's Stair • Scholar's Walk • Skirmish Camp • South Gate • Staddle Gate • The Stone Quarter • Trader's Gate • West Gate • Windview Estate • Woodsmen's Gate Buckland: Craft-faire • Brandy Hall • Brandywine Bridge • Buckland Faire • Buckland Gate • Buckland's Craft-faire • Bucklebury Ferry • Newbury • Old Forest Tunnel • Toad Marsh Chetwood: Big Staddlemere • Blackwold Headquarters • Crumbled Court • Lumber Camp • Old Bauman's Farm • Ost Baranor • Silverwell • Skunkwood's Farm • Staddle Falls • Stump Field • Torthann's Camp • Wolf Den • Woodsedge Ruins • The Yellow Tree The Horsefields: Festival Grounds • The Hedge Maze • Hengstacer Farm Midgewater Marshes: Bindbale's Rest • Goblinhole Ruins • Marshwater Fort • Midgewater Pass • Ost Alagos • Sunken Stones Northern Bree-fields: The Abandoned Graveyard • Cirith Nûr Encampment • Everclear Lakes • The Old Greenway Fort • The Quince Farmstead • Saeradan's Cabin • Snarling Hollow • Thornley's Work Site Old Forest: Abandoned Cottage • Angerwood • Bald Hill • Bonfire Glade • The Broken Heart • Creaking Vale • Dark-paw Vale • Dire Glade • East Forest Road • The Forlorn Glade • Goldberry's Spring • Old Barrows Road • Old Man Willow • Old Muddyfoot's Hill • The Old Oak's Grave • The Shade Pool • The Shifting Wood Tomnoddy Corner • The Weaver's Den • Weeping Water • Willow Glade • Withywindle Crossing Southern Bree-fields: Brigand's Watch • Dogwood's Farm • Greenway Crossing • Hillshire Ruins • Old Sweetgrass Farm • Outlaw's Haven Staddle: Eldo Swatmidge's Farm • Gammy Boggs' Farm • Little Staddlemere • Widow Froghorn's Farm The Wildwood: Blomley Sward • Cotfast • East-delf • Gnawbone Pit • Helva's Edge • Hunter's Ledge • Marl's Crossing • Norwarden • The Old Bluff-house • Overwine Hall • Sutwarden • West-delf	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Artie Root's House • Bree-town Auction Hall • Bree-town Hall • Bree-town Hunting Lodge • Bree-town Jail • Bree-town Vault • Broker's Office • Cartwell's House • The Cat Lady's House • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Combe Crafting Hall • Ellie Cutleaf's House • Grobo Dogwort's House • Grobo Dogwort's Shed • Hunting Lodge (Archet) • Infiltrators' Headquarters • Lalia's Market • The Lowbanks' Estate • The Mad Badger Inn • Mess Hall • Mustering Cave • The Prancing Pony • The Scholar's Hall • Scholar's Stair Archives • Sig Mandrake's Shop • Staddle Arms • Three-farrow Crafting Hall • Tom Bombadil's House • Training Hall • Training Hall (Bree) • Weapons and Armour Shop (South) • Weapons and Armour Shop (West) • Whitethorn's Taxidermy	Interiors:
Dungeons:	The Barrow of Ringdor • The Barrow of Taradan • Goetham • Gwantham • Haudh Iarchith • Haudh Methernil • Haudh Nogbenn • Haudh Taenthond • Hautham • Sprigley's Cellar • Tomb of Maenadar • Writhenset / Quest: Blackwold Camp • Brigand Cave • Cirith Nûr Cave • Holt Adderson's Grotto • Reniolind's Hideout	Dungeons:
Instances:	World Instances: The Great Barrow‎ • Woe of the Willow / Skirmish: Barrow-downs Survival • Defence of the Prancing Pony • Thievery and Mischief	Instances: