New Items: Superior Buttered Scone and Jam

Updated Items: Hardened Bronze Sword ;  Fine Copper Ring ;  Shining Steel Dagger ;  Fine Copper Bracelet ;  Stout Cloth Cloak ;  Blue Fireworks ;  Green Fireworks ;  Red Fireworks ;  Yellow Fireworks ;  Buttered Scone and Jam ;  Enhanced XP Supply ;  Strawberry Tart

New Quests: An Invitation to the Farmers Faire ;  A Tour of the Farmers Faire ;  Farmers Faire Tickets

New Items: Invitation to the Farmers Faire ;  Farmers Faire Token

New Mobs: Festival Announcer (Town Crier)

New Deeds: At the Farmers Faire

New Items: Bold Polished Scale ;  Silver Web of Fleetness ;  Sparrowsbreath Shield ;  Numenorean Crossbow of Guarding ;  Scorched Armour Recipe ;  Scorched Armour of Victory ;  Enduring Scorched Armour of Victory ;  Scorched Armour of Restoration ;  Enduring Scorched Armour of Restoration ;  Master Westfold Metalsmith's Journal ;  Bulk Low-quality Calenard Ingot Recipe ;  Bulk Medium-quality Calenard Ingot Recipe ;  Bulk High-quality Calenard Ingot Recipe ;  Bulk Thin Birch Board Recipe ;  Bulk Solid Birch Board Recipe ;  Bulk Reinforced Birch Board Recipe

New Recipes: Scorched Armour ;  Bulk Low-quality Calenard Ingot ;  Bulk Medium-quality Calenard Ingot ;  Bulk High-quality Calenard Ingot ;  Bulk Thin Birch Board ;  Bulk Solid Birch Board ;  Bulk Reinforced Birch Board

I had the chance to interview Aaron Campbell, senior producer on the Lord of the Rings Online team, about the newest features of the Riders of Rohan expansion. Set to be released on September 5th, the expansion entered Beta on Wednesday, July 18th. Our interview focused on the new mounted combat mechanic to be used by players while riding through the plains of Rohan.

New Mobs: Gyrgir (Rotting Cellar)

Updated Quests: Reporting the Findings ;  A Final Foray ;  Dark and Shallow Water ;  Worth Dying For ;  Finna's Locket ;  Next of Kin ;  In His Memory ;  Foreman of the Great Wheel ;  Two Problems, One Tool ;  Off to the Channel ;  Readings from the Basin ;  An Uneven Flow

Updated Items: Newt-toxin ;  Urbhrum's Wall ;  Gyrgir's Bracer ;  Ansurr's Armour ;  Trinket of Protection ;  Shoulders of Drinking ;  Kuli's Desire ;  Tankard ;  Kraibag's Ruin ;  Bracelet of Protection ;  Empty Phial ;  Water-sample ;  Speckled Shell Fragment

Updated Mobs: Globsnaga Brawler ;  Globsnaga Skirmisher ;  Melmar ;  Deep Turtle

New Items: Swan-cloak

Updated Deeds: Quests of the Water-works

Updated Objects: Statue Torso-piece

Updated Quests: Torso of Legend ;  Churning Froth ;  Fighting the Fungus ;  Darkened by Mildew ;  Foreman of the Great Wheel ;  Missing Arrows ;  Drawn to the Water ;  Mushroom Picking ;  Out of the Darkness ;  A New Gear ;  Toad-slime ;  Fighting Slime with Slime

Updated Items: Urbhrum's Wall ;  Gyrgir's Bracer ;  Ansurr's Armour ;  Trinket of Protection ;  Small Acid-phial ;  Fungal Spore ;  Kraibag's Ruin ;  Bracelet of Protection ;  Oil ;  Dwarf-gear ;  Toad-slime ;  Befuddling Cloak ;  Toad-poison ;  Lizard's Leggings ;  Delicate Axe of the Stalwart

New Mobs: Greatroar ;  Glass-spider Queen ;  Thrand (Hulwul-nefekh) ;  Healer (Hulwul-nefekh) ;  Provisioner (Hulwul-nefekh)

New Areas: Hulwul-nefekh

New Objects: Hulwul-nefekh

Updated Objects: Brooch of Lorien

Updated Quests: Lying in Wait ;  Clearly Problematic ;  Some Kind of Safety ;  Fighting the Fungus ;  Darkened by Mildew ;  Foreman of the Great Wheel ;  Missing Arrows ;  Drawn to the Water ;  Mushroom Picking ;  Spider-leg Prisms ;  Out of the Darkness ;  Caught in Clear Webs ;  Task: Creepy Filth (Guards) ;  Task: Creepy Filth (Miners)

New Quests: An Uneven Flow

New Objects: Riddle ;  Riddle

Updated Deeds: Twist-tongued

Updated Quests: Riddles in the Library ;  A Riddle in the Old City ;  Riddles in the Locks ;  Riddles in the Flames ;  Riddles in the Walls ;  Riddles in the Tomb ;  Riddles in the Sunshine ;  Task: Beautiful Sword Sheath (Guards) ;  Task: Beautiful Sword Sheath (Miners) ;  The Deep Descent Awaits

Updated Items: Infused Garnet ;  Infused Sapphire ;  Infused Adamant ;  Twisttongue's Legacy ;  Chest Key ;  Falgeirr's Shelter ;  Falgeirr's Final Twist ;  The Riddler's Ring ;  The Sword of a Thousand Riddles ;  Elegant Dust ;  Beautiful Sword Sheath

Updated Mobs: Ghash-hai Captain ;  Simbi ;  Endrith ;  Ghash-hai Archer ;  Ghash-hai Warrior

The mounted combat preview just was not enough - now you have the full thing in this awesome trailer. It shows off cavalry fights, archery, magic (right before getting shot in the head with an arrow), and more of the expansive (if a bit bare) Planes of Rohan. As always, preorders are still open at the website. 

New Mobs: Asur ;  Provisioner (Harazgund) ;  Healer (Harazgund) ;  Swartgut

Updated Objects: first goblin-corpse ;  second goblin-corpse ;  third goblin-corpse ;  fourth goblin-corpse

Updated Quests: Clearly Problematic ;  Dark and Shallow Water ;  Spider-leg Prisms ;  Task: Barbed Claws (Miners) ;  Task: Barbed Claws (Guards) ;  Task: Creepy Filth (Guards) ;  Task: Creepy Filth (Miners) ;  Task: Polished Scales (Guards) ;  Task: Polished Scales (Miners) ;  Task: Spotted Skin (Guards) ;  Task: Spotted Skin (Miners) ;  Task: Raking Claws (Guards) ;  Task: Raking Claws (Miners)