New Items: Well-made Mace of Furious Echoes ;  Tome of Experiened Resolve ;  Superior Javelin of Seeking ;  Tome of Veteran Fortitude

New Recipes: Yellow Fireworks ;  Orange Fireworks

Happy 5th Anniversary, Lord of the Rings Online! Turbine is celebrating LOTRO's anniversary today and, to celebrate, ZAM has joined in on the festivities! We've partnered up with Turbine to give away some fantastic prizes to all of our readers, so if winning free swag and celebrating Lord of the Rings Online is on your list of things you enjoy, then our big giveaway event will be right up your alley!

Enter our LOTRO Giveaway here!

First, be sure to enter in the ZAM giveaway by heading over to our contest page and entering your name. You'll be eligible to win 1000 Turbine Points, a Creative Labs HS-800 Headset, a lifetime membership for LOTRO, or even a SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headset. All you need to do is register for a free ZAM account, and then click "Enter Now!"

In addition to our giveaway, we will also be giving away a Lifetime Membership to LOTRO, a Mithril Edition of LOTRO, and 5000 Turbine Points. We'll be giving them away in a contest in the ZAM comments below! We're looking for two things from you (one sentence each):

Your first memory in LOTRO - A random draw will take place to award this winner 5000 Turbine points.

Your favorite memory in LOTRO - The top two entries will be awarded a Mithril Edition of LOTRO for the second place, with first place winning a Lifetime Membership to LOTRO.

The contest ends and prizes will be given out on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST.

What's that? Feeling a little unlucky, or maybe suffering from LOTRO memory loss? Throughout today we'll also be giving away PAX EAST 2012 Perlino Horse Codes via Twitter. Just follow @ZAMOfficial or @Pwyff and fire us a tweet with the hashtag #zamlotro and we'll be randomly awarding out these Perlino Horse codes throughout the day! Good luck to everyone!

New Quests: Fireworks in the Shire ;  Sparking an Interest

New Items: Steed of the Dusk-watch ;  Steel-bound Lootbox (52-59) ;  Superb Bracelet of the Hart ;  Superb Earring of the Hart ;  Superb Necklace of the Hart ;  Superb Ring of the Hart ;  Superb Bracelet of the Aurochs ;  Superb Earring of the Aurochs ;  Superb Necklace of the Aurochs ;  Superb Ring of the Aurochs ;  Superb Bracelet of the Bear ;  Superb Earring of the Bear ;  Superb Necklace of the Bear ;  Superb Ring of the Bear ;  Superb Bracelet of the Fox ;  Superb Earring of the Fox ;  Superb Necklace of the Fox ;  Superb Ring of the Fox ;  Small Fireworks ;  Elegant Bracelet of the Hart ;  Elegant Earring of the Hart ;  Elegant Necklace of the Hart ;  Elegant Ring of the Hart

New Mobs: A Young Took ;  A Young Brandybuck

New Skills: Steed of the Dusk-watch

New Objects: Ideal Location for Some Fireworks

New Recipes: Red Fireworks

Updated Items: Lump of Coal ;  Red Fireworks ;  Silver Haddock ;  Red Fireworks Launcher ;  Tattered Khuzdul Parchment ;  Mark ;  Ancient Gold Token ;  Lavish Gift Box ;  Decorated Heritage Rune of Lore ;  Silver Token of the Wilds ;  Golden Token of the Wilds ;  Crimson Dye ;  Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil ;  Superior Fourth Mark ;  Seal ;  Medallion ;  Pile of Mysterious Powder ;  Small Candle ;  Red Fireworks Recipe

New Quests: Fireworks in Bree

New Items: Shire Porridge ;  Rugged Dwarf-make Quiver ;  Superior Carrot Sticks ;  Barley Bread ;  Superior Apple and Cheese Pie ;  Red Festival Fireworks ;  Green Festival Fireworks ;  Blue Festival Fireworks ;  Yellow Festival Fireworks

New Deeds: Stangard Explorer

New Titles: the Trespasser

New Items: Yellow Fireworks Recipe ;  Orange Fireworks Recipe ;  Red Fireworks Recipe ;  Tome of Continuing Resilience ;  Tarnished Bracelet of the Fox ;  Tarnished Earring of the Fox ;  Tarnished Necklace of the Fox ;  Tarnished Ring of the Fox ;  Tome of Accomplished Offence ;  Feeble Runestone of Crackling-fury ;  Delicate Runestone of Crackling-fury

New Quests: Gifts -- A Pint of Ale ;  Gifts -- A Delicate Bracelet ;  Gifts -- Delicious Pastries ;  Gifts -- Wooden Carving ;  Gifts -- A New Hammer ;  Gifts -- A Dwarf-shield ;  Gifts -- A Lucky Goat's Horn

New Items: Grant Elf-dance2 Emote ;  Feeble Mace of Furious Echoes ;  Tome of Accomplished Fortitude ;  Pint of Strong Ale ;  Delicate Bracelet ;  Delicious Pastries ;  Carved Wooden Squirrel ;  Fine Iron Hammer ;  Dwarf-make Shield ;  Lucky Goat Horn

New Mobs: Roger Hazeltwig ;  Dudo Chubb

New Skills: Steed of the Champion

New Quests: A Postman's Badge ;  Lost Invitations

New Items: Map to North Downs - Amon Raith ;  Map to Moria - Mezer-serej ;  Green Fireworks Recipe ;  Blue Fireworks Recipe ;  Common Short-sleaved Dress ;  Exquisite Bracelet of the Fox ;  Exquisite Earring of the Fox ;  Exquisite Necklace of the Fox ;  Exquisite Ring of the Fox ;  Envelope ;  Unwanted Message ;  Grant Toast Emote ;  Festival Invitation

New Mobs: Bree Postmaster ;  Percy Bywood

New Recipes: Green Fireworks ;  Blue Fireworks

New Objects: Envelope

Updated Deeds: Cartographile -- Moria

New Quests: The Anniversary Event ;  Fireworks Exploration

New Items: Invitation to the Anniversary Event ;  Anniversary Fireworks ;  Cloak of the Fifth Spring ;  Pile of Mysterious Powder ;  You-in-a-box ;  Cake Topper ;  Spark-maker's Pack ;  Firework Launcher's Face Guard ;  Firework Hooded Cloak ;  Firework Hoodless Cloak ;  Map of the Walls of Moria ;  Map of the Silvertine Lodes ;  Map of Durin's Way ;  1-Year Giftbox ;  2-Year Giftbox ;  +5% Attack Damage (90 min) ;  3-Year Giftbox ;  Festive Azure Party Dress ;  4-Year Giftbox ;  Festive Azure Party Cloak ;  Festive Azure Tunic & Trousers ;  5-Year Giftbox ;  Festive Azure Steed ;  Tome of Experienced Fortitude ;  Steed of the Champion ;  Superb Bracelet of the Rabbit ;  Superb Earring of the Rabbit ;  Superb Necklace of the Rabbit ;  Superb Ring of the Rabbit ;  Feeble Dagger of the Nimble ;  Fireworks Laden Steed ;  Map of The Water-works ;  Map of Zelem-melek ;  Map of Nud-melek ;  Map of the Foundations of Stone ;  Map of the Redhorn Lodes ;  Map of Zirakzigil ;  Map of the Flaming Deeps ;  Map of the Grand Stair ;  Westfold Gift Box ;  Calenard Token ;  Honorary Postman's Badge ;  Purple Fireworks Recipe ;  Small Candle ;  Map of Moria

New Mobs: Anniversary Vendor ;  Milo Brockhouse ;  Winston Peartree ;  Gandalf (Anniversary Event)

New Recipes: Purple Fireworks

New Skills: Festive Azure Horse ;  Festive Azure Pony ;  Fireworks Laden Horse ;  Fireworks Laden Pony

New Deeds: Cartographile- Moria

New Titles: Firecracker ;  Moria Cartographile

New Quests: Trouble Enough ;  Wild Cats of the Brown Lands ;  A Black Wind from the East ;  Hide and Seek ;  Trolls in the Brown Lands ;  Collared Cats

New Items: Map to North Downs - Meluinen ;  +25% Monster XP (90 min) ;  Torm-clog ;  Winged Circlet ;  Gift of Discipline ;  Gift of Fidelity ;  Wild Cat Collar

New Mobs: Twiga ;  Dagbert

New Objects: Troll turned to stone