New Items: Smokey Jade Gem ;  Theningaim

New Mobs: Giant Gorge-crawler ;  Marauding Stone-troll ;  Stalking Hourn ;  Wild Troll ;  Menacing Hourn ;  Ghamp ;  Giant Gorge-lurker

New Deeds: Titan-slayer ;  Titan-slayer (Advanced)

New Quests: Finding the Remedy

New Items: Delicate Fur of Fate ;  Polished Adamant Earring of Willpower ;  Sealed Device of Morale ;  Device of Morale ;  Tactical Assault Leggings of Theodred ;  Fated Assault Shoes of Theodred ;  +25% Mark Acquisition Tome (60 min) ;  Great River Gem of Hope ;  Enhanced Reputation Acceleration Tome ;  Adamant Earring of Combat ;  Polished Adamant Earring of Combat ;  Adamant Earring of Precision ;  Polished Adamant Earring of Precision ;  Ruby Earring of Combat ;  Polished Ruby Earring of Combat ;  Ruby Earring of Precision ;  Polished Ruby Earring of Precision

New Mobs: Dushatar

New Recipes: Adamant Earring

New Skills: Muster to Stangard ;  Return to Stangard

New Areas: Mor-hai Cave

New Objects: Orders from Dushatar

New Quests: A Gentle Nudge ;  Too Far Upriver ;  What Is That Smell ;  Another Gentle Nudge ;  Cruel Trapping ;  A Missing Intruder

New Items: Whistle

New Mobs: Noriel (Haldirith) ;  Felogild ;  Ebort ;  Puttoc ;  Wynmar ;  Thinglad Sentinel ;  Supplier (Haldirith) ;  Stangard Townsperson ;  Rothulf ;  Noriel (Your Ally)

New Skills: Riders of Stangard - Travel Discount

New Deeds: Known to the Riders of Stangard ;  Friend to the Riders of Stangard

New Objects: Reek-weed ;  Fishing Net ;  Empty Trap ;  Disturbed Earth

New Titles: Warrior of Stangard ;  Rider of Stangard

New Quests: Foul-maw ;  Oldheart ;  Book 6, Chapter 6: Downriver Dangers ;  Disturbances in Thinglad

New Items: Foulmaw's Hide ;  Enormous Antler ;  Hat of the Concerned Elf ;  Noriel's Leather Helm ;  Helm of the Investigator ;  Helm of the Gentle Nudge ;  Horseshoe

New Mobs: Limfind ;  Foul-maw ;  Oldheart ;  Ninil ;  Fimloth ;  Noriel ;  Thinglad Doe ;  Thinglad Buck ;  Thinglad Wolverine ;  Orc-warrior ;  Thinglad Matron ;  Ungund Skirmisher

New Deeds:;  Quests of Thinglad ;  Beast Slayer ;  Beast Slayer (Advanced)

New Objects: Empty Fishing Net ;  Horseshoe

New Titles: Sentinel of Thinglad

Updated Items: Grant Golf Drive Emote ; Elegant Heritage Rune of Knowledge ; +20% Renown (3 hours) ; Fading Essence

New Mobs: Mor-hai Sentry ; Mor-hai Scout ; Mor-hai Defiler ; Mor-hai Scavanger ; Mor-hai Ravanger

New Deeds: Orc-slayer ; Orc-slayer (Advanced) ; Slayer of the Great River

New Quests: Task: Fading Essences (Great River) ; Task: Glassy Carapaces (Great River) ; Task: Knotted Heartwood (Great River) ; Task: Piles of Sparkling Dust (Great River) ; Task: Speckled Ears (Great River) ; Task: Prismatic Scales (Great River) ; Task: Punctured Shields (Great River) ; Task: Sticky Goo (Great River) ; Task: Thick Branches (Great River) ; Task: Thick Tails (Great River)

New Items: +20% Renown (3 hours) ; Fading Essence ; Sparkling Dust ; Thick Branch

Updated Objects: Tasks Bulletin Board (Great River)

Updated Quests: Task: Marked Furs (Great River) ; Task: Blotchy Skins (Great River) ; Task: Decorative Sword Sheaths (Great River)

New Quests: Book 6, Chapter 5: Old Friends and New Tidings ; Instance: Old Friends and New Tidings

New Items: Swan Fountain ; Ornate Heritage Rune of Lore ; Ornate Great River Bow of Haste ; Wayward Easterling Steed ; Prized Stangard Steed ; Unhatched Spider Egg ; Great River Bow Recipe

New Mobs: Gandalf (White Wizard) ; Manwine ; Colbrand ; Nona (Nan Celebrant) ; Haldir (Nan Celebrant) ; Nona (Galadriel's Garden) ; Alfrohir

New Skills: Wayward Easterling Horse ; Wayward Easterling Pony ; Prized Stangard Horse ; Prized Stangard Pony ; Guide to Stangard

New Items: Orc Taskmaster's Ring

New Mobs: Stable-master (Parth Celebrant) ; Relic-master (Parth Celebrant) ; Forge-master (Parth Celebrant) ; Provisioner (Parth Celebrant) ; Healer (Parth Celebrant) ; Stable-master (Etheburg) ; Provisioner (Etheburg) ; Relic-master (Etheburg) ; Forge-master (Etheburg) ; Healer (Etheburg) ; Stable-master ; Stable-master (Haldirith) ; Provisioner (Haldirith) ; Healer (Haldirith) ; Stable-master (Aculf's Camp) ; Provisioner (Aculf's Camp) ; Healer (Aculf's Camp) ; Relic-master (Aculf's Camp) ; Forge-master (Aculf's Camp)

New Areas: Etheburg ; Helstor ; Lashkarg ; Desolation of the Gardens ; The Stone-hole ; The Abandoned Farm ; The Fetid Caves ; Eorlsmead Tower ; The Teeming Nests ; The Limlight Gatehouse ; Limlight Falls ; Limlight Glade ; The Cuthstan ; The Fallen Watchtower ; The Pothole ; Prospector's Shack ; Old Sawmill ; Nink-hai Camp ; Idmar's Camp ; Aculf's Camp ; The Field of Celebrant ; Hordefierd ; Ost Celebrant ; The Murderous Pit ; Frithstan's Camp ; Mor-hai Settlement ; Secluded Clearing ; Venom-Bite Cave ; Aster Hill ; Atburg ; Wyrmdenn ; The Creeping Mud ; Tik Botokh ; The Clutch-ground

New Deeds: Brown Lands Explorer ; Discovery: Roots of Fangorn ; Eorlsmead Explorer ; Limlight Gorge Explorer ; Parth Celebrant Explorer ; Wailing Hills Explorer ; Rushgore Explorer ; Explorer of the Great River

New Titles: Explorer of Thinglad ; Explorer of the Brown ; Explorer of the Limlight Gorge ; Explorer of Eorlsmead ; Explorer of Parth Celebrant ; Explorer of the Rushgore ; Explorer of the Wailing Hills ; Wanderer of the Anduin

Lord of the Rings Online released its sixth update this week, and we got to interview their designers about the newest goodies! Our interview focused on the newest content update, the Great River, with content designers Ryan Penk and Jared Saramago. “We have an update to the instance finder, really making it a full feature with full flexibility; we added two new class updates, Runekeeper and Warden; two new monster player updates for the Weaver and Warg classes, a new currency system for PvP, an entirely new region of the game, and to top it all off, a new capstone instance in a new group-based area.” Wow! Sounds like a lot to cover, so let’s dig into the newest LOTRO update!