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The Lord of the Rings Online is getting a bevy of updates, as its progression server, Shadowfax, heads into Minas Morgul this Wednesday. Additionally, for those who are hoping for some changes with Delvings, your time is coming as Standing Stone Games has laid out some of the upcoming tweaks to the new content.
Shadowfax isn’t just getting the Minas Morgul expansion but is leaping into both the War of Three Peaks mini-expansion and the Blood of Azog add-on on Wednesday. This is in addition to a level cap increase to 130, setting the progression server up for the next expansion after these, Gundabad.
This week sees Shadowfax get a level cap increase and more content! Shadowfax will be updated with a Level Cap of 130 along with the release of Minas Morgul, War of Three Peaks, and Blood of Azog! Starts after our weekly downtime on Wednesday, March 1st. #LOTRO pic.twitter.com/zqF9h9Sfwi
— LOTRO (@lotro) February 26, 2023
LotRO players will remember that there are currently two progression servers, each taking on characteristics of their namesakes: Shadowfax is a fast progression server, while Treebeard is slower, more methodical progression.
The Lord of the Rings Online is also seeing an update to its recently released Delving system. The changes cover more general updates, from balance to decreasing the alert range of enemies at the higher delving tiers. Malice is getting a shift in rotation as well, with the goal to help increase the variety of modifiers players are dealing with.
“We will be shifting the rotation of Malices from a weekly to a daily schedule and adding a sixth variant. This will increase variety and ensure that if you are struggling with today’s combination, you can get a different experience the next day. We are also reorganizing Malices by type, and only putting one of each type into each variant per band. This prevents you from encountering more than one damaging hotspot, for example, regardless of the combination that day.”
Delving players will also see a consolidation of Delving gems, removing the cracked versions entirely.
“We are reducing the number and kind of gems the Delving system requires. We’ll have four gems that can be used across 12 tiers, with each gem unlocking three levels of delvings (1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 once the system is expanded.) Gems will also no longer have cracked versions, and players will get the next gem when they successfully complete a delving. You’ll get two gems when you are on the edge of bands, like 3 and 6, to get the current and next band’s gems. Reminder that gems are unique, so you won’t get a second gem if you already have one. If you fail a delving, you’ll need to either buy a gem for coin or repeat the previous tier to get the next gem. The prices remain low to keep the purchase process painless. All current gems will be sellable, so you can get coin for extra gems.”
You can check out the full details on the LotRO website.
