As a Free to Play (f2p) player you can experience the Lotro Game up to level 30, just for free. After that, you need to have enough Turbine Points (TP) accumulated, to buy quests in different regions (lands). In this guide I show you what the benefits and drawbacks are of a free to play player, and how you can get you most wanted Turbine Points.
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PART 1 - FREE TO PLAY OR PAY TO PLAY?
As a f2p player you don't have to pay every month your subscription fee. That can be handy if you cannot afford a subscription for a long period of time. So, what are the drawbacks of free to play (remind that the developers did n't make the game for free), and what are the benefits?
1.1. F2P advantages and drawbacks
The advantage of free to play is - of course - that you never have to worry about a lot of cash to play. A subscription cost nowadays:
$14.99 per 1 month - $29.97 per 3 months
$59.94 per 6 months - $119.88 per 12 months
There was in the past also a $199.00 and $299.00 Lifetime subscription, but sadly, it is no longer available.
What do you get as f2p?
- free access to all regions in the game
- 2 character slots per server
- up to 2 gold per character
- free access to all quests in the following zones: Bree-land, Ered-Luin, Shire
and Lone-lands. These lands are for level 5-30 quests.
- free access to all epic quests (flaming ring quests) in all zones of the game
What you DON'T get as a f2p player
- free access to all quests beyond the starter regions
- the riding skill for riding a horse
- unlimited gold
- 6 character slots
- all slots for skills and virtues
http://www.gameitems.com/get-your-lord-of-the-rings-online-free-starter-pack-giveaway-831.html
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NOTE: Free Starter Pack Giveaway
Recently Turbine is offering a Free Starter Pack Giveaway for Lord of the Rings Online
Each starter pack includes:
Riding:
The Riding Skill (for free)
A Chestnut Steed
Cosmetic Armor:
One cosmetic piece of armor: Masterwork Breastplate
Boost packs
five Universal Healing potions
one 100% Experience Boost
one Skill Deed Boos
one Slayer Deed Boost
You defenitely want this! At Jan 28 there were only 2548 keys left.
Web adress to activate the free starter pack:
http://www.gameitems.com/get-your-lord-of-the-rings-online-free-starter-pack-giveaway-831.html
PART 2 - BUY AN UNUSED GAME IN A BARGAIN SHOP
2.1.Playing by paying a total maximum of $40
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2,2, Buy Shadows of Angmar
Advantage: you will get access to all the quests and instances in:
- North-downs (level 25-35)
- Trollshaws (level 35-45)
- Misty Mountains (level 40-50)
- Forochel (level 42-55)
- Evendim (level 30-40)
- Angmar (level 38-55)
Disadvantage: Shadows of Angmar is the starter game and you have to make a new account and start again at level 1 with a new character (send me a comment if not true).
Take the following steps
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2.3. Buy Mines of Moria
Price: It will cost you $5-15 in a bargain shop
You will get:
- 1 month free game time and VIP status, you can unlock your traits now
- The Mines of Moria Quest Pack, which means all the quests and instances within:
- Moria
- Eregion
- Lothlorien
- 2 extra Character Slots
- Access to Legendary weapons and items (very important)
Take the following steps
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Buy the Lotro Mithril edition in a shop or on your STEAM account
Price:
It will cost you $20 to download it from the USA
It will cost you 14,76 UK POUNDS to download it from the UK
It will cost you $5 to download it on a Steam Account
Benefits:
If you have Mines of Moria, will already have the Moria quest pack, and it should also include the Lothlorien and Eregion quest pack.
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PART 3 - BUY GAME TIME FOR 1 MONTH
Well, if you like the game, but don't have the money, you can also buy 1 month playing time for $15. Your f2p status will change for 1 month to VIP, and after the subscription ends, you well be a premium player. With a Premium account you are still free to play, but you will get some more advantages than a f2p player:
Table with slayer deeds in the lands of Eregion for level 5-55:
EVE = Evendim TS = Trollshaws ANG = Angmar MM = Misty Mountains FOR = Forochel
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PART 4 - DON'T PAY AND GRIND TURBINE POINTS
Well, if you like the game, but don't have the money, you can also earn Turbine Points (TP). With these points you can buy extra character slots, questpacks, the riding skill, virtue slots or removing the gold cap. The points are free to gain for doing certain deeds in the game. You always can ask for a TP card for your birthday!
How to claim Free Turbine points
If you know how to get free turbine points in the game, it is an interesting option for players who cannot afford more than $20 a year (at least try to buy the game for a small fee in a store or on Steam, see part 2 of this guide). There are advantages and drawbacks by earning free turbine points.
The advantage is, that you can do quests for turbine points on every server, on every created character. These points will be accumulated to your account, not to your character on the server. So, if you earn 50 TP on the Gilrain Server, you can spend it on the Laurelin server. Thats a real advantage. You can make several characters on several servers to grind for turbine points.
Drawbacks: well, of course there are drawbacks. You can do the TP rewarding quests only once per server per character. Moreover, grinding for TP points is boring.If you do it every week, I think you will bored to death and skip the game for ever. Well, you like the game a lot, but don't want to grind a lot? Read part 2 or 3 (buy Game time, the Shadows of Angmar Starter Game or the Moria expansion).
In the two-step guide below, you will see how you can get your TP points.
Part 5 is the easy - less boring - way. Part 6 is ... uhm ... a bit more time-consuming...
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PART 5 - TP FARMING BY DOING EASY DEEDS
10 TP BY CREATING A STARTER CLASS
5 TP BY DOING THE DEED: PLACES OF THE DWARVES
10 TP BY DOING THE HIDDEN BOAR SLAYER DEED
PART 1 - FREE TO PLAY OR PAY TO PLAY?
As a f2p player you don't have to pay every month your subscription fee. That can be handy if you cannot afford a subscription for a long period of time. So, what are the drawbacks of free to play (remind that the developers did n't make the game for free), and what are the benefits?
1.1. F2P advantages and drawbacks
The advantage of free to play is - of course - that you never have to worry about a lot of cash to play. A subscription cost nowadays:
$14.99 per 1 month - $29.97 per 3 months
$59.94 per 6 months - $119.88 per 12 months
There was in the past also a $199.00 and $299.00 Lifetime subscription, but sadly, it is no longer available.
What do you get as f2p?
- free access to all regions in the game
- 2 character slots per server
- up to 2 gold per character
- free access to all quests in the following zones: Bree-land, Ered-Luin, Shire
and Lone-lands. These lands are for level 5-30 quests.
- free access to all epic quests (flaming ring quests) in all zones of the game
What you DON'T get as a f2p player
- free access to all quests beyond the starter regions
- the riding skill for riding a horse
- unlimited gold
- 6 character slots
- all slots for skills and virtues
http://www.gameitems.com/get-your-lord-of-the-rings-online-free-starter-pack-giveaway-831.html
NOTE: Free Starter Pack Giveaway
Recently Turbine is offering a Free Starter Pack Giveaway for Lord of the Rings Online
Each starter pack includes:
Riding:
The Riding Skill (for free)
A Chestnut Steed
Cosmetic Armor:
One cosmetic piece of armor: Masterwork Breastplate
Boost packs
five Universal Healing potions
one 100% Experience Boost
one Skill Deed Boos
one Slayer Deed Boost
You defenitely want this! At Jan 28 there were only 2548 keys left.
Web adress to activate the free starter pack:
http://www.gameitems.com/get-your-lord-of-the-rings-online-free-starter-pack-giveaway-831.html
PART 2 - BUY AN UNUSED GAME IN A BARGAIN SHOP
Advantages: it saves you lots of money or time for purchasing TP points.
Drawback: only 1-2 months of free game time (VIP), after that you are downgraded to premium,
2.1.Playing by paying a total maximum of $40
When I started the game, I bought the Shadows of Angmar DVD. If you buy it, you get unlimited access to all the regions west of Moria and north of Eregion. After Moria came out I bought that expasion, of course, and I had access to Lothlorien, Moria and Eregion.
As I player I would strongly advise you to buy both DVD's for discount prices in a DVD/Music shop or warehouse. If you have a Steam account, both these starter packs are very cheap.
If you have them you have 2 months playing time, and you can level until level 60. You have your horse riding skill, gold cap removed, you have access to all your virtue/traits slots, and access to all the quests in they regions included in the DVD's.
In a way, this is much cheaper than buying TP points for money.
So what do you get by buying these oldies? Well, VIP status for 1 month game time. You can unlock all your trait slots now, get your riding skill and earn as much as gold as you can. But, wait, there is more:
So what do you get by buying these oldies? Well, VIP status for 1 month game time. You can unlock all your trait slots now, get your riding skill and earn as much as gold as you can. But, wait, there is more:
2,2, Buy Shadows of Angmar
Advantage: you will get access to all the quests and instances in:
- North-downs (level 25-35)
- Trollshaws (level 35-45)
- Misty Mountains (level 40-50)
- Forochel (level 42-55)
- Evendim (level 30-40)
- Angmar (level 38-55)
Disadvantage: Shadows of Angmar is the starter game and you have to make a new account and start again at level 1 with a new character (send me a comment if not true).
Take the following steps
- Go to a Music or DVD shop, or look on Ebay and buy the Shadows of Angmar DVD for 5-15 dollars (depending on seller). Be sure it is unused and sealed!
- Install the game
- You get for 1 month free game time and VIP status
- All the regions named above will be unlocked
2.3. Buy Mines of Moria
Price: It will cost you $5-15 in a bargain shop
You will get:
- 1 month free game time and VIP status, you can unlock your traits now
- The Mines of Moria Quest Pack, which means all the quests and instances within:
- Moria
- Eregion
- Lothlorien
- 2 extra Character Slots
- Access to Legendary weapons and items (very important)
Take the following steps
- You need to have an account
- Go to a Music or DVD shop, or look on Ebay and buy the Mines of Moria expansion for 5-15 dollars (depending on seller). Be sure it is unused and sealed!
- Install the Mines of Moria expansion
- Moria, Eregion and Lothlorien will be unlocked, you will spare lots of TP points with it
- You get 1 month free game time and get also access to all zones and quests west of Mori.
- After 1 month you are downgraded to premium and are a f2p player again, unless you for another time period.
Buy the Lotro Mithril edition in a shop or on your STEAM account
Price:
It will cost you $20 to download it from the USA
It will cost you 14,76 UK POUNDS to download it from the UK
It will cost you $5 to download it on a Steam Account
Benefits:
- You will get access to all the quests and instances in Trollshaws, Eregion, Lothlorian and Moria
- You will get a good horse at level 5 without buying it from the Store
- Best benefit: you will get TP. 2000 for free, which is about $25 worth. You could use these TP for buying other quest packs and/or expansions
If you have Mines of Moria, will already have the Moria quest pack, and it should also include the Lothlorien and Eregion quest pack.
PART 3 - BUY GAME TIME FOR 1 MONTH
Well, if you like the game, but don't have the money, you can also buy 1 month playing time for $15. Your f2p status will change for 1 month to VIP, and after the subscription ends, you well be a premium player. With a Premium account you are still free to play, but you will get some more advantages than a f2p player:
- Traits: traits are permanently unlocked on a per character basis. A character played during VIP status will retain them after the subscription expires and your status is downgraded to Premium.
- 3 characters per server (in stead of 2)
- Gold cap is increased to 5 gold (in stead of 2)
- You can mail up to 5 gold to a person
- 5 active listings on the Auction Hall (can purchase more); 20 active bids
- Priority login is high (in stead of low)
- You still have a Gold cap (5 gold)
- You still must buy quest packs and their instances, the same as a f2p player (if you dont like that, grind for TP points, or buy a cheap Moria expansion in a discount store)
- Only 3 character slots per server in stead of 6 (VIP)
- Subscribe for one month to become a VIP
- You will get 500 TP
- All your traits, bags, virtues are now unlocked.
- You can learn the riding skill for free, no need to spend 95 TP on that
- Go to every quest locked zone for a f2p player in Eregion (these are: Trollshaws, Angmar, Misty Mountains, North Downs, Evendim and Forochel) and kill at least one mob that gives a new deed (you can aske a friend for help)
- After the VIP 1 month subscription ends ends, you can still finish the opened deeds and get lots of TP for them.
- VIP also changes you account permanently from f2p to Premium.
Table with slayer deeds in the lands of Eregion for level 5-55:
Kill at least 1 animal, undead or humanoid to open the deed:
BL = Bree-land EL = Ered-Luin SHI = The Shire LL = lone-lands ND = North-downsDefeat at least 1 critter in | BL | EL | SHI | LL | ND | EVE | TS | ANG | MM | FOR |
Zone-level | 5-20 | 5-18 | 5-20 | 20-30 | 25-38 | 30-40 | 35-45 | 38-55 | 38-55 | 40-55 |
angmarin | x | x | ||||||||
barghest | x | |||||||||
bear | x | |||||||||
bog-lurker | x | |||||||||
brigand | x | x | x | |||||||
crebain | x | x | ||||||||
crawler | x | |||||||||
dourhand | x | |||||||||
gauradan | x | x | ||||||||
giant | x | x | x | |||||||
goblin | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
grim | x | |||||||||
harvest-fly | x | |||||||||
hendroval | x | x | ||||||||
kergrim | x | |||||||||
limrafn | x | |||||||||
neekerbreeker | x | |||||||||
orc | x | x | x | x | ||||||
sabre-tooth | x | |||||||||
salamander | x | |||||||||
shade | x | |||||||||
sickle-flie | x | |||||||||
slug | x | |||||||||
snow-beast | x | |||||||||
spider | x | x | x | x | ||||||
tomb-robber | x | |||||||||
trees in Old Forest | x | |||||||||
troll | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
uruk | x | |||||||||
warg | x | x | x | x | ||||||
wight | x | x | x | x | ||||||
wolf | x | x | x | x | ||||||
worm (dragon) | x | x | x | x |
EVE = Evendim TS = Trollshaws ANG = Angmar MM = Misty Mountains FOR = Forochel
Well, if you like the game, but don't have the money, you can also earn Turbine Points (TP). With these points you can buy extra character slots, questpacks, the riding skill, virtue slots or removing the gold cap. The points are free to gain for doing certain deeds in the game. You always can ask for a TP card for your birthday!
How to claim Free Turbine points
If you know how to get free turbine points in the game, it is an interesting option for players who cannot afford more than $20 a year (at least try to buy the game for a small fee in a store or on Steam, see part 2 of this guide). There are advantages and drawbacks by earning free turbine points.
The advantage is, that you can do quests for turbine points on every server, on every created character. These points will be accumulated to your account, not to your character on the server. So, if you earn 50 TP on the Gilrain Server, you can spend it on the Laurelin server. Thats a real advantage. You can make several characters on several servers to grind for turbine points.
Drawbacks: well, of course there are drawbacks. You can do the TP rewarding quests only once per server per character. Moreover, grinding for TP points is boring.If you do it every week, I think you will bored to death and skip the game for ever. Well, you like the game a lot, but don't want to grind a lot? Read part 2 or 3 (buy Game time, the Shadows of Angmar Starter Game or the Moria expansion).
In the two-step guide below, you will see how you can get your TP points.
Part 5 is the easy - less boring - way. Part 6 is ... uhm ... a bit more time-consuming...
PART 5 - TP FARMING BY DOING EASY DEEDS
10 TP BY CREATING A STARTER CLASS
Strategy: Create a character, do 1 quest
Time: Less then 10 minutes
- Create a new character on any server
- Select a Race: choose MAN
- Complete the new user tutorial, after finishing you will be send to Archet
- In Archet: go to the Hunters Lodge (check it on the map by pressing the M-key), open the door, go inside and take the quest "A little extra never hurts" from the NPC Jon Brackenbrok
- Finish the quest and as a reward you will get 10 Turbine Points
5 TP BY DOING THE DEED: PLACES OF THE DWARVES
Strategy: Go to Thorin's Hall in Ered Luin and do some horse traveling at the stables
Time: Less then 5 minutes
- Go to a stable with a horse-ride to Thorin’s Gate in Ered Luin (stables are at Michel Delving, Celondim and West gate Breetown)
- By passing Frerin’s Court near the stable you get the Deed
- At the stable: after unmounting go back to Frerin’s Court, turn left, follow the stairs to Thorin’s Gate.
- After Thorins Gate, go back to Frerin’s Court and turn left until you reach the Silver Deep Mine
- Go back to the stable, buy a ride to Noglond
- At the stable in Noglond, buy a ride to Gondamon.
- At stable of Gondamon: deed finished.
10 TP BY DOING THE HIDDEN BOAR SLAYER DEED
Strategy: Visit 7 different regions ('lands' with a separate map) and kill at least 1 boar, ask a friend of high level for help, best to ask a hunter with fast-travel skills
Time: Less then 15 minutes
1. Bree-land (E of eastgate Bree-town, or in Archet)
2. Shire (NE of Michel Delving)
3. Ered Luin (NW of Celondim, at Falathorn, 22.6S, 93.9W)
4. North Downs (200m N of Threstlebridge)
5. Lone-lands (100m NE of Forsaken Inn)
6. Trollshaws (200m E of Last Bridge)
7. Angmar (only 1 boar, called Grimgore, north of Aughair)
-. NO boars in Evendim!
B. Works on every character, on every server
C. You wil get: 10 Turbine Points, 300 marks and the Title Pork-chopper
Note: there is also a hidden boar slayer deed in Rohan. For killing 30 boars you get 5 Silver Riddermark tokens, a rank in mercy, 700 shards and the title Boar Slayer of the Eastemnet.
10, 15, 20 & 25 TP BY EARNING REPUTATION POINTS
C. You wil get: 10 Turbine Points, 300 marks and the Title Pork-chopper
Note: there is also a hidden boar slayer deed in Rohan. For killing 30 boars you get 5 Silver Riddermark tokens, a rank in mercy, 700 shards and the title Boar Slayer of the Eastemnet.
10, 15, 20 & 25 TP BY EARNING REPUTATION POINTS
Strategy:Farm reputation tokens, and for each level you get, you will earn some Turbine Points.
10 TP BY DOING THE RIDERS QUEST AT LEVEL 20
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PART 6 - TP FARMING BY DOING BORING DEEDS
Objective:
Doing slayer deeds buy killing a certain amount of enemies or animals
Advantages: getting better traits and virtues, getting better stats, getting free TP points
Drawbacks: slayer deeds to earn solely TP points are more or less boring. It will increase the chance that you are so bored, that you will quit the game. It is therefore far better to buy some game time or an expansion, please read part 2 and 3.
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15 TP BY KILLING SPIDERS IN THE SHIRE
Spiders:
Objectives:
A. Kill 30 spiders for part 1 of the deed and earn 5 TP
B. Kill 60 spiders for part 2 of the deed and earn 10 TP.
15 TP BY KILLING WOLVES IN THE SHIRE
Objectives:
A. Kill 30 wolves for part 1 of the deed and earn 5 TP
B. Kill 60 wolves for part 2 of the deed and earn 10 TP.
3 x 15 TP BY KILLING ANIMALS AND ROBBERS IN THE SHIRE
Objectives:
A. Be at least level 12 (champs, wardens, minnies) or 15 (others)
B. Complete the following slayer deeds:
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MORE BORING DEEDS
If you like doing boring deeds, follow these links for some other easy zones in LOTRO:
Click right or left on the reputation tokens to get reputation, you need the following reputation points to earn a title and some Turbine Points:
Acquaintance: get 10.000 rep points + 5 Turbine Points
Friend : get 20.000 rep points + 10 Turbine Points
Ally : get 25.000 rep points + 15 Turbine Points
Kindred : get 30.000 rep points + 20 Turbine Points
Acquaintance: get 10.000 rep points + 5 Turbine Points
Friend : get 20.000 rep points + 10 Turbine Points
Ally : get 25.000 rep points + 15 Turbine Points
Kindred : get 30.000 rep points + 20 Turbine Points
Time: hours when grinding, 10 minutes for 50 TP when buying reputation items at the Auction Hall (you need a total of 85.000 reputation points to earn the kindred standing)
____________________________________________________________________10 TP BY DOING THE RIDERS QUEST AT LEVEL 20
Time: Less then 5 minutes
- When you hit lvl 20, go to Hengstacers farm in Bree-land
- Get the quest and earn10 TP
Strategy: run from town to town by delivering post-packages to the postman in that town. After each delivery you will get a follow-up quest from the target postman to the next town in the shire. Avoid the Nosey Hobbits, since if they see you, you will fail the mission and have to restart (their movements are predictable, so avoid the eye markers indicating a Nosey Hobbit on your radar-map)
Time: Less then 20 minutes
Quest-line series:
A: The Life of a Bounder: Complete 15 quests in the Shire, +15 TP, +1 Compassion
B: Restoring the Quick Post: Complete all Quick Post quests, + 5 TP, +1 Patience
C: Sights of the Shire: + 5 TP
Quest-line series:
A: The Life of a Bounder: Complete 15 quests in the Shire, +15 TP, +1 Compassion
B: Restoring the Quick Post: Complete all Quick Post quests, + 5 TP, +1 Patience
C: Sights of the Shire: + 5 TP
- Buy a horse ride to Michel Delving
- Go to Little Delving, speak to the postman and begin the "Restoring the Quick Post" quest-line series.
- Tuckborough: before taking the package-quest, head east over the hill past the Great Smials to take a peek at The Great Willow in the center of the small bog. Return when you have seen it (the name appears in your screen)
- Bywater: before taking the package-quest, head south to see the Methel-Stage.
- Be sure to take the quest between Bywater and Frogmorton, it doesn't have you carry a package but it guides you to the next.
- Woodhall to Stock: while running with your package, head to the shoreline of the Brandywine and do a quick run-by of the Stock Tower directly south of Stock.
- Budgeford to Scary:while running with your package, stop by the Budgeford Wall, over the farmlands to the east of where you started the quest.
- Scary: before taking the package-quest, head into the Quarry adjacent (east) to the town.
- After you finish the last quick-post quest run south to Bag End and see the Party Tree to finish "Sights of the Shire" for a quick 5 TP
- Go back to Michel Delving to accept your rewards for the quick-post quests from the postman there for another 5 TP as well as turning in your 15th quest for another 10 TP for completing "Life of a Bounder" Part one.
PART 6 - TP FARMING BY DOING BORING DEEDS
Objective:
Doing slayer deeds buy killing a certain amount of enemies or animals
Advantages: getting better traits and virtues, getting better stats, getting free TP points
Drawbacks: slayer deeds to earn solely TP points are more or less boring. It will increase the chance that you are so bored, that you will quit the game. It is therefore far better to buy some game time or an expansion, please read part 2 and 3.
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15 TP BY KILLING SPIDERS IN THE SHIRE
Spiders:
Objectives:
A. Kill 30 spiders for part 1 of the deed and earn 5 TP
B. Kill 60 spiders for part 2 of the deed and earn 10 TP.
- Go north-west from Brockenborings into the Bindlebole Wood to grind both Spider slayer deeds.
- Or go to the Quarry (ant the cave) in Scary (these spiders are somewhat dangerous and of a higher level)
15 TP BY KILLING WOLVES IN THE SHIRE
Objectives:
A. Kill 30 wolves for part 1 of the deed and earn 5 TP
B. Kill 60 wolves for part 2 of the deed and earn 10 TP.
- Go to a wolve den in the shire
- Wolve dens are near a farm or in the Wolf-den ruin, north of Stock
3 x 15 TP BY KILLING ANIMALS AND ROBBERS IN THE SHIRE
Objectives:
A. Be at least level 12 (champs, wardens, minnies) or 15 (others)
B. Complete the following slayer deeds:
- Kill 90 brigands: go to Odo's Leaf farm to grind lower level brigands until you are high enough to continue with the more dangerous and numerous mobs at the waterfall south of Woodhall
- Kill 90 harvest flies: after finishing the brigands in Woodhall, go to a hill near the Stocktower. Atop of this hill are many harvest flies and slay them all. They re-spawn quickly. Warning: boring deed!
- Kill 90 goblins: head to the far north of Greenfields, north of Brockenborings to kill goblins in the two orc forts. If they are too dangerous, go to the forest SE of Overhill and S of Brockenborings.
- Kill 90 slugs: head to the west to the Rushock Bog and kill Slugs.Warning: boring deed!
MORE BORING DEEDS
If you like doing boring deeds, follow these links for some other easy zones in LOTRO: