The new update of LOTRO gives you hundreds of hours of free content that you had to pay for before. We have the overview for you.
Update 20 April 2022: Today is the day: The big update 33 for The Lord of the Rings Online will be rolled out later today and will bring countless hours of free content for new and returning players who want to plunge into the world of Middle-earth.
The LOTRO game worlds will be unavailable on Wednesday, April 20th from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 33. Find the release notes on https://t.co/Kc31if2MLz: https://t.co/Qf1omqoXtY LOTRO
– LOTRO (@lotro) April 19, 2022
When is the downtime? The servers are offline from 3pm to 7pm. However, it has happened in the past that the maintenance work had to be extended.
What new content is available? In addition to the completely new area Far Shores for levels 20 to 23, the festivities on the occasion of the 15th birthday will start. In addition, much of the game content will be completely free. More info on this can be found below in the original announcement.
Original news from 21 March 2022: Exciting news for LOTRO fans and newcomers! With the new update, numerous contents of the Free2Play MMORPG will become free of charge in one fell swoop, for which you previously had to pull out your wallet individually or take out a subscription. We’ll tell you what you’ll soon be getting for free.
Hundreds of hours of free content
Just in time for the 15th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings Online, the big update 33 awaits you at the end of April 2022. This makes numerous contents available to everyone for free in one fell swoop. This includes all quests, areas and expansions that have appeared since the original release in 2007 up to the release of the Helm’s Deep add-on.
- The Shadows of Angmar (main game)
- The Mines of Moria (expansion)
- The Siege of Bleakwood (expansion)
- The Rise of Isengard (extension)
- The Horsemen of Rohan (extension)
- Helm’s Deep (extension)
- The High Elves as a playable nation
- Beorninger, Rune-keeper and Guardian as a playable class
Taken together, that’s hundreds of hours of content you can now enjoy completely free. However, the Mordor, Minas Morgul, War of the Three Peaks and Fate of Gundabad expansions are still available for a fee or subscription.
What else is in it
There’s more in the blogpost for Update 33 for the MMORPG fan favourite:
Yondershire: a new area in the north of the map, characterised by bogs and swamps, which serves as home to many Hobbit settlers. This is the first Shire update in years.
Jubilee Festival: In “A Flurry of Fireworks” you are to help plan a huge fireworks display. More information will follow on the 15th anniversary.
VIP Change: Players with VIP status will receive the expansions Mordor, Minas Morgul and War of the Three Summits with the update))
So once Update 33 launches at the end of April, there will be an exciting new entry point for anyone who wants to give The Lord of the Rings Online a chance or wants to get back into it after a long hiatus.
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