Preparation:
According to the 2023 Public Event Schedule, Treebeard will be updating to Eastern Rohan and Wildermore on the 7th of June 2023. It is still worth keeping an eye on official channels just in case.
Be prepared for end game grind! we have both Hytbold (speedier than at release!) and Survivors of Wildermore which aren’t accessible immediately. I love rebuilding Hytbold, although I am glad they’ve made it quicker!
Summaries below, with links to full detail at the lotro wiki.
New Content:
Level cap: 85
Landscape areas: The Wold; The East Wall; Norcrofts; Entwash Vale; Eaves of Fangorn; Sutcrofts; Wildermore
Bingo: To quest 39 – A Cold Trail.
Epic Quests: Volume III Book VII to X. Plus should have access to Vol III Interlude: The Grey Company
Instances /raids (Scaling):
3 person: Iorbar’s Peak; Seat of the Great Goblin; Webs of the Scuttledells.
6 person: The Bells of Dale.
Raid: Flight to the Lonely Mountain; The Fires of Smaug; The Battle of Erebor.
Legendary Server Deeds: The Third Marshal; Legendary Wildermore; Legend of Rohan; Up to the Mark
Legendary Quest: Seems to stop at Isengard.
Legendary Items: Reforge at level 80 & 85 for a LI level of 80 & 85 respectively. The number of tracery slots remain the same. Same level range for traceries but tracery rank should be able to be increased.
Mounted Combat: Via quest available at end of quest chain: Devastation in the North There is also mounted combat tutorial available, Warsteed bridles from Eastemnet Miscellany Quartermaster.
Wildmore Warband locations; East Rohan Warbands
Virtues: to rank 42.
Crafting: next level of crafting tier & crafting nodes available – Eastemnet. Crafting guild reputation is Eastemnet Master of the Guild but guild reputation isn’t capped so… Tarnished Crest of Rohan (rare component for teal). Rohan raids also drop Mooncandles and Wyrmfires used in jewellery recipes (also for upgrading ring).
Travel Skills:
Men of Sutcroft: Return to Snowbourn at Kindred.
People of Wildermore: Return to Wildermore at Kindred.
(Muster / Guide is available at Acquaintance for both).
Crafting recipes (Reputation):
From Eastemnet Miscellany Quartermaster. Need Acquaintance standing with Men of Sutcroft. Some recipes seem to be Bind on Acquire… others not *shrug*
Reputation:
The East Rohan barter armour is up to level 83. However, you can upgrade the Battered Ring of Rohan to teal with Silver Tokens of the Riddermark and to Gold with 3 x raid drops (e.g. mooncandles).
People of Wildermore have a scaling pocket item (acquaintance onwards) & a teal necklace (kindred)
Survivors of Wildermore: Available once all 5 Wildermore Regional quests are completed & Final Stand.
According to the wiki, this will take 28 days to reach Kindred (14 if boosted)… A daily wrapper quest Wildermore’s Recovery will open up sets of daily quests.
Teal bracelets at Friend. Crafting recipes require Ally status. Pocket upgrades at Kindred.
Hytbold:
Requirements: Can be started at level 84. The full rebuild will require you to be Kindred with ALL East Rohan factions (wold, norcrofts, sutcrofts, entwash vale). There are daily quests which unlock when you accept the daily Aiding the Eastemnet quest from Hytbold. Some quests will only unlock after reaching ally or kindred in the respective area, you may wish to use reputation barter items whilst questing. Tokens of Hytbold can also be used for increased standing with factions.
The information found in Fredelas’ forum post is incredibly helpful as an overview – it was written at the original release and so token costs will be cheaper as it has since been tweaked.
Hytbold has crafting resource instances which also need to be unlocked per character via rebuilding.
There are also lots of lovely Rohan themed housing decorations available – yay!
There are level 85 teal armour sets available, 3 for each class. Each piece needs a specific quest to be completed before it can be bartered for.
e.g. the Runekeeper Helm of the Hytbold Cleaners requires completion of The Stable: Norcrofts Horses. This quest has its own prequisite quest chain and needs Kindred with Men of the Norcrofts. Other items in the set require different quests (with their own prequisite quest chain) and ally/kindred with other factions.
It is probably less important now (as it is much quicker) but it may well be worth targeting the gear quests chains and factions. The good news is that only 1 character needs to do this as the armour items are Bind to Account.
Phew! Not long to wait 