Community Spotlights

The 11th Housing Week in Middle-earth Contest by DeCo du Milieu is now underway! Read more about this community-run event on the D&Codumilieu blog.

Speaking of housing, Fibro Jedi has completed an updated Rohan Housing Guide! Read it over on the FibroJedi blog. 

Cosmetic LOTRO is launching a LOTRO Goes Retro contest! Read more over on the Cosmetic LOTRO blog.

Raninia says hello! Read an introduction from our new Producer on the LOTRO forums.

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Kin Hall

Southern Cross-1 is an Arkenstone-based kinship currenly looking for both casual and raiding enthusiasts to join them! This international kinship enjoys PvP, end game raiding, alts, and more. Read more about them on the LOTRO Forums!

Email contact@standingstonegames.com with the subject line "KIN HALL" to get your Kin featured

A new river has been discovered. What is its name?

Comment on the LOTRO Forums here and you could win LOTRO Points!

Fansite News

Learning LOTRO is a blog meant for newcomers, and this week Gamer Reverie takes a look at Hobbits! Read more over on the video game blog.

LOTRO Players News needs a flamethrower! Find out why over on their web site.

Also, Celebathien continues the fan fiction of A Burg's Tale over on LOTROplayers.com!

LOTROstream is your first stop to find LOTRO on Twitch! This week Eldalleth deeds on a Guardian, French Girl Gaming works to reclaim Minas Ithil, and Ooger plays on Crickhollow!

Also on Twitch, Panzrich games as a couple, Zogog is a Warden completionist, and ChrisofDuke goes through the Book!

Over on YouTube, Gamerpenny finishes up the waterworks, Plintoabasequadrat runs an Italian language stream, and Jon James conquers the Bloody Threshold!

Let's Talk Shop!

• Bullroarer saw its first preview of Update 30: Blood of Azog this week! Read more about the preview over on the LOTRO Forums.
• Free Character and Shared Item transfers are now available from Ithil, and Ithil will soon be closing. Read more on LOTRO.com.
• Paid Character and Shared Item transfers are now available from Anor to other game worlds. Read more in our Announcement. 
• A recent issue preventing players from registering forum accounts or logging in for the first time in a long time has been fixed. Players can now register for the forums. Thank you!
• +Cordovan is on a weekly mission! Get Q&A and hang out a bit with +Cord of the Rings.

Screenshot of the Week!

Scholarly pursuits abound in this week's screenshot submitted by Seremond on Arkenstone! Thank you for sending it in. Email your submission to lotro@standingstonegames.com!

In the News!

• LOTRO Bonus Days bring you a VIP Event Boost, now through May 23rd!
• Prepare for Battle! Get 25% off:
  • Stat Tomes
  • Regeneration Food
  • Run Speed Boost
  • Attack Damage Boost
  • Now through May 27th!
• The Weekly Coupon gets you a free Universal Solvent with the Coupon Code SOLVEUNI, now through May 27th!