I generally work south to north here, wrapping up the 30 quests necessary for that deed by the time I’m halfway through the zone (I don’t quest in the Dwarf areas generally). Start in on quests and grind out Dwarf brigands, goblins, hendrovals, spiders, and wolves when you find good spots packed with them. Don’t worry - this is the fastest zone to do of the first three. Then it’s off to Celondim in Ered Luin to work on that zone. Now that you’re probably around level 15, 150 LP richer, and have a good start to your virtues, take a quick break to go do your level 15 class quest if you like. All of them, in the end, point you to the Prancing Pony in Bree for the start of Volume 1. I also advise going through the Prologue series for the epic book here, but you could do one of the ones in the other zones as well. See LOTRO Wiki’s entries on each to know the best farming places. Because this a lowbie zone, the required kills for those deeds are relatively low. Then it’s time to get grinding out those slayer deeds. Don’t forget to talk to the head Bounder in Michel Delving for a nice reward.Īfter you finish the Life of the Bounder deed, you’ll want to quickly wrap up any unfinished items on the explorer deeds: Farms of the Shire and Sights of the Shire. After that, keep doing quests around the Shire until you reach 75 total for the deed. You’ll need this for the meta, and it’s a few more quests as well. Plus you get complaining/bragging rights.Īfter Holly’s pies, go to several taverns to complete the secret Shire Brew-master deed. Again, it’s a deed you need, it’s a ton of quests, and it ends with some nice little rewards. Then you’ll need to steel your patience and run to Hobbiton so that you can talk to Holly Hornblower and begin her very long series of pie running quests. Then go to Waymeet and do Dora’s short chain of quests. While you’re in Hobbiton, Brockenborings, Stock, and Needlehole, grab the stable masters for easy return.ĭo all of the quests in Michel Delving except Bingo Boffin (I save those for later to do all at once), while setting aside the one for Needlehole. Run the full Quick Post chain - it’s a good chunk of quests, it’s a deed, and it forces you to go everywhere in the Shire. This is all optional but very, very useful quality-of-life stuff here. Note: As you run around the Shire, make sure to kill any brigands, goblins, harvest-flies, slugs, spiders, and wolves you see.Ĭonsider spending 95 LP for a riding skill and then pour more LP into milestone timer reductions (you really want that five-minute cooldown, trust me) and a few more milestones (unless you’re a Hunter or Warden). Set your milestone to Michel Delving for now (and Hobbiton later for the rest of your time in the Shire). Pick up the Bounder quest and the first Quick Post quest, and run that to Michel Delving. Once you come out of the newbie zone, you’ll want to make a beeline to Little Delving in the Shire (unless you’re a Hobbit, in which case you start there). Don’t forget to pick your specialization when the game prompts you to do that - you’ll get extra skills and can respec very easily if you’re not happy with it. The only thing you need to concentrate on here is not dying (if you want the titles/deeds for hitting certain level milestones without a death) and getting to level 6 or 7 by the end of it. This not only gets you plenty of XP and LOTRO Points (which you’ll sorely need) but also a great start on your virtues.Īfter rolling your character - no, I’m not going to advise what you pick, that’s all you, friend - you’ll have to run through the newbie zone. So a quick note before we begin: To maximize your time and effort during these initial 20 levels, I structure it all around completing all of the zone deeds (including the meta) in each of the three regions. If it helps you or a friend get off to a great beginning in LOTRO, I’m happy to take the time to write all of this down. Play LOTRO for freeWhat I’ve never done, however, is share this process with anyone.
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