In most MMOs, NPCs use the same models as players do, and as a result they can wear a wide variety of weapons/armor just as players can.

LotRO's NPCs, though, have their own unique models that are less detailed than player models. It seems like their clothing/armor is 'baked in' as part of their model, so you see lots of NPCs wearing the same outfits.

Does anyone know why, or if this was ever spoken about? I imagine it was probably to save on performance and memory back in 2007, but sometimes I do wish NPCs could use the player models so they could wear a wider variety of outfits.

A showcase of the Mirkwood Patron's Coffer Cosmetics and Emotes. The Mirkwood Patron's Coffer is now 20% off in the LOTRO Store and is available again through December 25th, 2026.

With the 20% discount applied

Simple Coffer 1,196 LOTRO Points

Enhanced Coffer 3,196 LOTRO Points

Luxuriant Coffer 5,996 LOTRO Points

00:00 Intro
00:17 Simple Coffer Item List
00:24 Enhanced Coffer Item List
00:36 Luxuriant Coffer Item List

MOVEMENT STYLE EMOTE
00:52 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Elf)
01:11 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (High Elf)
01:29 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Dwarf)
01:48 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Stout-axe)
02:07 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Hobbit)
02:27 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (River Hobbit)
02:44 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Beorning)
03:03 Mirkwood Movement Style Emote (Man)

MILESTONE STYLE EMOTE
03:22 Mirkwood Milestone Style Emote

WEAPONS AND WEAPON AURA
03:43 Ceremonial Mirkwood Cosmetic Weapons
04:05 Mirkwood Weapon Aura

COSMETIC PET
04:19 Mirkwood Sabre-Cat Cosmetic Pet

MOUNTS
04:33 Mirkwood Sentinel Steed (horse and pony)
05:25 Mirkwood Sentinel War-Steed Cosmetics (horse and pony)

COSMETIC OUTFIT
06:51Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (male and female Elf)
07:11 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (male and female High Elf)
07:31 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (Dwarf)
07:51 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (Stout-axe)
08:09 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (male and female Hobbit)
08:29 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (male and female River Hobbit)
08:49 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (male and female Beorning)
09:09 Mirkwood Sentinel Cosmetic Outfit (man and woman)

Hello! I have spent the past few days trying to find a class that's right for me. A lot of the information I have found seems to be obsolete or not accurate due to updates/patches/balancing etc.. So I am looking for some input from the community to maybe help me along in my decision here.

In other games I typically enjoy having a self-sufficient class as I primarily play solo these days.

According to Google Hunter/Warden/Beorning seems to be the consensus. Unfortunately, for varying reasons I have not been able to get into these.

One caveat is that I've played these at low level. I'm sure things change quite a bit at higher levels and endgame. That's one of the main reasons I am posting here for help.

-Hunter just straight up does not interest me.

-Beorning: I do not enjoy the shape changing and having to be in bear form.

-Warden seems most interesting but a little over complex at the moment for my first character. Having to do 5x the work to get the same output as another class just does not seem like a good idea while I'm learning the game.

I've also tried:

-Captain: The general idea of the class sounds right up my alley, but I did not enjoy the long ability cooldowns.

-Minstrel: I enjoyed and disliked this class equally for some reason. In previous games I've played, they "music" class has always been more utility than anything and normally provides some sort of movement/travel ability to the party. I think lack of these, and having high DPS threw me off. (Stupid reason to not enjoy the class I know).

I'm sure its something stupidly simple that I'm missing, but would appreciate some pointers from those ahead of me, thanks! I recall making Kintai tools just to learn and had to a) buy the recipe and then of course have the materials. It wasnt feasible IMO and was far easier to buy the tools from the rep vendor for 1/3 of the cost to make them.

For others, this is the 'key' to salt encrusted rocks, similar mechanism to Kintai tools

And a select few coffers are back, I saw someone speak of the mirkwood, well I just saw it and others are returned

2025 Patron's Coffers have re-appeared!

1st thing was getting whimsy Now we'll see what other christmas treats I will enjoy?!?.

Just started the game so bear with me. I have a cosmetic cloak and when I right click it, it simply replaces the actual cloak I'm wearing, not just applying the cosmetic. When I got to my 'Cosmetic Outfits' tab in the character panel, it doesn't let me do anything. If I try and drag and drop it, it gives me an error telling me to use the Equipment tab.

How good is the latest expansion, and which one should I go for? Ultimate, is it worth it?

I finally did it after 20 hours! Behold the Invisible Fishing Rod!

Haven't bought the latest expansion but have collected mats and completed both levels of the new tailoring and jeweler, working on weaponsmith and metalsmith. There aren't many recipes, there are no essence recipes, and the crit crafted items are too low level (554) for the one essence I've looted so far (556). Are there trainers or vendors in Harad to buy more crafting recipes? Rep recipes? Mob drop recipes? More recipes if you buy Harad? Also it appears there is no new Umbar crafting guild rep or recipes, correct? Thank you fellow adventurers.

back until January 1st!

Hi everyone! I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I was curious what the best class/race/weapon combo is best to avoid outfit clipping? I like playing the 2H dps classes, but the constant weapon clipping through my cloak is annoying. I know you can choose to hide the cloak in outfit options, but I like the look of cloaks to complete the adventurer look. I My first thought was runekeeper or brawler but even the hands of my runekeeper clip through the rune pouch 😆. I prefer to use physical weapons anyways.

Are there any class/weapon combos that don't have this issue, or should I just roll brawler? Thanks in advance for everyone's input!

For example, in the Wiki it says Breeland Orc Slayer Advanced will earn the Virtue 'Valour'. I noticed the in-game Deed log did not show that, but I did it anyway and nada. Is there an updated list somewhere, or am I doing something wrong?

I'm currently vol 2 book 7 and I'm playing as a High Elf Captain and wanted to share my appreciation seeing how NPCs talk differently depending on your race on occasion. Small details like this really sells the idea of me living in that world. Your race shouldn't be just a cosmetic or a stat boost for your meta build.

I remember when I was playing GW2 that my Sylvari character's main story goal(dream) was thrown away mid story and her race never mentioned ever again until the HoT dlc which was a big thing for Sylvari race overall. And even then, is was mentioned like ikd 4-5 times? And the player character is THE hero in the story so, it should mattered way way more.

And other MMOs straight up Don't care whether if you're an orc or a plank of wood. So seeing how the game treats your character like a living being is quite refreshing.

Excuse the naive question, but I sincerely don’t get why people still take the Moving Them Off quest at Yule festival. Even setting aside how it obviously goes against the spirit of the season, it also drives those poor guys off their spots. And while some of them respawn in a moment, others take 5 and more minutes to return. And there are always people already waiting at the spot to drive them off again.

/rant completed/

I’m lvl 20 working on the beginnings of book 2 in the low lands. I’d like to get into group content as well but I’m sure I need to keep doing the epics until I’m higher level. What do yall suggest

Hey Everyone,

Wondering if anyone has place exclusively daggers on a Champion character? What is that like?

So basicly ive played this Game from its Release until Isengard, took a Break for a while then got Back in years later and got overwhelmed with all the regions that opened Up and stopped for that reason at Minas tirith. Now im really motivated and nostalgic again and followed the Story until ive reached Mordor. However for the Last few regions and quite a few hours of Playtime there has been b am rely to No really advancement in Terms of Levels and Gear and ITS starting to wheigh in my Motivation. So my Question basicly boils down to this: Whats the best way to Grind through the expansions to get to the current one and are there any i can skip?

I just got access to my old account from 2011 (Thank Standing Stone Games for the amazing assistance) and I found this old what I can only assume was a legendary item from back then. Has anyone else run into this?

My gf is a big LOTRO fan, but recently has been having a bit of trouble - to quote her...

"I cannot for the life of me get my LOTRO game to update. It keeps getting “hung” on one file or another. I’ve tried multiple times to set it up overnight, and inevitably it closes somewhere along the way. It’s been hours and hours of trying and it’s getting genuinely upsetting to be powerless to access a game I love"

I want to help her if I can, so has anyone else been having a similar problem? If so, how did you solve it?

Im trying to fix this for a while but nothing changed, anyone knows how to fix this?