Anniversary scavenger hunt guide – year one

This year marks the Lord of the Rings Online’s tenth anniversary, an arbitrary number, but quite an accomplishments considering that most MMOs don’t last as long. The developers decided to put together a scavenger hunt for players to reminisce about the good old days of LOTRO and its story in a similar episodic style to the Bingo Boffin quests. Each week a new set of quests unlocks and new rewards to boot. The event is scheduled to last until July 13 at which point the event will likely disappear forever return next year!

This article is part of a series on the Anniversary scavenger hunt. Find out more here.

What follows is a guide to find all of the points on the scavenger hunt for “Year one” (week one). There are three quests to choose from, but you only need to complete one to advance to the next “year”. However, you can complete all of the scavengers hunts if you are so inclined. I made a guide that will help you do just that with help from a hunter.

There are deeds for finishing all of the scavenger hunts of one type (e.g., all the “Tales” quests). And the final reward for doing one quest for each year is a title, “Versed in Yesteryear”, a White Majestic Stag pet, a set of dragon armor and a matching dragon steed (different from the bartered dragon horse).

• For completing all the Tales quests you receive
  • 3 Anniversary tokens
  • 3 Ashenslades Green dyes
  • 3 Lórien Gold dyes
  • Title: “Devoted to Company”
• For completing all the Travels quests you receive
  • 3 Anniversary tokens
  • 3 Belegaer Blue dyes
  • 3 Lavender dyes
  • Title: “Wanderer of Middle-earth”
• For completing all the Trifles quests you receive
  • 3 Anniversary tokens
  • 3 Dark Clay dyes
  • 3 Moria Silver dyes
  • Title: “Bustling Adventurer”

The hunts have players scouring Middle-earth to complete, so Hunter taxis, Warden musters, summoning horns, travel skills and swift travel all play an important role. Also remember that the Stable-master map allows instant transportation for 2 mithril coins each.

None of the scavenger hunt items are marked on the in-game maps, so this guide is for those of you who are too lazy (don’t be ashamed) to spend hours on Lotro-wiki. If at the end of ten weeks I have enough time and there is demand, I might consider plotting out a route to do all of the locations (30 quests).

Calendar

The devs at SSG say that each new week will bring another “year” of quests, so we’ll assume they’ll be released on Thursdays just as the festival started (poke me if they’re not)

• April 20: Year 1 and 2 quests
• April 27: Year 3
• May 4: Year 4
• May 11: Year 5
• May 18: Year 6
• May 25: Year 7
• June 1: Year 8
• June 8: Year 9
• June 15: Year 10
• July 13: End of the event

Year 1 rewards

Farmer Maggot’s Dog, cosmetic pet

Stone of Erech, large yard housing decoration

Year 1 Tales: Frodo (Recommended level: 105)

Objective	Location	Notes
Gather remembrances in Bag End (3)	Up the Hill from the Party Tree
Talk to Lobelia Sackville-Baggins	Up the Hill from the Party Tree
/Pat Farmer Maggot’s dog, Grip /Pat Farmer Maggot’s dog, Fang	Bamfurlong, The Shire
Enjoy a meal in Tom Bombadil’s House	The Old Forest, Bree-land
/Dance on a table in the Prancing Pony	Bree	Yes, you must tabledance
Talk to Frodo in Bilbo’s Room in Rivendell	Rivendell
/Faint by the Ranger’s camp beneath Weathertop	The foot of Weathertop, Lone-lands	VIPs can take swift travel to his camp from Ost Guruth or Saeradan in Bree-land.
/Sit in the chair atop Amon Hen	East Wall, Eastern Rohan	Ride from Forlaw, Snowbourn or even Far Anorien
Defeat fell-spirits in the Dead Marshes (6)	Dead Marshes (Western Gondor)	The travel horse in the Cave of the Avorrim outside Dol Amroth is Epic quest-gated but Captains can summon players level 85 and above.
Gather remembrances in Henneth Annun (6)	North Ithilien, After-battle Gondor	A few in the lowest chamber, one in the upper lookout

Year 1 Travels: Towering Monuments (Recommended level: 105)

Objective	Location	Notes
Gather Remembrances (20)		Collected at each location (Rems.)
Visit the Bounder’s Bounty Statue	Michel Delving, Shire	2 Rems.
Visit High King’s Crossing	Evendim	2 Rems.
Visit the Falconer’s Tower	North Downs (8.7S, 53.5W)	Summoning horn at (6.1S, 55.3W) 2 Rems.
Visit the Gate of Shadows	Carn Dûm, Angmar	Travel from Gath Forthnír 2 Rems.
Visit the Giant’s Needle	Giant Hills, Misty Mountains	Summoning horn at (29.9S, 2.4E) 2 Rems.
Visit The Dwarf-lords’ Gate	Great Delving, Moria	2 Rems.
Visit the Gate of the Seven Fathers	Flaming Deeps, Moria	Summoning horn at (16.4S, 109.6W) 2 Rems.
Visit Argonath	East Wall, East Rohan	2 Rems.
Visit the Stone of Erech	Blackroot Vale, Western Gondor	2 Rems.
Visit the Cross-roads	North Ithilien, After-battle Gondor	4 Rems.

Year 1 Trifles: Old Foes (Recommended level: 60)

Objective	Location	Type
Defeat Baugarch	Chetwood, Bree-land (27.4S, 44.0W)	Warg
*Defeat Dhît	Stone-trolls’ Glade, Trollshaws (31.1S, 18.2W)	Stone-troll
*Defeat Farathlúg	Talvi-mûri, Forochel (20.5N, 82.3W)	Worm
Defeat Jagger Jack	Chetwood, Bree-land (26.2S, 43.9W)	Brigand
*Defeat Morrafn	Fields of Fornost, North Downs (10.5S, 57.5W)	Corpse-candle
*Defeat Mangemaw	Rushock Bog, The Shire (29.3S, 74.2W)	Wolf
*Defeat Rothlúg	Southern High Pass, Misty Mountains (28.0S, 5.3E)	Drake
Defeat Skíthi Blackhand	Grimwater, Ered Luin (17.7S, 95.0W)	Dourhand
Defeat Svalfang	Brandywood, Bree-land (25.3S, 61.9W)	Giant

* Need bounty quests from Níels in Esteldín