Anniversary scavenger hunt – suggested hunter path

 

Face it. The scavenger hunt was made for hunters. It even has half of the class’ name in its title. But even with a hunter, you’ll still be running around Middle-earth like a chicken without its head. From henceforth, the scavenger hunt will unofficially be known as the “Befriend a hunter” festival.

This guide seeks to minimize the redundancy in travelling by focusing on one quest from each “year” to unlock the next set, picking up locations as you go along. I expect to update this guide as each new “year” is released, but poke me if I don’t get around to it.

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

This guide prioritizes completing one quest from each year to unlock subsequent years:

1. Year 1 Trifles
2. Year 2 Travels
3. Year 3 Tales

This guide assumes a lot of things:

• You want to complete all of the scavenger hunt quests
• You have a hunter in your group with all the travel skills
• You have a max-level character
• You have access to Moria and Caras Galadhon.
• You have completed all of the instances listed
• Your hunter’s camp site port is set to the Party Tree
• You will need at least 7 quest slots available to accept all the quests at once.
• No swift travel is needed
• “Travel to …” denotes using a hunter travel skill.
• After completing instances, continue where the instance dumps you out.
• You have to get Coneys (from the Supplier NPC) and Taters (from crafting Farmers) for Year 2 Tales yourself.
• Year 3 Trifles can be completed through the instance join as long as you’ve discovered the entrances to Sâri-surma and the Foundry.

If you have ideas for guides with other requirements or made your own guide, feel free to post below.

This guide is up to date as of Year 3.

Note: I won’t be updating this guide anymore as it will just get ridiculously long. I estimate over 300 objectives by the end! No thank you, sir.

Step	Year	Quest	Notes
1	*	*	Party Tree — pick up year one quests.
2			Travel to Esteldín. Pick up Níels’ bounty quests (only one in the fellowship needs the quests to spawn the mobs).
3	1	Travels	Take the stable horse to Amon Raith, ride north to the Falconer’s Tower (8.7S, 53.5W).
4	1	Trifles	Ride west to (10.5S, 57.5W) and defeat Morrafn.
5	1	Trifles	Travel to Sûri-kylä. Use the boat at (19.5N, 73.8W) to Sari-surma. Swim directly north and die. Respawn and ride northeast to Farathlúg (20.5N, 82.3W).
6	1	Trifles	Travel to Thorin’s Hall. Take the stable horse to Gondamon. Travel to (17.7S, 95.0W) and defeat Skithi Blackhand.
7	1	Travels	Travel to Michel Delving. Visit the Bounder’s Bounty Statue.
8	1	Trifles	Ride to (29.3S, 74.2W) and defeat Mangemaw.
9	1	Tales	Travel to Rivendell. Speak to Frodo in the Last Homely House.
10	1	Trifles	Take the swift horse to Thorenhad. Ride to the Stone-trolls’ Glade and defeat Dhît (31.1S, 18.2W).
11	1	Trifles	Travel to the Misty Mountains (Hrimbarg). Ride to (28.0S, 5.3E) and defeat Rothlúg.
12	1	Travels	Ride to Giant’s Needle (30.4S, 3.5E).
13	1	Tales	Travel to Bree. Dance on a table in the Prancing Pony.
14	1	Trifles	Ride to Chetwood. Defeat Jagger Jack (26.2S, 43.9W) and Baugarch (27.4S, 44.0W).
15	1	Trifles	Travel to Bree. Ride to Brandywood. Defeat Svalfang (25.3S, 61.9W). (Year 1 Trifles done)
16	*	*	Travel to Party Tree (camp site). Turn in year one quest to Waldo. Pick up year two quests.
17	2	Tales	Bow to Gaffer Gamgee just south of the Party Tree.
18	1	Tales	Speak to Lobelia north of the Party Tree. Listen at the window at Bag End. Collect Remembrances inside Bag End.
19	2	Travels	Ride to Hobbiton and have a drink at the Ivy Bush (3 remembrances). Ride to Bywater and have a drink at the Green Dragon (3 rems.). Buy a Small Beer from the Tavernkeep.
20	2	Tales	Ride south to Tom Cotton’s Farm and give the beer to Rosie Cotton.
21	2	Travels	Ride to Frogmorton and have a drink in the Floating Log Inn. (2 rems.)
22	2	Travels	Ride to Brockenborings and have a drink at the Plough and Stars Inn (3 rems.).
23	2	Travels	Ride to Stock and have a drink at the Golden Perch. (2 rems.)
24	2	Tales	Ride to Bamfurlog and pat Farmer Maggot’s dogs.
25	2	Tales	Travel to Bree. Speak with Bill the Pony.
26	2	Travels	Have a drink in the Prancing Pony. (3 rems.)
27	2	Trifles	Complete the Infiltrators’ Surprise instance from the reflecting pool.
28	2	Travels	Ride to Combe and have a drink at the Combe and Wattle (2 rems.).
29	2	Tales	Ride to the Midgewater Marshes and defeat 6 neekerbreekers.
30	2	Trifles	Travel to Ost Guruth. Complete the instance Retaking Weathertop.
31	1	Tales	Faint at Candaith’s Encampment.
32	2	Travels	Ride to the Forsaken Inn and have a drink (1 rem).
33	2	Travels	Travel to Thorin’s Hall. Have a drink at the inn (2 rems.)
34	2	Travels	Travel to Michel Delving. Have a drink at the Bird and Baby Inn (2 rems.) (Year 2 Travels done)
35	2	Trifles	Complete the instance Beneath the Greenfields from the Michel Delving reflecting pool.
36	*	*	Travel to the Party Tree (camp site). Turn in the year two quest. (Take year three quests).
37	3	Tales	Travel to Minas Tirith. (Or use the Belfalas housing shortcut for low-levels.) Find the plaque of Boromir in the northern section of the first tier. (63.5S, 18.5W)
38	3	Tales	Ride to the Tower of Ecthelion in the seventh tier and /kneel before the steward’s chair.
39	3	Travels	Visit the prow of Minas Tirith (2 rems.)
40	3	Tales	Defeat foes on the Pelennor Fields (10) while riding to Osgiliath.
41	3	Tales	Gather remembrances in Pre-battle Osgiliath (2 rems.)
42	3	Tales	Ride north to Talath Anor and pick up Boromir’s horn. (47.1S, 16.2W)
43	3	Tales	Travel to Rivendell. /Talk on the Spire of Meeting.
44	3	Tales	Complete the session play, The Horn of Gondor.
45	2	Tales	Speak with Sam in the Last Homely House.
46	1	Tales	Collect Remembrances at Henneth Annûn.
47	3	Tales	Travel to Echad Dunann. Ride to the Redhorn Pass. (47.1S, 2.6W)
48	3	Travels	Ride to the peak of the Redhorn Pass (3 rems.)
49	3	Travels	Travel to Caras Galadhon. Visit Galadriel’s flet. (2 rems.)
50	2	Tales	Ride to Cerin Amroth and speak with Sam.
51	3	Tales	Ride west and pick up remembrances on the way to Echad Andestel (5 rems.) (Year 3 Tales done)
52	*	*	Travel to the Party Tree (Camp Site). Turn in Year 3 quest. (Pick up Year 4 quests.)
53	2	Trifles	Travel to Bree. Complete the instance Othrongroth from the reflecting pool.
54	1	Tales	Eat a hearty meal at Tom Bombadil’s home.
55	2	Tales	Ride to (32.9S, 58.3W) and /challenge Old Man Willow.
56	2	Trifles	Travel to Rivendell.Complete the instance Fire and Ice at the Rivendell reflecting pool.
57	2	Trifles	Travel to Ost Guruth.Complete the instance Red-pass from the reflecting pool.
58	2	Trifles	Travel to West Angmar (Aughaire).Complete the instance Mordirith’s Fall from the reflecting pool.
59	1	Travels	Ride to (12.1N, 29.5W) and visit the Gate of Shadows.
60	2	Trifles	Travel to Evendim.Complete the instance A Formal Complaint from the reflecting pool.
61	2	Trifles	Travel to Evendim.Complete the instance Twisted Heart from the reflecting pool.
62	2	Trifles	Travel to Evendim.Complete the instance Tomb of Elendil from the reflecting pool. (Year 2 Trifles done)
63	1	Travels	Ride or take the stable horse to High King’s Crossing. (2 rems.)
64	3	Travels	Use the rope to get to the top of the crossing. (2 rems.)
65	2	Tales	Travel to Stangard.Ride northeast to (23.7S, 60.3W) and /shakefist at Gollum. (Year 2 Tales done)
66	1	Tales	Travel to Dol Amroth. Ride to the Cave of the Avorrim (74.3S, 68.0W), take the horse to the Dead Marshes and kill spirits.
67	1	Travels	Travel to Forlaw.Ride to (51.1S, 47.3W) in the East Wall and visit the Argonath.
68	1	Tales	Ride to Amon Hen (61.3S, 46.6W) and /sit atop the throne. (Year 1 Tales done)
69	1	Travels	Travel to After-battle Osgiliath.Visit the Cross-roads (63.2S, 5.1W).
70	1	Travels	Travel to Dol Amroth. Ride or take the stable horse to Morlad. Visit the Stone of Erech (58.0S, 65.0W).
71	3	Travels	Travel to the 21st Hall. Take the stable horse to the Chamber of the Crossroads. Visit the Moria well. (2 rems.)
72	1	Travels	Ride to the Dwarf-lords’ Gate (6.4S, 112.0W). (2 rems.)
73	3	Travels	Ride to Zirakzigil. Head west immediately and up the hill. (2 rems.)
74	1	Travels	Travel to the 21st Hall.Take the stable horse to Anazarmekhem. Ride to (15.8S, 108.4W) and visit the Gate of the Seven Fathers. (2 rems.) (Year 1 Travels done)
75	3	Travels	Travel to the 21st Hall. Ride to the bridge of Khazad-dum in Nud-melek. (8.0S, 99.1W) (6 rems.; 3 on each side of the bridge)
76	3	Travels	Ride to the Endless Stair in the Foundations of Stone. (15.0S, 99.0W) (2 rems.)
77	3	Travels	Travel to the Misty Mountains (Hrimbarg). Ride to (28.3S, 5.4E) and visit Men Helch. (4 rems.)
78	3	Travels	Travel to Harndirion (Enedwaith). Ride to Nár’s Peak. (65.6S, 8.5W) (2 rems.) (Year 3 Travels done)