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The Yule Festival is Here

The Yule Festival is Here!

The residents of Winter-home invite you to celebrate the season with them during this year’s Yule Festival -- and what a celebration it will be! This year’s LOTRO Yule Festival is a winter wonderland of activities. The town of Winter-home is a beautiful new Winter Festival region complete with new quests, a snowball arena, an eating contest, a theatre event, and a festival square. Don’t miss out!

New Quests: Help the residents of Winter-home with the final touches for the celebration. You can choose to be as charitable or as greedy as you like, but there is a lot to do, so the faster you work the more time you’ll have to enjoy the festivities!

Snowball Fight: Check out the Snowball arena where you can challenge your friends to a frosty duel!

Theatre Event: Head over to the local playhouse to catch the seasonal show. Afterwards, make sure to let the players know what you thought of their performance.

Eating Contest: Step right up and show the locals how it’s done! Get your fill of pie, eggs, mushrooms and more in the Winter-home eating contest.

Festival Square: The festival marketplace is a place of much merriment. Check out the local vendor, meet up with your fellows, or raise a mug to toast the season!

Exclusive LOTRO Store Items: Check out the special Festival store items starting Thursday, December 16th!

Click Here for a Yule-themed Wallpaper!


Celebrate the Season with LOTRO for Just $9.99/mo!

This holiday season, there has never been a better time to become a VIP in LOTRO! The LOTRO VIP program is the exclusive all-access pass to LOTRO. You can get your LOTRO VIP subscription for $9.99 a month* when you sign up for the special 3-month VIP plan for $29.97. Being a VIP means you have access to all quest packs, races and classes** during the course of your subscription. Plus, you’ll get exclusive early access to new content, extra character slots, a monthly Turbine point grant***, and much more!

How do I Become a VIP?

It’s easy! All you have to do to become a LOTRO VIP and get exclusive access to VIP perks, including free monthly Turbine Points is go to https://myaccount.turbine.com, create an account, log in, and subscribe! Once you have activated your subscription your first month of FREE monthly Turbine Points (500 Points) should be applied within 48 hours of upgrading your account! You can also visit http://www.lotro.com/free.php? to learn more about all the VIP perks.

Already a VIP?

If you are already a LOTRO VIP, but want to be a part of this great deal, you can! Simply go to https://myaccount.turbine.com, log in, click the “Change Billing Option,” and select the 3-month VIP plan for $29.97. Then, sit back, relax, and continue to reap the rewards of being a LOTRO VIP! As long as you maintain an active subscription in good standing you don’t need to do anything but keep enjoying LOTRO.

*New and existing subscribers can subscribe to The Lord of the Rings Online™ for only $9.99 a month when you sign-up for three months of service and save 33% on the regular monthly subscription price of $14.99. 3-month plans are $29.97. Single-month subscriptions remain $14.99.

  • Players who subscribe during this time and select a promotional 3-month plan will continue to be billed every three months as long as they maintain an active account with The Lord of the Rings Online™ or until they choose a different billing plan.
  • For existing subscribers upgrading their current subscription to the promotional multi-month plan, the upgrade will take effect at the expiration of the subscription plan that is current at the time of the selection of the promotional multi-month plan.

** If you have upgraded to either expansion pack, you will continue to have access to all content that your account currently offers for the life of the account.

***Terms & Conditions Apply. Turbine Points are distributed monthly based on the day of the month of your subscription activation.