“Festival content has slowly been spreading out across the countryside and simply going to the Party Tree would not ensure that players knew about fishing in Bywater or the new event upon The Hill.”

Read more about the Summer Festival in the latest Developer Diary from Lauren "Budgeford" Salk!

"We have a lot of changes coming in Book 8 with the release of Dar Narbugud, our newest multi-boss raid. I wanted to talk about some of these changes and what they mean for you!"

Read more about these upcoming changes in an exciting new blog post from our very own Jared “Amlug” Hall-Dugas!

In The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Book 7: Leaves of Lothlórien, we introduced a number of changes to Ered Luin as well as Archet, Combe and Staddle. These changes were just the start of a long list of planned changes for our game and that work has continued in Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-dûm.

Read more about these exciting changes to the new player experience!

There are some significant enhancements in store for the crafting system in The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Book 8 and we’d like to take time to provide the details for those who love to make stuff in the lands of Middle-earth!

Read more about these exciting enhancements in the Crafting Enhancements Developer Diary!

“This Spring Festival will feature all of the games and good cheer that have been present in the past, but this year brings a sizeable new landmark to the festival grounds in the Horsefields, courtesy of a very talented gardener on the World Team.”

To learn more about this exciting new addition be sure to check out Lauren "Budgeford" Salk’s very first Developer Diary !

Today Matt "Scenario" Elliott provides us with the conclusion of his creative process. “With my detailing complete, I was now able to enter my comfort zone again. Spec writing (like Dev Diary writing) is not my forte – I am much more comfortable navigating the views and panels of our Landscape and Level Design tools.”

Find out what happens in Part II of Matt’s Developer Diary!

In today’s update we find Matt "Scenario" Elliott getting back to his roots as he takes us through the process of creating the new crafting instances. “As the development of Moria concluded, I found myself yearning to take a temporary step away from managing the World Design Team and back towards my foundations as a live designer. This is the story of how I spent my four weeks after Moria went live.”

Read more from Matt in Part I of his Developer Diary!

Senior Designer Allan “Orion” Maki was given a daunting task for Book 7: Leaves of Lórien:
“As a game developer, I often find people asking me tough questions about the future… Recently, however, I have been spending my time peering into the past -- as if through Galadriel’s mirror -- reviewing early gameplay experiences. From this analysis we are making changes to better acclimate both those new to the wonderful world of Middle-earth and those new to MMOs in general.”

Read more about it in Allan’s developer diary!

Jeff “Made of Lions” Libby, the creative voice behind LOTRO’s epic storyline, shares some of the new things players will discover in Book 7: “…there’s a new Epic Book to continue the story of Volume II, the Fellowship of the Ring has (mostly) arrived in Lothlórien and will be pleased to see you again, and the land of the Galadhrim must be kept safe from the dangers of the outside world.”

Read more in Jeff’s developer diary, Lothlórien Quest Notes!

For this Dev Diary I’ll walk you through the broad process of how a monster comes together, what components of a monster I work on and how they are created, and our broad goals for the monsters in Mines of Moria™.

Read more from Tim “Raskolnikov” Lang's latest Developer Diary: New Monster Creation!