Sting Opens on May 21st! 

Sting will join Glamdring, Peregrin, and Angmar as 64-bit servers located in the United States. Sting will open to VIP gameplay starting at 6:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Wednesday, May 21st. The world will open to all players starting at 7:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). Free character transfers from both 32-bit worlds and the other 64-bit US worlds will begin at 7:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). Housing will be open for immediate claim when the server opens to VIPs at 6:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT). For detailed information on transferring your characters, please see our 64-bit transfer FAQ: New 64-bit Servers are now available! | The Lord of the Rings Online

The latest on other Transfer-related questions: 

When will the so-called “Dark Worlds” open? 

Transfers from Dark Worlds will begin on Wednesday, May 28th. The following is the date and order of opening, with all transfers starting once the game worlds open from our weekly maintenance:  

Wednesday, May 28th: 

  • Firefoot (US)
  • Silverlode (US) 
  • Maiar (EU) 
  • Estel (EU)

Thursday, May 29th: 

  • Vilya (US)
  • Imladris (US) 
  • Anduin (EU)
  • Withywindle (EU)

Friday, May 30th: 

  • Dwarrowdelf (US)
  • Meneldor (US)
  • Snowbourn (EU)
  • Morthond (EU)

Monday, June 2nd: 

  • Nimrodel (US)
  • Windfola (US)  
  • Gilrain (EU)
  • Vanyar (EU)

Tuesday, June 3rd: 

  • Elendilmir (US)
  • Riddermark (US)
  • Eldar (EU)

When will transfers between the 64-bit game worlds begin? 

We expect to begin rotating transfers from two 64-bit game worlds to a third 64-bit game worlds on a weekly basis starting Wednesday, June 4th. We will have more information on the order of rotation as we get closer to the date.  

Each week, for one week, players will be able to transfer their characters from two of the US worlds to one of the US worlds, and from two of the EU worlds to one of the EU worlds, and the worlds players can transfer to will rotate every week. We will continue offering these transfers for six weeks, giving every player two weeks to transfer to each world. After this time frame, free transfers between these worlds will no longer be available.