Update 45.3 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 45.3, released on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Of Special Note

Angmar and Mordor have a new level cap!

Our Legendary Worlds of Angmar and Mordor now have a level cap of 75 and the inclusion of content from Isengard to the Great River. Read more about our Legendary Worlds on LOTRO.com! The Tower of Orthanc instance becomes available to play at 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Thursday, August 28th. 

News and Notes:

Festivals and Events

  • In the Egg Scramble, the drop rates of White Eggs have been slightly increased once again to aid in completing the quest.
  • Resolved an issue with the Farmers Faire quest Kick Out the Cave-claws that caused players to not be able to loot the den if they kicked a second cave-claw too quickly.
  • In the Farmers Faire quest Kick Out the Cave-claws, multiple players will no longer be able to kick the same cave-claw.
  • You will no longer be haunted by Gathering Guests (Weekly) trying to bestow to you when the Midsummer Festival is not in progress. When the Midsummer Festival returns, this quest will be bestowed by Captain Khâtaphos and will no longer bestowed remotely.
  • Ringwraith Event
    • Enervating Grip VFX no longer gets stuck on players.
    • Amelia's barter now offers a set of level 75 essences.

PvMP

  • The Fire & Frost Lore debuff applied by Lore-masters will no longer build hidden stacks on a target. When an active Fire & Frost Lore effect is cleansed, it will be removed entirely and will not allow a suppressed version to rise up.

General Notes

  • The legacy client has been discontinued, if you have the legacy client selected, you will be prompted to select a new game client when launching the game. You may change which game client you are using from the Launcher in "Menu->Options→General."
  • The Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu, The Tower of Orthanc, Draigoch's Lair, and Throne of the Dread Terror traditional raid locks will now reset three times per week (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday). Other instances with thrice weekly traditional raid locks (Carn Dûm and Dâr Narbugud) have been switched to Monday, Thursday, and Saturday resets rather than Monday, Wednesday, and Friday resets.
  • Birds can now be discovered properly in the Rohan Housing neighborhoods, the Cape of Belfalas, and North Ithilien.
  • Beorning, Brawler, and Lore-master incomparable armours from the Tower of Orthanc now correctly require you to complete different bosses from the raid before they can be equipped.
  • Lalia's Market barter prices for Hedgehog Burrow, Gondorian Supplier Horn, Ingredient Crate, and Premium Ingredient Crate housing decorations have been increased to better correspond to pricing in the LOTRO Store.
  • In the LOTRO Store, the LOTRO Point prices for many housing decorations have been reduced to better correspond with barter pricing in Lalia's Market.
  • Isengard Equipment Sets
    • Mariner's Draigoch Armour of the Serpent's Bite now has a set bonus.
    • Beorning armour sets of the Tower Smasher and Echoing Roar now have the correct equipment pieces associated with them.
    • Beorning and Brawler Orthanc sets now have two class-based bonuses, matching the sets other classes can acquire.
    • Burglar's gamble chance upgrade no longer implies that it can affect the deprecated debuffing gamble.

Miscellaneous

  • GERMAN:  Translations for the titles Sublime Stalwart, Dragon Slayer, and Adept of Shadows will now display in German.
  • FRENCH: Translations for the titles Farmer, Wanderer of the Free City, and Proud will now display properly in French.