Update 48.3 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 48.3: A Glorious Hunt, Patch 3 released on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Of Special Note:

"A Glorious Hunt" Concludes!

Join Shâra Mizâdi in Ingarûma in Pahar Hatokáli for the epic conclusion of the "A Glorious Hunt" storyline, as she seeks her vengeance against the villainous Bârshud and a return to peace in the lands of Shagâna and Mûr Ghala. "A Glorious Hunt" is FREE to VIPs and available in the LOTRO Store.

News and Notes:

  • An adjustment has been made to our load balancer to improve game performance in heavier instances and raids. This change aims to reduce the impact of too many groups sharing the same server instance on performance, and should help during raiding and instance grouping with some of the most severe lag caused by less optimized load balancing. 
  • Missions in Sul Madash and Zajana should be rotating properly.
  • Rivendell housing - Music no longer stops playing when transitioning between floors and now smoothly changes based on music choice.
  • Player Housing General - When music item is changed in a housing decoration slot, the audible music now updates immediately. Originally players would need to exit and re-enter the house to hear the music update.
  • Numerous floating item and stuck spot issues across the game world have been resolved
  • Server boundary physics issues in Idagal have been resolved
  • Numerous terrain texture issues in Idagal have been resolved
  • The mysterious ruin walls in Nan Dhelu have been removed from non-instance landscape
  • Increased usage range on all housing hooks.
  • The original scene file usage in Eastfold neighborhoods has been restored. This does not guarantee that scenery assets will appear exactly as they were prior to the introduction of Property Fences but should help bring the forests closer to what they previously were.
  • Housing landmarks in Rivendell Housing have been adjusted to help improve loading of and access to housing features while in a property's yard.
  • Clearance boxes on housing hooks have been adjusted to match the dimensions used by the previous larger hook artwork. This change will help to "de-frill" yards in neighborhoods that have experienced a sudden explosion of ground cover.
  • Increased the default movement range of non-mobile yard hooks.
  • FRENCH: Corrected an issue that prevented selling a house in a French client with certain addresses.
  • The Folly of Nagakhêd - Maukhorn - The Avalanche skill has been reworked to more reliably fire following the unstable buff.  Additionally, auto attacks will now reliably fire when the boss has placed the Unstable Debuff.
  • Timeless Elf-hawk pet now correctly plays hawk sound FX.
  • Housing Shared Storage capacity has been updated for certain premium houses that were purchased during a short time window during the launch of Rivendell housing. The housing shared storage capacity should now correctly display the full capacity at all houses on an account.
  • The Elderslade quest "Reclaiming Supplies" has been fixed and is now once again completable.