A Guide To The 'Lord Of The Ring Online' Midsummer Festival
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Summer is upon us! In the world of Lord of the Rings Online, that means it will soon be time for the Midsummer Festival. The 2023 Midsummer Festival runs between June 8th and July 5th.
The Midsummer Festival takes place after the destruction of the One Ring within the main Lord of the Rings timeline and is a special event celebrating the wedding of Aragorn and Arwen. It is open to all players of Lord of the Rings Online; higher-level players can move more easily between the main location of Minas Tirith and other areas.
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The festival takes place throughout Middle Earth, including the repeat locations of The Party Tree in Hobbiton; Thorin’s Hall, Celondim, and Duillond in Ered Luin; and the town of Bree in Bree-land.The main hub/area of the Midsummer Festival is the city of Minas Tirith (Midsummer), which is located in after-battle Old Anorien. If you’ve never been to Minas Tirith (Midsummer) before, you will need to use the map that you are granted through the automatic bestowal quest when you log on. After that, you will be able to use stable masters to travel to Minas Tirith just like other players.
The Midsummer period in Middle Earth encompasses the three days between the end of June and the beginning of July. The middle day is Midsummer Day, which is also the wedding day of Aragorn and Arwen.
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Quests that involve the Midsummer Festival occur independently in the festival specifically and within the game’s overall epic storyline. Likewise, there are NPCs involved with the festival specifically as well as within the larger overall game. These include familiar characters like Frodo, Gimli, Aragorn (as King Elessar), Legolas, Merry, Pippin, and Sam.
In terms of questing, there are of course there are the quests that are playable in every LOTRO festival- the Ale Association and Inn League delivery and tasting quests, the Festival Horse-races, and the Festival dances. Then, of course, there are the quests specific to Midsummer. These mostly help you fulfill festival-related tasks. In Minas Tirith, the quests have you perform tasks such as:
Gather fireflies for colourful festival lanterns; different colours can be gathered in different Middle-Earth locations
Gather needed wedding supplies that are scattered throughout Minas Tirith, including supply crates, wedding wine, ale barrels, summer blossoms, poetry, and art supplies
Delivering and placing various festival items like food samples, floral arrangements, pastries, coins, and thank you notes
Crafting needed festival items like strawberry buns, wedding centrepieces, banners, and drinking horns
Maintenance tasks, like watering, weeding, crowd control, trash disposal, and taking care of horses
Talking to various NPCs
Other various fun and ridiculous tasks
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There are also festival-related quests at various locations throughout Middle-Earth:
In Bree, you can help clean up at the Prancing Pony
At the Party Tree, you can deliver deceptive invitations and assist in pranks
At Thorin’s Hall, you can perform beard maintenance on dwarves and collect crafting supplies
In Celondim and Duillond, you can collect beeswax and craft handfasting cords
The quests reward tokens, which can be exchanged for various Festival gifts with multiple barterers.
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