LOTRO Events Schedule

[Cordovan_]

Here is the current events schedule. Please note that events and their start and stop times can change. ALL TIMES EASTERN. Click here for a time zone conversion tool from TheTimeNow.com

Event:	Starts: (All Time Eastern)	Ends: (All Times Eastern)
Shadowfax Updated: Level Cap 120 Where Dragons Dwell, Vales of Anduin	01/04/23
Sarch Vorn, the Black Grave available to Tier 4	01/05/2023 3am Eastern
10% Lootbox Embers/motes bonus	1/5 10am Eastern	01/09/2022 3am Eastern
Sarch Vorn, the Black Grave available to Tier 5	1/12 3am Eastern
25% XP Boost	1/12 10am Eastern	1/17 3am Eastern
Gundabad Geode boost	1/19 10am Eastern	1/23 3am Eastern
20% Virtue XP Boost	1/26 10am Eastern	1/30 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	2/2 10am Eastern	2/6 3am Eastern
Ill Omens Skirmish event	2/2 10am Eastern	2/28 3am Eastern
The Curator returns	2/9 10am Eastern	2/16 3am Eastern
Virtue Tier Increase (84->85)	2/15 9:15am Eastern
Legendary Items Reward Track Season 5, item level increase from 480-485	2/15 10am Eastern	5/17/23 9:59am Eastern
Sarch Vorn leading the charge deeds no longer available	2/16/2023 3am Eastern
VIP Event Boost	2/16 10am Eastern	2/21 3am Eastern
25% skirmish mark	2/23 10am Eastern	2/28 3am Eastern
Shadowfax Updated: Level Cap 130 Minas Morgul, War of Three Peaks, Blood of Azog	03/01/23
25% Crafting XP	3/2 10am Eastern	3/6 3am Eastern
Spring festival	3/9 10am Eastern	3/28 3am Eastern
APPROXIMATE DATING: Myrtle Mint Arrives	~4/19/23
10% Virtue XP Boost	3/16 10am Eastern	3/20 3am Eastern
25% XP Boost	3/23 10am Eastern	3/27 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	3/30 10am Eastern	4/3 3am Eastern
25% Lootbox Embers/Motes Boost	4/6 10am Eastern	4/11 3am Eastern
Treebeard: Horse Session Play Activates	4/7/2023 9:15am Eastern
Gundabad Geode Boost	4/13 10am Eastern	4/17 3am Eastern
Anniversary (16yrs!)	4/20 10am Eastern	5/15 3am Eastern
16-year Anniversary Gift	4/20 10am Eastern	4/1/2023 3am Eastern
VIP Event Boost	4/20 10am Eastern	4/25 3am Eastern
The Curator returns	4/24 10am Eastern	5/8 3am Eastern
25% Skirmish Marks	4/27 10am Eastern	5/2 3am Eastern
Shadowfax: Level Cap 140 - Gundabad, Before the Shadow	05/03/23
Legenday Item item level increase 485-490	5/23 9:15am Eastern
25% Crafting XP	5/11 10am Eastern	5/15 3am Eastern
Virtue Tier Increase (85->86)	5/17 9:15am Eastern
Legendary Item Reward Track Season 6	5/17 10am Eastern	8/16/23 9:59am Eastern
Buried Treasure Event	5/18 10am Eastern	5/30 3am Eastern
10% Virtue XP Boost	5/25 10am Eastern	5/30 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	6/1 10am Eastern	6/5 3am Eastern
Treebeard: Level Cap 85 - Rohan, Wildermore	06/07/23
Midsummer Festival	6/8 10am Eastern	7/5 3am Eastern
VIP Event Boost	6/15 10am Eastern	6/20 3am Eastern
25% XP Boost	6/29 10am Eastern	7/5 3am Eastern
APPROXIMATE DATING: Filbert Fig arrives	~7/12/2023
10% Lootbox Embers/motes bonus	7/13 10am Eastern	7/17 3am Eastern
25% skirmish mark	7/27 10am Eastern	7/31 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	8/3 10am Eastern	8/7 3am Eastern
The Curator returns	8/9 10am Eastern	8/17/23 3am Eastern
Gundabad Geode Boost	8/10 10am Eastern	8/16 3am Eastern
Legendary Item Reward Track Season 7	8/16 10am Eastern	11/15/23 9:59am Eastern
Farmers Faire	8/17 10am Eastern	9/7 3am Eastern
25% Crafting XP	8/24 10am Eastern	8/29 3am Eastern
10% Virtue XP Boost	8/31 10am Eastern	9/5 3am Eastern
25% Lootbox Embers/Motes Boost	9/7 10am Eastern	9/11 3am Eastern
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner	9/14 10am Eastern	9/20 3am Eastern
Bilbo's Birthday	9/20 10am Eastern	9/26 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	10/5 10am Eastern	10/9 3am Eastern
25% XP Boost	10/5 10am Eastern	10/10 3am Eastern
Harvestmath (Fall) Festival	10/12 10am Eastern	11/2 3am Eastern
Durin's Day event	10/17 10am Eastern	10/23 3am Eastern
VIP Event Boost	10/19 10am Eastern	10/23 3am Eastern
25% Crafting XP	10/26 10am Eastern	11/2 3am Eastern
25% Skirmish Marks	11/9 10am Eastern	11/13 3am Eastern
Legendary Item Reward Track Season 8	11/15 10am Eastern	2/14/24 9:59am Eastern
APPROXIMATE DATING: Rowan Raspberry Arrives	~11/15/2023
Buried Treasure Event	11/22 10am Eastern	11/28 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	11/30 10am Eastern	12/4 3am Eastern
Treebeard: Level Cap 95 - Helms Deep	12/06/23
20% Virtue XP Boost	12/7 10am Eastern	12/11 3am Eastern
Yule Festival	12/7 10am Eastern	1/3/24 3am Eastern
10% Lootbox Embers/motes bonus	12/14 10am Eastern	12/18 3am Eastern
The Curator returns	12/21 10am Eastern	1/2/23 3am Eastern
VIP Event Boost	12/21 10am Eastern	12/26 3am Eastern
25% XP Boost	12/28 10am Eastern	1-2-24 3am Eastern
25% Skirmish Marks	1-4 10am Eastern	1-8 3am Eastern
Hobnanigans	2/1 10am Eastern	2/5 3am Eastern
Legendary Item Reward Track Season 9	2/14 10am Eastern	5/15/24 9:59am Eastern

[YamydeAragon]

Thanks for sharing the events schedule with us so we can plan the month ahead.

[Olgomil]

Here is the current events schedule. Please note that events and their start and stop times can change. Further events are planned through 2016, but here's the current schedule through September:

Thanks a lot Cordovan.

Sergio :-)

[Fayarra]

Thank you for the September events schedule!

[Ogmios]

Here is the current events schedule. Please note that events and their start and stop times can change. Further events are planned through 2016, but here's the current schedule through September:

Farmer's Faire	1-Sep	15-Sep
25% Crafting XP	9-Sep	11-Sep
Bilbo's Birthday	16-Sep	22-Sep
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner	17-Sep	19-Sep
Lootbox Drop rate increase	23-Sep	25-Sep
VIP Events boosts	23-Sep	25-Sep

Oh my, we're getting timely information again for events! I . . . I just . . . I just can't . . .

Thank you! *(really)*

[Frerar]

Sooo nice to have this info early so I can plan RL around it. Thanks for your planliness!

[Seeker]

Thank you Cordovan!

[MacApple]

Whoah, something wonderful has happened.

Hopefully the next schedules will arrive in time.

Thanks a lot (for something that should be a matter of course) anyway!

[Olgomil]

Here is the current events schedule. Please note that events and their start and stop times can change. Further events are planned through 2016, but here's the current schedule through September:

Farmer's Faire	1-Sep	15-Sep
25% Crafting XP	9-Sep	11-Sep
Bilbo's Birthday	16-Sep	22-Sep
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner	17-Sep	19-Sep
Lootbox Drop rate increase	23-Sep	25-Sep
VIP Events boosts	23-Sep	25-Sep

Today at login received a Hobnanigans pop-up but Hobnanigans is not in september list, i know its a recurrent event, but in the future will appear listed?

Sergio :-)

[Cordovan_]

Today at login received a Hobnanigans pop-up but Hobnanigans is not in september list, i know its a recurrent event, but in the future will appear listed?

Sergio :-)

Yes. Unsure how it didn't get into the list, but shoulda been there.

[Elflord410]

Can we please get a UI check-box to Permanently opt-out of the "special event" spam when we log in? Many of us have no interest whatsoever in the never ending Hobnanigans, Treasure Field, Festival, etc. activities.

[kickman77]

Can we please get a UI check-box to Permanently opt-out of the "special event" spam when we log in? Many of us have no interest whatsoever in the never ending Hobnanigans, Treasure Field, Festival, etc. activities.

I personally dont mind the festival and treasure ones because its a 1 time deal but the chicken one is crazy and makes me barely log in on those weekends. Every time you switch a toon, level, fart, whatever that popup is there and it honestly turns people off of the game

But that is the same feedback people have been giving since the very first round of it and yet the spam is still there

[cdq1958]

I personally dont mind the festival and treasure ones because its a 1 time deal but the chicken one is crazy and makes me barely log in on those weekends. Every time you switch a toon, level, fart, whatever that popup is there and it honestly turns people off of the game

But that is the same feedback people have been giving since the very first round of it and yet the spam is still there

I only get one Hobnanigans notice and it has been like this for several months now. One notice per character, just like all other festivals and events, though the extra maps are, or were, handy.

[Inkling]

Can we please get a UI check-box to Permanently opt-out of the "special event" spam when we log in? Many of us have no interest whatsoever in the never ending Hobnanigans, Treasure Field, Festival, etc. activities.

These happen once per festival. If we're gonna spend dev resources implementing opt-outs, let's get the ability to opt out of things from the alert window. It never stops spamming alerts and is universally reviled. Seriously, I never need an alert that an LI has leveled up.

[Olgomil]

Yes. Unsure how it didn't get into the list, but shoulda been there.

Thanks for the answer.

Sergio :-)

[Kamariin]

Today at login received a Hobnanigans pop-up but Hobnanigans is not in september list, i know its a recurrent event, but in the future will appear listed?

Sergio :-)

Yes. Unsure how it didn't get into the list, but shoulda been there.

Are you sure this guy is verified? He has multiple names.

[Olgomil]

Are you sure this guy is verified? He has multiple names.

Me? Im using only my main account in the forum, Olgomil is my main character in Landroval... sorry if i misunderstood your comment.

Sergio :-)

[Kamariin]

Me? Im using only my main account in the forum, Olgomil is my main character in Landroval... sorry if i misunderstood your comment.

Sergio :-)

I'm sure you're fine. It's just that this guy has a habit of reporting people for having multiple names. Or maybe it's just certain people. Anyway, your answer tells me that this has not been an issue for you. Thanks for your help in clearing that up. I think we just found our bias.

[Cerridwen]

Event:	Start Time:	End Time:
25% Skirmirsh Mark	11/23/16@10am	11/29/16@3am
VIP Event boost	11/23/16@10am	11/29/16@3am

Shouldn't the dates for the Skirmish Mark weekend be 11/17-11/21 and the dates for VIP weekend be 11/24-11/28 since most weekend things are Thurs-Mon?

Hobnanigans

10/6/16@10am

10/11/16@3am

Shouldn't this end the 10th?

[NeebPlayer]

Yay 4 new event!

[Seeker]

Thanks for the new events schedule Cordovan! Looking forward to the festivals.

[PrinceOfVagabonds]

North Ithilien event??? I'm guessing this has something to do with flowers. But I don't see how that will appeal to anyone who isn't level capped. Can you give is more info on this, Cordovan? Or is this one of thus hush hush keep em guessing dealies?

[Polymachos]

I assume that it is a one time event, similar to the events that were run before the Moria and Helms Deep expansions were rolled out. Which means, the players of each server will unite their efforts in collecting tokens and donating them to a NPC until they reach a certain threshold; and after that they will have access to specific (cosmetic) rewards that they can barter.


Greetings, Polymachos

[AccessDenied]

I would like to have the ending date of the 10th Anniversary confirmed. Not including the 10th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt (which is a separate, but overlapping event with the Anniversary).

I'm asking for this confirmation because:

• Within this Event Schedule topic, Message #1, the Anniversary's end date states "5/9/17@3am".
• Lotro-wiki's article says the Anniversary ends on May 8th, 2017 while citing SSG as the source. This source page does indeed state "May 8th".
• And finally, somewhere or other (which I cannot locate now), there was another (official?) article that stated the end date was May 10th.

I could understand if two consecutive days were stated - you end up in the confusion associated with the change of day - we see that all the time now with other Events where players think an event ends the next day (24 hrs later than posted). But we've got three consecutive dates, so either of two sets might be correct, and whichever two are correct will affect a player's own personal plans for participating in the Anniversary.

So, again, can you please confirm the ending date for the 10th Anniversary? TYVM.

[Thoroval]

I would like to have the ending date of the 10th Anniversary confirmed. Not including the 10th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt (which is a separate, but overlapping event with the Anniversary).

I'm asking for this confirmation because:

• Within this Event Schedule topic, Message #1, the Anniversary's end date states "5/9/17@3am".
• Lotro-wiki's article says the Anniversary ends on May 8th, 2017 while citing SSG as the source. This source page does indeed state "May 8th".
• And finally, somewhere or other (which I cannot locate now), there was another (official?) article that stated the end date was May 10th.

I could understand if two consecutive days were stated - you end up in the confusion associated with the change of day - we see that all the time now with other Events where players think an event ends the next day (24 hrs later than posted). But we've got three consecutive dates, so either of two sets might be correct, and whichever two are correct will affect a player's own personal plans for participating in the Anniversary.

So, again, can you please confirm the ending date for the 10th Anniversary? TYVM.

Not an official comment, but your first 2 bullets are completely in agreement with each other and are advertised exactly as we've come to expect.

Note that bullet #2's source just gives an end date (no time) stating "through May 8th". "through" a stated date has come to mean "active all day server time on the advertised date and ending during the normal daily server reset which occurs at 3am the next morning." Therefore, "through May 8th" completely agrees with Cordovan's post that states the Anniversary end time is "5/9/17@3am" server time.

I think you can comfortably rely on the Anniversary event being up for the entire day of May 8th server time. It should shut off on May 9th at 3am during the normal daily server reset. If there's a third official source that states May 10th in any way, then that would be a conflict. I personally have not seen such a source, but if it's out there then it definitely needs to be corrected by SSG.

As I've done for many years now, I continue to suggest that players finish a full day early just in case. I personally will be finished no later than May 7th and will use May 8th as a bonus day if the event is still up and running.