I’ve already posted that the Har­vest Fes­ti­val has started. I always found it kind of odd that the Sum­mer and Fall fes­ti­vals are so close to one another con­sid­er­ing noth­ing else goes on the rest of the year … but that’s another point entirely.

Any­way, I fig­ured it would be nice to write up a lit­tle guide con­cern­ing where to go and what to do for the Fes­ti­val. There’s quite a bit going on and it can be a bit over­whelm­ing. If you’d rather find out for your­self, I sug­gest at least talk­ing to the Town Criers. They’re a more recent addi­tion to the game and they give some very use­ful infor­ma­tion as to where to go for events.

I’ve divided these up by area so you can more eas­ily fol­low along. I’ve also listed all of the Bar­ter­ing options at the end. Update: I got Caderly’s OK to post his coor­di­nates for each Troves and Trick­ery NPC as well.

Bree-land: Har­vest­math and the Bree-land Derby

Town Crier: “The Men of Bree-land are cel­e­brat­ing Har­vest­math at the Bree-fields party grounds. See if you can find the biggest pump­kin in all of Bree-land!”

The Bree-fields part grounds are directly north of Bree town itself, just soundeast of the “North­ern Bree-Fields” text on your map. There are a few things of note going on here.

1.) Danc­ing: Talk to Ada Mus­grove to learn dances of men. She offers two sep­a­rate dances, so you’ll have to fin­ish the task twice if you want both variations.

Basi­cally this just involves enter­ing /dance 1, /dance2 and /dance3 into the chat win­dow when she tells you to. Be absolutely sure that you have her selected when doing this. It’s not ter­ri­bly hard oth­er­wise. For me the eas­i­est thing is to just copy and paste /dance and type the num­ber after­wards. You can make a macro too, but they drive me nuts in this game .

2.) Pump­kin Pick­ing: Bess Forester is the Games Mas­ter that barters for pump­kins on the Bree Fes­ti­val Grounds. You can pick one pump­kin from the patches sur­round­ing her per hour. When doing so, you’ll receive either a small, medium or large pump­kin. Small pump­kins trade in for 1 Fall Fes­ti­val token, medium pump­kins for 2 and large pump­kins for 3.

You can also trade a Man Mask Token to her along with 12 Fes­ti­val Tokens for the Beaver Fes­ti­val Mask. You can get the Man Mask Token by com­plet­ing Tricks and Troves in Bree.

3.) The Bree-Derby: As with the Sum­mer Fes­ti­val, Bree is hold­ing another horse race. It’s lim­ited to five peo­ple, although there may be times when you’ll be doing it all by your­self. Just talk to Sally Thresh­ing by the start­ing line of the track.

Keep in mind that she’ll only have a quest icon over her head a short bit before the race. I’ve found most peo­ple just avoid the obsta­cles by going around them, rather than tak­ing them head on… so you’ll prob­a­bly want to do the same so you have a fight­ing chance.

The reward is a Fes­ti­val Run Token.  Will Peartree (who is on the fes­ti­val grounds), trades the Har­vest­math mounts for 1 Fes­ti­val Run Token, 1 Receipt of Pur­chase (which can be got­ten by trad­ing in your mount where you orig­i­nally bought it) and 12 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens.

Morgo informed us below that if you trade at the Horse­fields instead, the horse can be got­ten for 6 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens. Thanks!

4.) Tricks and Troves in Bree: This one is a bit con­fus­ing as the quest giver is not on the fes­ti­val grounds. You’ll find Bry­rony Elm­wood near the Mar­ket Gate in Bree. This is just north of the Town Crier, marked on the map by a pur­ple flag.

This one is a bit of a pain since he gives no idea who would like to see them. You’re essen­tially stuck run­ning around look­ing for peo­ple that have sil­ver and blue ring icons over their heads. They will give you a hint as to what emote they would like to see. Just select them, per­form the emote and move on to the next one.

To get started, head south and talk with Tad Ash­mead. She’d like to see you dust your­self off.

Big thanks to Squeedge for pro­vid­ing the rest in a com­ment below: “Tad Leaf­cut­ter down the alley by the Auc­tion House wants you to shiver. Mat Heather­toes in Beg­gars Alley wants you to mock him. Lily Sand­heaver near the West Bree Sta­bles wants you to yawn.” Nice.

Thanks to Caderly for these coordinates:

• Tad Ash­mead — 31.3S, 51.1W (Just SE of town hall) — (emote /dustoff)
• Tad Leaf­cut­ter — 31.8S, 51.4W (Hunter’s lodge — Bree rep area) — (emote /shiver)
• Mat Heather­toes — 31.2S, 52.5W (Beggar’s Alley) — (emote /mock)
• Lily Sand­heaver (Grocer) — 29.4S, 52.3W (E of W Bree stables) — (emote /yawn)

Your reward is the Man Mask Token or 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens. The quest is on a two hour timer.

The Shire: Har­vest Fes­ti­val and Inn League

Town Crier: “The Hob­bits of the Shire are cel­e­brat­ing the Har­vest Fes­ti­val at the old Party Tree near Hob­biton. Join in a game of bob­bing for apples!”

Oddly, it looks like the addi­tional All-Shire Run event was removed between when I started writ­ing this and when I made my way to Hob­biton. Oh well.The Party Tree is just north of Hobbiton.

1.) Danc­ing: Talk to Odo Good­body to learn dances of hob­bits. He offers two sep­a­rate dances, so you’ll have to fin­ish the task twice if you want both vari­a­tions. Com­plet­ing this is the same process as it was for the men dance.

2.) Bob­bing for Apples: Sawlo Pud­dle­foot is the Games Mas­ter at the Party Tree. You can bob for apples in the tubs of water around him. When doing so, you’ll receive either a small, medium or large apple. Small apples trade in for 1 Fall Fes­ti­val token, medium apples for 2 and large apples for 3.

You can also trade a Hob­bit Mask Token to him along with 12 Fes­ti­val Tokens for the Pump­kin Fes­ti­val Mask. You can get the Hob­bit Mask Token by com­plet­ing Tricks and Troves in the Shire.

3.) Troves and Trick­ery in the Shire: This quest comes from Egbert Took, who is just within the Party Tree grounds. He asks you to find hob­bits in the area that want to see tricks. This works the same as it does in every town.

Despite what the quest dia­log says, these hob­bits are all in Hob­biton. Keep in mind that you can click the lit­tle “Say” icon in your chat win­dow to access a menu of all of your emotes​.To get you started, head south to the bridge in Hob­biton and talk with Ted Sandy­man. He’d like to see you stretch.

Thanks to Caderly for these coordinates:

• Lobelia Sackville Bag­gins — 29.4S, 71.3W (Bag End) — (emote /faint)
• Porto Brown­lock (Novice Farmhand) — 30.5S, 70.7W (Farms N of Hobbiton) — (emote /smoke)
• Ted Sandy­man — 30.8S, 71.2W (N Bywa­ter Bridge by watermill) — (emote /stretch)
• Daddy Twofoot — 31.3S, 71.1W Out­side The Ivy Bush Inn — (emote /pick)

Your reward is the Hob­bit Mask Token or 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens. The quest is on a two hour timer.

4.) Har­vest­ing the Crop: If you’re a farmer, you may have come across Ama­bell Red­fern by the Party Tree dur­ing the Sum­mer Fes­ti­val. She asked you to plant some mush­room spores and wait for them to grow. They’re ready now. Talk to her twice and you’ll be given the Small Mush­room Pot, a piece of small fur­ni­ture for your home.

5.) The Inn League: Talk to Ail­ward Chubb to begin your Inn League Ini­ti­a­tion. This involves drink­ing a ridicu­lous amount of alco­hol and then run­ning to the next pub to drink even more. You’ll do this sev­eral times in a row under a time limit. You can use fast travel if you wish to, but it’s not really nec­es­sary. Upon com­ple­tion you’ll be accepted into the Inn League and given a huge amount of rep­u­ta­tion points with them.

If you’ve already done it before, you can do the quest again to receive more rep­u­ta­tion points. Dur­ing Fes­ti­vals, you can find Inn League mem­bers all over Mid­dle Earth that will request spe­cific drinks from you. If you bring them the drinks they ask for you’ll get rep­tu­a­tion for this as well.

Max­ing out your Inn League Rep­u­ta­tion allows you to access a spe­cial room dur­ing the Fes­ti­val that is open only to friends of the group.

Duil­lond: Iavasmereth

Town Crier: “The Elves of Duil­lond are cel­e­brat­ing Iavas­mereth. You are wel­come to join in their fes­tiv­i­ties and dis­cover scrolls that retell many of their great tales!”

Every­one you need to get started is in the east­ern side of Duillond.

1.) Danc­ing: Talk to Ned­he­rien to learn dances of elves. She offers two sep­a­rate dances, so you’ll have to fin­ish the task twice if you want both vari­a­tions. Com­plet­ing this is the same process as it was for other dances.

2.) Search­ing for Scrolls: Mel­len­fas is the Games Mas­ter in Duil­lond. You can pick around in a chest next to him for scrolls . When doing so, you’ll receive either a unim­pres­sive, well-written or ele­gant scroll. Unim­pres­sive scrolls trade in for 1 Fall Fes­ti­val token, well-written scrolls for 2 and ele­gant scrolls for 3.

You can also trade a Elf Mask Token to him along with 12 Fes­ti­val Tokens for the Rab­bit Fes­ti­val Mask. You can get the Elf Mask Token by com­plet­ing Tricks and Troves in Duillond.

3.) Troves and Trick­ery in Duil­lond: This quest comes from Glo­re­niel. This works the same as it does in every town.

To get started, head north­west. You’ll find Lubathred under­neath some stairs on a bal­cony just north of the mail­box. Cower to him and then head off to find the next three you need to see.

Thanks to Caderly for these coordinates:

• Fan­hir (One-handed Weaponsmith) — 24.0S, 92.6W — (emote /roar)
• Nathron­wen — 24.2S, 92.7W (Next to the Two-Handed Weaponsmith) — (emote /handstand)
• Lubathred — 24.3S, 92.5W (NE of mail­box on a bal­cony over­look­ing waterfall) — (emote /cower)
• Barchiril (Duil­lond Hous­ing Broker) — 25.0S, 90.6W (Not in Duil­lond; near the hous­ing instance) — (emote /whippitydo)

Your reward is the Elf Mask Token or 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens. The quest is on a two hour timer.

Thorin’s Hall: Autumnfest

Town Crier: “The dwarves of Thorin’s Hall are cel­e­brat­ing their Autum­n­fest in their hall’s inn. Join them at the Thorin’s Hall inn and see if you can dis­cover beau­ti­ful geo­des and other nat­ural wonders!”

The Inn is inside Thorin’s Hall itself. Go north past the statue and make either a left or a right. You should see a hall­way lead­ing down­stairs, which even­tu­ally turns to the Inn.

1.) Danc­ing: Talk to Galmi to learn dances of dwarves. He offers two sep­a­rate dances, so you’ll have to fin­ish the task twice if you want both vari­a­tions. Com­plet­ing this is the same process as it was for other dances.

2.) Search­ing for Geo­des: Dyri is the Games Mas­ter at the Thorin’s Hall Inn. You can pick around in a chest next to him for geo­des. When doing so, you’ll receive either a cracked, pris­tine or fault­less geode. Cracked geo­des trade in for 1 Fall Fes­ti­val token, pris­tine geo­des for 2 and fault­less apples for 3.

You can also trade a Dwarf Mask Token to him along with 12 Fes­ti­val Tokens for the Bucket Fes­ti­val Mask. You can get the Dwarf Mask Token by com­plet­ing Tricks and Troves in Thorin’s Hall.

3.) Troves and Trick­ery in Thorin’s Hall: Again, the Trick­ster you need to talk to for this is not in the Inn. His name is Guth­lag and you’ll find him to the north­east upon enter­ing Thorin’s Hall (directly east of the statue).

Same as before, you’ll have to find four peo­ple and per­form emotes for them. To get started head south to the Auc­tion Hall and charge at any of the auctioneers.

Thanks to Caderly for these coordinates:

• Kaupi, Fathi, Far­mann — Auc­tion house — (emote /charge)
• Egil Old­beard — Maker’s Hall near sup­plier — (emote /flex)
• Adwyn Flame-eye (Bowyer) — Near hunter trainer — (emote /pushups)
• Dwalin — Far N in Thorin’s Hall — (emote /tantrum)

Your reward is the Dwarf Mask Token or 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens. The quest is on a two hour timer.

Bar­ter­ing

Each race has its own Fall Fes­ti­val Trader NPC, but they all offer the same items. They are rep­re­sented with a blue icon over their heads and on the map. Here’s what you can trade for:

• Guide to the Cow­bell: 1 Fall Fes­ti­val Token
• Wooden Beaver Statue: 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Giant Pump­kin: 3 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Har­vest Statue: 5 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Gob­lin Statue: 5 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Free Peo­ples’ Flag: 2 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Scare­crow: 4 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Sun­dial: 6 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens
• Autumn Wel­come Mat: 8 Fall Fes­ti­val Tokens

Con­clu­sion

And that about cov­ers it. We now have more infor­ma­tion on the loca­tions for the Troves and Trick­ery quests thanks to Caderly and those who have com­mented here. Thanks a lot every­one!

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