Yule Fes­ti­val began today in LotRO. You can gather up Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens for gifts, earn a new mount type and get a Yule Tree hous­ing item if you like.

As usual, you’ll want to see your local Town Crier for expla­na­tions of all the things going on. I’ll split these tasks up by area for you below. If I’ve missed any, just let me know.

Bree-land

Yule Fes­ti­val

As with all other fes­ti­vals, most of the things of inter­est involve the Bree-field fes­ti­val grounds north of the town. In addi­tion to the Fes­ti­val Run, you can also talk with Ada Mus­grove in the cen­ter of the Fes­ti­val Grounds for quest that will teach you Man Dance moves. Just fol­low her lead by enter­ing /dance1, /dance2 or /dance3 when she calls them out. Just be sure she’s selected when you do the moves.

Hum­bert Sand­heaver is hav­ing another pie-eating con­test as well. Just eat the pies as quickly as you can for a spe­cial title.

Fes­ti­val Run

The fes­ti­val grounds are host­ing a horse race. You’ll see a lit­tle sta­ble with the horses you’ll need to run. Every 10 min­utes or so, the NPC nearby will start up another race. You’ll need to get the quest  from her, grab a sad­dle and then out­fit a horse to race.

You have to go around the entire track once, going through each set of gates. Play­ers tend to go around the obsta­cles here, so if you want a fight­ing chance you’ll likely have to do the same. Win­ning this will let you choose between a Yule Horse Run Token or 3 Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens.

The Yule Horse Run Token can be traded in at the sta­bles north of the fes­ti­val grounds. This usu­ally requires sev­eral Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens as well, but I’m unsure of the exact number.

The Quar­ter­mas­ter

The Quar­ter­mas­ter is just to the West of the Town Crier. He trades for 5 Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens for a Man Gift Box, but also offers two of his own quests:

• What Ale’s You
• More Boar

They’re both straight­foward. What Ale’s You has you fol­low­ing the road West to find some lost casks of ale. More Boar has you retreiv­ing some stolen meat from wolves just north of the Combe-gate. Each results in a Yule Fes­ti­val Token.

The Shire

The Inn League

The Inn League is look­ing for new mem­bers yet again. If you’ve not done this before, head to the old Party Tree north of Hob­biton. You’ll be given a quest that involves a drunken pub crawl. You’ll be inducted into the group after com­plet­ing it.

If you’re already a mem­ber, this is a chance to raise your rep­u­ta­tion with the group. You can do the pub crawl quest again and you’ll find NPCs through­out the world that are inter­ested in spe­cific local drinks.

Yule Fes­ti­val

The Shire’s event is at the Party Tree. You can learn new dance moves from Oger Brock­house here if you wish.

Yule­tide Woes

A bunch of the hob­bits in Hobbiton-Bywater are none too pleased about Lobelia Sackville-Baggins mak­ing her­self the offi­cial Yuletide-planner this year. Talk to any of them to start the quest, which basi­cally just involves get­ting the opin­ions of local hob­bits on the subject.

Just north you’ll see a wind­mill ran by Sandy­man, which will then change the quest to find­ing an invi­ta­tion nearby (it’s just behind the wind­mill on a plat­form). This will then instruct you to find Will Whit­foot back in Michel Delv­ing at the town hole (north of the big statue in the cen­ter of town).

You’ll be told there’s not much you can do unless you retreive the book of Fes­ti­val Law from the Great Smi­als, which is to the east in the town of Tuck­burough. Enter the biggest build­ing there and then make a left to enter the Library. You’ll find what you need on a book­shelf. Return to Will Whit­foot with your find­ings and he’ll give you a petition.

Return to Hobbiton/Bywater and talk to 10 hob­bits to have them sign the peti­tion to remove Lobelia from the post. Don’t for­get the hob­bits in the inn, Gaffer Gamgee south of the Party Tree and Opal Good­body by the ovens at the Party Tree grounds.

You can then server Lobelia with the peti­tion. She’s at Bag End, north of the Party Tree. After she goes nuts, head south and talk to Gaffer Gamgee again a Yule Tree. It’s an out­door hous­ing item.

The Quar­ter­mas­ter

The Quar­ter­mas­ter is on the east­ern side of the Party Tree grounds. He’ll trade a Hob­bit Gift Box for 5 Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens and offers two quests:

• Good Cheer and Warm Cider
• Rib­bons and Bows

Good Cheer and Warm Cider involves retreiv­ing apples from an orhard just to the east. Rib­bons and Bows involves gath­er­ing boxes on the road toward Over­hill. Each rewards a Yule Fes­ti­val Token.

Duil­lond

Yule Fes­ti­val

Head to Duil­lond for this one. On the south­ern side of town you’ll find the dance instruc­tor who can teach you Elf dances. 

The Quar­ter­mas­ter

The Quar­ter­mas­ter is just out­side of the gazebo where you’ll find the dance instruc­tor in Duil­lond. She’ll trade a Elf Gift Box for 5 Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens and offers two quests:

• ‘Tis the Season
• Wreathed in Fir

‘Tis the Sea­son asks you to pick mistle­toe from trees that line the road on the way north to Thrasi’s Lodge. Wreathed in Fir involves head­ing west to gather fir branches from bushes. Each rewards one Yule Fes­ti­val Token.

Thorin’s Hall

Yule Fes­ti­val

The party at Thorin’s Hall is in the inn in the lower part of the city. Just head past the big statue in and you should see a tun­nel lead­ing down on the right or the left. They’ll even­tu­ally run right into the inn.

The only real thing to do here is to learn Dwarf dances from Gamli. The process is the same as with Ada Mus­grove in Bree-land.

The Quar­ter­mas­ter

The Quar­ter­mas­ter can be found just west of the Town Crier inside Thorin’s Hall. The Quar­ter­mas­ter is just to the West of the Town Crier. He trades for 5 Yule Fes­ti­val Tokens for a Dwarf Gift Box, but also offers two of his own quests:

• Dream­ing of a White Yule
• Dwarf-ice

Dream­ing of a White Yule requires you to find hard-packed snow just west of Frerin’s Court. Dwarf-ice involves gath­er­ing shaved ice and berries around the frozen lake west of the Thorin’s Hall gate. Each rewards a Yule Fes­ti­val Token.

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