The Arkenstone, Brandywine, Firefoot, Gladden, Nimrodel, and Silverlode servers will be brought down from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for a restart.
The Elendilmir, Landroval, Meneldor, Vilya, and Windfola servers will be brought down from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for a restart as well.
Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

The LOTRO forums, Lorebook, and my.lotro.com are once again available.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you all for your patience.

The Turbine Account Maintenance site at http://myaccount.turbine.com will be brought down for maintenance on Monday, February 2nd from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT). During this time, players will be unable to log into the game or make changes to their accounts. Players already in the game when the site is brought down will be unaffected unless they log out or are disconnected.

We've identified and fixed the issue some new players were encountering when signing up for the Free Trial, so if you had problems during the process, please try again now! If you have any further difficulties, please post in the Free Trial forums for assistance. Thanks, and welcome to LOTRO!

Turbine has teamed up with Xfire to offer players great prizes for playing The Lord of the Rings Online (Full Game or Free Trial) and joining the Official Xfire LOTRO Clan while signed into Xfire from January 28th to February 11th! 30 winners will be chosen. For more information, click here!

Players who have received a forum name change are experiencing issues when logging into my.lotro.com. As a result, we will be unable to change forum names until further notice. We are working on a resolution to the issue and will begin accepting requests again once everything is in place. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The LOTRO Game Servers and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Monday, January 26 from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT). The forums and wikis will remain up, but players may not be able to log in. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

IGN-Vault has done it once again by holding onto their Top Database Award via launching a number of huge databases for AOC and WAR. This Fansite's contributors are highly professional and the website runs like a well oiled machine. With so many great mmorpg databases out there, it takes alot to be recognized as the leader and IGN-Vault meets those requirements with more to spare. With a dedication to the community, IGN-Vault keeps on getting better.

As your adventuring career crests at 40th level, your strength and renown reaches epic proportions. You are needed more than ever to help purge the land of the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron.

You might think that with the increased strength of Orcs, Goblins, Drakes, and other savage beasts that soloing is no longer an option�quite the contrary! With the addition of the Moria expansion, opportunities for solitary play abound beneath the Misty Mountains in the lands the Dwarves once called Khazad-dum.