Bullroarer - Update 43 - Beta #3 - Secrets of Utug-bûr - OPEN

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Bullroarer - Update 43 - Beta #3 - Secrets of Utug-bûr - OPEN
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Bullroarer is OPEN

Server Opening Time: Tuesday, February 11 ~6:00 PM ET
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Welcome to Update 43!
Secrets of Utug-bûr
We welcome you to Update 43 the Secrets of Utug-bûr Beta! This beta includes a new 12 player raid and updates to Elf and High-elf animations. There are also a number of changes to Moria content as well.

Known Issues: Many rewards are not final or may be missing. These will be incorporated in a future update.


The Temple of Utug-bûr - New 12 Player Raid
Dhórgruth (Raid - Wing 1)
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Thûr Hin (Raid - Wing 2)
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Inner Sanctum (Raid - Wing 3)
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Deed Log Refresh
An extensive refresh of the appearance and functionality of the Deed Log is now in U43!

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Moria Updates
Updates to content and rewards, see release notes below or feedback thread for a comprehensive list.

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Elf Update
Changes to improve the appearance of Elf and High-elf animations.

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Release Notes - U43 Beta #3 (New notes in yellow):

Of Special Note:

• In preparation for the introduction of new 64-bit worlds, we are increasing the base number character slots available to VIP and premium accounts.
  • VIP accounts with active subscriptions will have access to 12 free player character slots (increased from 7).
  • Premium accounts will have access to 10 free player character slots (increased from 5).
  • Character slots free accounts and for monster play characters are unchanged.

News & Notes:

• Three new heritage options are now available when creating characters of the Race of Man: Harad/Ordâkh, Rhûn, and Umbar.
• Characters can now select an alternate heritage title appropriate to their race by speaking to a notary and completing the corresponding quest. Dwarves and Stout-axe dwarves should visit Wárr Ink-sleeve in Thorin's Hall. Hobbits and River-hobbit should visit Wistan Whitfoot in Michel Delving. Race of Man characters should visit Bonnie Milkweed in Bree. And Elf and High Elf characters should visit Lubathred in Duillond or one of the notaries in Rivendell.

Events:

• Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound lootboxes contain new "Mushroom Hunter" cosmetic items including avatar cosmetics, a war-steed accessory, a frog cosmetic pet, and new housing items including a hearth and wallpaper.
  • These items are also available on Rowan Raspberry for Figments of Splendour.
• Adventurer's and Traveller's Steel-bound lootboxes now contain a Mushroom Hunter's Pack and Mushroom Hunter's Corgi cosmetic pet. These items are not yet available for barter.
• The following pet and housing items are now available on on Rowan Raspberry for Figments of Splendour: Tome of the Sea-side Sand-lurker, Macaque Rock, Tall Macaque Palm, and Macaque Palm.
• Filbert Fig has retired for the season.
• Yule Hobbit Presents have been retired for the season.

Classes & Skills

• Brawlers, Burglars, Captains, and Mariners should now correctly be able to remove Fear effects with their CC-break skills: Slip Free, Find Footing, Withdrawal, and Sea Legs.
• The offensive buffs To Arms and The West Wind (including that applied by Keeper of Animals' Major skill) will now lock each other out from being used, and can no longer be stacked before their Exhaustion lockout period.
• Many skills across classes with cooldowns longer than 60 seconds have been updated so that they are reset by raid boss cooldown resets.
• Burglar
  
  • When traited into 'The Quiet Knife' Knives Out will now correctly be reset by Call to Greatness, rather than Coup de Grace.
  • The trait 'Focused Strikes' will now grant you a toggle skill rather than applying its effects directly. This toggle can be used to more flexibly apply or remove the effect of this trait.
• Brawler
  
  • When specialized in the Fulcrum, Brawlers can now block incoming attacks.
• Captain
  • Armour of the Brazen Call now correctly reduces the cooldown of your yellow-line Standard of Valour rather than the blue-line Standard of Honour.
• Champion
  
  • When specialized in The Martial Champion, you can now block incoming attacks even while dual-wielding.
• Hunter
  • All Hunter Damage has been increased by 5% (Penetrating Shot by 15%).
  • The Insignia of the Shagâni Hawks' bonus bleed (applied by Penetrating shot) will no longer remove your target's Barbed Arrow bleed when it is applied.
  • The Insignia of the Shagâni Hawks' bonus bleed (applied by Penetrating shot) now has one additional pulse.
• Lore-master
  • Staff Strike's bonus damage from consuming a flank now correctly scales based off of single-target critical magnitude rather than AoE critical magnitude.
• Mariner
  • The Dol Amroth Armour of the Sea-tamer now gives appropriate Mariner set bonuses.
• Rune-Keeper
  
  • Mystifying Flame's debuff is now an additive modifier rather than a multiplicate modifier.

Combat & Monsters

• Wolves in the Weather Hills of the Lone-lands will no longer stand around in a very large group.

Crafting

• 'Tattered Langflood Parchment' and 'Langflood Sealed Wax' are now using the proper icons.

Quests, Deeds, & Adventure Areas

• Due to popular demand, the ladder up to Ashagir in Urash Dar no longer has a quest requirement on it, so you can now use it whenever you like!
• The quest 'Voice on the Wind' now rewards Ikorbani Faction Experience.
• The quest 'Intercept the Courier' had its quest guide location radius increased to make it appear clearer on the map.
• The instance version of the quest 'Across the Ikorban' now has a level of 150 associated with it.
• The quest 'Respite at Shonith' now grants Kintai Faction experience.
• The counter for total number of Ordakhai to eliminate in the quest 'Flowers of the Floodplain' now correctly reflects the 12 eliminations needed to advance when announcing the number of kills.
• Elendil now has VO when turning in the Mordor Besieged quest Lost Lore of the Great Alliance.
• In Elderslade, the name of the interior of the cave Tithzagáf on the island of Grytholm will now display correctly. Two quests, Striking Grytholm and Assisted Research, which have objectives inside the cave have been versioned. Players who logged out with these quests in progress will need to return to the quest-givers to have them re-bestowed.
• An issue has been resolved that would cause invisible physics to be present in the Stout-axe Intro.
• Updated the Umbar-môkh catacombs quest "Stolen Mementos" to flow better narratively. Note: this quest will be versioned upon release.
• Floating footprints in Instance: The Great Goblin in Exile have been grounded.
• Urash Dâr tortoise and sandstorm enemies now correctly drop trophy items.
• In the hobbit tutorial instance Bounder Boffin is no longer holding two weapons in the same hand.
• In the Wildwood quest The Tomb of Haudh Eglan, the quest guide now directs you to the Writhenset entrance closest to the objective.
• In the Udûn instance The Fatal Prize, it should be more apparent that it is Captain Lachír's men who are attacking you.
• In the Bree-land quest By Axe and Fire, Walt Whitrose now recalls directions more accurately.
• Scraps of Paper associated with The Secret Stone quest The Lost Pages will now disappear momentarily after you pick them up. They will reappear a short time later, should you want to view the clue again.
• In the Welkin-lofts Instance: The Giant's Den the dialogue and VO has been adjusted so that it does overlap or get cut off during the scene with Hórin and Chieftain Hrungrod.
• The barrels in the Hytbold Armoury no longer try to kill players.
• Snowdrifts in the Misty Mountains associated with the quest The Missing Fragments are now only present while that quest is underway.
• In the level 30 Brawler instance, The Melee in the Square, Neighbor Ned has learned to chill out and stop swinging his sword once his enemy is defeated.
• The Mirkwood quest "Scattered in the Forest" now properly shows Sterkist and Langhár at the Forest Gate for completion.
• Fixed an issue with the Imhûlari Spider Shades in the Mûkh Bahora fight in Tûl Zakana not rendering properly.
• Quest items in the Wildermore quest "The Deadly Freeze" are no longer buried.
• Quest items in the Silkenhold quest "A Kindly Rescue" are no longer hidden.
• A Cargûl-rune associated with the Wold quest The Ford: Defiled Runes is no longer inside a tent players cannot enter.
• In the Seregost quest Banners of the Lady of Blight, the Banners of the Stained are nnow easier to click on.
• In the Khutra quest "Healing Khutra, Part 3" the Good Fishing Spots now respawn properly while in a duo fellowship.
• In the Anniversary Scavenger Hunt quest Year 5 Tales: Merry, players now carry a pack to the ponies instead of a bucket.
• Gwin Curhonon will no longer be seen out and about in the Gloomglens of Enedwaith before he has been freed from captivity.
• The Moria quest "Strange Creatures" now correctly lists multiple "Flesh Samples" when collected.
• The Orc leader Hoital in Instance: In Defence of Eaworth will no longer have a ring over his head during his dialogue with Ingmar, son of Ingbert.
• In the Osgiliath instance The Ruined City, players who are defeated after defeating Thrug will now be teleported to the correct checkpoint.
• In the Dunland quest Heading off the Stampede, the quest guide is now easier to see on the map.
• The quest guide is now easier to see on the map for several quests in Dunland.
• The Ered Mithrin quests Trusted Tools and Crafts of Old will no longer remote bestow to qualifying characters while they are inside Mission: Area of Interest.
• The category of the quest Instance: Dawn's Arrival has been corrected to Vales of Anduin: Duskenvale.
• In the Ered Mithrin quest Expect the Unexpected, the wording of the first objective has been adjusted for clarity and an issue has been resolved where a Gundabad Black-arrow was in the wrong place causing it to not count toward quest advancement.
• Corrected a typo in the name and related deed of the "Spirit of Remembrance" in the Limlight Gorge. Note: the deed "The Spirits of the Limlight" will version upon release.
• Tasks
  • The completion of tasks in Zigilgund in Forochel now awards reputation with Thorin's Hall.
  • The completion of tasks in Aughaire and Tyrn Lhuig in Angmar now awards reputation with the Council of the North.
  • The completion of tasks in Gabilshathûr in Angmar now awards reputation with Thorin's Hall.
  • The completion of tasks in Ost Forod in Evendim now awards reputation with the Wardens of Annúminas.
  • The bestowal text of the Eorlingas Tasks in West Rohan now specifies that the items are found in the Broadacres.
  • There are now five level 63 tasks in Southern Mirkwood that award reputation with the Malledhrim. The task board is located just outside of The Haunted Inn.
  • There are now five level 60 tasks in Lothlórien that award reputation with the Galadhrim. The task board is located near Rohiril, the Stable-master just outside Caras Galadhon.
  • Duplicate tasks for the Elves of Rivendell have been removed from the level 31-40 Neighborhood Task Boards
  • Tasks in East Rohan now award reputation with either Men of the Wold, Men of the Norcrofts, Men of the Entwash Vale, or Men of the Sutcrofts.
  • The completion of tasks in Eregion now awards reputation with the Elves of Rivendell.
  • Housing neighborhood task collection boards have been updated to include Ikorbâni, Adúrhid, and Phetekâri faction task quests.
  • There is now a new task collection box for 141-cap task quests. This collection box has been added to Umbar, Ikorbân Valley and housing neighborhood locations.
  • Ikorbân Valley task quests have been updated to accept paper task quests from housing neighborhoods.
  • Due to these changes, all 141-150 faction task quests will version upon release.
• Players will no longer see a quest ring where there is no NPC inside Girhazi's Lodge.
• Fixed an issue where Foreman Otur in the dwarf introduction Instance: Into the Silver Deep would randomly start kicking during his drama.
• Two NPC's in Galtrev, Dunland, who were kicking the air for no reason are now instead having a conversation.
• The rare monsters inside Sarnur will now respawn one hour after they have been defeated.
• The unusual physics in the Caves of Ghalburu have been corrected, so now it should be easier to pass through.
• Reputation earned from completing Survivors of Wildermore dailies has been increased to 900 points. Wildermore's Recovery, the daily wrapper for these quests, now awards 1200 reputation points.
• The Ents of Fangorn Forest now offer four level 95 tasks.These can be acquired and turned in at Derndingle in Fangorn Forest and at Neighborhood Task Boards.
• The amount of Gaunt-men in the Song-house of Lindalire in Minas Morgul has been increased to speed completion of the quest Sigils of Sorrow.
• Corrupt Wolves associated with the Eryn Lasgalen quest Along the Rhachló are now classified as Beasts to be consistent with the other enemies in this quest.
• The Western Gondor dailies in Tarlang's Crown, Kêr Izel, and Kêr Bras can now be reset using Mithril Coins.
  Silirtas should now have her correct appearance during her visit to Urmakh.

Instances & Skirmishes

• Barad Gularan Castellan's Chest Key will now be deleted from your inventory when you exit Barad Gularan.
• When running instances on Solo/Duo difficulty, the "Enhancement -- Solo/Duo" buff no longer incorrectly suggests that it reduces Target Mitigation Ratings.
• In the instance Eithel Gwaur, the Filth-well, the final boss will now wait until after she says 'You have been warned! to attack you.
• An issue has been addressed in the Minas Morgul instance Ghashan-kútot, the Halls of Black Lore that could cause npc's to get stuck.
• Boars in the the instance 'Raphuz's Challenge' correctly advance the Imhular diseased boar deed, not the Ambarûl boar deed.
• The Depths of Makhda Korbo - Menacing Tentacles can now drop on tier 3, and have improved drop rates on tier 4 and tier 5 soft locks.
• Skirmish victims had become a bit fragile over successive general balance updates. They've been made someone more resilient to compenate.
• Ikorban Instances:
  • The Ikorban Instances quartermaster will now allow you to barter Sand-worn Copper Tokens and a few rare instance barter items in exchange for an incomparable instance barter item (Impenetrable Scorpion Carapace, Phial of Glistering Well-water, or Fallen Burial Ward).
  • Nirgambâr, the Restless Tomb
    • Sakhârshag's Frustration buff will no longer inappropriately wrap back around to tier 5 when it hits more targets than its current tier.
  • Tûl Zakana
    • Fixed an issue wherein additional enemies were not being properly removed on player death in the Utûgi stage of the Mûkh Bahora fight.
    • Fixed a graphical issue with the Imhûlari Spider Shades in the Mûkh Bahora fight.
    • Fixed an issue wherein the player skill Smite Evil was not smiting Imhûlari Spider Shades, despite their quite evil nature.
    • The dual cursed hotspots in the Hands of Forgetting fight now extend their visual effects to the entire hotspot.
    • Bahadring's Blessing of Rising Strength/Crescendo of Strength now correctly repeats regularly in the Hands of Forgetting fight.
    • The Ordâkhai Sorcerer ability "Consuming Shadow" now shows a countdown tooltip when standing in the hotspot before the damaging pulse effect of the same name fires. Updated the Consuming Shadow hotspot to have more vivid visual effects.
    • Animations now play correctly for Utûgi Devastators and Utûgi Shades in the Mûkh Bahora fight.
    • Attacks from shades in the Mûkh Bahora fight now play different animations for weak, medium and heavy shadow attacks.
    • Added new cosmetic weapon inventories for the Utugi adds and Utugi-phase Mukh Bahora boss in Tul Zakana.
• Moria/Lothlorien Instances:
  • Moria instances challenge chests now have an improved chance to drop rare rewards.
  • Medallions of Lothlorien can now be bartered to receive silver branches and gold leaves.
  • Medallions of Moria and Lothlorien can now be bartered to receive basic Legendary Item components.
  • Dark Delvings
    • Fixed several issues with Void-eater's class-based debuff tooltips.
    • Fixed an issue with Doom-speaker's phase buffs.
    • Both Void-eater and Doom-speaker now benefit from being in the shadows (gaining Primal Darkness, which is still fully negated by the light from rune-stones).
    • Primal Darkness now enhances enemies' offence and defence slightly (it is still completely negated by light from rune-stones).
    • Bleeding Ears duration reduced to 8s.
  • Forges of Khazad-dum
    • Water pouches now drop twice as frequently.
    • The initial hit damage and critical magnitude of Thrug's Forestorm ability has been reduced significantly.
    • The DoT applied to allies when Thrug targets you with Firestorm is now much shorter, and will fall off when combat ends.
  • Fil Gashan
    • Commander Greb's Counter Attack no longer triggers on DoT damage.
    • Some equipment from Fil Gashan had lower-than-intended stat values. These items have been buffed slightly to give the intended amounts of their stats, matching similar items from other instances.
    • Commander Greb's counterattack duration reduced to 10s.
    • General Talug's encounter has been adjusted slightly to make the core mechanics a little less finicky and speed up the overall speed of the encounter:
      • General Talug now moves slightly faster even when his shield is up.
      • General Talug's Vulnerability (from successfully making him into a fire trap) now increases his Incoming Damage by 50% (rather than only negating his immunity).
      • General Talug will now be susceptible to fire traps even if a player has ignited him after he is doused in oil (he will stop being vulnerable after the burning oil expires).
      • Talug's Fang-caster will now drop his fire trap a little closer to himself (which ought to reduce the frequency at which it spawns under walls, pillars, or other objects in the encounter space).
    • Burns applied by fire traps and fire damage while doused in oil (dropped after the Fire-fist is killed, not the effect applied by the Fire-fist's targeted skill) are slightly more potent and can no longer be cleansed by skills or potions, but will require you to run into the waterfalls on either side of the room.
    • Waterfalls will now cleanse burns as soon as you step into them, and no longer require you to stand in them for several seconds.
  • Halls of Crafting
    • Thaguzg's max morale has been reduced significantly.
  • Skumfil
    • Hwandrin's health has been reduced by 20%.
    • Globsnaga Guard (Spider) health has been reduced by 20%.
    • Brumbereth and Grimreaver have had their stats adjusted slightly to bring them closer to one another and reduce the overall difference of choosing one side vs the other.
      • Brumbereth's mitigations have been reduced, but her health increased slightly to compensate.
      • Grimreaver's health and mitigations have both been reduced dramatically, but his offense increased slightly.
  • Filikul
    • Nornuan's health has been reduced by 8%.
    • Nornuan's rewards have been improved.
  • Dar Narbugud
    • The Mistress of Pestilence's health has been reduced by 11%.
    • Several Mistress skills now have slightly longer cooldowns.
    • Spores in the Mistress of Pestilence encounter now spawn half as frequently.
    • Reflective Spores now only return 10% of player damage (previously 20%).
    • Ravenous Newborn health has been reduced by 20%.
    • Some fixes have been made which will alter the way Zholuga's encounter plays out:
      • Zholuga's max morale has been reduced by ~17%.
      • Fixed a problem with the way Zholuga was summoning spores.
      • Caster's, Fighter's, and Defender's Bane summoned spores each now have -60% Morale.
      • Bane debuffs applied by spores are now significantly shorter but slightly more potent.
      • Bane debuffs will now run a check against player disease resistance every 10s and a single effect will be removed if the player passes that check.
      • Fixed Zholuga's color/phase-based skills and effects.
    • Chests in Dar Narbugud now have a slightly greater chance to reward you with more than one elf-stone.
    • Istum's Fungal Crawlers now deal slightly less damage.

Missions & Delvings

• A change has been made to make consistent that all enemies inside missions, including the Legacy of Morgoth missions, will drop trophies except for enemies that respawn and enemies that are summoned by another enemy.
• The Mission Twist "Crushing" now includes a 4 second induction. Monster animations for "Crushing" have been updated.
• The Ice Pillars in Mission: Drive a Wedge no longer shimmer after they are destroyed.
• The explosive barrels in Mission: The Gate Captain now have more boom! The barrels are also no longer visible post-explosion.
• The Mission Twist "Crushing" now includes a 4 second induction. Monster animations for "Crushing" have been updated.
• The Elderslade mission "Abandoned Supplies" no longer incorrectly announces "You have bested the goblin leader!" on mission conclusion.
• Clarified the wording in the Swanfleet mission "Patrol the Township" to indicate that (and how many) brigands must be defeated before the scout spawns. Note: The mission "Patrol the Township" will version upon release.
• The Cardolan quest "Unlikely Friends" has been updated to clarify that Rendal needs to be summoned within the ruins of Gaervarad to advance the quest. Note: "Unlikely Friends" will be versioned upon release.
• In the Ikorbân Valley mission "Securing Kûr Anzar", several barricades no longer float and Barkhûshim no longer patrol through barricades.
• In the Elderslade Mission "Collapsing the Old Paths", a duo fellowship can no longer have their progress blocked by having the non-channeling player trigger a tunnel explosion without advancing the quest objective.
• On the Umbar Mission "The Beast of Belfalas", only Tarasâd will now return to the middle of the cave if drawn out.
• In Mission: The Zhelruka Clan: Chapter 1 the Cave Rats and Scavenging Gredbyg will now appear on the radar.
• In the Gundabad mission "Hall of Ice", impassable ice blockades now reset if players are defeated by Hartung.

Items & Rewards

• Herbalist's Shoes from the Fane of the Accursed now have a classic essence slot they were intended to have.
• The following skill/emote granting items received from the Treasure Hunt event will now disenchant into Buried Treasure Tokens for those who have already earned the skills/emotes: Cave-claw Steed, Rich!, Treasure Laden Goat, Treasure Laden Steed, Counterfeit, Gem Inspection, Coin Flip, Dowse, and Gold Panning.
• There is now a Mariner Armourer in the Court of the Fount at Dol Amroth who will barter for minimum level 100 Mariner armour with a set bonus.
• 'Further Adventures of Elladan & Elrohir' Themes is now available for barter from Celeblír in Rivendell.
• The Ikorbân Valley Instance Reward Vendor now has music boxes available featuring music from the IkorbânValley Instance Cluster.
• Characters who already completed the Quest The Secrets of Sarch Vorn will receive the updated quest rewards including a small statue housing decoration.
• Fixed some tooltips in the Collections Bauble Page which erroneously referenced Mounts.
• Trophy items collected from enemies now have a line in their description detailing whether those items can be collected into task or junk carry-alls to prevent confusion.
• Two new cosmetic pets are now available for Delving barter, the Tome of the White Hamster and the Tome of the Ruby Sand Worm.
• Delving pets are now arranged in barter by price.
• Delving pets and housing items have been split into two separate barters.
• Champion: Armour of the Axe-handler no longer erroneously refers to an unspecific set of "Defensive Skills." It now correctly states that it reduces the cooldown of Adamant.
• Most Lothlorien items bartered with Lothlorien Silver Branches and Gold Leaves now cost 20-50% fewer of those items. Since players now experience Lothlorien for shorter periods than when it originally released, it can be hard to collect enough branches and leaves before Lothlorien is no longer relevant for their characters. This change should make many Lothlorien rewards more attainable for players experiencing this zone at level 60.
• Many Lothlorien reputation items were set to a higher-than-intended item level, and some were giving inappropriately high morale bonuses. These items have been adjusted down to item levels 59-60 with the appropriate stat budgets.
• Cuguru (from the Halls of Crafting) now grants Vitality in addition to its other stats.
• Bartered class-based ranged weapons from the new Ikorban instance cluster can now only be equipped by the class they are designed for.
• The Blue Dragon Frame, available from community events, will now display on Monster Play characters as well as Free People characters.
• Fixed clipping issues with the Rohirrim Patron's Coffer steed.
• The Extraordinary Delving Chest, found in tier 7 and higher Delving Chests, now drops a level 150 portent as an additional reward.
• The crafted Elegant Mariner's Flute and Exquisite Elegant Mariner's Flute have been corrected to no longer require clarinet use or Galadhrim reputation. The min use requirement has been lowered from 60 to 40.
• The crafted Elegant Ilex Mariner's Flute and Exquisite Ilex Elegant Mariner's Flute have been corrected to no longer require clarinet use or Galadhrim reputation.
• The Mushroom Hunter's Hearth has been made a bit larger to better fit various homes.

Landscape

• An Anduin Moss associated with the Duskenvale quest The River Provides has been moved from inside of a rock to on top of it.
• A floating Treasure Cache at Zamarzîr in the Shield Isles has been grounded.
• Combined multiple structures in the Tor Gardens to help improve physics performance.
• Floating objects in Ikorban Valley have been grounded.
• Stuck spots in Nirgambar have been resolved.
• Fixed radar in Dil-irmiz.
• Fixed painting floating off the wall in Hubo Clayhanger's house.
• Enemies and Pets should now path correctly in the Vault of Celebrian's Legacy.
• The Iron Garrison Guards giving directions to the Chamber of the Crossroads are now more specific.
• Task boards for the Adúrhid, the Ikorbâni, and the Phetekâri are now marked on the map.
• Misc boulder issues in Wildermore have been resolved.
• Misc floating objects have been grounded.
• The Mission Stable-master in Annak-kurfu will now automatically discover all other mission stable-master locations.
• Housing neighborhood task collection boards have been updated to include Ikorbâni, Adúrhid, and Phetekâri faction task quests.
• There is now a new task collection box for 141-cap task quests. This collection box has been added to Umbar, Ikorbân Valley and housing neighborhood locations.
• Ikorbân Valley task quests have been updated to accept paper task quests from housing neighborhoods.
• Due to these changes, all 141-150 faction task quests will version upon release.
• Misc deco issues in Khud Zagin have been resolved.
• Misc deco issues in Khutra have been resolved.
• The marsh mud that slows you in Southern Mirkwood was unintentionally giving you a bonus to your evasion, which doesn't really make sense. So now it won't!
• Misc floating or improperly intersecting deco has been resolved.
• The giant intersecting foliage of Telain Bangad has been removed.
• Candur's Hideout is no longer accessible in King's Gondor.
• Misc terrain texture and landscape seam issues have been resolved.
• Cross-server physics issues between Lone-lands/Cardolan.
• The travel route from Zaduru to Jirush will no longer get stuck on a rock.
• The newly added stable-masters in Moria now appear on Radar and on Maps.
• All stable-masters in Moria now display their title in Map tooltips.
• Swift rides from Dol Amroth (original) to Bree-town, Twenty-first Hall, and Aldburg have had their level usage requirements adjusted.

Localization

• Corrects text to make French text respond correctly when using /jdr oui.
• Fixed an issue where several of the collection tabs titles were cut off in French and German.
• GERMAN: Corrected string table error in the German localization of the turn-in objective for the Song of Waves and Wind chapter 12.5 quest: Not An Enemy, If Not A Friend.
• GERMAN: The Quest bestowal dialogue for the 'Finding Blue' Quest in Blackroot Vale (renewed) now displays properly in English.
• GERMAN: The character sheet tooltip for Burglar for the Might stat now properly refers to Burglar.
• GERMAN: Corrected extraneous space after character name in the title "The Wary".
• GERMAN: In the quest "Crafting: The Maker's Hall" dialogue with Egil Altbart now displays properly in German.
• GERMAN: In thhe quest "Beauty of the Land" Ravaedron now describes the correct direction in his dialogue.
• FRENCH: The Sangemekh - turn-in dialogue with Turah now displays properly in French.
• FRENCH: The Dialogue with Erna during the quest "A Stern Lesson" in the Dale-lands now displays properly in French.
• GERMAN: The translations for "Wandalb Grayhame" in German have been updated.
• GERMAN: Text for the Frerin's Court intro quest, "Silver-lined Cure" has fixed.
• GERMAN: Updates the translation for the "Bledu" crop, for the "Aldburg - Quick the Crops! "quest.

Art & Avatars

• Elves and High Elves once more have sneezing SFX when performing the /sneeze emote.
• Elves and High Elves have had their unique sheathing animations restored.
• Fixed many more Human and Elf female animations that had head movement and shape errors. This pass includes many emotes and combat weapon types.
• Elves now have softer head model variants, a new softer face complexion, and a new mouth.
• Generic skin tone palette, used by Race of Man and Elves, now supports more olive tone variants.
• Fixed a bug that caused Race of Man and Elf auto attack animations to play incorrectly.
• High Elf character selection scene now has a brighter light for better color matching.

Miscellaneous

• New UI Setting - "Show PvMP Rank Icon" allows you to turn on / off the PvMP Rank Icon on the Nameplate UI.
• Updated Yondershire Reputation Barter to include Yondershire Music Boxes.
• Updated Cardloan Reputation Barter to include additional deco options.
• An Auctioneer and a Master of Crafting Guilds have been added to the Swain's Guild-hall in Umbar Baharbêl.
• Bashem, an NPC found at The Pot and Quill in Umbar Baharbêl now has feet.
• The deed log has been revamped from the ground up.
• We adjusted the wording on Favoured Standing to reflect its increasing the reputation earned for ally tier, as well.
• Fixed an issue where Favoured Standing bonuses were not checkpointed properly. Your favoured status will now be saved between client sessions.
• There was a typo in the description on the new Favoured Standing page of the reputation panel. This was fixed.

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• Geode has arrived in the basement of the Eyes & Guard Tavern, from whom you can get Medallions of Moria, Medallions of Lothlórien, Platinum Coins of Heart, Platinum Coins of Spirit, and a coffer containing a dozen of each of the Elf-stones. Clicking on the nearby Doors of Durin will instantly teleport you to the 21st Hall.
• The Veil of the Nine cosmetic pets have been added to Wilson in the Eyes and Guard Tavern.