| Video game | |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Developer | Standing Stone Games |
| Publisher | Daybreak Game Company |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
| Release Date | 5 November 2019 |
| Genre | MMORPG |
The Lord of the Rings Online: Minas Morgul is the seventh expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. Features:
- The expansion consists of two new areas, "Mordor Besieged" consists of the upper half of Gorgoroth during the final stages of the Siege of Barad-dûr in the Second Age, and the Morgul Vale, which consists of the areas between Ithilien to the west, and Gorgoroth to the east. The city of Minas Morgul is also available for exploration.
- A new playable race, the "Stout-axe dwarves", became available.
- New Crafting updates, including a new tier to crafting guilds.
- A new instance cluster taking place in the Morgul Vale, with four three-man instances, three six-man instances, and a raid, the Remmorchant, featuring battling with Shelob in Torech Ungol.
- A new level cap of 130 is introduced.
Updates
Update 26: Mists of Wilderland
Mists of Wilderland is the the twenty-sixth update, released on 23 April, 2020.
- A new region, the Wells of Langflood was released, featuring the upper-lands of the Vales of Anduin, and the merging of the Greylin and Langwell rivers into the Anduin. In addition, there is the beorning settlement of Limlok, the stoor village of Lyndelby, and the ruins of Framsburg, once the capital of the Éothéod.
- A new reputation faction, the "Protectors of Wilderland", situated in Limlok was introduced.
- A brand new epic questline, "The Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves" is introduced to follow the Black Book of Mordor, and follows Prince Durin's efforts in leading the united dwarves to retake Mount Gundabad from the orcs who dwell there. Two initial chapters were released.
Update 27: The Great Wedding
The Great Wedding is the twenty-seventh update, released on 30 June, 2020.
- A new area, Minas Tirith (Midsummer), was introduced, situated after the destruction of the One Ring, situated around the wedding of King Aragorn Elessar and Arwen Undomiel.
- The Midsummer Festival was introduced, based in Midsummer Minas Tirith, featuring all new quests, items and deeds for players. In addition, the Summer and Farmer's Faire festivals were merged to make way for the Midsummer Festival.
- The Epic Questline continues with Volume V- The Peace of Middle-earth, in it's first book.
