Simbelmynë Dress – 18 Spring Leaves

Simbelmynë Tunic & Trousers – 18 Spring Leaves

Simbelmynë Cloak – 18 Spring Leaves

Wide Brimmed Spring Hat – 15 Spring Leaves      Simbelmynë Circlet – 15 Spring Leaves

I don’t know who has been hired into the Cosmetics department at Turbine lately, but ever since the release of Rise of Isengard the armour designs and festival cosmetics have truly become something special. I am very impressed with everything that has been released over the past year (with exception of the Draigoch armour) and I hope that the team that worked on all these items is going to continue with this trend!
All older cosmetic items like the Spring Flinger Tunic and last year’s cloaks are also still available.
I love the Spring Festival Horse and Cosmetics, I know it’s going to be a grind but I will savour every minute, knowing that these beautiful goodies are waiting as a reward! Thank you Turbine for giving us something so special!

Here’s a preview of the new Farmer’s Faire 2012 mount. It costs 2 race tokens and 120 Farmer’s Faire Tokens. This sounds like a lot but what I’ve seen from the quest rewards so far, the amounts that are rewarded are quite generous.
I has a black and brown tack decorated with golden wheat.
The steed has +62% speed and 200 morale, just like the last Anniversary steed, so this seems to be the new norm for festival steeds that used to have 100 morale in the past.

A preview for all the cosmetics that are available at the new Farmer’s Faire festival from the Town Crier. I’ve also listed the hand-held items that you can swap into your weapon slot.

Farmer’s Fancy Dress (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Farmer’s Fancy Tunic and Trousers (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Gardener’s Apron (white and red dye) – 45 tokens
This is actually a hauberk. Hauberks have thick leggings underneath which clip through many boot models, including the Gardening Boots.

Gardening Boots (default and red dye) – 35 tokens

Gardening Gloves (default and red dye) – 35 tokens

Farmer’s Fancy Wide-brimmed Hat (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Hooded Cloak of the Harvest (white and black dye) – 45 tokens

Hooded Leather Cloak (white and black dye) – 45 tokens

Circlet of Fresh-picked Flowers (can now be dyed!) – 35 tokens
Lantern (hand-held item) – 45 tokens

Basket of Colourful Eggs (hand-held item) – 45 tokens
Cornstalk (hand-held item) – 45 tokens

Chicken Mask                                                 Pig Mask

Donkey Mask                                                  Sheep Mask

Duckling Mask
All Masks can be dyed – 55 tokens

The Summer Festival has finally arrived and it brings us another beautiful new mount! It’s called the Summerdays Steed and costs 40 Summer Festival Tokens and 2 Race Tokens.
If you’re having trouble doing the necessary horse races to obtain the tokens needed for the mount, perhaps you will find this guide helpful.

Summerdays Dress – 18 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Tunic and Trousers – 18 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Cloak – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Hooded Cloak – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Hat – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

All Summer Festival Cosmetics from previous years are still available, which is good news because the old Yule Festival items have gone to the Lotro Store. So if you still want some older cosmetics, take your chance because it might be a last opportunity.

There seem to be some issues with the Keg races not working. Follow the latest news regarding the festival on Casual Stroll to Mordor, or check their new Summer Festival Guide 2012 if you need help.

The Treasure Hunt will be on this week! I was so excited to see the Lotro Calendar updated with several fun events for this month and the next! As the Riders of Rohan expansion has been delayed until October 15th, I guess the community team decided to move the Event schedule around a bit and keep us very very busy collecting all kinds of treasures this month. The Treasure Hunt was launched early this year for the first time and we haven’t seen it return until now. It is an incredibly entertaining and very addictive event that gives some fine cosmetic rewards, some of the most awesome emotes in the game, delightful housing items and a few beautiful unique mounts with high morale and speed. I know that when the event ran last time, I have been digging and digging until my hands bled! If you want to find out what exactly is up for grabs, check out Ketani’s Treasure Hunt guide. Today’s patch notes mentioned some new rewards for the event, so there will be even more goodies to dig up!
Just one warning though: the event is indeed very addictive. The quest cycle which gives you the Treasure Hunt Picks has a rather long cooldown that keeps you waiting impatiently, which can make it very tempting to buy the rather expensive picks in the Lotro store. I would advise against that, but in stead switch to one or two different alts to do the same cycle while you wait for the cooldown on your main to finish. Most rewards are bound to account and can be traded, except for the mounts and some of the major emotes. There is a barter that sells cosmetics and a selection of emotes, and this year a special mount has been added: the Harvest-brew Goat!
All cosmetics are bound to account and can be bought from the barter, except for the Treasure Hunter’s Rucksack, which only drops from digsites.

The Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner event will run alongside the Treasure Hunt and is already live now. I think these two events are a perfect combination, as the pirate event in itself is a bit small and rather insignificant in terms of rewards. If you still need a pirate hat of sorts, head over to the Brandywine Bridge where you will find the beginning of the questline. If you’re looking for the perfect pirate cloak, check out the Classic barter at the skirmish camp. He sells three cloaks in the Forsaken Inn section. They’re awesome in combination with an eye patch!

Head: Treasure-hunter’s Hat, burgundy dye (crafted T6, light armour)
Chest: Cer. Robe of the Graven Word, burgundy dye (cosmetics vendor, Rift cosmetic)
Hands: Fingerless Gloves, burgundy dye (Yule Festival quest reward -helping the poor-, cosmetic)
Back: Treasure Hunter’s Rucksack, burgundy dye (Treasure Hunt digsite reward, cosmetic)
Hand-held item: Long-handled Shovel (cosmetics vendor, items)

Mount: Treasure Laden Pony (Treasure Hunt digsite reward)

If you didn’t manage to collect the 1000 Buried Treasure Tokens that were needed for the Harvest-brew Goat last weekend at the Treasure Hunt event, then here’s your chance to get a mount outfitted with the same tack! I think the idea is very nice, to make both a goat and a horse with the same theme, but I’m sad that the goat is only available through the rigorous grind of the Treasure Hunt that has to be completed in the short span of 3 days, and is not available at this Festival. Also, I’m not crazy about yet another Festival mount with that dull pale skin colour. Still, the horse or pony will be nice for some. At least this Festival it’s not an all “feminine” horse as so many guys complained about last Spring. The horse has two different sides, one with beer mugs and the other with a saddle bag. The tack has runes inscribed on the front side that some players think translate to “Westphal”, referencing an area in Germany with certain beer brewing traditions. Correct me if I’m wrong as all this is only forum speculation.

The Harvest-brew Steed costs 2 Race Tokens + 60 Fall Festival Tokens. It has +62% speed and 200 morale.

Harvest-brew Dress – 24 tokens

Harvest-brew Long-sleeved Tunic & Trousers – 24 tokens

Harvest-brew Short-sleeved Tunic & Trousers – 24 tokens

Harvest-brew Cloak – 24 tokens

Harvest-brew Hooded Cloak – 24 tokens

Harvest-brew Hat – 24 tokens (can be dyed but only very dark colours)

Harvest-brew Circlet – 24 tokens (cannot be dyed)

Beer Stein – 24 tokens                                                                        Pretzel – 18 tokens

Basket of Apples – 18 tokens                                                          Fall Gourd – 18 tokens

All cosmetics from previous years are still available!

The Wintry Yule Steed comes in two versions: the regular festival horse and a box of war-steed cosmetics. The normal horse is available for 80 festival tokens + 1 gold token and gated behind the completion of Tier 1 of the “The More The Merrier” deed. The war-steed cosmetics are available for 150 festival tokens + 1 gold token and gated behind the completion of Tier 3 of the “The More The Merrier” deed.

Here is a preview of the Yule Festival Cosmetics 2012 available from the barter in Frostbluff. Please take notice that there are also bound-to-account cosmetics dropping from a Sack of Presents (reward from the first Yule daily). Previews from those random cosmetics are being added to the bottom of this post.

 
Wintry Yule Robe – 40 festival tokens

 
Wintry Yule Cloak – 40 festival tokens

 
Wintry Yule Backpack – 50 festival tokens + 1 gold token + Tier 2

 
Wintry Yule Hat – 50 festival tokens + 1 gold token + Tier 2

 
Yule Tree Cloak – 50 festival tokens + 1 gold token + Tier 2

 
Festive Yule Mug – main/offhand – 30 festival tokens    Festive Wine Skin – main/offhand – 30 festival tokens

 
Bunch of Holly – main/offhand – 30 festival tokens     Yule Sparkler – main/offhand – 50 festival tokens

 
Horned Snow-beast Cloak – 70 festival tokens + 1 gold token + Tier 3

 
Horned Snow-beast Boots – 70 festival tokens + 1 gold token + Tier 3

The More The Merrier deed:
20 quests = Tier 1, +40 quests = Tier 2, + 60 quests = Tier 3
Tier 3 is a total of 120 daily quests completed.

Exchange rate: 100 festival tokens = 1 gold token

 
 
Spiral-horned Snow-beast Cloak – reward from Sack of Presents (daily) (bound to account)

 
Wintry Yule Cap – reward from Sack of Presents (daily) (bound to account)

The Lissuin Steed comes in two versions: the regular festival horse and a set of war-steed cosmetics. The normal horse is available for 40 Spring Leaves at the Quartermaster on the Festival Grounds or at the Hengstacer Farm. The war-steed cosmetics are available at two different locations. Caparison and Leggings at the Quartermaster for 20 Spring Leaves each, and Halter and Saddle at the vendor in Bree near the Boar Fountain for 80/80/80 flowers each. You need to do the (daily) flower picking quest from the same vendor to obtain those flowers.
The war-steed cosmetics can be dyed.

Here is a preview of the Spring Festival Cosmetics 2013 available from the Quartermaster at the Festival Grounds.

Lissuin Robe – 18 Spring Leaves  (Honey, does this robe make me look fat…?)

Lissuin Dress – 18 Spring Leaves

Lissuin Cloak – 15 Spring Leaves

Lissuin Hooded Cloak – 15 Spring Leaves

Steed of the Midsummer – 40 Summer Festival Tokens
Caparison of the Midsummer (war-steed cosmetic) – 40 Summer Festival Tokens

Robe of the Midsummer – 20 Summer Festival Tokens

Cloak of the Midsummer – 20 Summer Festival Tokens
Hooded Cloak of the Midsummer – 20 Summer Festival Tokens

Steed of Plenty – 120 Farmer’s Faire Tokens
Caparison of Plenty (war-steed cosmetic) – 120 Farmer’s Faire Tokens

Robe of Plenty – 35 Farmer’s Faire Tokens

Cloak of Plenty – 35 Farmer’s Faire Tokens
Hooded Cloak of Plenty – 35 Farmer’s Faire Tokens

The cosmetics from 2012 are still available as well. You can preview those here.

Simbelmynë Dress – 18 Spring Leaves

Simbelmynë Tunic & Trousers – 18 Spring Leaves

Simbelmynë Cloak – 18 Spring Leaves

Wide Brimmed Spring Hat – 15 Spring Leaves      Simbelmynë Circlet – 15 Spring Leaves

I don’t know who has been hired into the Cosmetics department at Turbine lately, but ever since the release of Rise of Isengard the armour designs and festival cosmetics have truly become something special. I am very impressed with everything that has been released over the past year (with exception of the Draigoch armour) and I hope that the team that worked on all these items is going to continue with this trend!
All older cosmetic items like the Spring Flinger Tunic and last year’s cloaks are also still available.
I love the Spring Festival Horse and Cosmetics, I know it’s going to be a grind but I will savour every minute, knowing that these beautiful goodies are waiting as a reward! Thank you Turbine for giving us something so special!

As has become a tradition on my blog, a preview of the new Spring Festival 2012 mount! I am absolutely in love with it and the matching cosmetics are just to die (or to dye) for. I’ll put up the preview of those later. This steed has been given a name that is commensurate with its looks: Simbelmynë Steed. Simbelmynë was the name given to the flower in Rohan, a name translated as Evermind: a reference to the memories of the dead on whose tombs the flower grew.
Just like with the Anniversary horse, this mount costs 2 race tokens and 40 Spring Leaves. In return it does have 200 morale (previous festival horses have 100). Perhaps this is a new trend for Festival horses, more grinding but slightly better stats. At least it will keep me busy on the race tracks a bit longer!

A preview for all the cosmetics that are available at the new Farmer’s Faire festival from the Town Crier. I’ve also listed the hand-held items that you can swap into your weapon slot.

Farmer’s Fancy Dress (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Farmer’s Fancy Tunic and Trousers (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Gardener’s Apron (white and red dye) – 45 tokens
This is actually a hauberk. Hauberks have thick leggings underneath which clip through many boot models, including the Gardening Boots.

Gardening Boots (default and red dye) – 35 tokens

Gardening Gloves (default and red dye) – 35 tokens

Farmer’s Fancy Wide-brimmed Hat (white and red dye) – 45 tokens

Hooded Cloak of the Harvest (white and black dye) – 45 tokens

Hooded Leather Cloak (white and black dye) – 45 tokens

Circlet of Fresh-picked Flowers (can now be dyed!) – 35 tokens
Lantern (hand-held item) – 45 tokens

Basket of Colourful Eggs (hand-held item) – 45 tokens
Cornstalk (hand-held item) – 45 tokens

Chicken Mask                                                 Pig Mask

Donkey Mask                                                  Sheep Mask

Duckling Mask
All Masks can be dyed – 55 tokens

Here’s a preview of the new Farmer’s Faire 2012 mount. It costs 2 race tokens and 120 Farmer’s Faire Tokens. This sounds like a lot but what I’ve seen from the quest rewards so far, the amounts that are rewarded are quite generous.
I has a black and brown tack decorated with golden wheat.
The steed has +62% speed and 200 morale, just like the last Anniversary steed, so this seems to be the new norm for festival steeds that used to have 100 morale in the past.

Summerdays Dress – 18 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Tunic and Trousers – 18 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Cloak – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Hooded Cloak – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

Summerdays Hat – 15 Summer Festival Tokens

All Summer Festival Cosmetics from previous years are still available, which is good news because the old Yule Festival items have gone to the Lotro Store. So if you still want some older cosmetics, take your chance because it might be a last opportunity.

There seem to be some issues with the Keg races not working. Follow the latest news regarding the festival on Casual Stroll to Mordor, or check their new Summer Festival Guide 2012 if you need help.

The Summer Festival has finally arrived and it brings us another beautiful new mount! It’s called the Summerdays Steed and costs 40 Summer Festival Tokens and 2 Race Tokens.
If you’re having trouble doing the necessary horse races to obtain the tokens needed for the mount, perhaps you will find this guide helpful.

The Treasure Hunt will be on this week! I was so excited to see the Lotro Calendar updated with several fun events for this month and the next! As the Riders of Rohan expansion has been delayed until October 15th, I guess the community team decided to move the Event schedule around a bit and keep us very very busy collecting all kinds of treasures this month. The Treasure Hunt was launched early this year for the first time and we haven’t seen it return until now. It is an incredibly entertaining and very addictive event that gives some fine cosmetic rewards, some of the most awesome emotes in the game, delightful housing items and a few beautiful unique mounts with high morale and speed. I know that when the event ran last time, I have been digging and digging until my hands bled! If you want to find out what exactly is up for grabs, check out Ketani’s Treasure Hunt guide. Today’s patch notes mentioned some new rewards for the event, so there will be even more goodies to dig up!
Just one warning though: the event is indeed very addictive. The quest cycle which gives you the Treasure Hunt Picks has a rather long cooldown that keeps you waiting impatiently, which can make it very tempting to buy the rather expensive picks in the Lotro store. I would advise against that, but in stead switch to one or two different alts to do the same cycle while you wait for the cooldown on your main to finish. Most rewards are bound to account and can be traded, except for the mounts and some of the major emotes. There is a barter that sells cosmetics and a selection of emotes, and this year a special mount has been added: the Harvest-brew Goat!
All cosmetics are bound to account and can be bought from the barter, except for the Treasure Hunter’s Rucksack, which only drops from digsites.

The Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner event will run alongside the Treasure Hunt and is already live now. I think these two events are a perfect combination, as the pirate event in itself is a bit small and rather insignificant in terms of rewards. If you still need a pirate hat of sorts, head over to the Brandywine Bridge where you will find the beginning of the questline. If you’re looking for the perfect pirate cloak, check out the Classic barter at the skirmish camp. He sells three cloaks in the Forsaken Inn section. They’re awesome in combination with an eye patch!

Head: Treasure-hunter’s Hat, burgundy dye (crafted T6, light armour)
Chest: Cer. Robe of the Graven Word, burgundy dye (cosmetics vendor, Rift cosmetic)
Hands: Fingerless Gloves, burgundy dye (Yule Festival quest reward -helping the poor-, cosmetic)
Back: Treasure Hunter’s Rucksack, burgundy dye (Treasure Hunt digsite reward, cosmetic)
Hand-held item: Long-handled Shovel (cosmetics vendor, items)

Mount: Treasure Laden Pony (Treasure Hunt digsite reward)