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The Lord of the Rings Online

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The Lord of the Rings Online
The Lord of the Rings Online cover
Developers
2007-2016 Turbine
2016-present Standing Stone Games
Publishers
2007-2009 Midway Home Entertainment
2009-2016 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2016-present Daybreak Game Company
2007-2011 (Europe) Codemasters
Engines
Turbine G3
Release dates
Windows April 24, 2007
macOS (OS X) December 8, 2012 (discontinued)[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC, Expansion pack, Free-to-play, Subscription
Microtransactions Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Loot box, Free-to-grind, Unlock
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Persistent
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres MMORPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings Online on HowLongToBeat
The Lord of the Rings Online on IGDB
The Lord of the Rings Online guide on StrategyWiki
The Lord of the Rings Online on MobyGames
The Lord of the Rings Online on Wikipedia
The Hobbit 1982
The Fellowship of the Ring 1985
The Shadows of Mordor 1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth 1988
The Crack of Doom 1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II 1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) 2002
The Return of the King 2003
War of the Ring 2003
The Hobbit (2003) 2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online 2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest 2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North 2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth 2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 2023
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2023

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

The Lord of the Rings Online is a multiplayer third-person MMORPG game in the Middle-earth series.

General information

One Wiki to Rule Them All - A wiki dedicated to The Lord of the Rings series
Tolkien Gateway - A huge wiki dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien's work and related media
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Windows
Official website
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
Requires a Standing Stone Games account.
Retail copies might come with Pando Media Booster, a third-party BitTorrent-based client that was used up until 2013 to speed up the patching process of the game. Due to security concerns, Pando Media Booster should be uninstalled if it is present on the system.[2][3]

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Portions of the game's quests and classes can be bought in à la carte fashion via quest packs and purchased classes.
Expansion pack The game receives regular paid expansions with new story content and occasionally new game mechanics.
Free-to-play The base game and first 5 expansions (up to level 95 out of 140) are entirely free. This is likely to constitute at least 200+ hours of free content for new players (and potentially a lot more if you're a completionist).[4][5]
Subscription Optional monthly subscription which unlocks large portions (but not all) of content which free to play players can buy directly.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Boost Game features various purchasable boosts for experience and other comparable mechanics.
Cosmetic Cosmetic sets or individual cosmetic items can be directly purchased or won from lootboxes.
Currency LOTRO Points are purchasable directly via real money transactions.
Free-to-grind Majority of microtransactions can be obtained by grinding activities which offer limited premium currencies.
Infinite spend Many microtransactions are infinitely purchasable (but not all).
Loot box Free and paid lootboxes exist.
Time-limited Time-limited promotions are often featured.
Unlock Quest packs and classes can be unlocked using currencies purchased for real money.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Mines of Moria
Windows
Siege of Mirkwood
Windows
Rise of Isengard
Windows
Riders of Rohan
Windows
Helm's Deep
Windows
Mordor
Windows
Minas Morgul
Windows
War of the Three Peaks
Windows
Fate of Gundabad
Windows
Before the Shadow
Windows
Corsairs of Umbar
Windows

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Every key is rebindable.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Very limited. Most speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Japanese
Base game only. The Japanese server was shut down in 2009.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
The EU servers are physically located in Boston, USA.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80
UDP 2900-2910, 9000-9010
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is not applicable for this game.

VR support

Issues fixed

The username entered does not have an active "LOTRO" subscription

This error can appear if trying to log in using another Standing Stone Games account (i.e. a Dungeons & Dragons Online account), or old Turbine account credentials. If not, log in to the account control panel or contact official support.[7]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 10, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[8]
Linux
LOTRO has a "Gold" classification on ProtonDB which indicates the game "runs perfectly after tweaks"[9]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 32 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
International clients require 3 GB of extra hard drive space


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/212500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (212500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References