Week 5: Eaglestock event-week commencing 11th-17th August

Calling all Eagles!

This week we shall be focusing on the Great Barrows!!!!!! Grab your main or don your alt and let’s take on the baddies and fight it out together.

Coursera assignment: Join a Great Barrow group and participate in the quest called ‘Thadur’. You do not have to complete it and no photo or video will be required-the assignment will be asking you about your experiences while in the fellowship and on the quest.

Prerequisites: To participate in this week’s activity it is advised that players should be level 20+. While the assignment ONLY requires us to complete Thadur, if you want to do Sambrog you need to unlock it by also completing The Maze.

1.The Maze

Notes: http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Great_Barrow:_The_Maze

2.Thadur

Notes: http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Great_Barrow:_Thad%C3%BAr

3.Sambrog

Notes: http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Great_Barrow:_Sambrog

Note: You do not need to travel to Barrow downs to enter the instance. However, there is a muster horn at the camp outside of the entrance. In addition, you may want to pick up or share the following quests:

1.Quest: Purging the Dead

Prerequisites: Calming the Wake lvl 18

NPC: Bob Redthistle

Location: Dead Man’s Perch, Northern Barrow-downs.

2.Quest: Collecting History

Prerequisites: History in the Barrow-downs quest chain-The Dead Spire (18), Digging in the Dirt (18) and Treasures of Cardolan (19).

NPC: Tobold Leafcutter

Location: Old Barrows Road, Northern Barrow-downs.

3. Quest: Heading West

Prerequisites: Need to have/obtain the Skull Key from wights inside the Great Barrow, as other wights are through the Skull doors.

NPC: Aradia

Location: The Great Barrow, Southern Barrow-downs.

What is Great Barrow?

The Great Barrow is a tomb and landmark, which can be located in Southern Barrow downs in Breeland. It has been overrun by fell spirits and is home to three world instances: Maze (20), Thadur (22) and Sambrog (24).

Great Barrows event

MAZE Level 20+

NOT REQUIRED

Daily Quests (picked up when in the instance):

Ancient Barrow-wights- kill 20

Ancient flames- set fire to 10 corpses

Crawling Arms-kill 20

Gaedring and Gaerthel-defeat

Grim Tomb-wights

Items players might need to take:

Disease potions

A Lore master (Proof Against All Ills)

Regen. food such as rations or crams.

Additional: Hope tokens, morale, and coffee pots or run speed.

Aid with leveling: Tome of experience.

Aid with deeds: Slayer deed acceleration token.

THADUR (20/22)

ASSIGNMENT

Daily Quests (picked up when in the instance):

Barrow-wight Bow-lords-kill 6

Chilled Barrow-wights-kill 6

Distributed remains

Gaunt Battle-caller- kill 6

Thadur the Ravager-defeat

Note: Items players might need to take:

Disease potions

A Lore master (Proof Against All Ills)

Regen. food such as rations or crams.

Additional: Hope tokens, morale, and coffee pots or run speed.

Aid with leveling: Tome of experience.

Aid with deeds: Slayer deed acceleration token.

SAMBROG (20/24)

NOT REQUIRED

Daily Quests (picked up when in the instance):
Accursed Fell-spirit-kill 12

Ancient flames-light 4 braziers

Barrow-wights- kill 12 (6 must be bowmen)

Consuming Barrow-crawler- kill 5

Sambrog

Items players might need to take:

Disease potions

Fear potion for shadow damage

Hope tokens-to combat dread

A Lore master (Proof Against All Ills)

Regen. food such as rations or crams.

Additional: Power and morale pots, and coffee pots or run speed.

Aid with leveling: Tome of experience.

Aid with deeds: Slayer deed acceleration token.

Eagles of Thorondor do Great Barrow!

Meeting place: No meeting place is required; however, players may want to collect the quests from the camp outside of the Great Barrow. There is a muster-horn at this camp.

We could all meet at the Scholar’s Walk area in Bree: http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Scholar%27s_Walk

Times: To be confirmed.

Any questions, please ask.

Neemriel