The Lord of the Rings Online
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
---|---|
Former | Turbine |
Current | Standing Stone Games |
Publishers | |
Standing Stone Games | |
Engines | |
Turbine G3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 24, 2007 |
macOS (OS X) | December 8, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC, Expansion pack, Free-to-play, Subscription |
Microtransactions | Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Loot box, Free-to-grind, Unlock |
Series | Middle-earth |
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.
General information
- Official site (US)
- Official site (Europe)
- 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 |
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Official website | ||||
Steam |
- Requires a Turbine 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.[1][2]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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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 | Beginning portions of the game is accessible for free, although the player will relatively quickly run out of meaningful content. |
Subscription | Optional monthly subscription which unlocks large portions (but not all) of content which free to play players can buy directly. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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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. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212500/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 1-16 | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x, 4x or 8x | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[3] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Every key is rebindable. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
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 |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | The EU servers are physically located in Boston, USA. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 80 |
UDP | 2900-2910, 9000-9010 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is not applicable for this game.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Lord of the Rings:Online DX11. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [4] | ||
Linux | LOTRO has a "Gold" classification on ProtonDB which indicates the game "runs perfectly after tweaks" [5] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista (64-bit) |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz | Dual Core 2.66 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | 20 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
- International clients require 3 GB of extra hard drive space
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz | Intel Core i7 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | 20 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | Nvidia GeForce GT 650M |
- International clients require 3 GB of extra hard drive space
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (212500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Lord of the Rings Online Forum - Pando Media Booster. Please read - last accessed on 2019-04-22
- ↑ Wikipedia - Pando (application) - last accessed on 2019-04-22
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report
- ↑ LOTRO on Twitter: "With the release of Catalina for MacOS in the near future, Apple will no longer support 32-bit applications. This impacts the compatibility of our WINE-based client for MacOS. Players can continue to play LOTRO as long as they do not update to Catalina for MacOS. #LOTRO"
- ↑ Game Details for The Lord of the Rings Online - ProtonDB