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LotRO announces Volume III, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers
Lord of the Rings Online fans have been speculating for a while, wondering what the name of Volume III, Book 1 was going to be. Turbine's Sapience has been giving increasingly specific hints in a hangman-style game in the forums. Now the game's over, he's had his fun, and we have a title. Volume 3:Allies of the King, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers is on the way, bringing with it plenty of new additions to the game. Players will be returning to Dol Guldur for four skirmishes in the brand new twelve person mode, and a fifth skirmish in the Depths of Nûrz Ghâshu. Crafting will receive a some attention as well: players will be able to craft items up to level 65, and there will be crafting updates for Jewellers, Cooks, Woodworkers, Farmers, and Weaponsmiths. Of course, these are just a few of the highlights for the newly-titled Volume. All the current details are on the official site, so take a look, and we'll keep an eye out for more information!
New Lord of the Rings Online screens show Book 8's fiery crafting halls
Massively has been keeping an eye on what Turbine will deliver with Lord of the Rings Online Volume II Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-Dûm; in fact, we were given a dev tour of the Book 8 content and showed you some of the quest revamps and new instances. Beyond that we've taken a look at the Scourge of Khazad-Dûm teaser trailer and highlighted some of the crafting enhancements that are coming with Volume II Book 8. Now Turbine's given us a look at some more Book 8 content, with six new screenshots released today that show off the fiery crafting halls. Click on through our LotRO Volume 2: Book 8 gallery for a peek at what you can expect in the June release of Scourge of Khazad-Dûm.%Gallery-64288%%Gallery-64417%
LotRO Book 8 crafting enhancements
Turbine has posted another developer diary for Lord of the Rings Online, which details changes coming to crafting in the upcoming Book 8 update. The major changes are to the levels of crafted items that can be equipped to smooth out the progression of items through the first 50 levels. All affected crafted items will have their new updated required level after the patch unless the item is currently equipped and would raise the level above the player's current level. This will prevent currently equipped items becoming unusable from the patch.The rare items used in crafting as mastery options are also being changed. Currently these items just have a cryptic message saying that the item can be used for crafting and no details as to which crafting profession uses them for which level recipes. With the patch these items, such as eyes and claws, will no longer be used and a new system introduced that will drop from sentient creatures and as rare spawns in the resource nodes that contain the initial crafting materials. Any existing optional components players may have will become barter items that can be traded in for the equivalent items in the new system. Finally the last page contains a list of other changes, such as the updating of stack sizes for crafting to 100 items and the introduction of new recipes.%Gallery-64288%%Gallery-64417%
