Currently, there does not appear to be an Ill Omens Event scheduled in 2022.
What Time Do LOTRO Events Start and Finish?
Generally speaking, events and festivals in The Lord of the Rings Online
- Start: 10am EST, 2pm or 3pm UK Time (Depending on British Summer Time changes)
- End: 3am EST, 7am or 8am UK Time
So let’s crack on and see what the LOTRO Events Calendar has in store for us in 2022!
January 2022
25% Crafting XP

Get extra craft XP for your ‘making’ professions! Note: this does not apply to ‘processing’ professions such as Forester and Prospector.
+10% Lootbox Motes/Embers

Earn 10% more Motes of Enchantment and Embers of Enchantment from Lootboxes
10% VXP

Virtue XP grants boost to key combat stats for your character. Usually advanced through deeds, or completing “wrapper” quests during LOTRO events, you can now get 10% more VXP. Deeding spree in order?
February 2022
Hobnanigans

Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? This thing is for you! Learn More →
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Skirmish Marks

Get an increased rate of Marks and Medallions from Skirmishes! There are loads to choose from, as more unlock the higher level you are (some are dependent on Epic story). Why not give some a go, if you’ve never done them before?
+10% Lootbox Motes/Embers

Earn 10% more Motes of Enchantment and Embers of Enchantment from Lootboxes.
VIP Boost

A thank you to VIPs, get double XP, +25% Crafting XP and 25% more Marks! XP Event should stack with other XP Boosts and Enhanced XP packs.
March 2022
+25% Crafting XP

Get extra craft XP for your ‘making’ professions! Note: this does not apply to ‘processing’ professions such as Forester and Prospector. Not crafted before? See my LOTRO Crafting Beginners Guide →
+25% XP

An extra 25% XP on defeating, killing, banishing, humiliating enemies, quest completions etc for everyone!
Spring Festival

The first major festival of 2022 kicks off: Spring Festival! Get lost in the Hedge Maze, go fishing for rewards and collect Spring Leaves for this year’s rewards, which includes a goat pet and two new fancy floors for your home! Oh and stomp shrews in Duillond, if squishing poor defenceless critters is your thing. Yes, I do it too. Sometimes.
April 2022
Remember: Spring Festival finishes on the 6th April and Hobnanigans finishes on the 4th April 2022.

A thank you to VIPs, get double XP, +25% Crafting XP and 25% more Marks! XP Event should stack with other XP Boosts and Enhanced XP packs.

Virtues are combat stat-boosting aspects to your player character. These can be increased, predominantly, by completing deeds. So why not boost your stats and your LOTRO Points and blitz those deeds you’ve been putting off (for years)?

2022 is LOTRO’s 15th Anniversary, so this has to be a biggie in the 2022 LOTRO Events Calendar! During the LOTRO Anniversary Event there is a wide array of quests and activities: light fireworks, chase letters in Bree and hit other players upside the head with sticks in Thorin’s Hall. What’s not to love?
The Anniversary Scavenger Hunt goes live too, with pets and decorations you can’t get anywhere else. And if that wasn’t enough, defeating mobs in your normal quests give Steel Tokens you can trade for cosmetics. It’s a real celebration, enjoy!
May 2022
Reminder: At 3am /servertime on 11th May, the LOTRO Anniversary Event ends.

Dive into LOTRO’s Solo or Fellowship Skirmishes and get 25% more marks to spend on upgrades or cosmetics at the Skirmish Camp! Don’t forget to update your Skirmish Soldier’s training and skills, though!

A thank you to VIPs, get double XP, +25% Crafting XP and 25% more Marks! XP Event should stack with other XP Boosts and Enhanced XP packs.

Get your pick-axes and Cave-Claws and head to Ered Luin to dig for treasure! In the LOTRO Buried Treasure Event, you can collect tokens for mounts, cave-claw pets and decorations. You can even dig up mounts for your character – straight from the ground!
June 2022

More chicken-thwacking, PvP fun! Plus some rewards you cannot get elsewhere in-game. Learn More →
+10% Lootbox Embers/Motes

Earn 10% more Embers and Motes of Enchantment from Lootboxes. Other players know more about this than I do! i.e. ask anyone else, if you want more details!

Celebrate Aragorn and Arwen’s Wedding at the LOTRO Midsummer Festival! Quest around the iconic location of Minas Tirith and earn tokens for a huge array of celebratory mounts, cosmetics and pets. Soak in the good feelings and attend the wedding ceremony. There is loads to do, so sit back and enjoy!
July 2022
Reminder: the Midsummer Festival ends on the 7th July.

Virtue XP grants boost to key combat stats for your character. Usually advanced through deeds, or completing “wrapper” quests during LOTRO events, you can now get 10% more VXP. Get completing deeds & earn Virtue XP and LOTRO Points!

Retrieve coins from Treasure Bugans that spawn in scaled instances and return it to Theodore Gorse in exchange for cosmetics.

An extra 25% XP on defeating, killing, banishing, humiliating enemies, quest completions etc for everyone!
August 2022

Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? This thing is for you! Learn More →
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Celebrate all things food, throw stuff at the Mayor, fight the heat and spray water on groups of Hobbits! Oh and there’s plenty of relaxing fishing to do, tons of rewards and much, much food! Did I mention food? See my LOTRO Farmer’s Faire Guide for the low-down. Tuck in!
September 2022

A thank you to VIPs, get double XP, +25% Crafting XP and 25% more Marks! XP Event should stack with other XP Boosts and Enhanced XP packs.

Get extra craft XP for your ‘making’ professions! Note: this does not apply to ‘processing’ ones like Forester/Prospector. See my Crafting Beginners Guide →
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner

A ship has run aground along the Brandywine towards Evendim! Can you help them out and get fab pirate-themed rewards? Arrr, that ye can! Get swimmin’ tha’ waters, sprag. See more here →
Bilbo Baggins’ Birthday!

A week of celebrating the birthday of the (in)famous Hobbit! Collect people’s favourite stories about Bilbo then go and give him the gift of those memories. He’s eleventy-one again, you know! (I really must write about this one this year. Someone remind me please!)
Buried Treasure Event!

Get your pick-axes and Cave-Claws and head to Ered Luin to dig for treasure! In the LOTRO Buried Treasure Event, you can collect tokens for mounts, cave-claw pets and decorations. You can even dig up mounts for your character – straight from the ground! Oh, and get facepaints from here, if you don’t do Hobnanigans!
October 2022
Reminder: The Buried Treasure Event ends at 3am /servertime on 4th October.
Fall / Harvestmath Festival

Relax in all things Autumn, food and spookiness, it’s Fall / Harvest Festival again!
Run riot in the Haunted Burrow, get lost in Wistmead and its ever-changing Wheat Maze! Seasonal cosmetics, pets, mounts and tons more. There’s tons to enjoy, so jump in! It also has various name: Fall, Harvest, Harvestmath etc!

Durin’s Day header by Valkyrique
Celebrate a key moment from Tolkien’s works, Durin’s Day

November 2022
Reminder: Fall / Harvest Festival ends at 3am /servertime on 2nd November.

Get extra craft XP for your ‘making’ professions! Note: this does not apply to ‘processing’ professions such as Forester and Prospector.

To those of you who get and actually open Lootboxes, you’ll get 25% more Embers/Motes from them. Given I don’t do this, I hope this is useful to you somehow!

Virtue XP grants boosts to key combat stats for your character. Usually advanced through deeds, or completing “wrapper” quests during LOTRO events, you can now get 10% more VXP. Deeding spree in order?

A thank you to VIPs, get double XP, +25% Crafting XP and 25% more Marks! XP Event should stack with other XP Boosts and Enhanced XP packs.
December 2022

Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? This thing is for you! Learn More →
Image c/o lotro.com
Yule(tide) Festival

It’s holiday season! Head to Winter-home in Frostbluff for the LOTRO Yule Festival! Build Snowmen, throw snowballs, help the poor, cause mayhem for the Mayor and try to ungrumpify the Snow-Beasts! Relax and enjoy a festive end to 2021!
TL;DR A Crammed 2022 LOTRO Events Calendar
Hmm, Cram. LOTRO Events range from boosting XP through to the fantastic story and quest-rich festivals. There really is something for everyone! I hope you can find some things in the LOTRO Events Calendar you can enjoy. Festivals and Events have a way of bringing the LOTRO Community together, so come along and belong. Here’s to a great 2022 in The Lord of the Rings Online!
