The LOTRO Events Schedule forms the backbone of community gettogethers in Middle-Earth. With seasonal events, featuring new outfit cosmetics, mounts and tons of other rewards, it’s jam-packed. “Hmm, jam” mutters my inner-Hobbit!
And these are the official ones in the Calendar, but keep your eye on the LOTRO Forums and Social Media for player-run events too. Let’s take a look at what LOTRO Festivals and Events 2024 have in store for us!
2024 Roadmap
As well as the events schedule. we have this year’s Roadmap
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It looks like we’re not seeing another crafting event added this year – or at least they haven’t pre-announced it. That said, in terms of events and content I cover here, there are some highlights!
- Spring Festival and the 17th Anniversary Event
- A new hobby to go alongside the Fishing Hobby
- 4th LOTRO Crafting Profession: Now I’m going to assume this means characters can have 4 professions, because the current limit is 3. I could be wrong, of course.
- An addition to the Further Adventures Missions.
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 2024!
January
4th – 8th Jan
25% Skirmish Marks
Get a bonus of 25% 
Marks earned through Skirmishes. Still have that Moria Epic to do, or that really annoying one in Mirkwood. Maybe now’s your moment!
11th Jan – 1st Feb
Ill Omens Skirmish Event
If you thought Skirmishes didn’t hold enough danger, then rejoice! In the Ill Omens Skirmish Event, Harbingers of Death interrupt your defence or attack. Defeat them for title, rewards and…survival.
15th – 25th Jan
Combe Forester Event
Race against other players at the Forester Crafting Event and build your own forester gathering tool. Or spend your ribbons on cosmetics and fun titles. Your choice!
18th – 22nd Jan
+25% Lootbox Motes/Embers
Earn 10% more 
Motes of Enchantment and 
Embers of Enchantment from Lootboxes.
25th – 29th Jan
25% Skirmish Marks
Conveniently overlapping with the Ill Omens event is another round of bonus Skirmish Marks.
Don’t just defeat the Harbinger – complete the Skirmish too for maximum rewards.
February
Just as a note that the iLevel cap is set to increase to 520 around the 21st February. This is stated as “approximate” in the official schedule so do not see this as a deadline or absolute.
1st – 5th Feb
Hobnanigans
Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? Then this event is for you!
Learn More
8th – 12th Feb
+25% Crafting XP Boost
Get extra XP for your LOTRO Crafting professions! Note: this does not apply to ‘processing’ professions such as Forester and Prospector.
LOTRO Crafting Guide →
13th – 23rd Feb
Combe Forester Event
The Combe Forester Event returns once more. You’ll always need more ribbons as you make each tool your own!
14th Feb – 15th May
LI Reward Track S9
The 14th February closes off Season 8 and begins Season 9 of the LI Reward Track. Get your S8 rewards while you still can as they don’t tend to resurface in other ways.
22nd – 26th Feb
+10% Virtue XP
Get a bonus of 10% additional Virtue XP for a few days. Make the most of this and clear some deeds to boost your combat stats.
29th Feb – 11th Mar
The Curator is In-Game.
Is the Curator in LOTRO? During this time, yes! See her her unique selection of cosmetic outfits, pets, mounts & more. Bring your 
Figments of Splendour!
Find Out More →
March
In March 2024, the LOTRO Event Schedule takes a step up a gear as we enter Festival season.
Also note: The Curator leaves on the 11th March.
13th March – 1st Apr
Spring Festival
The first full-on seasonal LOTRO Festival arrives! Catch the tweens in the hedge maze, humanely stomp shrews (no, really) and help Beorn’s Bees out. There’s a lot to do so head to Bree Festival Grounds.
13th – 23rd Mar
Forester Crafting Event
The Combe Forester Crafting Event is back. Race against others for ribbons, upgrade that tool, or start collecting all the different cosmetic appearances!
14th – 18th Mar
25% Skirmish Marks
Get bonus Marks for all your Skirmishes! Take a break from normal questing and experience Skirmishes you’ve forgotten about. You don’t forget them? Just me, then.
20th Mar – 16th July
Myrtle Mint Arrives!
Rotating Figments of Splendour vendor, Myrtle Mint arrives in various places in Middle-Earth.
She’s around until about mid-July 2024.
21st – 25th Mar
25% XP Boost
An extra 25% XP on defeating, killing, banishing, humiliating enemies, quest completions etc for everyone!
31st Mar – 2nd Apr
April Fools Chicken Run
If all those lofty titles are too high and mighty for you, then earn the 
Fool title instead! Become a chicken, live the dream.
April
Note: The April Fools Day Chicken Run ends on the 2nd April.
4th – 8th April
HobnanigansMore chicken-thwacking so you can earn Hobnanigans-only rewards! If concussing chickens in the name of sport is your ‘thing’, then this event is for you!
Learn More
4th – 10th April
Buried Treasure Event
Release your cave-claws, polish off your dowsing gems and head to the treasure field! Dig up 
Tokens, cosmetics (may need a wash) and even mounts (don’t ask).
11th – 15th April
+10% Lootbox Embers/Motes
Do you love optional lootboxes, or have some character-bound steel keys still to use? Wait until the 11th April when you get bonus Embers and Motes.
15th – 25th Apr
Forester Crafting Event
April’s LOTRO Forester Crafting Event is here.
For your planning, this overlaps with part of the LOTRO Anniversary 2024 Event.
18th Apr – 6th May
17th LOTRO Anniversary
Blink and suddenly LOTRO is another year older, while we haven’t aged a bit, right? Right?!
Join in the festivities in Bree, the Shire and Ered Luin and set off a billion fireworks. Whatever suits you to be honest. Just enjoy it!
22nd – 29th Apr
VIP Event 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.
May
With the amount of stuff in the LOTRO Event Schedule it may be easy to miss this. The Legendary Item Track Season 9 ends on the 15th May 2024. More precisely it ends at 9:59am /servertime if you need to complete missions or consume 
LIXP Runes before it finishes!
The 2024 Anniversary Celebration Event ends on the 6th May also.
2nd – 6th May
20% Virtue XP
Virtue XP grants boost to key combat stats for your character. Usually advanced through deeds, or completing “wrapper” quests during LOTRO in-game festivals, you can now get 20% more VXP. Deeding spree in order?
2nd – 6th May
+25% Crafting XP
Get making things and level up your crafting professions quickly with a 25% CXP bonus.
Note: this usually doesn’t apply to traditional gathering – e.g. Forester and Prospector. But if this has changed, please let me know.
13th – 23rd May
Forester Crafting Event
Polish off your axe and leather-working knife once more as the race is back on. Chop and plane wood, skin animals and cure their hides into leather. Then carry a caber through gates…while drunk. Have fun!
13th May – 14th Aug
LI Reward Track S10
Yet another reward track ends and a new one begins. I hope you got the rewards you wanted from Season 9, because it’s too late now if you didn’t!
23rd – 28th May
+10% Virtue XP
Get a bonus of 10% additional Virtue XP this week. Now is a good time to clear some deeds in LOTRO. If you want to make the most of the boost, anyway!
29th May – 3rd June
Hobnanigans
Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? Then this event is for you!
Learn More
June
Note: Hobnanigans ends on the 3rd June.
6th – 26th June
Midsummer Festival
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. There is loads to do, so sit back and enjoy!
6th – 10th June
+25% XP Boost
An extra 25% XP on defeating, killing, banishing, humiliating enemies, quest completions etc for everyone!
27th June – 1st July
+25% Skirmish Marks
Make sure your Skirmish Soldier looks and performs well then head into Skirmishes for a bonus 25% Marks!
July
Myrtle Mint departs around the 16th July.
2nd July – 12th July
Visit the Curator
The in-demand Curator is back, willing to trade your Figments, assuming you didn’t spend them all with Myrtle Mint, of course!
3rd July – 8th July:
+25% Lootbox Motes/Embers
Earn 25% more Motes of Enchantment and Embers of Enchantment from Lootboxes.
11th July – 15th July:
+25% Crafting XP
Some of the higher tiers of LOTRO Crafting can feel really long, can’t they? Well, speed things along and level is 25% faster than normal.
May or may not stack with CXP boosts, I will try to remember to check!
15th – 25th July
Combe Forester Event
After a break, the Forester Crafting Event returns. Build your own customised forester gathering tool. Or spend your ribbons on cosmetics and fun titles. Or stock up on Ribbons for when the Hard Tack Crafting Event comes in.
16th July – 13th Nov
Filbert Fig Arrives!
This LOTRO Event, well it is called that, sees the Rotating Figments of Splendour vendor switch to Filbert Fig.
Each one has exclusive wares. Snap them up before they’re consigned to the Curator!
18th July – 22nd July
VIP Event Boost
If you love the leveling-up animation in LOTRO, then see it more often during a VIP XP Boost Event!
VIP is LOTRO’s title for “Subscribers”, for any newer players. Want the extra XP? Then you need to join the club! Literally, I mean.
August
Notes:
- Legendary Item Reward Track Season 10 ends, and Seasons 11 begins on the 14th August
- A per Cordovan’s forum post, the Hard Tack event is tentatively scheduled, so the date could change.
1st – 5th August
Hobnanigans
Chickens beware
Hobnanigans is back.
Don’t stay to watch
Or you’ll get a thwack!
1st – 12th August
Hard Tack Crafting Event
The first run of the new Hard Tack Crafting Event is here! Increase your Prospecting or Cook crafting, or earn ribbons as an Assistant. There are loads of rewards to aim for including customised pickaxes and unique emotes.
8th – 12th August
+10% Lootbox Embers/Motes
Earn 10% more Motes of Enchantment and Embers of Enchantment from Lootboxes.
14th Aug – 13th Nov
LI Reward Track S11
Season 10 ends and Season 11 begins. The question is, do you use those runes before S10 runs out or save them for a quick-start on S11?
15th Aug – 4th Sept
Farmers Faire
Put aside the sword and the axe for a time and take up the fishing rod and kite instead. Farmers Faire is a massive event. So, enjoy summer (even in the rain) and get rewards of mounts, cosmetics, pets, decorations and only the Valar know what else! Well, the vendors do, that’s for sure!
29th Aug – 3rd Sept
+25% Skirmish Marks
Use this item in the LOTRO Event Schedule to get back into skirmishes. Why? Because you get greater rewards for doing so! Make sure you upgrade your Skirmish Soldier.
September
Notes for this month are:
- Skirmish Marks boost ends on the 3rd September 2024
- Farmers Faire 2024 ends on the 4th September.
12th – 18th Sept
Treasure Bugan Event
Find sneaky, filthy buganses in instances and relieve them of their treasures! Then trade with the world-renowned Treasure-Seeker, because he’s too chicken to go into the places you do.
13th – 23rd Sept
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariners
Follow a trail of flotsam and jetsam to discover a shipwreck and begin the story of the shipwrecked Mariners. Mariner and Pirate-themed cosmetics up for grabs at this LOTRO Event.
20th – 26th Sept
Baggins’ Birthday
Celebrate Bilbo Baggins’ Birthday in LOTRO. Collect stories and piece them together to make a book of them as a gift for the old Hobbit.
But mostly, enjoy the experience!
26th – 30th Sept
+25% XP Boost
An extra 25% XP on defeating, killing, banishing, humiliating enemies, quest completions etc for everyone!
October
There are a couple of special notes on the LOTRO Events Schedule for October 2024:
- Legendary Item iLevel cap increase to 525 (approximately 15th October)
- Virtue Tier Increase 92-94 (approximately 15th October)
This month is also a big one as we start the epic Autumn/Winter Festival-fest!
3rd – 7th Oct
Hobnanigans
Care to thwak chickens for Hobnanigans-only rewards? Then this event is for you!
Learn More
10th Oct – 4th Nov
Fall / Harvest Festival
It’s autumn, it’s hallowe’en and it’s harvest time. So what’s this event called? Harvestmath and Fall Festival! It depends where you look in-game.
But with loads of quests, two starkly different zones and a changing wheat-maze, you can reap the rewards pretty quickly.
10th Oct – 14th Oct
+10% Virtue XP Boost
Remember to check your earning virtue in your traits panel before going on a mass deeding run! Get 10% extra VXP during these five days.
17th Oct – 22nd Oct
Durin’s Day
Take a trip to Eryn Lasgalen – or ask someone for a lift – and come to experience Durin’s Day in LOTRO. It is well worth it.
Spectacular screenshots in the above guide. Enjoy.
24th Oct – 28th Oct
+25% Crafting XP Boost
Have you been waiting to level up your crafting to finally use that recipe you’ve been holding onto? Well, 
+25% CXP is here to help you on your way.
And if you’re newish to the Lord of the Rings Online, then see my tutorial on crafting in LOTRO.
30th Oct – 4th Nov
+25% Skirmish Marks
You might be taking a different approach to levelling your alts. You may need to save Marks and 
Medallions for something. Or you’ve been putting off that Skirmish the Epic quest requires for too long.
Either way, train up your soldier, get your Skirmish Soldier Cosmetics right, then go do the darn Skirmishes. You get 25% more marks this week!
November
- Filbert Fig departs around the 13th/14th November, making way for Rowan Raspberry.
- Legendary Item Reward Track Season 11 ends on the 14th November.
- Reward Track Season 12 Starts, and runs until 12th February 2025.
7th Nov – 13th Nov
Buried Treasure Event
Time for the second – and last – Treasure Hunting Event of 2024. It’s not technically a race, but I’ve certainly seen players treat it like one!
If someone beats you to a dig – don’t stress. A new round will start shortly!
13th November
Rowan Raspberry Arrives
The Rotating Figments vendor changes again. Please note, even the official version says this is “approximate” – although last year’s “approximate”s were pretty much accurate.
Filbert Fig moves over to let Rowan Raspberry in. Always check to see if she has new stock. I’ve noticed this become more the case recently – and strongly linked to expansions or recent content themes.
21st Nov – 25th Nov
+25% XP Boost
Another boost to regular XP for all players. As you’ll notice these happen fairly often in the LOTRO Events Schedule. If you want to focus on levelling, then make a note of these boost weeks.
27th Nov – 2nd Dec
+25% Lootbox Embers/Motes
More Embers and Motes from your lootboxes. Sadly my Beorning here isn’t carrying a lootbox, but it’s the closest thing I had in my screenshots at the time!
December
5th – 9th Dec
Hobnanigans
Chickens beware
Hobnanigans is back.
Don’t stay to watch
Or you’ll get a thwack!
12th Dec – 6th Jan
Yuletide/Yule Festival
Once more Winter-home is buzzing for another Yule Festival. And once more the Mayor is unrepentant about the low wages he pays his workers.
This seasonal Festival is also accompanied by special chance drops in Hobbit Presents (both silver and gold), so I hope you get something memorable this year in your Hobbit sack.
12th – 16th Dec
+25% Skirmish Marks
It’s the last Skirmish Marks bonus of the year – it feels like there have been loads. But you don’t have to do everything – just pick what you enjoy doing. Then go ahead and enjoy it – for relaxation and reward.
19th – 23rd Dec
+25% Crafting XP
Clear down all that material you’ve been amassing – at the regular CXP rate.
Then turn it into gear, cosmetics, decoration – at 25% more CXP than usual. Unless you only do your crafting when this bonus is up, in which case – it’s at your usual rate!
19th – 30th Dec
The Curator Returns!
Sometimes older items from the other Figments of Splendour vendors make their way into the Curator’s stock. So, if you missed something from the other vendors, catch up with the curator until the 30th December!
24th – 30th Dec
VIP Event Boost
An XP boost at the end of the year: because we all worry about how fast we’re levelling up over the Christmas period.
Aging, sorry I worry how quickly I’m aging over the Christmas period. Not levelling-up. That would assume I was getting stronger. And I’m not that delusional!
Lastly, a Virtue XP boost is active from 31st December 2024 to the 6th January 2025.
TL;DR A Crammed 2024 LOTRO Events Schedule
Actually, cram isn't that great.
There is always something going on in The Lord of the Rings Online. Events range from Chicken-Thwacking, to fighting off tricky evils spawning in your Skirmishes. From carrying cabers while drunk to building snowmen. In short, there is something in the LOTRO Events Schedule for everyone so mark up your calendars with what you don't want to miss.
Also keep your eyes peeled on #lotro and #lotrofamily hashtags on various social media. The community have player-organised events too!
For now, take care. And I'll see yous in The Lord of the Rings Online very soon!
You can find the official list on LOTRO.com
About the Author
I have been playing MMOs for about ten years and began writing guides to The Lord of the Rings Online in 2017. I've only been creating content about Final Fantasy XIV since 2022, but I am glad for the mix. My current games include LOTRO, FFXIV and the occasional Palia session too.
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