LOTRO Fall Festival 2023 Guide

LOTRO Fall Festival 2023 Guide - Rewards, Cosmetics, Mounts, Pets | LOTRO Harvest and Halloween Festival 2023

Autumn has come to Middle Earth! Along with another bumper Harvest comes the 2023 LOTRO Fall Festival! This event is jam-packed (hmm, jam) with activities, jokes to play and a scary, haunted burrow which has mysteriously appeared under Bag End. And don’t forget the creepy story behind Wistmead and the extra quests you can do there for those precioussss tokens. The LOTRO Fall, Halloween and Harvest Festival is back! (Or Fallharveenmath, as I now call it!).

Fall Festival 2023 Dates

The 2023 Fall / Harvestmath Festival runs from 10am /servertime on 12th October until 3am on the 2nd November.

What’s New for 2023?

We have an array of lovely autumn themed items this year, including a new mount!

Mount

LOTRO Elk of the Forest Spirit | LOTRO Fall Festival 2023 Mount

Cosmetics

LOTRO Mantle of the Forest Spirit

Pet

Close-up of the Forest Spirit Goat - with leaves and autumnal flowers around its head and a black half-coat on.

Click/tap the image to find out more.

Looking for Wistmead Quests?

Wistmead - where Halloween meets Harvest Festival in LOTRO - Guide to Quests and Wheat Maze
As there are a lot of quests in Wistmead, I have a separate Guide to Wistmead Quests.

Wrapper Quests

Fall Festival Quests!

Here are as many Festival quests I could find that don’t relate to Bingo Boffin’s questline.

As per usual, you can also partake in the Shire and Bree-land Horse Races, and they are worth 3 × Fall Festival Tokens Tokens each!

Troves and Trickery

What’s a “Trick”?

Troves and Trickery is a quest whereby you find NPCs in the regions and perform emotes (or “tricks”) on them! For greater clarity I’ve added the screenshots of each of these so you can easily find them.


Hint: if you want to work these out for yourself, then you’re looking for NPCs with blue rings over their heads. Right click them for dialogue then decipher which emote is most appropriate.

How to Perform a Trick Emote

If you’re new to LOTRO or MMOs in general, Emoting will not be obvious to you. While you can use Collections and drag an emote to your ability bar, Troves and Trickery uses a lot of emotes. So the easiest way is to use the /<emotename> command in the chat box. I’ve put each one below to help you.

Note: the NPC must be selected to count as a trick. Performing the emote near the NPC won’t work.



Tricks in the Shire

Townperson (29.5S, 71.2W)
Emote: /pick

Farmer (30.7S, 71.1W)
Emote: /shiver

Townperson (31.5S, 71.4W)
/burp

Townperson Fishing (31.0S, 70.9W)
Emote: /tantrum

Quest Reward


Tricks in Thorin’s Hall

The Quest-giver is in the Thorin’s Hall Inn. And here are your target dwarves for Troves and Trickery who are in various places inside Thorin’s Hall!

Labourer (Tunnels leading to the Inn)
Emote: /whistle

Townperson (Near Hunter Trainer)
Emote: /mock

Townperson (Near Novice Woodworker Vendor)
Emote: /drink

Townperson (Deep in Forging Hall on West Side)
Emote: /flex

Quest Reward


Tricks in Duillond

Quest-giver: Gloreniel in Duillond (Near the dancing area).

Here are the Elves you are keeping an eye out for:

Townperson (24.6S, 92.4W)
Emote: /look

Guardsman (23.9S,. 92.5W)
Emote: /hail

Townperson (24.1S, 93.2W)
Emote: /eat

Musician (24.1S, 93.0W)
Emote: /dance

Quest Rewards


Tricks in Bree

Quest-Giver: Bryony Elmwood (Bree Festival Grounds)

Townperson (Near the Prancing Pony)
Emote: /whippitydo

Townperson (Beggar’s Alley)
Emote: /crazy

Townperson (30.6S, 52.0W)
Emote: /scold

Townperson (Outside Auction Hall near the Boar Statue
Emote: /no

Quest Rewards

Item-Picking Quests

At the main festival areas there are quick pick-a-box style “quests”. They aren’t real quests so don’t count towards the Daily wrapper. But you get a random number of Festival Tokens. These can be done easily alongside Troves and Trickery.

Festival Mask Tokens

As well as Fall Festival Tokens Tokens, you can barter for a Scroll icon used for many purposes in LOTRO Mask Scroll. These can be exchanged at the locations below for head cosmetics you can’t get anywhere else. See Fall Festival Cosmetics in the “Mask Tokens” tab or section.


Apple Bobbing

Location: The Party Tree

At the Party Tree you will find a couple of buckets of water, in which are apples! Even if you don’t like apples (I’m looking at you Mr Bingo Boffin), you can bob and retrieve a random apple. This can be traded with the nearby Barter Vendor for 1, 2 or 3 Fall Festival Tokens Tokens.

Box of Geodes

Location: Thorin’s Hall Inn

Look for a chest called a Box of Geodes. You can loot this for a random Geode which can be immediately traded with the nearby Barter Vendor. The geode you find will be worth 1, 2 or 3 Fall Festival Tokens Fall Festival Tokens.

Pumpkin Patch Picking

Location: Bree Festival Grounds.

Same principle as the Box of Geodes, but this time you pick from a pumpkin patch and receive barter items to exchange for goodies at the vendor!

The Scroll Chest

Location: Duillond

Near the Trickster is a Scroll Chest which grants a barter item which you can exchange for Fall Festival Tokens Fall Festival Tokens at the vendor right next to it! Again, it’s 1, 2 or 3 Fall Festival Tokens Tokens, depending on the quality of the scroll.

Haunted Burrow Quests at Fall Festival

Gaining Access to the Haunted Burrow

Ayrthir performing the Boo emote available at Fall Festival

If you’re new to the LOTRO Fall Festival then, you can’t open up the quests in the Haunted Burrow straight away. To do that you need to pick up A Cellar Door AppearsExternal Link (Opens in New Window/Tab) to begin a quest chain. Follow the story and enjoy prodding Lobelia Sackville-Baggins until she lets you in!

There are a lot of quests in the Haunted Burrow, but note you can only do one at once. Here are the quests, along with some useful links for you!

Things to be Aware of in the Haunted Burrow

  • Not all doors go anywhere: some put you back in the room you were trying to leave!
  • You can’t often go back through a door you just entered through.
  • There are various traps that you can’t avoid.
  • There is an entire wing of freebies! Head for the Mystery Door for 3 lootable chests. These chests have a 1-hour cooldown before they can be re-looted. Check your buffs.
  • The “Poorly Hidden Chest” – behind a moveable “wall of barrels” in the Basement. It has a 24-hour cooldown (Not aligned with the daily 3am reset).

Map of the Haunted Burrow

I have found a very useful map of the Haunted Burrow for you to learn to navigate your way around! This came from ifynet.comExternal Link (Opens in New Window/Tab). So all credit etc belongs to them. I am simply sharing it. Other maps are available elsewhere on the web, so find one you like!
→ Click/tap to open map properly

Haunted Burrow Deed

You can earn the “Burrower” title by completing all the deeds around the ghouls and ghosts! To clarify, in order to complete A Race Through the Haunted Burrow you have to first pick up A Stroll Through the Haunted Barrow from Poppy Cotton. (Click/tap the image to enlarge it).

The Great Hobbit Rescue

Quest: Find 6 Lost Hobbits
In the Haunted Burrow are six very lost, Very Scared Hobbits! You can see them on the map I linked, but here’s the rooms they are in and what they look like when you find them!

The Main Cellar (3 Hobbits)

Other Rooms (3 Hobbits)

Basement (1 Hobbit)
The Attic (1 Hobbit)
The Cobwebbed Wing (1 Hobbit)

Valuables Gone Astray

Welcome to probably the most gross quest of the LOTRO Fall Festival! Holfast Burrows got so terrified that, in his escape from the Haunted Burrow, he lost several of his valuables in there!

You have to search in various….things, for his items. From barrels of “meat”, to gurgling puddles to piles of bones! Thankfully, the items are in the same place each time you run this, so feel free to use the screenshots below instead to minimise the awfulness!

Button in the Attic

Ring in the Creeping Wing

Pocket-watch in the Main Cellar

Monocle in the Basement

Glove in the Cobwebbed Wing

Bonus Fall Festival Tokens

You can pick up at least 3 bonus Fall Festival Tokens tokens if you enter the Mystery Door from the Main Cellar.

The Out-of-Place Lockbox, Strongbox and Chest each contain at least 1 Token, sometimes 2. And there is a chance you’ll get other goodies too:

As I mentioned earlier, these can be looted once per hour if you wish.

A Stroll/Race Through the Haunted Burrow

LOTRO Haunted Burrow Basement Trophy Location
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LOTRO Haunted Burrow Basement Trophy Location

Riddle in a Bottle

If you want a lot of detail about this quest then please use LOTRO-WikiExternal Link (Opens in New Window/Tab). It’s another timed quest, so here is the correct bottle order!

  • Main Basement Riddle: Tree (White Bottle)
  • Cobwebbed Wing Riddle: Bee (Blue Bottle)
  • Creeping Wing: Paper (Orange Bottle)
  • Basement: Blue Bottle

Notes:

  • You have to pass through specific doors between wings. Look for those labeled as requiring Riddle in a Bottle in the hover tooltip. Only the exit to the cellar is the same as the one you took for A Race through the Haunted Burrow
  • If you pick an incorrect drink you get a speed debuff AND you can be slowed by spiders/ghouls etc. If you pick the correct bottle you get a shield from being hampered by traps in the Burrow!

Inn League/Ale Association

Aside from the initiation quests and the pub-crawls, there are two reputation-granting quests near the Party Tree. There is one for each faction, so if you are a member of both, you can increase your reputation with them by Reputation 400 per day. This is because each grants Reputation +900 for their faction and Reputation Reduction -500 for the opposing one. Here are the quests:

Inn League Excavation

Requires: Inn League Membership (Not a Member?)

Cora Brownlock (the Hobbit sat at the table outside the Haunted Burrow) is feeling a bit worse for wear. However, she remembers seeing a rare, expensive bottle of wine while she was in the Burrow. She would like more of it, but after *mumbles* of drinks, she’s tired. You need to go fetch it for her – and make sure you drink some on the way!


The Ale Association: A Game of Hobbit-Harrying

Requires: Ale Association Membership (Not a Member?)

Hiding behind a barrel near the Haunted Burrow is a Dwarf called Ráthgeir. He wants to use the spooky part of Harvestmath to play scary pranks on Hobbits in the Burrow. Naturally, he’ll send you to do the deed.

Where are the Hobbits?

You’re simply finding those from The Great Hobbit Rescue. So long as you remember their locations, you can complete this quest easily.

Play the Pranks

Near each Hobbit is a usable item with the label Bucket of Tricks. There are a few different “tricks” you play, so do take time to have a chuckle.

Quest Rewards

  • Reputation +900 Ale Association Reputation
  • Reputation Reduction -500 Inn League Reputation
  • Legendary Item XP Legendary Item XP (if applicable)
  • Badges of Dishonour × 1 Badge of Dishonour
Not an Ale Association Member?
See the WikiExternal Link (Opens in New Window/Tab) for the list of initiation quests.

Fall Festival Rewards

Here is a summary of the rewards from the Harvestmath festival. I have also integrated my Fall Festival Cosmetics and mounts system so you can see more information and find specific rewards using my site’s search box.

See my Fall Festival Mounts for the full run-down.

Fall Festival Steeds / Mounts

Previous Steeds Available for Tokens

Steed of the Autumn Sage 60×Fall Festival Tokens

Event/Festival
Fall Festival
Species
→ Horse/Pony
Description
With plenty of golden leaves and a few more reserved to decorate the mane, the LOTRO Steed of the Autumn Sage is a lovely Fall Festival mount →

Mount Details Here →

Steed of the Autumn Traveller 60×Fall Festival Tokens

Event/Festival
Fall Festival
Species
→ Elk
Description
The Steed of the Autumn Traveller is a beautiful Elk mount with minimal barding and simple, but elegant decor →

Mount Details Here →

Want to Browse All Fall Festival Mounts?

LOTRO Fall Festival Mounts List | Harvestmath Steeds
Click/tap the image above to get started.

Past Fall Mounts for Mithril Coins

If you want a mount that’s two or more festivals ago, then you may only find them available for Mithril Coin Mithril Coins. It depends on which year they were introduced and whether that was before or after LOTRO stopped phasing mounts to Mithril Coin MC.

If you want to see screenshots of them before deciding to buy, then see my Mithril Coins Mounts page, on the Fall Festival tab.

Cosmetic Outfit Rewards

2023 Cosmetics

Mask of the Forest-spirit

LOTRO Mask of the Forest Spirit24 × Fall Festival Tokens Fall Festival Tokens

More Info →

Tunic of the Forest-spirit

LOTRO Tunic of the Forest Spirit (Male Hobbit)24 × Fall Festival Tokens Fall Festival Tokens

More Info →

Want to See All of this Event’s Cosmetics?

To view a comprehensive collection of all the outfit items, head to my Fall Festival Cosmetics page! There you can see the most recent, the previous outfit rewards and a full A-Z listing to help you find specific items:

View Now

Cosmetic Pets

As these are delivered as tomes, you can earn them on one character and mail to another. All pets cost 40 × Fall Festival Tokens

Previous Years’ Pets

You can now find these on my LOTRO Festival Pets Library. Please do check it out!

Festival Dyes

You can obtain the following dyes at the Fall Festival:

  • Ashenslades Green Dye: 20 × Fall Festival Tokens
  • Imladris Fallen Leaf Dye: 20 × Fall Festival Tokens
  • Autumn Leaf Dye: 10 × Mithril CoinMithril Coins
  • Twilight Purple Dye: 10 × Mithril Coin Mithril Coins

Decorations

As I have for other festivals, instead of featuring decorations available during the Harvest Festival here, I will instead refer to you Déco du Milieu‘s excellent archive.

The only note I would give is that some decorations can drop from the chests inside the Haunted Burrow, as well as being available from the Barter Vendor. So maybe leave swapping tokens for decorations until later on in the festival?

Visit Déco du Milieu

TL;DR Come Enjoy the LOTRO Fall Festival 2023! Or Harvestmath if you prefer it!

I will add the Bingo Boffin Questline at a later point, but there is a lot going on at the LOTRO Fall Festival! You can earn a lot of tokens even without the Bingo Questline and there are many rewards to choose from. So get on down to the Party Tree and enjoy Harvestmath in LOTRO! Or Fallharveenmath.

PS: there is an official guideExternal Link (Opens in New Window/Tab) this year too.


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Fibro Jedi

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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