Post Sections ⇅
- General Notes on Slaying All the Things
- Slug-slayer Deed
- Wolf-slayer Deed
- Spider-Slayer Deed
- Brigand-Slayer Deed
- Goblin-slayer Deed
- Harvestfly-slayer Deed
- Shire Slayer Deed Map
- To the Shire and Beyond!
Welcome to my LOTRO Shire Slayer Deed Guide! For a starter region, The Shire in LOTRO, is a huge area for a lower level character to explore. There are also a lot of Deeds to be clocked up to earn those precious LOTRO Points and trait points.
In this guide, I’ll cover all the enemy types you need and the main places to find them. This helps you to enjoy the deed more on your next LP Farming Run! As with my Ered Luin Slayer Deed Map, I’ve highlighted areas with higher concentrations of creatures dying to be slain!
General Notes on Slaying All the Things
If you are actually levelling a character and not using a “churn and burn” set-up, then you can hit most of your Shire Slayer Deeds (and in fact most of the Deeds of the Shire) by following the quests given to you in the region.
This is especially true if you are chasing the Life of a Bounder (Final). This is because you need 75 completed quests (which as far as I can see is almost all of them!) that take you all over The Shire.
Quest & Slay
So if you are enjoying the view, rather than frantically chasing 
LOTRO Points, then start with doing all the quests first and then top up any outstanding Slayer Deeds after that.
Slug-slayer Deed
Your key (and, as far as I can see, only) location to slayer many slugs in The Shire, is Rushock Bog in the North West of The Shire. There are a few quests that take you here at various points, so you can either hit them all in one go, or just squash some slugs when you quest in this region.
Bonus Point: there are a few wolves on the edges of the bog which you can use to trigger the Wolf-slayer Deed.
Wolf-slayer Deed
Wolves litter various parts of The Shire. However there are a couple key locations that make this a wee bit easier.
- Dora Brownlock’s Farm (32.3S, 72.7W)
→ and the Wolf Den just North of that.
- Bridgefields Wall (30.5S, 64.1W)
Yondershire
Wolf-slayer may now also be progressed in Yondershire!
Spider-Slayer Deed
You don’t really encounter Spiders until you get into the North and East of the Shire. There are then, again, two locations that are rich in Spiders, just waiting to be slain!
- Bindbole Wood, North of Overhill, has a decent-sized, webbed area for trapping Spinners in their homes.
Bindbole Wood (ignore the Dwarf-Barrel) - The Quarry – East of Scary – (27.9S, 65.7W): This is the highest concentration of Spiders and is usually full of players slaying them all. If that’s the case, go into the cave in the quarry where there are more to be found.
The Quarry at Scary (Apologies for the ancient screenshot, I’ll replace it soon!)
Brigand-Slayer Deed
Unlike some other regions, Dourhand Dwarves do not classify as Brigands. Instead you have to venture South into Green Hill Country to find human Brigands.
You can find a few at Old Odo’s Leaf Farm (33.8S, 68.0W) – which you’ll also need for the Farms of the Shire Deed
Then you need to cross the river Northwards for the main Brigand Camp of Narrowcleeve (around 35.2S, 66.8W). Follow the paths through this to slay many Brigands. There are more than you initially realise here. I’ve seen players turn back early in this area. All people here class as Brigands but not Half-Orcs.
I usually have to return to this area once or twice more to complete this Deed, simply because other players are questing or deeding here fairly frequently.
Yondershire
Brigand-slayer may now also be progressed in Yondershire!
Goblin-slayer Deed
Again if you are actually levelling your character here, then there are a few quests that take you into Goblin Territory. Otherwise, split your attention to get this deed quickly:
- Golfimbul’s Hole (29.7S, 69.5W)
- The Scrag-Dells (24.8S, 66.6W)
Yondershire
Having just taken down a group of Boggarts in Yondershire, I can also confirm that Goblin-slayer does progress in that region as well as the Shire Proper.
Harvestfly-slayer Deed
By far the most annoying Shire Slayer Deed! For these you will need to revisit a couple of times. Focus your efforts just South of Stock. There are a couple of empty fields that contain Harvestflies (and a few wolves, if you still need them).
However the highest concentration is up the hill around the Yale-Height (33.1S, 65.0W)
Yondershire
Harvestfly-slayer may now also be progressed in Yondershire!
Shire Slayer Deed Map
Now I’ve explained an approach and how to find the creatures just waiting to be killed, here is your Shire Slayer Deed Map. Press/Click the map below to open it full screen (Unless you’re on a smaller device it will be larger than in your browser). Then right click (or press and hold on touch-screen devices) to download a copy of your Slayer Deed Map.
To the Shire and Beyond!
Remember, some of these deeds can be progressed in Yondershire. So if you’re around Level 20 but have not completed these deeds, you can start that region and finish them off while questing. This will make it feel less grindy. And very often one Shire-only deed falls into a Yondershire-only deed (e.g. Harvestflies are part of an insect-slaying deed). Happy Slaying!
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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