Lord of the Rings Online : Surviving Northdowns

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Coming anxiously out of the Lone-Lands you are slowly introduced into this new found land. A burned house stands right before you, smoke and fog everywhere; it is a place that already feels like trouble and that seems to be only the beginning. The North Downs for me stands firmly as one of the most key regions of the game where you are most likely to spend your life from level 20 to level 40. You have about 250 quests to choose from, the Fornost instance to explore and several deeds to complete however it is most crucial for you to organize yourself to gain your experience wisely, and fast. I will try to outline some of the essential areas that you must take advantage off and especially some of the best rewarding quests which will provide you with a wealth of experience and items.

Trestlebridge itself, alongside Greenway, has a few useful quests that lead to the Nan Wathren area to the East. It is of utmost importance for you to take notice of it and form some solid fellowships in order to kill your way through the elites. Half-Orc Schemer (level 28) and Vile Poison (level 24) both base themselves in the depths of Lugbas' territory which is prime land for gaining some experience. Later on when reaching Esteldin you will be sent back to Trestlebridge with A guardian's duty (level 30) and A promise fulfilled (level 29) both yielding some nice selectable rewards for a number of classes. A final encounter with this region will most likely be the Defence of Trestlebridge instance at level 30; an easy quest to do with not much of a requirement on the fellowship set up. Moving on you will be traveling north towards the Fields of Fornost and Amon Raith. At this point I am not moving in any way by the level of the quests but by the way players usually carry themselves in this environment. Being new to a region usually leads in following the main road and breaking off whenever a quest area is found.

Lastly I would like to skim across the Fornost instance a bit to give some idea of what to expect and how prepared you have to be. I will not enumerate the quests however The People's Camp to the south-west of the Fornost entrance offer a great deal and will come in handy especially for the experience. The instance in itself is sufficiently long to have some of the fellowship members leave half way. And by half way I mean when you reached Rhavameldir; the following section being much more difficult than the first. It is important to take Fornost in consideration as you will get a lot of out it, both items and levels, however to reach Krithmog you will most likely need a fellowship over level 40 in order to succeed in a reasonable time. I have seen some nice drops even from the early bosses such as Warchief Burzgash (Tugharn Helmet) but also from the later Elite Masters such as Brogadan (West Gate Key, Daerchar earring, Ruingurth dagger and the Narcham legs). Bottom line is, put in the time and you shall be rewarded. Deeds will generally come out of the quests themselves, and if not I generally found that I did not need to put any extra substantial effort in grinding for them as I had for other regions.

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