Middle-earth Quest Ideas (Draft — Not Implemented)

Agents of Sauron are attempting to corrupt or locate one of the remaining seeing-stones. Escort a blindfolded lore-keeper to the stone's vault and reinforce its warding seals before the enemy agents arrive.

Reward: Seal of the Faithful (stacking faction rep token), XP

A Rohirric patrol has gone silent near Helm's Deep. Investigate, rescue survivors, and hold the gate against a Dunlending/Uruk-hai raid until reinforcements arrive.

Reward: Éored Battle-Harness (heavy armor), Rohan rep

Gandalf dispatches you to retrieve a fragment of a pre-Númenórean map from the ruins of Ost-in-Edhil. Saruman's agents are already there. Branching: share the map with Saruman's emissary and you gain short-term Isengard rep but lose White Council standing permanently.

Reward: White Council standing, XP

A hobbit courier has wandered into the Dead Marshes and become entranced by the wight-lights. Rescue them without yourself becoming entranced — Will saves fire every thirty seconds.

Reward: Elven Waystone (free teleport token ×3)

Gwaihir asks for help clearing a nest of Nazgûl-corrupted wargs from the Eyrie approaches. Completing this unlocks the Eagle Courier fast-travel network for good-aligned players.

Reward: Eagle Courier fast-travel network unlocked

Infiltrate the Prancing Pony, plant forged letters implicating Ranger spies among the locals, and leave before the Sheriff investigates. Stealth and Bluff checks throughout.

Reward: Morgul silver (evil currency), Ranger-Bane Cloak

Lead a Corsair raid on a Gondorian harbour-city. Burn three supply warehouses, sink two warships, and capture the harbormaster for interrogation — while a Good-faction group may be defending simultaneously.

Reward: Corsair Admiral's Cutlass, massive Evil rep

Sauron's Eye has detected ancient Elvish wards in Lothlórien's outer forest weakening. Sneak in past heavy magical-detection traps, destroy three ward-stones, and extract before Haldir's patrols execute you on sight.

Reward: Shadow-Thread Armor (+AC, Hide bonus), Mordor rep

A Nazgûl's black horse has been slain and the wraith is momentarily weakened. Sauron orders you to recover the horse's enchanted iron shoes before the next sunrise — time-limited.

Reward: Morgul-Blade Fragment (unique crafting component)

Pose as a Gondorian merchant and use a scripted persuasion tree (Bluff / Persuade checks) to convince the Steward's aide to divert a mithril shipment to Isengard instead of Erebor. Pure social quest — no combat. Failure brings the guards down on you.

Reward: Isengard rep, Ring of Silver Tongue (+5 Persuade/Bluff)

Play as Gollum's conscience — the quest is presented entirely from his perspective with split-personality dialogue choices. Each choice swings an internal Good/Evil meter. The end state determines whether Gollum later aids or betrays a server-wide event. No combat. Pure narrative.

Reward: Riddle-Ring (+5 to all mental skills, permanent -2 CHA curse)

Fish near the Gate of Moria. Hook something. It fights back. It keeps fighting back. An escalating combat encounter that begins with a lake trout and ends with the Watcher's juvenile spawn — a full boss fight.

Reward: Angler's Pride (Luck bonus item, cosmetic fishing rod)

Deliver a letter from the Shire to any of five possible recipients scattered across Middle-earth. Recipients and locations rotate daily. No combat required — but enemies may intercept. Speed bonuses for fast delivery. A beloved low-pressure quest with surprisingly rich NPC dialogue.

Reward: Modest gold + occasional rare "misdelivered parcel" loot

Find Gollum in a hidden cave. Play the Riddle Game — a full trivia/puzzle minigame of 7 riddles drawn from Tolkien's lore. Win 5 of 7 to claim a random rare item. Lose and fight your way out.

Reward: Gollum's Token (trade-in for a random rare item)

The Hobbiton records office has been ransacked. Three parties want to claim a disputed inheritance. Investigate and adjudicate entirely through conversation skill checks. The "correct" answer changes each server season.

Reward: Bag End Deed (cosmetic player housing access)

Tom Bombadil asks you to return a lost feather to a specific bird in the Old Forest. The Old Forest is rearranging itself. The bird moves. Time dilates oddly. Tom's magic makes all your abilities irrelevant — problem-solving only. Slightly haunting.

Reward: Yellow Feather (cosmetic, grants immunity to Fear)

An Ent wants to tell you something important. It takes the entire weekly window — seven days of periodic check-ins — to finish his story. Each day reveals one sentence. At the end: a piece of ancient knowledge that grants a unique passive for the following week.

Gandalf and Radagast have made a wager about whether a mortal can cross the Brown Lands and Emyn Muil solo, without magical aid, in under one in-game day. You are the wager. No teleports, no summons, no magical items. Navigation and endurance only.

A rift in Nan Dungortheb releases a fragment of Ungoliant's unlight — a sphere of total darkness that devours light and life. You have torches. They won't help. Drive the unlight back using reflected moonlight channeled through mirrors salvaged from a ruined tower. Pure puzzle with a lethal timer.

Reward: Phial of Counter-Darkness (3×/day Daylight as instant action)

Once per server season (3-month real cycle), a Great Winter descends on the north. All outdoor zones in Eriador gain a cold-damage aura. A 30-day server-wide quest chain activates: gather food, forge hearths, and ultimately hunt the Winter's source — a corrupted Valar-fragment imprisoned in an iceberg in the Bay of Forochel. All players contribute to total progress.

Reward: Server-wide +10% XP bonus for the following season + unique seasonal cosmetic items

Prequel to the existing Ferny's Ring journal quest. Bill Ferny has been spotted skulking around his old house — but he's not the one doing the skulking. Investigate, expose the impostor (one of Saruman's ruffians), and decide whether to leave Bill's stash intact or rob it. Completion unlocks a discount branch in the Ferny's Ring dialogue.

Reward: 200 gp, Pickpocket Glove (Pickpocket +2)

Sequel to Bree Millers Son (already in the journal). The miller is grieving — but a wandering peddler claims he saw the other son alive in Tharbad's ruins, working as a thrall for a cult. True or scam? Persuade / fight / let-be paths available.

Reward: 800 gp, +1 CHA tome or Peddler's Pack (5-slot bag)

Inside the Chamber of Records, a hidden codicil to Balin's book names twenty Dwarven crypts that must be re-sealed before the wraiths of failed expeditions return. You've cleared nineteen as part of the existing Elrond's Request thread — find and re-seal the forgotten twentieth.

Reward: Seal of the Twentieth (Damage Reduction 5/-, Negative Energy Resist 10/-)

Spies in Bree report that Angmar's revived clerks are recording a master ledger of every soul promised to the Witch-King. Steal a page from Carn Dûm — every weekly theft weakens the Witch-King for the following weekly tick.

Reward: Frostbitten Page (ammo-stack), 3000 gp

Beorn's bee-meadow has been raided by a roving troupe of wargs. Clear them and harvest honey for the household; Beorn pays in food, herbs, and one rare item from his ever-rotating stash.

Reward: Randomized from Beorn's stash — honey, herbs, occasional Bear's Belt

A creature has nested under the broken span of Tharbad. Travellers disappear at twilight. Investigate, lure it out, and either slay it or pact with it to spare future merchants — your choice locks the bridge's behaviour for everyone on the server.

Reward: Bridgekeeper's Gaff (+1 weapon) or Shadow-Glass Eye (Spot +5)

Aragorn sends you to the ruins of Annúminas to retrieve the Sceptre, but three spectral kings of Cardolan dispute his claim. Win their trials (combat / lore / vow) to recover the relic.

Reward: Sceptre of Annúminas (lesser) (Spell Penetration +4, +1 CHA)

The Necromancer is gone but his throne still stains the air. Re-consecrate it (good) or claim it (evil). A branching alignment quest spanning the full Dol Guldur complex, ending in a boss fight against a corrupted shadow priest.

Reward: Cleansed Stone (Save vs. Negative +2) or Pact-Iron (Save vs. Mind-Affecting +2)

Henneth Annûn needs hands. Each weekly tour involves an Ithilien ambush and one of three rotating side-objectives: intelligence (interrogate a captive), supply (escort a caravan), or stealth (extract without being spotted by a Nazgûl flyover).

Reward: Ithilien Cloak (Hide +3, Move Silently +3) on first completion; 2000 gp + Ranger ammunition thereafter

Five Shire-folk are arguing in the common room about who actually brewed the best ale at last year's harvest. Settle the argument entirely through conversation — Persuade, Lore, and Bluff options available. The "correct" answer rotates by month. Reward is comically small but the dialogue tree is rich and seasonal.

Reward: 25 gp, Frogmorton Pint (heals 4 hp, temporary tipsy effect)