The Scourge is Rising!

Beneath the enchanted golden leaves of Lothlórien, you have made your name and won your glory, but the darkness of Moria is calling you back. In Volume II: Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-dûm, you must return to the ancient, harrowed darkness of Moria and uproot deadly evil growing there from pestilential roots. Your aid is desperately needed to bring light and air to the reclaimed kingdom of the Dwarves as darkness once again rises from the deep.

• Aid Celeborn and Haldir in fighting back the rising plague
  
• Recover artifacts of ancient evil from Moria’s depths
  
• Gather your wits and your courage to bring the elements of life to Khazad-dûm
  
• Retake the Dwarves’ Halls of Crafting in Moria and deny the foul Orcs their weapons of war

New Raid: Dâr Narbugud

The Mistress of Pestilence seeks to bring her plague to the world of light, and the fall of Durin’s Bane has made her bold. With the nameless things of Moria’s deeps, she is rising, and fear once more stalks the shadows. Twelve heroes must gather hope and courage and return to dark places to challenge 6 unique encounters for new high-end raid rewards.

New Instances: Nalâ-dûm and Lumul-nar

The Dwarves of the Iron Garrison are striving to bring life back to their ancient kingdom, but something is thwarting their plans. Wits, courage, and steel are your weapons as you brave the depths to unlock the mystery and return the stuff of life—water and light—to the dark caves.

Enhanced New Player Experience

As the epic begins in Bree-land, new, improved quests make your path to glory—and to danger—faster than ever before.

• Get to the action faster!
  
• Streamlined mid-level quests
  
• Enhanced rewards
  
• Improved instances

Crafting Revisited

Crafting has been revamped in book 8 with new optional ingredients, improvements to make crafted equipment more desirable and new recipes across all vocations!

Read more in the Developer Diary

Celebrate Summer!

The Summer Festival returns for Book 8 with summer-themed games, quests, dances, the Inn League, and more fun and shenanigans!

And Much More!

• New Boat-keepers offer Swift Travel routes across Lake Evendim!
  
• Free up inventory space with item stacking to 50 or 100!
  
• New barter system for First Age legendary weapons!
  
• New UI to fill out a stack of goods or enter the amount you need!
  
• Vile Maw and Strange Happenings raids now available twice per week!
  
• Save your UI layout with the /UI command!

Check out the Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-dûm patch notes for more information about all the upcoming changes.