This will probably have some spill-over for the other classes as well but I wanted to start keeping track of not only some of the better gear options but where some of these things drop. The forums are a great resource for this kind of information but sometimes it can be hard to find and even lost due to forum wipes.
The armor sets are a little easier to keep up with and follow, but I do have some spreadsheets for Wardens, Captains, and Minstrels comparing the various sets statistically and visually.
When it comes to jewelry and cloaks it gets a little bit harder for 2 main reasons. First off there’s just a lot more variety in these areas with crafted, drops, quest rewards, etc that all can be viable in certain cases. But probably the tougher part is that many of these are random boss drops that don’t always drop so it can be hard to not only track them but remember where they dropped from.
I will have a separate page on my blog for this information here, in a similar fashion to how I’m archiving forum posts..
And for comparisons, if you’d like to see what I’m currently wearing you can look at the MyLOTRO pages for my Warden, Captain, and Minstrel.
Most of the information below is from the following thread on the forums – Best in Slot Discussion and there’s also some other good stuff over on the Codemasters Forums. In addition there’s another good resource over on the LOTRO Gear site.
Finally, even though I’ve posted some other items that are coming with the F2P launch, I’ll add those in later in case they tweak them again.
Please let me know what I’ve missed 🙂
Earring
- Glowing Aureate Hoop of Combat – Crafted
- Tolloch – SG 3rd boss
- Bregloch – SG 3rd boss
- Ernil – Dungeons of Dol Guldur
- Certhloch – DN Mistress
- Diamond Stud – Igash in Grand Stairs
- Glowing Aureate Strand of Might – crafted
Bracelet
- Aglar-dor – HoC
- General Talug’s Gift – FG
- Insidious Cuff – Grand Stair
- Ninn-Ranc – Warg Pens
- Manadhechor – DN Mistress
- Lorechor – DN Istum
- Sergeant at Arms’s Armlet – rank 4 in Moors barter
- Peerless Turtle Shell Bracelet – crafted (with drop from Turtle)
- Glowing Aureate Armlet of Morale – crafted
Neck
- Necklace of the Wild Fire – Forges
- Tinc-Iaeth – HoC
- Mor-Gurth – SH HM
- Gond-Barad – BG LT Hardmode
- Warrior’s Greenwood Necklace – Crafted
- Glowing Aureate Strand of Might – crafted
- Treasury Stone – Vile Maw
- Black Pearl – Vile Maw
- Memorial Plaque – FG
- Miniature Brass Anvil – HoC
- Painted Vane – GS
- Glass Flask – SG 4th Boss Hard Mode
- Guard’s Charm – Ally Standing with Iron Garrison Guards
Ring
- Ril-Mir – SG 4th boss
- Toringor – SG 2nd boss
- Glowing Aureate Band – Crafted
- Faeringor – DN Mistress
- Amber Ring – Forgotten Treasury
- Murb-khed – Vile Maw
Cloaks
- Pendevig-clog – Brumbereth on left side of Skumfil
- Cloak of Shadow and Flame – drop from last boss in Volume 2 6.8
- Saelchol – 1st boss of Warg-pens
- High Herald’s Hooded Cloak – crafted
- High Officer’s Hooded Cloak – crafted
- Heroic Noble’s Hooded Cloak – crafted
- Lothlorien Stalker’s Hooded Cloak – crafted
- Lothlorien Sentinel’s Hooded Cloak – crafted
Shields
- Superior Warden’s Shield of the Golden Host – crafted
- Superb Warden’s Shield of Lothlorien – crafted
- Bregram – Sword Halls
- Warden’s Shell Shield – Turtle Raid