Thursday 21 May 2020

Misty Mountains: High Pass (47)

The High Pass area of the Misty Mountains only offers a few quests but is a nice interlude - if you want to quest here level 47 is a good time to stop by.

Head to Rivendell then venture north through the mountain passes, non VIP members will need to purchase the quest pack for 695TP from the LOTRO store.

1. Head to Gloin's Camp in the Misty Mountains and accept [44] Into the High Pass from Gloin then:
  • Ride east until you reach the entrance to Whitecleft
  • Ride north through the pass into the Eastern Bruinen Source
  • Ride north until you reach the mountains
  • Ride east until you find the entrance to the pass (a snowy slope running west to east, see the map - it's nowhere near where the game shows it!)
  • Follow the pass through the mountains, across a bridge, and into Vindurhal
2. At Vindurhal:
  • Speak to Eywind to turn in Into the High Pass and accept [45] Goblin Hunt and [45] Goblin-Fire
  • Speak to Nogmeldir and accept [46]Glorwen's Fate and [46] Against the Pack
3. Exit the camp down the slope to the east and head north-east until you reach some ruins and locate Glorwen's Bow (20.8,8.5). There are a lot of wargs in this area, make sure you kill 10 of them.

5. Exit the ruins to the south then bear west and ride through the goblin camp of Gnashru and continue up into the hill passes.  Fight your way up the passes towards Akultot and:
  • Collect 5 Goblin Fire-pots (you may have to go a fair way along the path before you start to see these)
  • Kill 6 Overland Guards
  • Kill 6 Overland Stabbers
  • Kill 6 Overland Bombers
6. Make your way down the mountain and head south to Vindurhal (note that you need to loop around and approach from the east to find the entrance to the pass):
  • Speak to Eywind to turn in Goblin Hunt and Goblin-Fire
  • Speak to Nogmeldir to turn in Against the Pack and Glorwen's Fate and accept Way of the Pack and Gandalf's Secret Recipe
  • Speak to Eywind to continue Way of the Pack
7. Exit the camp to the east and follow the ridge line south-east until it opens out into a large snow field. Bear north to enter Hrimbarg (23.9,6.8):
  • Speak to Sigbert to get the stable-path
  • Climb the steps and enter a Door (24.5,7.1) to find Thorgest:
    • Continue Way of the Pack
    • Accept [47] Eliminating the Trail
8. Exit Hrimbarg to the north and return to Vindurhal. Speak to Norgmeldir to turn in Way of the Pack and accept [46] Blackfang

9. Ride north-east to Starkath and kill Blackfang ( lvl 47 signature @ 21.0 8.0)

10. Return to Vinduhal and speak to Nogmeldir to turn in Blackfang and accept [48] Down, Down to Goblin Town (we'll come back and do this later)

Head back to Rivendell and speak to Gandalf in Bilbo's Room to continue Gandalf's Secret Recipe

Take a ride back to Gloin's camp and run back to Vindurhal and speak to Nogmeldir to turn in Gandalf's Secret Recipe. Speak to Eywind to accept [45] Conflagation.

Exit the camp and ride north to find the Burning Cauldron (21.8,5.4), climb the wooden tower to trigger the quest then use the cauldron. Return to Vindurhal and speak to Eywind to turn in Conflagration.

Ride to Hrimburg and climb the steps and enter the Door  to find Thorgest:
  • Accept [48] Thorkell Has Fallen
  • Accept [48]Business Before Vengeance

Ride south from Vindurhal, across Northtarn and follow the frozen river south-east until you reach the Gauradan camp of Erforgh Cleft.
  • Kill 8 Gauradan Wolf-born
  • Kill 4 Gauradan Wind-masters
Head north a little way and enter the canyons of Writhenbores (26.3,8.0). Head east through the canyons unti lyou locake Thorkell's Axe (26.5,9.2) and Thorkell's Helm (26.3,8.9)

Kill Fissure Worm until you collect 24 scales (the scales aren't listed on their tooltip but they do drop)

Return to Hrimburg and speak to Thorgest to turn in Eliminating the Trail and accept [47] Chilled to the Bone. Also turn in Thorkell Has Fallen and Business Before Vengeance and  accept [49] A Worm by the Tail,

Ride all the way back south to Erforgh Cleft and search 4 Gauradan Baskets (found by tents and totems).

Ride north into Writhenbores and kill Ruinan  (lvl 49 signature @ 26.1,9.5) .  My preferred method here is to run through all the worms until I see Ruinan and stop just outside his aggro range to clear whatevers left of my train - usually you only have to kill 2 worms. Kill Ruinan right at the back of his tunnel to avoid any patrolling worms.

Return to Hrimburg and speak to Thorgest to turn in A Worm by the Tail then Chilled to the Bone. SPeak to Afwald to accept [47] Thorgest's Last Hope and head back south to Erforgh Cleft and kill Jakka. The easiest way to do this is to enter the camp and bear left until you see Jakka, ignoring the train of Gauradan you pick up. Run straight past Jakka and into the trees behind him until you can go no further. Jakka will reset and you will lose all but 2 of the Gauradan chasing you.Kill them then returnto find Jalkka alone. Kill him (lvl 49 signature with Fierce Wolf)

Exit the camp and return to Hrimburg, speak to Afwald to continue Thorgest's Last Hope

That's it for now, we'll come back later (around level 49) to explore Goblin Town but it's not practical to do at this level.

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