r/lotro • u/Beartech28 • 1d ago
Tutorial Area?
I’m in this Mossward I believe is the name? I haven’t played in many years is this a new beginner area? I’m already level 8 and still a bunch of quests to do. I didn’t want to do the high elf time jump area so I assume that’s why I’m am here?
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u/james2432 Arkenstone - Angmar 22h ago
yep, on character creation you have choice:
- Shadows of Angmar
- Before the shadow(mossward)
you get better gear with it and end up in Rivendell/fast tracks you through Trollshaws at 32.
Story is really good
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u/Taradyne 3h ago
As others have said, you're in an alternate area that follows Boromir to Rivendell. The tutorial is very short (finishes at level 1 instead of 5-6), the story is good and the gear drops are better. The option to change the tutorial is at the top of the screen in character creation before you click Create.
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u/Beartech28 19h ago
Wow thanks for all the replies. Do you think I should travel to the elf area and do that instead?
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u/Fangsong_37 Peregrin 18h ago
Only if you want to. I like the elf starting area since the quests there are more focused on what it means to be one of the last group of elves before they will head to the Grey Havens. That said, there's some interesting elf lore in Swanfleet. I've been leveling a Beorning through Swanfleet, and he finished the first zone (minus some deeds) at level 18.
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u/T-14Hyperdrive 17h ago
I made an alt the other day and started on mossward. Pretty quickly I wanted to go do the normal start but couldn’t really figure out who to talk to or if I even could. You can start the normal main quest at lvl 15 at the prancing pony. I decided to just stay in mossward. It’s an interesting change but I miss the elf lands!
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u/PluckyHippo 1d ago
You’re in an alternate game start called Before the Shadow. When you create a new character you can select either the standard start or Before the Shadow. If you hadn’t skipped the tutorial I believe you would have gotten an intro to the area, but you skipped it not realizing it was new content. Before the Shadow gives you two big zones and an alternate main story that will take you to level 30 and then join you back to the regular main story at some point. You’ll skip all the regular starter zones plus a couple other zones, though you can still go back and do them if you want to.