Beginner's guide to LotRO housing

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Beginner's guide to LotRO housing

by Shawn Schuster Aug 11th 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, Game mechanics, Guides, Player Housing, Roleplaying

The housing system in Lord of the Rings Online offers more than just a place to store items or sleep off the effects from the Inn League initiation; these houses offer a highly-customizable place to call your own with a unique trophy and decoration system, land price based on scenery and much more. First introduced with Book 11, the LotRO housing system has proven to be quite popular among players.

Since the entire system can get a bit on the overwhelming side for new players, we figured we'd write up this beginner's guide to show people how to choose, buy, decorate and maintain the place they'll be hanging their hat throughout the game. Then, if you choose to go further with the housing knowledge, we'll give you some links to a few excellent guides out there that we've personally hand-picked for accuracy and current information.

Follow along on our journey to LotRO housing with how to choose your home>>

Gallery: Lord of the Rings Online Player Housing

Tags: codemasters, featured, homestead, housing, joystiqfeatures, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, turbine

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-11-2008 @ 9:33AM

Shawn Schuster said...

This was scheduled for the 10th, then moved. Whoever moved it didn't fix the links, but I've fixed it now. Thanks!

8-11-2008 @ 10:35AM

Tony said...

I actually lost an item I couldn't replace because I didn't understand the system months back. I got the little glowing boxes to appear, but then I dragged the item to them and then hit OK... not thinking that that was actually the delete dialog box.

Oh well. lol

8-11-2008 @ 3:34PM

Animagnum said...

Helpful guide. I actually had no idea that there were homes available in Falathlorn. I figured the elves were going through a subprime mortgage crisis or something. Anyway, I have a house in the Bree-land homesteads -- mainly because I've found it's a quick way to get to Bree when I need to go there. I don't have a problem with any of the housing types, but it's nice to be somewhere other than your home point. Makes bouncing around Eriador much easier.

8-11-2008 @ 4:03PM

george said...

Cant get to the link:

http://www.massively.com/2008/08/10/beginners-guide-to-lotro-housing-choosing-your-home/

Anyone else having this problem??

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