The Lord of the Rings Online expands into Mines of Moria

The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (LOTRO) received its first official expansion pack on November 18, 2008, in the form of Mines of Moria. Now available across both Europe and North America for Windows PCs, the expansion boasts large dwarven environments to explore as well as several additional updates to the core game.

As seen in the Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moria – or Khazad-dûm to give it its dwarven name – is a massive underground complex located underneath the Misty Mountains of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. In the LOTRO expansion it will play host to hundreds of new quests to complete and foes to battle.

As well as marking the beginning of the game’s second volume, which currently consists of six books worth of content, Mines of Moria will see LOTRO’s level cap increased to 60, unlocking a slew of new skills, traits, super powerful items and class-specific quests in the process.

In addition, the first new classes to be introduced since the game’s launch on April 24, 2007 — the Rune-keeper and the Warden — join a brand new forging system that allows players to create uniquely powerful weapons that evolve along with the character.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is now available online as a digital download and at retail as either a regular ($39.99) or special edition ($79.99).

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