One of the interesting ways to advance and customize your character in LOTRO is through the Trait system. By advancing your traits and choosing which of them to equip you not only help give your character some extra personality, but define his combat bonuses as well.
There are four types of traits in LOTRO: Race, Class, Legendary and Virtue. In this post I have compiled a complete list of the Trait category common to all classes and races in LOTRO – Virtues.
Ered Luin, also known as Ered Lindon and the Blue Mountains, is the LotRO home to the Dwarf and Elf races. Like Bree-land and the Shire there are a good number of deeds to be completed here.
Like the Bree-land deed The History of the Dúnedain, Ered Luin has the deed Elf-Ruins Exploration which you can complete by visiting several areas representing ancient abodes of the Elves in the area. For completing this deed you will receive the Virtue Trait Wisdom+1.
Fresh from the trials and tribulations of working your way up through the Shire Postal Service’s food chain and you still want more grab-and-dash quests? Well take a run over to Holly Hornblower in Hobbiton (31.2S, 71.1W).
She sets you off on a mad dash to distribute her pies across the Shire. In return you will receive the Virtue Trait Patience +1, along with Hornblower’s Pie Recipe, a sample Hornblower’s Pie and the title “Pie-runner” which will let everyone know that you are Holly’s b… est friend.
There are many references in LotRO to the vast lore that J.R.R. Tolkien left behind. Over the course of 50-some years he wrote notes and rough drafts of the history of Middle Earth that comprised many thousands of years of history.
When traveling in Bree-land you will sometimes come upon remnants of the ancient North-Kingdoms of the Dúnedain. By visiting (and in two instances activating) all six of these relics you will gain Idealism + 1.
“Old tales tell of eight Entwives who passed from the south into the Old Forest, never to be seen again. Could they be true?”
Flowers of the Old Forest is a Bree-land Deed that will give you the Virtue trait Idealism +1 when completed.
To complete this deed you must find and use (i.e. activate) eight flowers scattered throughout the Old Forest.
When you hit level 15 as a champion you receive the quest Blade of Renown from any of the Champion trainers in Middle Earth. This gives you a great trait, Vicious Strikes, and the Guardian’s Axe, a nice one-handed axe. Not coincidentally, Vicious Strikes comes just as your first Class Trait slot opens. So if you haven’t earned a class trait through any deeds, this trait will fit nicely there.
