Useful LotRO Resources

LotRO resources tend to be spread somewhat far across the internet, so this topic is intended to serve as a collect-all for any good resources anyone might be interested in.

• LotRO Lorebook (Official Source) - Tends to be the best source for looking into quests, items, and the like. Comes straight from Turbine, so changes to the game go into the database usually before new content even hits.
  
• LotRO Wiki - Tends to be the most organized for general concepts. Recommended for looking into craft information, as there are indexes to organize by recipe and tier. Some pages are somewhat dated, though.
  
• LotRO on MMODB - Tends to be a good source for particular info. Recommended for finding individual quest-givers or mobs that might be hard to find in the world.
  
• LotRO on mmorsel - Has a little bit of everything, and tends to be up to date, especially regarding the months since free-to-play went live. The site has many tools and guides to help with various LotRO tasks.
  
• LotRO Info - Has nice class guides on the original 7 classes. The other sections lack a bit, but the class guides are thorough and helpful.
  
• LotRO Class Forums - Generally the most informative and up to date source, but tends to be spread out. Check the individual class forums and look around for specifics.
  
• CStats - CStats is a combat parser for LotRO. Useful for testing your own damage and healing output, as well as damage taken. Useful for making tweaks to your character or field-testing new traits and skills.
  
• The Fat Lute - The resource for music in LotRO. Has a huge database of ABC files to play in-game on instruments.
  

Damoc wrote:

LotRO resources tend to be spread somewhat far across the internet, so this topic is intended to serve as a collect-all for any good resources anyone might be interested in.

• LotRO Lorebook (Official Source) - Tends to be the best source for looking into quests, items, and the like. Comes straight from Turbine, so changes to the game go into the database usually before new content even hits.
  
• LotRO Wiki - Tends to be the most organized for general concepts. Recommended for looking into craft information, as there are indexes to organize by recipe and tier. Some pages are somewhat dated, though.
  
• LotRO on MMODB - Tends to be a good source for particular info. Recommended for finding individual quest-givers or mobs that might be hard to find in the world.
  
• LotRO on mmorsel - Has a little bit of everything, and tends to be up to date, especially regarding the months since free-to-play went live. The site has many tools and guides to help with various LotRO tasks.
  
• LotRO Info - Has nice class guides on the original 7 classes. The other sections lack a bit, but the class guides are thorough and helpful.
  
• LotRO Class Forums - Generally the most informative and up to date source, but tends to be spread out. Check the individual class forums and look around for specifics.
  
• CStats - CStats is a combat parser for LotRO. Useful for testing your own damage and healing output, as well as damage taken. Useful for making tweaks to your character or field-testing new traits and skills.
  
• The Fat Lute - The resource for music in LotRO. Has a huge database of ABC files to play in-game on instruments.
  

When You get to level 45 and don't know what to name your legondary weapon, try using

http://www.quicksilver899.com/Tolkien/Tolkien_Dictionary.html for hobbit, rohirrim and elvish names

http://dynmap.ruslotro.com/

Just saw this on mmorsel's front page. It's a pretty nice tool with locations of pretty much every NPC out there in every zone. ;D