Spring has arrived and 2010 has some new events in store for the Spring Festival. This guide is here to help you discover all the fun to be had and help you earn those seasonal goodies!
The main bartering item for this event are called Spring Leaf. The quests to earn these tokens are repeatable so you can in fact earn enough tokens to get all the goodies the festival offers (granted you have enough time).
There is a deed called “Spring is Dandy” for most of these quests and completing them all will grant you the title of “Spring Dandy”.
Completing some quests can result in getting Secret Admirer Packages in the mail for extra surprise goodies.
The quests are mostly broken up into four major regions in Middle Earth:
- Bree Festival Grounds (24.7S, 51.6W Breeland)
- Thorin’s Hall (13.48S, 103.2W Thorin’s Gate) – in the underground Tavern
- Duillond (24.6S, 93.1W Ered Luin)
- Shire Party Tree (29.85S, 71.48W Shire)
What is not included in this guide
The festivals of Middle Earth include certain quests that appear with each and every festival. This would include the dance quests and the Inn League quests. Please see our guide on these General Festival Quests for help with those events.
Horse Race
The festival race is no longer a race against your peers. It is now a solo race against the clock but it has a few twists in it to be sure. The rules are to run through each gate without falling off before time runs out. It’s sort of similar to the level 35 riding skill quest but it has it’s own challenges. This quest is for level 30+. You do not need to own a horse already, the limit is just level based.
There is a quest that can be obtained from the starting areas worth 1 Spring Leaf called “To the Horse-Races” that just point you to the Race-Masters. But a leaf is a leaf right?
The race can be entered at any of the following Race-Masters.
- Sally Threshing (24.9S, 52.0W Breeland)
- Carl Proudfoot (35.3S, 73.1W Shire)
Running through the mud slows you down although I have to say that trying to run across the precarious planks is difficult when you’re feeling rushed! It’s worth it to not hit the mud as it will slow your mount down by 30%. Crossing along the planks successfully provides a speed boost. It may take some practice before you can win this one so don’t get discouraged if you fail at first.
Losing the race will prevent you from of attempting again for an hour. The two horse races are independent of each other so if you fail in the Shire, you can still go to Bree and attempt the course there.
Winning will grant you a choice of tokens or a Springfest Race Token. You will need the race token if you wish to purchase yourself the Spring Horse or Pony otherwise feel free to take the extra tokens to buy more stuff!
Even after you have successfully completed the race and purchased your new mount, you can come back and do it daily for extra tokens.
Buying your Spring Horse or Pony
To get your Spring Mount take the Springfest Race Token, 12 Spring Leaves and 1 Document of Mount Ownership to Will Peartree at Hengstacer Farms in Bree-land. Barter these items for your new mount.
The Document of Mount Ownership is purchased from Will Peartree. If this is your first mount, this document will cost you 4 gold (same as buying a normal mount for the first time). If you already own a mount (founders or bree starter mount doesn’t count) you will have a discount and will buy this document for 1.6 gold.
New Spring Festival Horse – Blue Roan
Will Peartree is a festival only vendor and will not be around once Spring ends! See our post on Festival Mount Changes for more information.
The Volume 3 Book 1 patch brought with it the change that you will now get credit for passing the gate for going UNDER the bridge on the racetrack. Before you had to go through the lower gate if you fell off the bridge no matter where you landed.
Breeland Quests
Love is Like a Flower
Quest Giver: Avery Crabapple (in Bree-town by the Boar Fountain)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: 90 copper
Repeat: No
Collect one Marigold, Violet and Primrose. Marigolds are found primarily outside Michel Delving (32.6, 75.2W The Shire). Violets are outside Breetown near the stone circle (29.1S, 53.7W Bree-land). Primroses are outside Celondim in Ered Luin (27.4S, 92.7W).
A-courting Bree Will Go
Quest Giver: Avery Crabapple (in Bree-town by the Boar Fountain)
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: 42 copper
Repeat: No
Talk to Barliman Butterbur and place a bouquet of flowers at a house in Bree-town (30.1S, 52.1W)
A Fern By Any Other Name….
Quest Giver: Avery Crabapple (in Bree-town by the Boar Fountain)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: 42 copper
Repeat: No
Collect the bouquet you left at the wrong door and ask Fern Coppersmith (30.2S 52.0W) for the correct address. Collect the sweets from the alley behind Avery and give them to him.
A Fist Full of Flowers
Quest
Giver: Avery Crabapple (in Bree-town by the Boar Fountain)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: Gift Box
Repeat: Daily
Collect as many flowers as you can in 1 hour. Loot the “Patch of Flowers” found around the areas you collected flowers previously collecting 6 of each type of flower. Turn them into Gredlan Mugwort in Bree-town (30.3S, 51.2W) near Avery for a red, blue or green gift box.
Hedge Maze
Great maps of the Festival Hedge Maze is available over at The Brasse and a very detailed version from the LOTRO Vault. They should be a big help in completing these quests. Only one of these quests can be active at a time. The hedge maze is east of the party grounds just past the horse race track.
Misplaced Companions
Quest Giver: Saelthalel (24.75S, 50.87W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Daily
Six of Saelthalel’s friends are lost in the hedgemaze and she wants you to find them!
A Laugh at the Lost
Quest Giver: Gísi
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Daily
This trickster dwarf wants you to hang up fake directions signs to keep the people in the maze lost a bit longer.
The Chicken Dash
Quest Giver: Buttercup North-took (24.78S, 50.88W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Daily
There are loose chickens inside the maze that Buttercup wants you to catch before they escape.
The Cloven Track
Quest Giver: Gil Plover (24.79S, 50.85W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: No
You are challenged to make it through the maze in under 15 minutes.
A Speedy Errand
Quest Giver: Gil Plover (24.79S, 50.85W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: No
Same objective as above to get through the maze in under 10 minutes.
A Fool’s Errand
Quest Giver: Gil Plover (24.79S, 50.85W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Daily
Same objective as above to get through the maze in under 3 minutes. This one becomes your repeatable daily quest.
The Green Challenge
Quest Giver: Tob Sandyman (24.80S, 50.86W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: +700 with the Inn League
Selectable Rewards: Spring Leaf (x2), Inn League Sinister Keg
Repeat: Daily
This quest giver will only speak with you if you are a member of the Inn League! This one can get tricky because after finding the artifact requested you are slowed and are given 3 minutes to find the exit before ported away (as the Sinister Keg is known to do).
Thorin’s Hall Quests – Ale Association
The Ale Association’s barter currency of Badge of Dishonour can be traded in with the dwarfs standing next to Jónar in the underground tavern. There is an acquaintance and a kindred vendor.
At acquaintance with the Ale Association (AA) you can turn in your badges for festival tokens. 1 badge = 3 tokens. Thanks to Mordor or Bust, I now know that at kindred you are able to turn in your badges for a Horse Run Token for one of the festival mounts. So if you just can’t seem to get that race down, there’s an alternative for you. 10 badges will earn you a race token.
Doing Ale Association quests does not affect your Inn League reputation. You can do quests for both without an issue. This is changing with the 3.1.1 patch!
Tainted Mug 
Quest Giver: Jónar (in the underground tavern)
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: 90 copper, +900 Reputation with the Ale Association, 1 Badge of Dishonour
Repeatable: Daily
Jonar is a disgruntled dwarf and wants you to steal the beer recipes of the Inn League. The Inn League recipes can be found throughout the Shire. Pay special attention to the Hobbit’s reactions to your theft, it’s quite amusing.
- in Stock outside the Golden Perch (under a tree with a drunk)
- in the Great Smials of Tuckborough (go through the door into the library on the left and it’s around the corner on a table)
- in the Brockenborings Watch Office (on the table in front of you as you walk in)
- in Waymeet. (on a table at 32.6S, 72.8W)
The Draught Drought 
Quest Giver: Jónar (in the underground tavern)
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: 90 copper, +900 Reputation with the Ale Association, 1 Badge of Dishonour
Repeatable: Daily
You are to find and drain Inn League Kegs. Inn League kegs can be found throughout the Shire.
- The Bird and Baby in Michel Delving (all the way in the far back room)
- the Party Tree in Hobbiton
- The Green Dragon in Bywater
- The Floating Log in Frogmorton
- Woodhall
- Budgeford
- The Golden Perch in Stock.
An Irritating Initiation
Quest Giver: Jónar (in the underground tavern)
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: 90 copper, +900 Reputation with the Ale Association, 1 Badge of Dishonour
Repeatable: Daily
Dwarves have joined the Inn League and it’s your job to convince them to quit.
- Oli is only a few feet from Jonar
- Kópur (19.38S, 100.54W) in Nogolond south of Thorin’s Gate
- Grímar (20.28S, 96.75W) can be found in Gondomon
- Herluf (27.87S, 75.97W) is in Needlehole (in the Shire)
An Inn League Disaster 
Quest Giver: Jónar (in the underground tavern)
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: +900 Reputation with the Ale Association, 1 Badge of Dishonour
Repeatable: Daily
The Inn League is hosting a tasting outside of Thorin’s Gate to draw more members. Speak to the little hobbit Laurel Sackville outside in the courtyard and then hide behind the kegs until she is distracted (she’ll start walking around).
She will wander back. Don’t let her see you or you fail! If you do fail just return to Jonar and he’ll start you going again.
Duillond – Stomp-A-Shrew
In the mail you will receive “An Invitation to the Spring Garden” which sends you to Duillond for the Shrew Stomping. Reward is 1 Spring Leaf.
Entrance to the shrew stomping ground is behind the gazebo where the dance lessons happen inside a cave (24.7S, 93.2W).
Inside you’ll find an arena type area where probably there are a bunch of people running around frantically if a game is going on.
There are several levels of the shrew game you can play, each one just a bit more difficult than the last. You can chose one pesky shrew type (leisurely, practiced or challenge) and the enormous shrew quest before the round begins. Each round last 3 minutes with 5 minutes between games.
Stomp-a-shrew for the Leisurely Gardner
Quest Giver: Maengamiel (Leisurely Gardner)
Quest Level: 10+
Reward: 1 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Can participate in each game session.
Drive away pesky shrews (10). There is no need to kill all 10 of the shrews in one round. You can take it easy and stomp a few here and there and finish in however many turns it takes.
Stomp-a-shrew for the Practiced Gardner
Quest Giver: Brangloth (Practiced Gardner)
Quest Level: 10+
Reward: 2 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Can participate in each game session.
Drive away pesky shrews (10). Must complete this task within one round.
The Stomp-a-Shrew Challenge
Quest Giver: Logethuil (Elite Gardner)
Quest Level: 10+
Reward: 5 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Can participate in each game session.
Drive away pesky shrews (10), Plant seedlings in the soil (5) Must complete these tasks within one round.
Stomp-a-shrew — An enormous shrew
Quest Giver: Dinedhrin (Infuriated Gardner)
Quest Level:10+
Reward: 5 Spring Leaf
Repeat: Can participate in each game session.
Use the Enormous Boots to stop the Enormous Shrew (Only one of these spawn per round, so only one player can accomplish this per round.) Will not fail this quest if not done in one round. Can keep it in your log until you actually find and kill that big bugger of a shrew.
After accepting your quest, you need to go pick up your Boots of Quite-Imaginable Power from nearby crates. You must pick up the boots each time. You do not have to put them on your feet but you will need to put them in your action bar so you can use them.
When the game starts you must target and stomp nearby shrews for credit . For the challenge you will also need to plant the seedlings while stomping shrews to oblivion.
DocHoliday has some videos of shrew stomping he put together for those curious to see.
Shire Quests – Bullroarer Celebrations
A Hobbit Among the Hedges
Quest Giver: Sorrel North-Took (29.84S, 71.55W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: None
Repeat: No
This quest is simply to move you towards Bree for the Hedge maze. You will not get this quest if you’ve already been to Bree and done these quests.
A Celebration at the Greenfields
Quest Giver: Sorrel North-Took (29.84S, 71.55W)
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 1 Spring Leaf, 42 copper
Repeat: No
Quest has you go visit Sigismond North-Took in Brokenborings.
Bullroarer’s Brew 
Quest Giver: Sigismond North-took (27.23S, 67.71W)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: 90 copper
Repeat: No
You are asked to go pick the needed clover so more Bullroarer’s Brew can be made for the celebration. Head north into the Greenfields and look for glowy patches of clover on the ground. Creatures around this area are level 11-13 so fairly safe for most.
Paying Your Respects
Quest Giver: Sigismond North-took (27.23S, 67.71W)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: 90 copper
Repeat: No
You are sent to the deliver the clover to the Golden Perch in Stock. You take it to Gunderic Grubb (31.98S 63.79W) and instructed to return to Brockenborings to place a tankard of ale near Bullroarer’s statue (just return to Sigismond). After placing your brew and talking to Sigismond again you’re instructed to go visit Tobias Brockhouse (27.24S, 67.25W) east of Brockenborings. He’s standing on a little stage.
Bullroarer’s Challenge 
Quest Giver: Tobias Brockhouse (27.24S, 67.25W)
Quest Level: 6+
Rewards: 90 copper, 5 pints of Bullroarers Brew
Selectable Rewards: Wooden Keg, Bullroarer’s Tankard, Clover Patch, Greenfields Hat, Bullroarer’s Brew (x5)
Repeat: No
Behind the stage where Tobias stands you’ll notice a thin fencing. You are instructed to toast to Bandobras’s Health with the mugs near by and then walk the length of the fence without falling off. Don’t sweat it if you fall off as you can try again in about 20 seconds. You receive your rewards from back at Sigismond (not Tobias).
Also if you’re curious as to what the Greenfields Hat looks like, Sigismond is wearing one. The clover patch looks exactly like the patches you picked up off the ground. I went with the tankard myself!
There is also the “Bullroarer’s Challenge – Advanced” quest which is the same except you must cross the fence in under 20 seconds! The rewards for this version are a choice of Inn League Keg or Bullroarer’s Brew (x10).
Barter Items
All festival items are purchased using the Spring Leaf tokens you have been collecting. I will add more information/pictures as I get them.
Consumables
| Springfest Brew Mugs x 5 | 3 Leaves | |
| D.R.A.G.O.N. x 5 | 3 Leaves | Target someone and then drink a D.R.A.G.O.N. and watch as they are burst into flames and a fire dragon animation happens. |
| Extra Deliciously Tasty Biscuits | 3 Leaves | Eating will give you a page that is part of a deed. The pages are tradable so be sure to pass them around so everyone can complete the deed! See this Festival Fortunes Guide in the lorebook. |
Decorations
| Garden Dwarf | 12 Leaves |  |
| Spring Festival Theme (housing music) | 12 Leaves | |
| Hobbit Hedge Sculpture | 12 Leaves |  |
| Garden Bore Sculpture | 12 Leaves | |
| Clover Table | 12 Leaves |  |
| Clover Stool | 12 Leaves |  |
| Moria Keg | 12 Leaves |  |
| Fine Portrait of a Shrew | 12 Leaves | |
| Majestic Shrew Statue | 12 Leaves |
Clothing
| Long-Sleeved Spring-Flinger Hauberk | 12 Leaves |  |
| Short-Sleeved Spring-Flinger Hauberk | 12 Leaves |  |
| Spring Adventurer’s Backpack | 12 Leaves |  |
| Spring-Flinger Hat | 12 Leaves |  |
| White Rose Circlet | 8 Leaves |  |
| Slapper Fish | 8 Leaves |  |
Other
| Cold Fish | 12 Leaves | Teaches you the /fishslap emote |
| Potted Lily-of-the-Valley Recipe | 8 Leaves | Apprentice Farmer recipe to make housing decoration |
| Potted Iris Recipe | 8 Leaves | Journeyman Farmer recipe to make housing decoration |
| Potted Bluebottle Recipe | 8 Leaves | Expert Farmer recipe to make housing decoration |
| Doom-Shrooms | 3 Leaves |
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March 24, 2010 at 1:31 am
By any chance, do you know if we have to keep each of the pages we get from the biscuits until we’ve completed the deed, or if we can delete them once we get credit for them in our deed logs? That’s a ton of pages to keep if we can’t delete them as we go.
Oh, and thanks so much for the guide. Saw a couple of things I’d forgotten about.
March 24, 2010 at 6:59 am
Not only do you not have to keep them, you can trade them to other players for pages you don’t yet have. That’s right, they’re tradeable and they count toward the deed if you acquire them that way.
March 24, 2010 at 3:37 am
Great guide !
but how long will the festival last ? ?
March 24, 2010 at 6:58 am
It will last roughly a month.
Used to be that festivals only lasted about a week. And then something would break and Turbine would extend the time.
It seems they’ve thrown that out the window and just decided to keep the festival quests up for a month. Which is fine by me. More time to gather items and work on Inn League rep.
March 24, 2010 at 7:27 am
This one is going until April 19th so you have a while to do it all
March 24, 2010 at 8:16 am
I was kind of disappointed that the Spring Adventurer’s Backpack is exactly the same as an existing Warden cosmetic backpack… but at least it’s easy to get.
I’m glad all of the old stuff is back to do, though. I liked Bullroarer’s Challenge and, honestly, I love the way the horse races are set up now. They’re just more fun and actually encourage you to stay on the track.
March 24, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Yeah, I didn’t really like that either. Also, it looks like the woodsman backpack (haven’t made one yet) looks like it might be the same as the Forester’s pack. Ah well…
March 24, 2010 at 9:03 am
hm, that document of mount ownership only cost me 4s….
March 24, 2010 at 9:11 am
This is most likely why Will Peartree has been removed from the game until further notice. I’m guessing he tapped a Sinister Keg one too many times.
March 24, 2010 at 9:18 am
That’s the kind of bug that I like! Something in our favor!
March 24, 2010 at 10:31 am
Than you so much for posting this. I was getting frustrated last night just trying to find the events. I am unfamiliar with most of the starter regions, except Breeland. I did manage to stomp some shrews last night though!
March 24, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Yeah, this one is crazy! It’s HUGE.
March 24, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Hello
does anyone know if a black corsair eyepatch is offered in a giftbox for the 2010 spring festival?
Thanks
March 24, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I have not run across it yet but last year it was for sure part of the gift boxes in the flower quests of Bree. You may want to start there. Only other alternative is wait for Pirates Day in September as there were eye patches and pirate hats galore that day.
March 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm
I just got a black corsair eyepatch in a gift box, so consider it confirmed!
March 24, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Woot! The eyepatch and hat is also available as I got that last night.
March 24, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Wow. good job on the overview!
March 24, 2010 at 3:34 pm
The new spring festival horse looks awesome, especially the name! Must own one, if only that drunken stable hand would show back up.
March 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Yeah, as of now he’s still down… They have to be working hard to find out why he’s selling it for such a low, low price. I wondered why someone had posted a pic yesterday saying it cost them 4 silver…
March 24, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Aw, darn. You beat me.
At any rate, while The Brasse’s map has artistic value, mine has all of the goodies mapped out: http://lotrovault.ign.com/View.php?view=Guides.Detail&id=42
Good job, guys.
March 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Wonderful! I’ll add a link to your map as well. Thank you for letting me know!
March 24, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Thanks so much for putting this together, Goldenstar.
Got my horse token tonight – for the blue roan horse. The guild chat comment was “Rharan got roan. Say that 5 times fast”.
March 24, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Congrats on the roan ride rharan!
March 24, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the guide you two!
March 25, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Has anyone found out what D.R.A.G.O.N. actually does?
March 25, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Veneration just explained it to me like this:
Target someone and then drink a D.R.A.G.O.N. and watch as they are burst into flames and a fire dragon animation happens.
March 27, 2010 at 10:34 am
Can I just say, you guys rock!
March 27, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Awww. Even though I consistantly mispronounce your name?
April 1, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Thanks for this Goldenstar