Summer has arrived in Middle-Earth for 2010! 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 Summer Festival Token. 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 that you have enough time).
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 at and just north of the Party Tree at 29.0S, 71.3W the Shire
What is not included in this guide
The festivals of Middle Earth include certain quests that appear with each and every festival. Please see our guide on these General Festival Quests for help with those events. This would include the
- dance quests
- horse race
- Inn League quests
- Ale Association quests
Also the Summer Festival starts the quest of the Travelling Farmer. This is a quest for those with the farming profession and you must start the quest in the summer in order to collect your reward in the fall festival.
New Festival Steed 2010: Pale Summer Golden Steed
Deeds
Happy Summer
Simply logging in during the Summer Festival will complete the “Happy Summer” deed and grant you the title “Summer Days Patron”.
Lucky Day at the Races
Winning the dwarf and hobbit races (see descriptions below) with each racer will grant you the title “Lucky Duck”.
Celebrating Sunshine
Complete all the fishing, finding lost things and firework quests for the title “Sunshine”.
Breeland Quests
Fireworks for the Festival
Quest Giver: Robert Greenverge
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: Summerdays Fireworks
You are to collect fireworks from all the festival areas and you have 1 hour to do it. Not a difficult quest and super easy if you are (or pair up with) a hunter. Each Festival area will have a Fireworks vendor that will sell you their race’s fireworks.
You can pick up these fireworks ahead of time just while wandering around doing other festival stuff and have it ready when you go to Bree.
The Pond
Quest Giver: Will Hindmarsh
Quest Level: 5+ (must have fishing hobby)
Rewards: Turn in fish caught for bonus tokens
Repeat: Daily
You must first finish the Stocking the Pond quest in the Shire to open this quest. Will asks you to catch as many fish as you can in 20 minutes. Turn in your fish to Will for extra tokens earned.
Thorin’s Hall Quests
Keg-Hopping Race: Off to the Races 
Quest Giver: Jorfi
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 2 Dwarf Race Tokens
Repeat: 2 hours
The dwarves of Thorin’s hall are having a drinking race. Jorfi gives you the quest in the underground tavern. The race itself happens just outside on the steps leading up to Thorin’s Hall.
You use your dwarf race tokens to bet on your favorite to win. A new game starts every 10 minutes. The second part instructs you to observe the race but I ran as far from the race area as I could and still was notified the race’s outcome without failing. I didn’t leave Thorin’s Hall zone though.
When you win you must rush to turn this quest back into Jorfi before the next race begins or you will lose your prize. Winning you will earn you 12 Summer Festival Tokens!
This race can be entered so long as you have Dwarf Race Tokens to spend. Jorfi will hand out new tokens every 2 hours!
Forgotten Errands 
Quest Giver: Ambi
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: Stonecrop Leaf Field Recipe, Stonecrop Leaf Pipe-weed Recipe, Stonecrop Leaf Seed Recipe, Stoncrop Leaf Seeds, Stonecrop Leaf Pipeweed
Repeat: Daily
Ambi has a list of missing items that is scattered around Thorin’s Hall. There are 5 items you need to find. They aren’t too difficult if you just travel around every hallway. For a hint on the tricky one, look near the bridge near the waterfall.
To the Fishing Hole
Quest Giver: Maggi
Quest Level: 5+
Rewards: The Basics of Fishing
Repeat: Daily
Quest sends you to Neddie Grub in Bywater (31.2S, 70.0W Shire). See the Shire Quests below for more details on this event in the Shire.
A River Runs Through It
Quest Giver: Láfi, West side Thorin’s Hall near water
Quest Level: 5+ (must have fishing hobby)
Rewards: Turn in fish caught for bonus tokens
Repeat: Daily
You must first finish the Stocking the Pond quest in the Shire to open this quest. Láfi asks you to catch as many fish as you can in 20 minutes. Turn in your fish to Láfi for extra tokens earned.
Duillond Quests
Missing Things
Quest Giver: Lalfor
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: Lengalenas Field Recipe, Lengalenas Pipe-weed Recipe, Lengalenas Seed Recipe, Lengalenas Seeds, Lengalenas Pipe-weed
Repeat: Daily
Lalfor has asked you to help him find his poems and gifts for his love, Nedhrien. They are scattered around Duillond and all pretty easy to locate.
Sitting on the Dock
Quest Giver: Gaellien (in Celondim near the docks not Duillond)
Quest Level: 5+ (must have fishing hobby)
Rewards: Turn in fish caught for bonus tokens
Repeat: Daily
You must first finish the Stocking the Pond quest in the Shire to open this quest. Gaellien asks you to catch as many fish as you can in 20 minutes. Turn in your fish to Gaellien for extra tokens earned.
Shire Quests
Taste of Hobbiton: Off to the Races 
Quest Giver: Dodder Twofoot
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: 2 Hobbit Race Tokens
Repeat: 2 hours
Take your 2 Hobbit Race tokens from this quest up the hill to Bando Brandybuck to gamble on the Hobbit Race on top of the hill. There are 4 NPC hobbits who are doing a race/food eating competition and you can use 1 of your tokens to bet on your favorite. A new game starts every 10 minutes. The second part instructs you to observe the race but I ran as far from the race area as I could and still was notified the race’s outcome without failing.
When you win you must rush to turn this quest back into Dodder before the next race begins or you will lose your prize. Winning you will earn you 12 Summer Festival Tokens!
This race can be entered so long as you have Hobbit Race Tokens to spend. Dodder will hand out new tokens every 2 hours!
Too Much Festival 
Quest Giver: Foxglove Tunnelly
Quest Level: 1+
Rewards: Summer Green-Weed Field Recipe, Summer Green-Weed Pipe-weed Recipe, Summer Green-weed Seed Recipe, 5 Summer Green-weed seeds, 3 Summer Green-weed Pipe-weed
Repeat: Daily
Foxglove has misplaced her things in the festival ground and asks you to help find them. They are all in the party tree area. To help with that final item I’ll give you the suggestion to go visit Samwise’s old Gaffer.
To the Fishing Hole
Quest Giver: Ned Longbottom
Quest Level: 10+
Rewards: The Basics of Fishing
Repeat: Daily
Quest sends you to Neddie Grub in Bywater (31.2S, 70.0W Shire). Neddie is a festival barterer. He has several lawn decorations and a wallpaper selection. You can see pictures of these items in Kia’s Summer Festival Decoration and Furniture Guide.
For the fishermen (and women) of Middle-Earth Neddie will trade fish you’ve caught in exchange for Summer Festival Tokens. This is a great way to earn some extra tokens when you’ve depleted all your other option for the day.
Stocking the Pond
Quest Giver: Neddie Grub
Quest Level: 5+ (Must have fishing hobby)
Rewards: 3 Summer Festival Tokens
Repeat: No
Neddie asks you the best place to catch an assortment of fish in a certain order.
- Amberjack in Thorin’s Hall – head towards the waterfall on the west side of the hall.
- Luillim in Celondim on the docks
- Drum in Bree. Fishing in the pond near Pierson’s farm south of Bree-town.(33.0S, 49.8W)
The Fishing Hole
Quest Giver: Neddie Grub
Quest Level: 6+ (must have fishing hobby)
Rewards: Fish you catch are bartered for tokens and decorations
Repeat: Daily
Neddie asks you to catching as many fish as you can in 10 minutes. Turn in your extra fish to Neddie for additional tokens.
More Fishing Options
Ernwyd Brandybuck at the Party Tree (29.8S, 71.6W) will trade for fish taking 12 summer tokens each for Celebhal, Silver Haddock, Golden Redfish or Starry Flounder fish you wish to purchase.
Barter Items:
Quartermasters (special items and race only items):
- Gaellien, 28.17S, 92.12W Celondim
- Neddie Grub, 31.23S, 69.96W Hobbiton-Bywater
- Láfi, Near the water west side Thorin’s Hall
- Will Hindmarsh, 33.03S, 49.95W Bree-land
Provisioners:
- Noreth, 24.57S, 93.04W Ered Luin
- Dodder Twofoot, 29.84S, 71.64W The Shire
- Jorfi, Underground Tavern Thorin’s Hall
- Bernard Oaksey, 24.66S, 51.48W Bree-land
Cosmetics:
| Turquoise Summer Circlet 12 Tokens |
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| Sleeveless Elven Summer Tunic 12 Tokens |
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| Long-Sleeved Summer Dress 12 Tokens |
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| Sleeveless Summer Dress 12 Tokens |
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| Short-Sleeved Summer Dress 12 Tokens |
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| Long-Sleeved Summer Tunic and Pants 12 Tokens |
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| Short-Sleeved Summer Tunic and Pants 12 Tokens |
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| Golden Tree Summer Cloak 12 Tokens |
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| Summer Travelling Cloak 12 Tokens |
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| Cloak of the Summer Sun 12 Tokens |
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| Sun Hat 12 Tokens |
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| Ceremonial Dress 1 Silver Haddock 8 Tokens (sold by Quartermasters Only) |
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Decorations
Summer Festival Housing Decorations can be seen in Kia’s Summer Festival Furniture Guide.
Housing Ambiance Music (sold by Quartermasters only)
- Triumphs of the Dwarves Music Box – Thorin’s Hall
- Eternal Elven-song Music Box – Celondim
- Summerdays Music Box – Bree
Consumables
- 5 Monster Fare – 3 tokens
- 5 Foul Blast – 3 tokens
- 5 Fire-Breathing Potion – 3 tokens
- 5 Essence of Toad – 3 tokens
- 5 Mugs of Triple Strength Brandy – 3 tokens
- 5 Saffron’s Lipstick – 3 Tokens
- 5 Vile Vittles – 3 tokens
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June 29, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Horse races are back up and running
Just did both on Silverlode.
June 29, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Thanks Doc!
June 29, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Anyone have a screen shot of the horses for this fest?
June 29, 2010 at 5:24 pm
I posted a video of it http://www.casualstrolltomordor.com/2010/06/summer-festival-begins-tomorrow/ and Doc Holiday has a pic on his blog as well.
June 29, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Whoah! Me on a horse!
June 29, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Thank you, Goldenstar
I don’t Think, i would of Done without this Today
June 29, 2010 at 6:18 pm
I’m so excited. This is my first festival I can really do. I popped in to the game at the end of the Yule and Spring festivals and didn’t really know what was going on.
Thanks for the lovely guides. I’m off to get myself some pretties!
June 29, 2010 at 7:37 pm
I have to object to this male discrimination, our tunic is almost non-dye-able.
On the other hand – any tips on who to bet on? Whomever I pick he/she always ends up last.
June 30, 2010 at 7:17 pm
They all have a random chance to win as it would be impossible to complete the Lucky Duck deed otherwise but ask the players around. There are clear favorites for each race.
June 30, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Awesome awesome. Thank you, thank you.
June 30, 2010 at 11:10 pm
I’m being cursed this year in not being able to run the horse race without failing. Spring festival I ran it once and won. I think I’m going on ten times now for the summer horse race. Ughh. If I ever win the horse I might have to name him the Quenya form of Pain in the Rear.
I’m enjoying the fishing competition and the hungry Hobbit race too. So far I’ve gotten the summer traveling cloak and am now eyeballing the hammock and white wicker chair for my house.
July 5, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I love my Hammock!
July 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Excellent guide, thanks!
July 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm
This is an amazing guide, wonderful work!
I have a question, where did you get the white ceremonial dress? Did you dye it white or does it come that way? Mine came blue, I got it from the dwarf Quartermaster (haven’t tried to dye it yet).
Happy Summer!
Kemen
aka, Sweetpeas of Landroval
July 5, 2010 at 7:07 pm
The white one I believe is from the Bree-land quartermaster. I’m fairly certain the dress isn’t dye-able.
July 5, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Thank you Goldenstar! I completed the deed for the Sunshine title (LOVE it) and got myself a white ceremonial dress as well.
So far I’ve figured, Bree-land Ceremonial Dress is white, the one from Thorin’s Hall is blue and I’m guessing the one from the Hobbits(?) or Elves(?) is green.
July 6, 2010 at 10:25 pm
The green ceremonial dress is indeed from the elves.
Fantastic guide, thanks!
July 9, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Anyone listened to the music boxes yet? My kin has the most terrific music box with the Tom Bombadil theme in it, but no one remembers where it came from, and I’m looking for it…
July 9, 2010 at 6:21 pm
The Tom Bombadil decoration theme is a reputation reward from mathom house.
July 11, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Thank you! I’ve been looking for that for *years*.
July 15, 2010 at 3:45 am
Thanks for the great summer festival guide! I am having great troubles with the Hobbit racing. Grrrrrr that Mudric won’t win for me! I think I have spent about 30 tokens in a row on him
June 21, 2011 at 10:46 am
Nice! But how come they never have shoes in those festivals?
June 21, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Just for everyones info: there’s a fishing title for catching 10 of each of the rare fish, for, very original, the title: “Rare Fish”
April 19, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Where is the Gandalf quest? I’m guessing I’m looking in he wrong entry…?
April 20, 2012 at 6:32 am
You are looking at the wrong festival guide. At this time the Anniversary festival is active, not the summer festival.