This is a guest post from Luvhandles of Brandywine, a hunter who wanted to share his route for Ale Association ale delivery runs. It relies heavily on the ability to port around middle-earth but I thought the hunters out there would appreciate this!
Notes about these AA Quests:
The Ale Association delivery quests are unlike the Inn League as you have to both pick up the brew and deliver it within an hour timeframe (Inn League you can buy the brew ahead of time and just deliver in the one hour time limit).
You don’t have to worry about buying a specific type of ale, just go talk to the tavern keep and he will give you the quest item to deliver.
See our Ale Association Guide for more details on these quests and thank you to Luvhandles for sharing his route!
A couple of pre-requisites before undertaking this time-trial endeavor.
You have to have all way-points prior before starting. The purchased rides are significantly faster then your mount. You may not complete all of them in time if you use your own ride.
The other is the faction, Lossoth of Forochel. They won’t let you swift travel to Pynti-peldot until you have an Acquaintance level with them. Though you can always pop a writ of travel to circumvent that. Forewarning…Not being able to swift-travel that area, will cost you of completing all deliveries in the amount of time.
Okay…here are the instructions!
- Accept all quests from the Ale Association Tavern Keep in Thorin’s Hall
- Start with Quite a Tickle. Pick up your brew in Thorin’s Hall and Port to Ost Guruth.
- Deliver to Wald Mugwort in Ost Haer, Lone Lands.
- Port back to Ost Guruth
- Purchase a ride to The Forsaken Inn and pick up the brew.
- Port to Michael Delving, pick up brew at The Bird and Baby
- Purchase a ride to Hobbiton, pick up brew at The Ivy Bush
- Go to Bywater, pick up (2) brews at The Green Dragon
- Go to Frogmorton, pick up brew at The Floating Log
- Cut through the forest going directly north to Brockenborings. Pick up the brew at The Plough and Stars and deliver to Foxglove Grubb.
- Swift travel to Oatbarton and deliver the brew to Harigar Mudbottom
- Swift travel to Tinnidur (for some reason, there isn’t a swift travel from Oat Barton to Ost Forod)
- Swift travel to Ost Forod
- Swift travel to Pynti-peldot
- Purchase a ride to Zigilgund and deliver the brew to Lofi
- Port to Esteldin
- Purchase a ride to Othikar and deliver the brew to Múli.
- Port back to Esteldin.
- Purchase a ride to Aughaire, and deliver the brew to Nathalan
- Port to Rivendell, (or port to Ost Guruth, and swift travel to Rivendell) and pick up the brew from Sogadan in Elrond’s house.
- Swift travel to Hrimbarg, deliver the brew to Oli
- Port or swift travel back to Rivendell
- Purchase a ride to Echad Candelleth, deliver the brew to Saerthuithel
- Port to Bree and head towards to the Prancing Pony to pick up the brews (2)
- Purchase a ride from West Bree to Hengstacer Farm or Trestlebridge, but dismount when you are close to Thornley’s Work Site, and deliver the brew to Wesley Hopwood
- Port to Thorin’s Hall. Go to the Elf ruins NW (Edhelion) and deliver the brew to Lendasil
- Port to Thorin’s hall and Swift travel to Celondim. Purchase a ride to Duillond, then purchase another ride to Thrasi’s Lodge deliver the final brew to Alrek.
Some thoughts…This is not “the recommended route”… just something I put together, and verified. (ran it in 52 min) I know it stinks that the hunter is the only class that can solo the run, but that doesn’t mean you can’t group with a hunter and do it together. Anyways…have fun!
-Luvhandles (lvl 44 hunter)
March 31, 2011 at 8:41 am
Nice list … it is possible to complete the run solo not being a hunter … but there is nearly no time left over (sometimes the last quest (always Lone Lands) failes) … you need the reputation swift travel from Forochel, Angmar and Elves of Rivendell. I need to take a look for the list and would have to translate it in English but I collected my goat within last fall festival within a couple of days. If you are interested I’translate this and send you an email.
March 31, 2011 at 8:48 am
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?329700-Ale-Association-and-Inn-League-Repeatables-Guide & http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?364289-Guide-Inn-League-delivery-quests-w-o-a-hunter-in-less-than-an-hour.
Works even if you are not a Hunter or Warden.
March 31, 2011 at 10:41 am
Me being a guardian managed the IL+AA-deliveryquests with 4 seconds to spare. But I relied on the Ettensmap a few times (yes R4 map has a shorter CD than the normal map-skills). Some preps were needed though, like getting a few drinks for the IL-quests in advance before starting the run.
And a sidenote: The ettensmap is still a physical item, and is not being converted to a skill once used.
March 31, 2011 at 8:59 am
Nice guide! Just to tell the fellow hunters out there, once you reach aquantince with Lossoth of Forochel, hunters can then purchase a port to Suri-Kyla and then swift travel to zigilgund. This guide is much better for hunters without the port, so hunters 47 (or not aquantance) this should help you a lot.
March 31, 2011 at 10:35 am
I run this with a hunter friend and we usually have around 15 mns left. But, she has her map set to the Z place in Forochel and I swift travel to Suri Kawahtever from W. Bree. We also swift from Rivendell to Gwingris to deliver to Echad Candelleth.
Great post and enjoyed reading!
March 31, 2011 at 10:50 pm
I’ve never done any of the AA quests other than the intro ones when they first brought it in. It seems rather mean spirited. The Inn League hobbits just seem to want people to enjoy good beer – the Ale Association were playing nasty tricks and telling off people who wanted to talk to the friendly hobbits. They were mean dwarfs!
April 1, 2011 at 7:53 am
There is now swift travel from Oatbarton to Ost Forod.
April 1, 2011 at 10:33 am
Great guide. Luv your name.
Guess it’s the ale , like mine.
April 1, 2011 at 10:34 am
Great guide. Love your name.
Guess it’s the ale that grows the handles.
I know it does with me!
April 4, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Just wanted to point out that you could save a few more minutes if you are using this guide by porting to straight to Aughaire from Othikar instead of back to Esteldin and then riding to Aughaire.