Fall Festival is running this year from October 18th – November 7, 2011. This guide is here to help you find all the events available. The primary currency of this festival is Fall Festival Tokens. Collecting these can help you buy the goodies listed in the rewards section below.
The Haunted Burrow is simply not to be missed. If you plan to spend any time in the new Haunted Burrow event, you may want to hold off buying a lot of items as there is a chance to earn them from the special chest inside the burrow freeing up your tokens to buy other 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. 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 Fall Festival ends the quest of the Travelling Farmer. This is a quest for those with the farming profession and you had to have started this quest in the summer in order to collect your reward in the fall festival.
Deeds
- Harvestmath
This deed is granted upon logging in during the Fall Festival and grants the title “Foliage Watcher”. - The Haunted Burrow
After completing the quest of the same name you’ll get the deed “The Haunted Burrow”. It has 7 tasks you need to complete in order to earn the “Burrower” title. These tasks are the other quests available for the Haunted Burrow shown in the Haunted Burrow section below. - Consume Consumables: Applications of “Coveritall”
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Black Silk Gloves
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Buckets of Fear
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Candles and Mirrors
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Potent Bird Seed
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Specimen Jar: Gross Bugs
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required) - Consume Consumables: Spider Legs
Use consumable 300 times and you will be able to use this affect as a permanent skill (no consumable required)
The Haunted Burrow
The haunted burrow was the new event added in 2010. It’s a haunted house in the cellar of Bag End and is decorated simply amazing. This is not to be missed! Before you can enter, there is a short quest chain you must complete.
- A Cellar Door Appears
Quest Starter: Opal Goodbody (29.S, 71.6W, The Shire) Level: 10
You are sent around the area to ask about the new door that has appeared going into the lower part of the Hill. You are first sent to Lobelia and then to Gaffer Gamgee. - Bilbo’s Letter:
Quest Starter: Gaffer Gamgee (30.2S, 71.5W, The Shire) Level 10
Pre-requisite: A Cellar Door Appears
Bilbo appears to have left a letter in the care of the Gaffer and you ask if you can share it with Lobelia. After basically bugging the snot out of Lobelia she tells you that the letter says Bilbo left her the spoons and they are the key to the cellar. - The Haunted Burrow
Quest Starter: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (29.4S, 71.3W, The Shire) Level: 10
Pre-requisite: Bilbo’s Letter
Rewards: 3 Fall Festival Tokens
The entrance to the cellar is directly below Lobelia near Opal Goodbody at 29.6S, 71.6W, The Shire. Once inside you are transported into a haunted house. Things will pop out and scare you, bookshelves reveal secret passages and running into cobwebs will temporarily blind you. It really is very well done! Your goal is to find Lobelia in this maze of a cellar. She’s not far inside but can be easily missed if you take a wrong turn and get lost! When you enter turn right and she’s right around the corner cowering (she’s also marked on the map below). Lobelia runs off terrified and you are instructed to talk to Opal Goodbody outside about the Haunted Burrow.
Haunted Burrow Quest Map
After completing this chain a bunch of quests outside the burrow will open up that are daily and repeatable. Please refer to this map (click to see larger or view the printable version) of the cellar and locations of all the quest objectives.
The Haunted Burrow is made up of a Main Cellar (center portion of map) and 4 wings: Cobbwebbed, Creeping, Basement and Attic. There are entrances to all the wings from the Main Cellar, however only the Attic and the Basement exit back into the Main Cellar. The Cobbwebbed Wing connects to the Creeping Wing and the Creeping Wing connects to the Basement. That means if you need to just go to the Cobwebbed Wing for something, you will be forced to also go through the Creeping Wing and the Basement before you can get back out to the Main Cellar.
This makes it a bit tricky for timed quests if you don’t know the quickest route in and out. For timed quests like “Stroll through the Haunted Burrow” and “Race Through the Haunted Burrow”, I suggest taking this path:
Doing the Attic first is ideal as the exit back into the Main Cellar is near the Cobbwebbed Wing door and we already know that entering the Cobbwebbed Wing forces you to go through all the other wings in order to exit back into the Main Cellar. This is the fastest route through all the wings.
Haunted Burrow Repeatable Quests
Here is a list if the repeatable quests available after completing the initial quest chain. This area works similar to the Hedge Maze in the Spring Festival in that you can only have one quest at a time.
| A Riddle in a Bottle | |
| Quest Starter: | Adalgrim Goodbody |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
 This quest sends you through the Burrow using the Riddle Doors (you must use the riddle doors). You will find a table with bottles on it and a paper clue near by. Read the clue to find which bottle to drink. This quest has a 5 minute timer to complete. |
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| Valuables Gone Astray | |
| Quest Starter: | Holfast Burrows |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
| here are 5 items in the burrow that you must pick up and return to Holfast. There is no time limit. | |
| The Great Hobbit Rescue | |
| Quest Starter: | May Gamgee |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
| There are 6 scared hobbits scattered in the burrow that you need to find. | |
| A Stroll Through the Haunted Burrow | |
| Quest Starter: | Poppy Cotton |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
| Collect proof that you made it to 4 areas of the Haunted Burrow before time runs out (20 minutes). | |
| A Race Through the Haunted Burrow | |
| Quest Starter: | Poppy Cotton |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Pre-requisite: | Must have completed A Stroll Through the Haunted Burrow once |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
| Collect the same proof as before but this time you only have 4 minutes to collect them all! | |
| Roaring Maw in the Haunted Burrow | |
| Quest Starter: | Polo Puddifoot |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
 Go to the Cobwebbed Wing and you will find a jar of honey. A hobbit in a bear costume (omg so cute!) will come out and attack you. Don’t worry, he’s level 1. After frightening him off return to Polo. |
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| Wailing in the Haunted Burrow | |
| Quest Starter: | Polo Puddifoot |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
 Head to the Creeping Wing and you will find a candle. A hobbit dressed as a ghost will come out and attack (only level 1). After scaring the ghost off, return to Polo. |
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| Rattling in the Haunted Burrow | |
| Quest Starter: | Polo Puddifoot |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Rewards: | 3 Fall Festival Tokens |
 Head to the attic and you’ll find some cold chains dangling from the ceiling. A hobbit dressed as a skeleton comes out and will attack (only level 1). Defeat him and return to Polo. |
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| The Inn League Excavation | |
| Quest Starter: | Cora Brownlock |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Pre-requisite: | Must be friendly with Inn League |
| Rewards: | +900 Inn League Faction, –500 Ale Association Faction, 1 Badge of Taste |
 Find Bilbo’s wine bottle and bring it back. Picking up the wine makes you drunk and you carry it back similar to pie/mailbag quests. |
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| Ale Association – A Game of Hobbit-Harrying | |
| Quest Starter: | Rathgeir |
| Level: | 10 |
| Repeatable: | Daily |
| Pre-requisite: | Friendly with Ale Association |
| Rewards: | +900 Ale Association Faction, –500 Inn League Faction, 1 Badge of Dishonor |
 You are to go in and scare the 6 hobbits you previously saved with “The Great Hobbit Rescue”. Near the hobbit will be a bag/bucket/jar that you activate to scare the hobbit.See our guide on the Ale Association. |
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Treasure Hunting in the Burrow
There is a fifth wing that you can find in the burrow although no quests will take you there. You will find it behind the mystery door (see the above map). Inside there are chests containing bonus Fall Festival Tokens and sometimes festival items (not the mount). These can be opened for bonus tokens once per hour. A debuff will be placed on your character counting down the time until you can collect again.
There is also a secret treasure chest in the basement that contains random assortment of festival goodies. This chest can only be used once per day and a debuff will count down when you can gather more treats!
It’s because of this chest that I recommend you hold off from buying all of the goodies from the vendor with your tokens right away. If you do this chest daily you’ll earn a bit of everything. Use your tokens for the race masks or your harvestmath mount first (keep reading to learn more).
This secret treasure chest also is the only place you can find the festival skeletal horse. This horse has a low drop rate so it will take determination and a good deal of luck to pick this up.
There has also been accounts of the new green glowing skeleton horse dropping in this secret chest but I have not been able to confirm that yet.
Apples, Pumpkins, Scrolls and Geodes
In each of the four festival areas there is a Game-Master that will have a barter icon over his or her head. These folks are not difficult to find. They’re generally in the middle of the festival area.
Directly next to the game master there will be some sort of item that when you mouse over it you will see your cursor change to a loot icon. In Bree this is a pumpkin patch, in Thorin’s Hall it’s a geode box, Duillond has a scroll box and the Shire you will find an apple tub.
When you loot this item you will randomly receive one of three items. Barter your item to the nearby Game-Master for Fall Festival Tokens. The smaller or lesser of the items are worth 1 token, medium are worth 2 and larger items are worth 3 tokens. These are based on luck so just cross your fingers and click!
After receiving your item, you will find a debuff applied to your character that prevents you from picking up another of the same item for an hour. You can run to all four places and do each of these items as each has their own hour long buff.
Troves and Trickery
Tricksters of Middle-Earth send you off to perform tricks for various people in the area in order to earn treats. Each of these 4 quests are repeatable daily .
The targets are regular townsfolk and farmers around the area. They will have an in-progress ring icon over their head and if you speak to them, they will give you a hint which “trick” (otherwise known as an emote) they wish to see you perform.
If you want to try to figure out the riddles yourself, do not look at the tables below as it will give away the answers!
The Shire Quest Giver: Egbert Took (29.9S, 71.3W, The Shire)
| Location | Emote |
| 30.7S, 71.1W, The Shire | /shiver |
| 31.0S, 70.9W, The Shire | /tantrum |
| 31.5S, 71.4W, The Shire | /burp |
| 29.5S, 71.2W, The Shire | /pick |
Bree Quest Giver: Bryony Elmwood (24.62S, 51.54W Breeland)
| Location | Emote |
| 30.6S, 52.0W Breeland | /scold |
| 30.9S, 52.6W Breeland | /crazy |
| 31.9S, 50.6W Breeland | /no |
| 29.9S, 51.3W Breeland | /whippitydo |
Duillond Quest Giver: Gloreniel (24.51S, 93.08W Ered Luin)
| Location | Emote |
| 24.6S, 92.4W Duillond | /look |
| 23.9S, 92.5W Duillond | /hail |
| 24.1S, 93.2W Duillond | /eat |
| 24.1S, 93.0W Duillond | /dance |
Thorin’s Hall Quest Giver: Guthlag
| Location | Emote |
| Labourer in corridor near tavern | /whistle |
| Dwarf in Maker’s Hall | /drink |
| Dwarf in Forging Hall | /flex |
| Dwarf in Main Hall by Hunter Trainer | /mock |
Each quest gives you the option of 3 Fall Festival Tokens or a Mask Token for the race you are doing the tricks in (ie. Hobbit Mask Token in the Shire, Dwarf Mask Token in Thorin’s Hall, etc).
The mask tokens are used to pick up cosmetic masks available from the Game’s Masters in each of the festival areas. You must turn in 12 Fall Festival Tokens and 1 mask token to pick up the cosmetic mask. Below is the four special race masks available and which mask token they come from.
 Man Beaver Mask |
 Dwarf Bucket-head Mask |
 Elf Rabbit Mask |
 Hobbit Pumpkin Mask |
Fall Festival Mounts
The quest and method to obtain the festival mounts (excluding the special Skeleton Mount – see the section on the Haunted Burrow) is the same as other festivals. See General Festival Quests for information on that quest. However, I wanted to share pictures of the mounts available so you can decide if you need them!
 2011 Autumnfest Steed (NEW) |
 2010 Sable Harvestmath Horse |
 2009 Harvestmath Horse STORE EXCLUSIVE 1195 Turbine Points |
Rewards
Fall Festival rewards are purchased from Fall Festival Traders that are located in each festival area. This is where you spend all the Fall Festival Tokens you’ve been collecting!
Emotes & Music
| Boo! Emote: /boo | 12 tokens This emote can be seen in use in the video above |
| Guide to the Cowbell | 4 token Note that minstrels can teach you this any time of the year – not a fall only skill. |
Cosmetics
 Cloak of the Falling Leaves 12 Tokens |
 Cloak of the Raven 12 Tokens |
 Raven Festival Mask 12 Tokens |
 Cloak of the Boar 12 Tokens |
 Boar-Head Festival Mask 12 Tokens |
 Pipe Festival Mask 12 Tokens |
 Goblin Festival Mask 12 Tokens |
 Cloak of Autumn Night (NEW) 12 Tokens |
 Wrap of the Turning Leaves (NEW) 12 Tokens |
 Tunic of Autumn Nights (NEW) 12 Tokens |
 Gown of Autumn Nights (NEW) 12 Tokens |
Ketani has shared some examples of the new cosmetics dyed purple so you can see how they look dyed!
Decorations:
- See Kiarane’s Fall Festival Decoration & Furniture Guide
Maps
Four new maps this festival all for 12 tokens each. The first three listed are part of the Cartographer deed!
Consumables:
See the deeds section above for deeds related to these consumables!
 Specimen Jars: Gross Bugs 3 Tokens Bugs cover the ground under your target causing them to stop their feet. |
 Applications of “Coveritall” 3 Tokens Places a bag over your target’s head. |
 Buckets of Fear 3 Tokens Causes target to cower in fear. |
 Potent Bird Seed 3 Tokens Causes birds to swarm your target making them cower. |
 Candles and Mirrors 3 Tokens Causes a ghost to fly around your target. Target cowers and waves a flag. |
 Black Silk Gloves 3 Tokens You slap your target hard enough to make them dizzy and collapse to the ground. |
 Spider Legs 3 Tokens Makes a spider appear and frighten your target. Also puts a non-damaging poison cloud around your target. |
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October 20, 2011 at 8:05 pm
It does not appear that the Harvestmath deed is given this year. At least the new characters I have made are not receiving it.
October 20, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Oh that would be sad. I quite enjoy the Foliage Watcher title.
October 22, 2011 at 5:53 am
I’ve logged in with four new characters (well, they were made this year anyway) and neither of them got the Harvestmath deed either indeed. Too bad. It would have been fun.
October 20, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Thank you for another quality festival guide! It must have been tough and frustrating doing this while dealing with the downtime. I admire your determination and perseverance! Great to see the site back up again! *cheer*
October 20, 2011 at 8:10 pm
The new autumn nights horse and cosmetics are really nice, I also dyed them purple yesterday, they look sick. I’ll be wearing that until winter
October 24, 2011 at 9:33 pm
were do you find the chest for the horse may i as?
October 25, 2011 at 7:07 am
It is in the basement
October 20, 2011 at 8:20 pm
“This horse has a low drop rate so it will take determination and a good deal of luck to pick this up.” Sure does, folks. Last year my friend, with 10 65′s, tried every day on each character. Between all characters, no luck. It took me, with one character, almost until the festival was over to get the mount.
October 20, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Manged to get the horse on my Loremaster… 2nd open of the chest…. all my other alt’s have had no luck though
and it’s the BLACK AND WHITE horse.. I know rumor had it it was the green…
October 20, 2011 at 9:47 pm
The green horse is store exclusive, it is unobtainable in-game. The horse that you pull out of the chest will be white.
October 21, 2011 at 1:41 am
My kinmate which I showed how to get to the chest since he didnt even know what the festival was all about got the horse on his first time opening the chest… and i can confirm he got the Green Glowing Horse out of the chest!
October 21, 2011 at 10:10 am
Can you have your kinmate screenshot the quest in their deed log and upload it/link it somewhere please?
October 20, 2011 at 9:57 pm
I love the new horse and cosmetics! They are so pretty! I hope they continue to create cosmetics that go with the horse.
October 20, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Thanks heaps Goldstar! Really appreciate you taking the time to do this with such meticulous detail
October 20, 2011 at 11:14 pm
I can confirm that foliage watcher isn’t being awarded just for logging in. Bummer!
I think they made the race easier! I was never able to finish it before, and was able to earn two tokens on my first two tries today!
Also, thus is my favorite festival so far.
I love the haunted burrow. Way better than the hedge maze!
October 20, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Excellent guide! Just a tiny correction – the Guide of the Cowbell scroll appears to cost 4 tokens, not just 1. Two quests will pretty much cover the cost, so it’s not expensive by any means, but just bringing that up.
Hope all are having a great time in the festival – the amount of tokens you can earn in this one will certainly help those working on the consumable deeds. Harvest on Wayne, harvest on Garth!
October 21, 2011 at 5:46 am
I still suggest you ask a Minstrel for help. They are free
Thanks for the correction.
October 21, 2011 at 12:26 am
Thank you Goldenstar for making this festival guide it helped me soo much!,
without that map of the “Hunted Burrow” I would have never been able to find anything and and would have never been able to get out!
October 21, 2011 at 1:10 am
I’ve seen the Store Exclusive Skeleton mount ingame and my personal opinion is that the one that drops from the chest looks better. The green looks like someone smeared toothpaste on it or something.
October 21, 2011 at 1:43 am
Again… i can confirm that i have seen on a kinmate of my that the Green horse dropped from the chest.
October 21, 2011 at 3:18 am
Bilbo’s Wine is in Creeping Wing now.
October 21, 2011 at 6:02 am
It is still in the attic like it is in on the map.
It may also be in the creeping wing but the attic is the ideal location to go in get the wine and exit. Going into the creeping wing requires you to carry it through the basement before reaching the main cellar again.
The attic allows you to enter and exit directly to the main cellar for a quick drop off.
October 21, 2011 at 11:06 am
It’s also in the main cellar, marked on the map. Even quicker than the attic
October 22, 2011 at 1:08 am
Oh, I didn’t know that you could find it in multiple locations!
October 21, 2011 at 7:11 am
is it possible to get a rare horse this year in the basement chest too?
October 21, 2011 at 9:23 am
Thanks yet again Goldenstar! This site is my favorite. From one hobbit to another, it makes the game much more enjoyable.
October 21, 2011 at 10:05 am
sorry to bother but any chance of a PDF version?
October 21, 2011 at 11:04 am
I bartered the Boo emote, but it says I can’t use it…yet. what’s that about?
October 21, 2011 at 11:38 am
Check your inventory, it might have given you an item that you have to use first.
October 21, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Thanks, that was it
October 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm
You’re back. Thanks for the new guide (although the old one is still quite useful)! Glad the site has returned.
October 21, 2011 at 3:38 pm
if you have two milestones drop one in hobbiton! makes life a lot easier.
October 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Also, if you are a Hunter, there is a campsite you can bind yourself to right at the Hill. This will allow you to port yourself/any fellowed members straight to the Party Tree.
October 21, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Where the right Cocoon is ?
October 21, 2011 at 4:53 pm
It is in the creeping wing and marked on the map. *hint you’re looking for a secret door*. The right cocoon is the glowing one.
October 22, 2011 at 5:30 am
Ok, time to admit i have been tricked!
My kinmate managed to fool me with thinking the Green Glowing Skeleton Horse dropped from the chest on his first try. He actually managed to time his opening the chest and taking the loot AND at the same time showing the message he had acquired the Green Glowing Skeleton Horse without even a random line in the chat window getting in between.
Nice trick but sorry to have some people confused about this… my mistake and a great fool on my part
Caelas
The Shadows/Laurelin
October 22, 2011 at 7:34 am
where is haunted burrow?
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I think this is a best event i have seen in my first year of playing
October 22, 2011 at 7:50 am
Is there a consumables deed associated with fireworks? I keep seeing people ask about fireworks and am wondering if anyone knows more about it?
October 22, 2011 at 8:49 am
There are no firework consumables for the Fall Festival. I have heard that all the festival consumable deeds are turned on though so if someone has some from spring or something that may be what they are talking about.
October 24, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Its also worth noting – and putting in the guide – that the items in the Cobwebbed Wing for the Stroll/Race and Valuables quests can be accessed from the other side of the wall in just the right places. This really helps on the Race quest!
October 24, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Not really the ideal situation for how this was meant to be won but I guess good to note
Once you have the race quest down you can easily finish it with plenty of time left over 
Thanks for letting us know!
October 25, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Thank you so much for this guide. I would have had a much tougher time of it with it’s help.
I do have one question though that I haven’t seen addressed and the forums don’t satisfy my curiosity. I’m curious about the cloaked figure seated in the center of the main burrow. Some say he does nothing, others say they have seen him walking the halls.(This I have not seen) Some say both have happened at the same time. He doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than to be creepy window dressing but if you look closely at him he’s holding a cowbell. I have purchased the skill and a bell and tried playing it but to no avail. I’m pretty sure it may be a musical event but others have mentioned it has something to do with the Ale Association quests.
Is there any definative word on this guy? Thanks again, A.
October 25, 2011 at 1:35 pm
The figure that sits in the chair and the one that walks around are separate if I remember correctly.
The one in the chair does not move. He’s part of the decorations.
The one that walks is part of the Ale Association quest which has you purposely going in and terrifying the lost hobbits. If you do the quest and help the female lost hobbit sort of in the center of the map and wait, the figure will walk up and scare her. Most people don’t associate it with that quest because you get credit for scaring the hobbit immediately after activating the jar or whatever next to her.
You’re not missing anything. Just part of the events!
October 25, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Thanks for clearing that up. Much appreciated. A.
October 26, 2011 at 9:05 am
Funny story, after having my appendix out a few weeks ago I ended up catching pneumonia in the hospital (1/3000 chance) and going back in – not as serious as it sounds just rather annoying.
Anyway, after a week or so back home, popped on Lotro keen to try the festival again straight into the basement and hey presto, deed to the skeleton horse (I never get these rare drops in games – ever lol).
Personally Id have preferred the luck elsewhere.
October 26, 2011 at 11:20 am
Love your guide. Thank you for taking the time to put so much effort into something we can all enjoy!
One note. I’m not sure if it is a quirk for me, or a change, but I’ve noticed that the cooldown timer for the secret basement chest seems to be 2 days (well, then I look at its tooltip, it is 1 day 23 hours somethingsomething minutes) for me instead of the 1 day mentioned in the article. It has been the same for the 3 characters I have had loot it.
October 26, 2011 at 11:23 am
The timer is 24 hours regardless of what the tooltip says. You can open the chest daily.
October 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Oh, good to know! Thanks for the heads up!