The date for the Mithril Edition being available in the U.S. has changed slightly since we last wrote about it. The release date for this starter pack edition is now Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
That makes this the last full week to obtain the pre-order from GameStop and take advantage of the pre-order bonus of an extra 500 Turbine Points.
The Mithril Edition includes:
- Exclusive Steed of the Horse-lord mount
- 2000 Turbine Points
- Path of the Fellowship Quest Pack (Trollshaws, Eregion, Moria & Lothlorien)
- Game Discs
- Starter Guide
- Keyboard Map
The pre-order version also includes a bonus 500 Turbine Points making it a total of 2500 Turbine Points. That’s nearly the price of the entire package just in points! The points are not granted early. According to the site they are either emailed for online customers or printed on the receipt for store purchases.
I previously had broke down the pricing value of this new package (see details here).
This boxed copy is already available for our European friends on Amazon UK with a release date of September 30, 2011. Not exactly sure why it took so long to find it’s way into the U.S. stores.
I still think this is a great starter pack for friends looking to get into LOTRO with a good bundle of quest pack, Turbine Points, a horse and if they need it the starter guide and game discs.
Earlier on http://mithril.lotro.com/ there was information indicating that it would be available not only in retail stores but also through the Turbine Web Store. This information is no longer there but perhaps they are giving GameStop the pre-order exclusivity and a digital version will be available later on. There’s no information on this yet but we will keep our beady little Hobbit eyes open.
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February 21, 2012 at 10:08 am
I’ve been heavily considering it… I don’t really need any of the quest packs, but $30 for 2500 points and a new account wide horse? It seems like a steal given what the individual ones go for on the in-game store.
February 21, 2012 at 11:03 am
A good deal for a starter package for sure. I think the Isengard Legendary edition still beats it for overall value if you’re intending to play through endgame though. You lose out on some TP but gain Isengard, Mirkwood and 2 additional mounts I believe.
February 21, 2012 at 11:03 am
Random question… If you preorder online, does Gamestop only charge once it ships?
February 21, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Gamestop like most online retailers will charge when the Item is ready to ship or has shipped.
I pre-ordered two months ago, (and Haven’t been charged yet)
February 21, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Cool, thanks!
February 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm
hey guys i know there is probably another place to ask this but…. what happened to your android app? since yesterday it has said it cant connect…. im so lonely without it!
February 21, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Hmm I’m not certain. We haven’t changed anything or done anything to break it.
February 22, 2012 at 2:59 pm
it say “Aw snap! connection failure” with a crying face lol. its only on the blog post area
February 22, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I’ve checked the feed the android version is using and it is valid and correctly working on the other app.
February 21, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Not sure – I dropped VIP status just recently and I’ll admit I’m eyeing the new update *really* carefully. I paid for Moria and the “big neato lots of horses and cosmetics” version of Isengard prior to dropping out of the game and I’m honestly not sure what I’d get out of the Mithril edition.
Now if Turbine would just cough up a Mac client – I’d be all over it.
February 22, 2012 at 10:07 am
hey there
Does anybody know if with this pack also the instances in Moria and Lorien are included ? This would be quite important for me
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Mad
February 22, 2012 at 4:30 pm
I believe so. Check out the descriptions here:
http://www.lotro.com/pathofthefellowship
February 22, 2012 at 6:05 pm
These are complete quest packs that will include everything in the zone including dungeons, quests, and raids, etc.
February 23, 2012 at 5:38 am
Ah well … wanted to pre-order it on Gamestop, for the bonuses etc.
LOL
I live in France : Price of the Mithril Edition : 29.99$ – Shipping and Handling fees : 24,99$
Forget it
February 23, 2012 at 8:02 am
Check with amazon if you’re in the EU we’ve had it for a few months now, should be around the £20 mark. Not a that bad a price for an accountwide horse and TP’s if you’re a collector of mounts.
Only thing we seem to have lost out on was the preorder points from gamestop. The gamestop.co.uk site doesnt seem to have it only listing 3 types of WoW, SWTOR and interestingly Diablo 3.
February 24, 2012 at 5:45 am
Hmm.. might think about it ..
Though, another (noob?) question… I’m VIP since the beginning on the game, so this package only interests me for the TPs and the horse (and the physical CD support, maybe). Is it interesting to buy this package ? Will i have access to the TPs and horses etc ? or is it a package made for new players ?
I mean, will i get codes to upgrade my account with the horse etc ?
A bit cloudy to me, all that, eh eh…
February 24, 2012 at 7:07 am
You will get it all. It’s one code but it will apply the quest pack, points & horse to the account.
February 29, 2012 at 1:06 pm
A cautionary tale for anyone who preordered the Mithril Edition: the brick and mortar Gamestop that I preordered from is not honoring the 500 TP preorder deal. I think this is more to employee incompetence (one of the staff thought is was “insane” that a game would use all the keys on the keyboard) than anything else. I asked how I was supposed to retrieve my TP when the receipt did not print with a code for Turbine. After many puzzled looks and several explanation on how Turbine, MMOs, and computers work, I got told “Sorry, I just don’t know what to do.” I’m more sad at Gamestop’s inability to provide adequate training for it’s employees (at least this one) than anything else. I still got the 2000 TP, horse, etc. in the box, which is what I actually paid for. Would be nice to have those extra TP, but lesson learned.
February 29, 2012 at 2:33 pm
If I recall correctly, the way the 500 points code was going to work was:
Orders made online would get the code sent to them via email within 2 days of release.
Pre-orders made in a store (where they don’t have email data) the code would print at the bottom of the receipt at checkout.