Spring Festival is once again in Middle-earth and that means time to stomp some shrews and get lost in a hedge maze! Festival is open until June 11th according to the LOTRO Calendar.
We are not expecting the festival to be drastically different from last year but we will have a new updated festival guide up as soon as possible once we run through everything and note any changes.
In the meantime here are last year’s guide to help you navigate until the 2012 guide is available!
- 2011 Spring Festival Guide
- General Festival Quest Guide (Horse races & dance quests)
- Inn League Quest Guide
- Ale Association Quest Guide
May 24, 2012 at 10:17 am
For your handy reference at getting unlost: Hedge maze Map
http://www.thebrasse.com/lotromap/78
May 24, 2012 at 12:22 pm
One is missing: the 10th sign is in the southwestern corner of the maze
May 24, 2012 at 11:10 am
New Spring horse I guess?
May 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Yes there is a new spring horse. New cosmetic outfit as well.
May 24, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Pictures, pictures, pictures! Have to wait until I get home from work to see it all.
May 24, 2012 at 12:22 pm
If you can get to facebook or google+ I just shared photos of the Springfest 2012 steed.
May 24, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Unsurprisingly, it matches the new cosmetics! I love the simbelmynë patterns all over the tack — this is much more to my liking than the screaming bright green/yellow blankets of other springs.
May 24, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Also, there’s the Steed of the Jester from the gift boxes you barter for with flowers. Pics abound on the LOTRO forums.
May 24, 2012 at 11:31 am
YAY I can get my Eriador Cartographile deed finished!
May 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Heh, I have still to wait till the summer festival, but that one should happen in a couple of weeks too.
May 24, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Summer festival is tentatively scheduled for August. We will have the new Farmers Faire between Spring and Summer Festivals this year.
May 24, 2012 at 1:32 pm
So many festivals! I take pride in collecting all the cosmetics to lend to kinmates and friends! But I am starting to reconsider this since many of my toons are not being played.
May 24, 2012 at 2:52 pm
The real question is..when is farmer’s faire scheduled?
.. On a side note.. Can we get a recommended route for flower harvesting for the 3 regions, especially the shire?
Other two regions dont seem nearly as bad.
May 24, 2012 at 3:10 pm
I start at the rez circle behind Michel Delving, circle Sandson’s Farm and then zig-zag my way across the fields between the farm and the road coming from Waymeet. I can’t remember if there are any flower nodes on the other side of the road, there may be, but the majority of them are in the Delving Fields area bordered by Rushhock Bog to the north, the road to Needlehole to the east, the East Road to the south and Michel Delving to the west.
May 24, 2012 at 4:27 pm
The flowers seem to spawn pretty quick, and if an area is being farmed by a few folks just go to the other regions and look for a less busy area. to be honest the flower boxes are not as much fun as say someone just starting their first festival, but its good to get any kind of free loot. I wonder if there is a rare item to be had from the boxes….
love the new horse and outfits, they are pretty.
May 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm
There is a steed (steed of the jester) and 3 store cosmetics (Dove Cloak, Cloak of the Swan, Elf-Queen’s Dress)
May 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm
As to heading to the other regions…you need a balanced amount of each type of flowers. 20m in each zone per character is the best way to accomplish that.
May 24, 2012 at 5:18 pm
The level 90 doors in Bree are a quest line – turtle soup etc
You also get to go into a new hobbit hole 
May 24, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Someone already posted speculation about Box contents. Looks about right so far based. I’m going to collect boxes later tonight after the initial rush ends, hehe.
(quote)
Green boxes: Green based Dyes/paints , Rasberry Tart Recipe , Large Flowerbed , Potted Lily-of-the-Valley Recipe
Blue boxes: Blue based Dyes/paints , Strawberry Tart Recipe , Purple Flowerbox , Potted Bluebottle Recipe
Red boxes: Red based Dyes/paints , Blackberry Tart Recipe , Orange Flowerbox , Potted Iris Recipe
Common to all boxes (?): Giant Flowers , cosmetics , mount , Notes of Affection , Flower Petals
* will update as more data presents
? = unconfirmed
(end quote)
…from this post:
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?460536-FlowerGift-Boxes&p=6188828#post6188828
May 24, 2012 at 6:55 pm
yes, the boxes seem to be what was offered in the random gift mails from festivals before, with the addition of paints/dyes. will be cool if a mount is in there too.
May 24, 2012 at 7:05 pm
found a confirmation of the steed of the jester and a pic, i must say its a very nice looking horse…
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?460536-Flower-Gift-Boxes
May 26, 2012 at 2:31 pm
That is really nice. I like the light coloration on it, makes it look more realistic. This is my first spring festival so I’m still trying to find everything!