In the MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online, players are on a riddle fever. An anniversary scavenger hunt put the patience of players to a tough test.
Riddle quests are apparently in vogue. In WoW, developers keep hiding brain teasers in their MMORPG. Players put their heads together on Discord and crack the sometimes absurdly complicated riddles. It seems that a riddle has also been hiding in Lord of the Rings Online over the past few weeks.
Attention – Spoiler warning: If you want to find out the solution to the riddle in Lord of the Rings Online by yourself, then you might want to stop reading now.
As the US site Massivelyop reports, the riddle has been ongoing since early April, when the festivities for the 10th anniversary of Lord of the Rings Online began. Apparently, there was a piece of paper each week as a reward, along with other, much cooler gifts.
On each of these pieces of paper, there should have been a piece of information: Collecting and piecing them together yielded map coordinates. The players tried these coordinates at different locations.
Beware – Now comes the part with the big spoiler
In Bree-land, the coordinates seem to be correct. In the middle of a lake, a pillar has appeared that suspiciously resembles the logo of Standing Stone Games. This is the newly founded studio where the development team of Lord of the Rings Online has come together to further develop the game, after leaving Turbine.
If the quest is this far progressed, players then probably have to complete a series of emotes and then finish the quest. Here you can watch a YouTuber as he finally solves the riddle after consulting the crowd intelligence.
What do you think of such quests? Do you find them too “trial and error” heavy, do you wish for other riddles, or is this exactly right for you?
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