#once you've finished the shire i would check out breeland as well! all three of them are starter areas depending on your race

[masterelrond]

Hi. Im the new to lotro anon and I have played it a bit now and it is very fun! I chose to play as a high Elf Hunter from imladris and the intro was very fun, being friends with all the cool people. The starting area after that is also nice. Im well into the main starting quest, I think. But now ive travelled to the shire to help bingo? And next i want to get a horse. I am a bit worried about some things and confused about others but overall its very fun.

🥹 i’m SO happy for you omg so happy to see new players <333

I also started on high elf and how cool is it that you're one of the oldest friends of elrond, thranduil and glorfindel??!!!!!!! and then elrond watching over you for thousands of years waiting for you to wake up again im fine im fine im fi

Ered Luin is a really pretty area to quest in, I loved it! I'd recommend getting the stone of the tortoise (xp disabler) on the lotro store so that you dont become too high level too fast while questing in the shire, it’s just very cute and laid back so it would be a shame to zoom through it too quickly

I believe you can get a horse for free like in this video, the devs made the riding trait free a while back (it used to be 99 lotro points on the store). I believe you can travel to west Bree from Michel Delving for free, then from Bree to Mossward. Once you're there, talk to Skardí in the blacksmith shop and you should be able to get it!

The horse he gives you is only 32% speed, but it'll get you the riding skill and you can buy a 62% horse at Hengstacer farm to the north of Bree!! [22.3S, 52.3W]