The Lord of the Rings Online™ – Update 49.2 Release Notes

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### Update 49.2 Release Notes
Here are the Release Notes for Update 49.2: In Good Company, Patch 2 released on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.

News and Notes:

Quests and Instances

• Additional Delving monsters in Cardolan & Swanfleet once again utilize Delving skills appropriately.
• Pagru-kirít, the Garden of Corpses
• Ushkudâsh health reduced by ~3%.
• The number of Echo of Nuzêru kills needed to end Song of Nuzêru has been reduced from 8 to 6.
• The Protection hotspot during Song of Nuzêru now dispels Twisting Shadows damage.

Items and Rewards

• Adjustments to the Pelennor Instance Cluster gear rewards
• Armour dropped in the Pelennor Instances, Blood of the Black Serpent, The Quays of the Harlond, and The Silent Street, can now be disenchanted for Battle of Pelennor Armour Tokens.
• The Pelennor Battle Reward barter vendor will now accept these tokens plus Morgul Crests in exchange for corresponding Pelennor Instance armour pieces appropriate for level 105 characters. This now also includes Brawler and Mariner gear.
• Grave-dusted Boxes, Trampled Boxes, and Waterlogged Boxes, which could not be acquired, are no longer listed for barter.
• Rates of gear drops from the Pelennor Instance Cluster non-challenge chests, when run at level 105, have been increased.
• Gear and level 105 essences will no longer drop from the Pelennor Instance Cluster non-challenge chests when run above level 120.

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