The Lord of the Rings Online™ – Update 49.8 Release Notes

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### Update 49.8 Release Notes
Here are the Release Notes for Update 49.8: In Good Company, Patch 8 released on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

News and Notes

General

We have added a ‘Contents will bind to character upon opening’ warning to the ‘160 Level-up Package’ item.
Fall Festival Barter: Imladris Fallen Leaf Dye and Ashenslades Green Dye are now available to barter for Fall Festival Tokens this year. Autumn Leaf Dye and Twilight Purple Dye are now available to barter for Mithril Coins this year.

Language Updates

FRENCH: The were-hunter prefix title will now display properly.
GERMAN: The "Musician" prefix title will now display properly.
GERMAN: We have made an adjustment to restore the functionality of group chat.

Game Launcher

The game launcher will now automatically fix a certain class of "Unable to decrypt and de-serialize the data downloaded from the server" errors.

Physics

A long standing physics bug has been fixed that affects placement of skill entities in the world. There should be greater accuracy for the placement of skills.

Read the full patch notes on store.steampowered.com →

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