Doing the Dirty Deeds

In LotRO, there are certain things you can do that earn you titles, traits or sometimes other things, such as xp tokens for your legendary items. These things you can do are called deeds, and as of last November, when the expansion for LotRO was released, for every 40 deeds you do, you can raise the maximum number of quests you have open by one. When this new quest maximum bonus was implemented, my character had 5 bonus quest slots, meaning she had already done over 200 deeds. I have a new mission, which is to double that. I adopted this goal when I opened up my 49th quest slot, so I decided 40 more deeds wouldn't be too bad, and it's fun to make goals. I also decided I should document which 40 deeds I do to open up that magic 50th quest slot, mostly for the purpose of sating my own curiosity later.

There are different kinds of deeds you can do. There are the dreaded slayer deeds, which I have plenty of to do, since I don't particularly like doing them. There are also exploration deeds, which I quite enjoy. Needless to say, there aren't many of those left for me to do. Another kind of deed rewards you for doing a certain number of quests in an area. There are also hidden deeds, several of which I have done. I may solicit my friends to help me a bit with this kind, as these hidden deeds tend to be unlocked by other people doing certain emotes at you (such as bowing, cowering, saluting, kissing, cheering, and mocking). Others are gained by eating a certain amount of certain foods, which I would like to work on also. The hobby system also rewards you for certain accomplishments (currently there is only fishing, so the deeds are things like, gain a certain fishing skill level, or catch all 9 kinds of trout - that sort of thing). There are also event deeds, for such things as participating in festivals. Finally, there are adventure-based deeds, which reward you for completing instances, often having with them associated exploration and slayer deeds. These are some of my favorite, since you can often get several, just for having an adventure.

Melawe's list of dirty deeds:

1. Kill dunlendings in the school of Tham Mirdain (Eregion)
2. Kill dunlendings in Eregion
3. Kill half-orcs in Eregion
4. Kill harvest-flies in the Shire
5. Kill trolls in Sarnur (Ered Luin)
6. Kill Angmarim in Forochel
7. Find the deep-fires in Goblin Town (Misty Mountains)
8. Kill orcs in the 16th Hall (Moria)
9. Drive evil from the 16th Hall (Moria)
10. Kill Globsnaga orcs in Moria
11. Kill merrivail in Lumul-nar (Hall of Mirrors - Moria)
12. Kill Ergoth (Hall of Mirrors - Moria)
13. Kill goblins in the Grand Stair (Moria)
14. Carnivore! (eat 3 each of lots of different meat dishes)
15. Kill kergrim in Evendim
16. Pork-chopper! (kill a boar in each of the original zones)
17. Kill giants in Evendim
18. Kill barrow-wardens in Haudh Iarchith (Bree-land)
19. Executioner of the Wicked (slay 6 bosses in Haudh Iarchith - Bree-land)
20. Kill the bosses in the Hall of Crafting (Moria)
21. Collect 5 crates in the Hall of Crafting (Moria)
22. Do 40 quests in Lothlorien
23. Find the Duvardain Quarters in Carn Dum (Angmar)
24. Kill trolls in Carn Dum (Angmar)
25. Kill Angmarim in Carn Dum (Angmar)
26. Explore Caras Galadhon (Lothlorien)
27. Kill orcs in Lothlorien
28. Wanderer of the Golden Wood (explore Lothlorien)
29. Kill worms in Moria
30. The Circle of Despair (explore the area around Barad Gularan in Angmar)
31. Hall of Crafting
32. Hall of Crafting
33. Shire Brewmaster (help the tavern keeps in the Shire)
34. Kill lizards in the Water-Wheels (Moria)
35. Collect flowers in the Water-Wheels (Moria)
36. Kill harvest-flies in Bree-land
37. Lorien Lookout (Lothlorien)
38. Flet-runner (Lothlorien)
39. Kill beasts in Lothlorien
40. Doer of Great Deeds (complete certain deeds in Lothlorien)

Well, that was an experience. I like how that last one worked out - it seems appropriate!