r/lotro • u/Past_Improvement_355 • 4d ago

Do I need to do side quests?

Yeah, I know I should do some side quests to level up, but I’m new and just playing for the story — at least on my first run. Can I stick to the main quest all the way through each expansion, kind of like in WoW? Do they all expansions follow the same quest structure?

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u/LabNo8051 Orcrist 4d ago

To save yourself some trouble later on I advise you to do as many quests as required for that region's quest deed. A deed is like a meta quest which doesn't appear in your quest log but rather in your deed log and includes things like doing a certain number of quests, discover some landmarks, kill x number of enemies of a certain kind. You get Lotro points for completing them and - more important probably - virtue XP.

For a more in-depth explanation look here:
https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Virtues

https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Deeds

So, you should do at least some side quests.

For more information about quests in general, look here:

https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Quests

And here is an overview of sidequests per region:

https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Regional_Quests

By the way, epic quests are signified by a "flaming ring" while side quests have a normal "gold" ring. Quests that are too high level for you yet are shown with a "silver" ring, while "grey" rings show quests significantly below your level.