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LOTRO’s Next Expansion, Kingdoms of Harad, Opens Pre-Orders for Fall 2025

Pre-orders are live, signaling a Fall 2025 window without raid content at launch.

Overview

  • Standing Stone Games announced Kingdoms of Harad and opened three pre-order tiers at $40, $80, and $130 with bundled level-up and cosmetic rewards.
  • The expansion increases the level cap to 160 and adds roughly 400 quests across four regions: Adagîm, Kíghan, An Shêru, and Idagâl.
  • New content highlights include camel mounts and more than 2,300 lines of recorded dialogue.
  • Raids and instances will not be available at launch, and the release window is listed as Fall 2025 with no exact date.
  • The storyline concludes the recent Umbar-to-Harad arc as Gandalf warns of the rising Thardúth in the South.