The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ News

[h3]Grab a mug of your favorite brew and make sure those axes are sharp, as Durin’s Day is soon to be upon us! [/h3]
Kadish Durinul Khalash!

This Thursday the 3rd of Oct - Durin’s Day - through to the 6th of Oct, Return to Moria is celebrating this famed Dwarven holiday. Celebrations include…
[h2]Thursday morning Patch Release![/h2]
This Patch will contain fixes to issues reported by players as well as improvements to the lighting system (especially for bigger bases). This patch is due to release on Thursday the 3rd of October
[h2]Streamers and Content Creators![/h2]
We’ll be showcasing some streamers with an all-weekend Broadcast on Steam, plus others will be live on your favorite streaming platforms, or posting Durin’s Day themed videos and clips. Keep an eye out as some will have keys for the game, artbook and/or soundtrack to give away too!
[h2]Durin’s Day Celebration Bundle[/h2]
Been waiting to purchase RtM or have friends who’ve been waiting to pick it up? The Durin’s Day Bundle will be available on Steam during the celebrations with a hefty discount to swing your hammer at!
[h2]Forge Talk[/h2]
Friday the 4th we’ll have a Forge Talk in the Discord discussing the patch, A year (almost) in review since initial 2023 launch, recent community challenges and the dev team will be answering some questions too!
[h2]Join in the Fun![/h2]
Want to join in the festivities? We’ve got some Durin’s Day and RtM themed icons, and thumbnails for you to use on your socials and videos. Cruise over to Discord to check that out, and If you post anything, don’t forget to @ us on Twitter / X for a chance of a reshare!

Whether you’re going to be delving into Moria to check out the new patch and pouring yourself a brew, or supporting the streams and creations of fellow community members, we hope you have fun celebrating Durin’s Day 2024 with The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria!

Full patch notes can be found here:
https://www.returntomoria.com/news-updates/patch-1-3-3-release-notes---all-platforms

Hello all and thank you for your patience - we are sorry for the recent issues with Online worlds, but we can confirm that online multiplayer is back and running properly for all users who have been affected!

What happened?
We started receiving reports of players being unable to connect to multiplayer as early as Sunday night, most commonly with the "Connection to Online Services was Interrupted" message. This happened in Steam and crossplay games, but seemed to happen mostly in some areas of the USA and Canada.

Thanks to the support tickets that you all have sent, we were able to use the logs from these sessions to uncover the core issue that was affecting our peer-to-peer networking and connectivity between hosts and joiners. If you tried to connect from anywhere else, you also may have encountered this issue if one or more players was in this affected region.

As of 4pm PST on 9/25, we have confirmed that games are functioning normally once again on Steam, as well as cross-play worlds.

We apologize again for this and hopefully you're all back to enjoying your adventures in Moria! If you see any further issues or cannot connect, please reach out to our support team here: Customer Support and we will try to help promptly.

thanks,
The RTM Dev Team

As we close in on the 2-week mark of being live on Steam, we sat down with the team to finalize our upcoming patch. And we recorded a play session so you could see first hand what we're doing with player feedback, fixing bugs, and more cool updates! Please enjoy and watch for the devs messing with each other while they check out the fixes to AI and lighting!


The upcoming patch will include this and more:

• Improved lighting, especially for bigger bases
  
• Ability to mount epic items like the Zarok Torch and Wanderkeg onto the wall
  
• Fixes to reduce enemy patrols in your base
  
• Fixes to reduce enemy animation issues in combat
  
• Better combat and ranged combat enemy behavior
  
• Improved crossbow experience
  
• Fixed white screen issues for some cinematics
  
• Orctown is now easier to find
  
• Networking and crash fixes
  
• Singing should no longer switch your voice
  
• Added more Mithril weapons to campaign
  
• And more!
  

As we close in on the 2-week mark of being live on Steam, we sat down with the team to finalize our upcoming patch. And we recorded a play session so you could see first hand what we're doing with player feedback, bugs, and more cool updates!

The upcoming patch will include this and more:

• Improved lighting, especially for bigger bases
  
• Ability to mount epic items like the Zarok Torch and Wanderkeg onto the wall
  
• Fixes to reduce enemy patrols in your base
  
• Fixes to reduce enemy animation issues in combat
  
• Better combat and ranged combat enemy behavior
  
• Improved crossbow experience
  
• Fixed white screen issues for some cinematics
  
• Orctown is now easier to find
  
• Networking and crash fixes
  
• Singing should no longer switch your voice
  
• Added more Mithril weapons to campaign
  
• And more!
  

If you want to learn more about the game, we've created a video to show off all the latest features and improvements over the past year. Also please enjoy our livestreams from 8/27 with TheHunterWild and Smashley and DeejayKnight, who played with the dev team, plus Bearki took a deep dive into Moria too!

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, the only survival crafting game set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth™, the iconic fantasy world created by J.R.R. Tolkien.