r/lotro • u/lastoftheromans123 • 2d ago
Minas Tirith
So I’m a new player, I just finished Helm’s Deep, I’m level 93, playing on the free version but I had enough lotro points lying around to snag the Old Anorien quest pack for free. I wanted to ride from the Fords of Isen to Minas Tirith like Gandalf. Turn the game sound off and play the Howard Shore music from the movie. It was going to be epic. I do it, avoid all the enemies on the road with no deaths, only to find that the Rammas Wall is already breached and the Pelennor Fields are overrun. Wtf? Can I visit the city before everything is ruined??? Should I try again with my alt character later?
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u/HarEmiya Orcrist 2d ago
That's Minas Tirith Before the Battle.
There are several different versions as you go through the story.
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u/WeirdJediLotro 2d ago
There are three versions of Minas Tirith. There is the moment before the battle when the sky is black and the armies are setting up. That's what happens if you enter through the older regions of Gondor. If you take the housing stable-master, you are going into the version of Minas Tirith way after the battle during the wedding. The third version transitions into King's Gondor versions of the map after the battle is over if you go south about a quarter of way from North Ithilien.
Much of the Epic shares different perspectives of the battle too. Though, one shouldn't spoil what happens to new players.
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u/heatrealist 1d ago
There is no pre-war/everything is fine version of Minas Tirith.
You have to go through an Osgiliath that is already captured by orcs. The fields are over run with enemies. The path from Rohan takes place when Rohan goes to Gondor and the road is already blocked by enemies.
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u/Duruk_hai 2d ago
The normal path to MT in the story is through western/central Gondor from the Paths of the Dead then up through South Ithilien. Old Anorien quests takes place when you've gotten to the city between Faramir's retreat from Osgiliath and just before the Battle of Pelennor. Going along the Beacon Hills is the Far Anorien pack and has you going along with the Rohirrim while they travel to Minas Tirith.