Levels 5-13 Content Pack: Free
The Shire includes: 100+ quests 20 deeds 150 TP from zone deeds

After completing the Introduction, hobbits start in The Shire. Filled with lore from "The Hobbit", The Shire is pastoral and sleepy, filled with trees to nap under after polishing off a hobbit breakfast and a slice of apple pie. Leveling in The Shire is a bit less combative then the other starting areas - you are as likely to be delivering pies and mail as fending off brigands and other threats.

As you quest in the Shire, you'll have the opportunity to earn Gift Mathoms - old and useless objects which hobbits like to give as presents many times over. Turn these in at the Mathom House (33.4S, 75.6W) in Michel Devling for Mathom Society faction. Another Shire-based faction is the Inn League, housed at the Bird and Baby Inn in Michel Delving. Quests for the Inn League are only available during seasonal festivals, and send you all over Middle-earth on drinking related missions. Visit the Party Tree north of Hobbiton to get started.

A special game mechanic first introduced in The Shire is Session Play. While this is used later on to let you experience the epic story first hand, here in The Shire you get to experience Middle-earth as a chicken. Yes, a chicken. There are a number of quests that send you all over the world as a level 1 chicken, in constant danger of being eaten. These adventures can reward destiny points, the Cloak of the Cluck and the Crosser of Roads title, a true badge of dedication to running like a chicken. Visit Sandson's Farm to try it out.

Quest Hubs and Points of Interest

This map shows the quest hubs (A to Q) for The Shire and some points of interest (1 to 4).

Quest Hubs in The Shire

	Loc	Levels	Quest Hub	Vendor	Stable	Mailbox	Milestone	Notes
A	31.8S, 76.7W	5	Little Delving			x	x
B	33.5S, 75.2W	5-9	Michel Delving	x	x	x	x	Auctioneer, bard, class trainers, crafting facitilites, Mathom House faction rep
C	32.1S, 74.4W	6-8	Sandson's Farm					Chicken session play
D	32.8S, 73.1W	7	Waymeet			x
E	27.9S, 76.1W	7-10	Needlehole	x	x
F	28.1S, 70.1W	9-10	Overhill	x		x		workbench
G	29.4S, 71.4W	7-9	Bag End
H	31.4S, 71.1W	7-10	Hobbiton	x	x	x	x	Farmland
I	33.0S, 70.9W	8-12	Tuckborough	x		x		Polo Proudfoot offers a handful of quests nearby
J	33.0S, 70.9W	6-9	Bywater	x		x		Crafting facitilites
K	31.7S, 68.0W	9-10	Frogmorton	x		x
L	33.4S, 65.7W	9-10	Woodhall	x
M	34.3S, 64.4W	10-11	Bamfurlong	x
N	32.1S, 64.1W	9-12	Stock	x	x	x
O	31.3S, 66.1W	9-11	Budgeford	x		x	x	Crafting facitilites
P	27.4S, 67.6W	10-12	Brockenborings	x	x	x	x	Crafting facitilites
Q	27.7S, 66.3W	10-13	Scary	x		x

Points of Interest in The Shire

	Point	Location	Notes
1	Shire Homesteads	36.5S, 73.2W	Hobbit style player housing
2	Fishing Hobby Master	33.4S, 75.4W	In the Bird and Baby
3	The Party Tree	29.9S, 71.5W	Site of seasonal festivals
4	Skirmish Camp	26.9S, 68.1W	Near Brockenborings