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Here are the release notes for Update 22.4, released on Tuesday, July 17th, 2018


News and Notes:


Classes

• All Warden skills now count as melee or ranged skills, and are enhanced by Physical Mastery.

Items

• New items have been added to the Gorgoroth Steel-bound Lootbox, including a Steeds of the Tireless mount selection box, a Shields of the Valiant cosmetic shield selection box, a Warsteed of Isengard set of War-steed cosmetic appearances, a Little Kid pet goat, a Visiting Barber housing decoration, and Flame Quenched Rings and Bracelets in honour of summer.
• Added a tooltip to the rename button on the Legendary Items panel.
• Added a tooltip to the legacy replacement button of the Replace Legacy panel.

Quests and Adventure Areas

• Plague Cauldrons during the Lhaereth the Stained encounter should no longer drop combat and become NPCs if they are only attacked by one player and that player dies.

Miscellaneous

• Mailing for Mithril has been disabled as part of our efforts to address spam and fraud.
• Kinship names can now include diacritics.
• Fixed resize cursor not appearing for French and German versions of the game.

Known Issues: