Lord of the Rings Online Scholar Guide

Scholars are not people we think of as producing anything except knowledge. In Lord of the Rings Online, scholars also produce knowledge, but their research can lead to more beneficial effects. By digging deep into the lore of Middle Earth a scholar can uncover the secrets of how to make patterns for other trade skills.

The scholar trade skill may not be the most popular choice for adventurers in Middle Earth, although the author has no data to back this up, but because it provides recipes for other craftsman, the scholar will always be in demand.

Getting Started as a Scholar in Lord of the Rings Online

The Master or Mistress of Apprentices will teach the scholar skill to the players as well as give them crafting quests that allows them to advance to the next tier of the skill, but an LOTRO player must have the correct materials to make the long-forgotten patterns.  The game assumes that a novice scholar will have access to pen and ink.  The only tool he must purchase from an NPC vendor is a scholar's glass.  The novice scholar sitting at tables near the master or mistress of apprentices will usually make these available for purchase.

Finding Materials for Scholarly Research

In a world without universities, scholars must often take up more than one field of research. In Lord of the Rings Online, scholars of all experience levels should expect to invest a great deal of time in archaeological digs.   When you find a broken or shattered artifact, click on it, and loot all. Such relics can usually be found in ruins, and this process provides the materials a player needs.

Making Items with the LOTRO Scholar Skill

The crafting panel lets the player knows what items he is capable of making.   It will also tell him if he has the materials necessary to make an item.  If a Lord of the Rings Online player wishes to make an item, with this trade skill he must equip the glass  and click on the appropriate item.

Selling the Scholarly Scrolls

This trade skill produces scrolls.  Many of them are patterns for other trade skills, but they can also produce minor buffs such as morale boosts and extra armor for any player character. (Level is usually the only limit on who can use a scroll.)  Because the scrolls are consumed, the higher tier skills can be a good source of profit for a scholar.