The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ — patch notes and updates
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| Live Streaming for Spring! | 2026-03-19 | Khazad-dûm needs a good Spring cleaning!Get your Dwarven clan together and take out the trash!Check out Return to Moria today! |
| Weekend Deal Live Stream | 2026-03-05 | Live streaming, player videos and tons of Dwarven adventure on display for the Weekend Deal!Weekend Deal March 5 through March 19:The Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria is 55% off!DLC is 40% off! (not including Durin's Folk)Durin's Folk Expansion is 34% off |
| Patch 1.6.7 Release Notes | 2026-02-12 | After the release of Durin’s Folk, the team has been working on addressing critical bugs and feedback from the community. While this patch has several highly requested changes, it mainly focuses on performance and stability throughout Return to Moria.Ensure you have the correct build number on the main menu. You must complete the update before playing.Steam: 1.6.6.218163 \ to 1.6.7.219072 \Dedicated Servers: 1.6.6.218164 \ to 1.6.7.219072 \You can also find these notes on our website: https://www.returntomoria.com/news-updates/patch-1-6-7-release-notesThank you again to everyone who took the time to log tickets, alert us to issues and help ea |
| Happy Holidays From The Team | 2025-12-19 | As 2025 comes to a close, we want to take the opportunity to wish our entire player community a wonderful holiday season. Whether you’re delving into the mountains over the holiday break, or climbing the peak to a legendary tower, we hope you enjoy everything the festivities have to offer.We cannot express how truly grateful we are to have such an amazing and passionate community playing our game!Our teams are taking the time to settle down by the warmth of a hearth, drink back a festive brew or two and get ready for the new year. Over the break you’ll see us popping into the chat less, but please keep your feedback and issue reports coming i |
| Yuletide Season Streaming | 2025-12-18 | Winter Steam SALE means big savings in Moria! Yuletide season in Moria is upon us! The Yuletide DLC has been upgraded with new decorations and a new outfit! |
| Hotfix 1.6.6 - Release Notes | 2025-12-18 | This small patch is meant to address high severity issues as reported by the community. While we understand there are more issues than this patch fixes, we wanted to get something out before the holiday as fast as possible. Ensure you have the correct build number on the main menu. You must complete the update before playing. Steam: 1.6.5.218041 \ to 1.6.6.218163 \Dedicated Servers: 1.6.5.218038 \ to 1.6.6.218164 \ Fixes in this releaseFixed an issue where duplicate NPC dwarves would appear in their original spawn location in the world after being dismissed from a delving. This would cause several issues including performance problems and unu |
| Patch 1.6.5 and the Yule-Tide Update have released | 2025-12-15 | Hi all and Happy Yule-tide!Patch 1.6.5 has rolled out across all platforms. The update to the Yule-tide DLC Pack has also rolled out alongside 1.6.5. Please ensure you’ve updated fully to the latest version to avoid any multiplayer and crossplay compatibility issues.Steam:1.6.4.217573 \ to 1.6.5.218011 \Dedicated Servers:1.6.4.217315 \ to 1.6.5.218038 \Release notes can be found on our website hereAnd will be cross posted to the 📜release-notes channel of our discord shortly.Important note with regards to NPC bug fixes: In some cases where NPCs are stuck, lost or not behaving as intended: if the NPC remains in that state after the patch then |
| Yule-tide Pack to Receive Content Update! | 2025-12-11 | From our blog: Yule-tide Pack to Receive Content Update!Turugnî hisgin! Greetings!The festive season is upon us, and Dwarves across Middle-earth are pulling out decorations and getting Moria prepared for another Yule-tide!This year the Yule-tide pack is receiving an update, with extra decorations and cosmetics themed around the story of Kabrûn the Bell-dragger (see below), everyone who already owns the Yule-tide pack will automatically unlock all of these new recipes!Don’t own the Yule-tide pack yet? Worry not! Whether you pick it up before the update, or after, you’ll gain access to the original and new Yule-tide content along with everyone |
| Return to Moria - a Labor of Love Nomination! | 2025-11-25 | Turugnî hisgin!To all the Lords and Ladies of Moria - building Return to Moria has truly been a labor of love for our entire team, and we would be grateful for your vote in this category! For over 4 years, many many hardworking developers have been bringing the world of Moria in the 4th age to life. Thanks to your help, since we launched we've been able to make literally thousands of improvements to quality of life, bettering our features, providing more balanced tuning, and of course, fixing many pesky bugs. Indeed it has been a long road! But we continue to push new releases and bring improvements to help you survive the long dark together |
| Durin's Folk Expansion Launch and Title Update 1.6 Patch Notes + Update! | 2025-11-18 | The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ TU6 + Durin’s Folk Release NotesDâmat uz-âthar uz-sên marbû hakhrûn. Na zil-adbal tahba?‘And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey. Are you coming?’The Dimrill Gate opens and a new chapter of Return to Moria begins! Don't be fooled by the brevity of these patch notes, this is our largest update yet! If we listed everything it would spoil the fun. This update brings gameplay improvements and bugfixes to the core game as well as enables the new Durin’s Folk Expansion. These notes will be split between changes for the core game update and a summary of changes included in the Expansion.Ensur |
| Durin's Folk Expansion Live Stream and Gameplay Videos | 2025-11-18 | Return to Moria once more and continue your quest to restore the legendary Dwarven stronghold. New adventures await inside and outside of Moria! Live streaming of the new expansion Durin's Folk is happening so sit down, relax and meet some new Dwarves! |
| Durin's Folk Expansion is LIVE! | 2025-11-18 | NPC's are here! Unlock Durin's Folk Expansion today and venture to the Dimrill Gate to embark on a brand-new adventure in Moria! The Recruiting Post: Rescue and recruit NPCs you meet in the mines. These recruits will join your settlement and assume roles like blacksmith, miner, brewmaster, and guard!Restore Moria: Construct great works called “Monuments” with help from those you rescue! Multiplayer Expeditions: Conquer procedurally generated dungeons, undertaking randomized end-game adventures alone or with friends! Explore New Outdoor Areas: Uncover the mystery of Durin's Tower, explore outside the mountain for the first time, and create epi |
| Coming Nov 18th - New Map Update! | 2025-11-11 | Title Update 6 releases for everyone alongside Durin's Folk on Nov 18th, and with it comes a free update to the in-game map! Check out the preview from Game Director, Jon-Paul Dumont, below: Wishlist Durin's Folk Now! |
| Durin’s Folk - Durin’s Day News Recap | 2025-11-05 | Written by Clare Byrne Khahmûr fahin! The forge is hot!This year we celebrated Durin’s Day on Oct 21st with some exciting news from the Return to Moria Team: The upcoming Expansion, Durin’s Folk, will be released on Nov 18th! You can read our official announcement here: https://www.returntomoria.com/news-updates/rtm-df-releasedateAlongside our official announcement, Game Director Jon-Paul Dumont, prepared an exclusive video for our Discord Community, sharing Durin’s Day wishes and showing the first gameplay preview of Durin’s Folk in action, including a never before revealed outside location where players can build their most epic base yet!T |
| Durin's Folk Expansion - Release Date News! | 2025-10-21 | Return to Moria once more and continue your quest to restore the legendary Dwarven stronghold. Turugnî hisgin! from Free Range Games and North Beach Games, the developer and publisher behind The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™! We’re excited to announce that the game’s first major expansion – Durin’s Folk – arrives November 18 on PC and consoles. With more than 20 hours of added content (plus infinitely repeatable cooperative events set in randomized dungeons), Durin’s Folk cements Return to Moria as an essential experience for Middle-earth™ enthusiasts and survival-crafting fans alike. Building on the base game’s story-driven survival-cr |
| Durin's Folk: Forge Talk 12 Recap & More | 2025-10-17 | Greetings!Our latest blog recaps a lot of the info contained in Forge Talk 12 as well as shows off some new screenshots of Durin’s Folk and NPCs in action - including what building a Monument will look like :eyes:Check it out at the link below!(Images taken during development and may contain placeholder elements subject to change)Durin's Folk: Forge Talk 12 Recap & MoreAnd in case you missed it we updated the #faq-durinsfolk channel yesterday with some additional gameplay information.As always, keep an eye on #dev-updates on our discord for details about Durin’s Folk, coming soon… and watch out for any Wandering Wizards that could wander thei |
| Autumn Sale Streaming Schedule | 2025-09-29 | |
| Streaming Live Moria Adventures for the Autumn Sale | 2025-09-29 | Autumn Steam Sale45% off Return To MoriaWatch the Return To Moria Stream Team during Autumn Sale Event |
| Forge Talk 12: Durin's Folk Discussions and Details | 2025-09-29 | Hi all!If you missed our Forge Talk live last Friday on Discord, or just want to listen again, you can now catch up now on YouTube:In this Forge Talk, Jon-Paul Dumont (Game Director) and Bradley Fulton (Art Director) discuss NPCs, Trading and Expeditions in more detail, as well as answer some additional FAQs.So cosy up by the forge, grab yourself a brew, and enjoy!And don’t forget to Wishlist Durin’s Folk if you haven’t already :eyes: |
| #GetToTheGate | 2025-09-22 | Will you join the challenge? Join our Discord Community to learn more about our #GetToTheGate community challenge! With the majority of the Durin’s Folk expansion occurring at the end of the base game, we’re encouraging players to rally together with other Dwarves and make your way to the Dimrill Gate! How your story unfolds along the way is up to you, but we want to see your Dimrill Gate selfies and hear the tales of what happened along the way. Check out the challenge guidelines and submit your entries in the dedicated challenge thread on Discord - https://discord.gg/MzqMGw2BNW (Be cautious of spoilers if you’re still playing through the Rt |