Cosmetic Lotro

Tangled allegiances

November 21, 2025 by Cosmetic Lotro

Belondor is one of the characters from the Umbar story-line. His allegiances and motivations are complex and not one-sided. You can fight him as an opponent in a raid, he appears in the epic questline as a companion, and he has his own personal story-line to resolve in Dâr Laja. However you feel about this multifaceted character, if you do finish his personal questline (after you have first finished all three other Dâr Laja characters quests), you are rewarded with […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Blue and Turquoise, Combined outfits, Horses & Ponies, Male, Outfit, Race of Man male • Tags: Belondor, Camail of the Abyss, Ceremonial Armor of Belondor, Steed of the Dusk-watch, Wig-feld

Lasgalen heritage

November 13, 2025 by Cosmetic Lotro

As in some parts of the globe it is Springtime now, the Spring Festival has made a return appearance this year! I think it is quite fun to experience this season again, even though in my part of the world the leaves are falling off the trees. Spring Festival has some beautiful rewards, well worth picking up. One of the older worthwhile cosmetics is the Lasgalen Spring Dress. I think it makes my high elf look dashing. The dress has […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, - Robes & dresses, Brown and Orange, Female, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Autumn, cozy holbytla mantle, Fingerless Gloves, Long Ranger's Robe, ontamo's extra cap, snow-strider's mantle, stitched shoes

Back to the beginning

November 6, 2025 by Cosmetic Lotro

Hello everyone, thank you for being here! It has been nearly 4 years since my last blog post and I feel as if I am slowly waking up from a long slumber. I have not stopped playing Lotro, I didn’t even stop creating outfits or taking screenshots, however I have not had the energy and inspiration to post anything to my blog, or keep up with what is hot in the outfit community. Early this year when we had to […]

Fresh snow

January 1, 2022 by Cosmetic Lotro

I wish everyone a good and prosperous new year! I hope that your many adventures, either in Middle-earth or in your life, will bring you plentiful rewards and always a comfortable hobbit hole to return to. I have enjoyed seeing everyone’s winter outfits during the festival. It is so inspiring to see hobbits, dwarves and elves running their errands in Frostbluff on hobby-horses wearing warm furry cloaks while dragging along fluffy white rabbits, little yule trees and kegs. The Yule Festival […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, Blue and Turquoise, Female, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Boots of Bright Company, Fancy Snow-cloak, Fur Mantle, Gloves of the Anvil, Housing, Waistcoat of the Anvil, Yule

Winter knits

December 15, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Wrapped up in very sturdy frost-proof armour and fashionable winter knits, Rosemae is ready for winter! Thanks to some very kind and dear kinmates who generously dumped their loot into my backpacks last year (Ibsus, Valk, Tallic, Jedy & Elle) I managed to obtain all armour pieces for all classes from the Anvil raid! These pieces are beautiful and unique. It’s a shame that none of the pieces can be dyed so I have to work with the base colours […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Female, Hobbit female, Outfit, Purple and Rose • Tags: Enduring Chestplate of the Anvil, Enduring Heavy Cloak of the Anvil, Enduring Sabatons of the Anvil, Knitted Cozy Frostbluff Cap, Knitted Frostbluff Mitts of Comfort, Winter, Yule, Yule Scarf

Silent Night

December 10, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Werric is a Hobbit Minstrel from Needlehole in the Shire. He loves to sing. He loves to play his fiddle. Especially the white fiddle that he won in a dart-throwing contest in the Green Dragon. Inspired by the preparations for the Yule Festival he is now practicing his Yule carols and songs. From early morning before breakfast until well after supper he sings his heart out with such fervour, that his neighbours have now threatened to feed him to the […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, Black, Hobbit male, Horses & Ponies, Male, Outfit, Performers • Tags: Cloak of the Shire Holly, Fingerless Gloves, Garments of the Shire Holly, Groom's Boots, Helm of the Erebor Animal Friend, hobbit, Scrap-reinforced Pauldrons of the Khirvísa, Yule

Light from the Shadows

October 24, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

This Harvestmath Festival has not given us any new cosmetics. Though I understand that all the work has had to go into revamping the Legendary system, it still made me sad that this had to be at the expense of a new dress and a new horse. But I didn’t dwell on it for long, and decided to create something new with what I already had; and what I had was some raiding gear from the Balrog that I thought […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Black, Female, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Cosmetic Raven Wings, Fingerless Gloves, Helm of Éomer, Light Nadhin Shoes, Mantle of Khazad-dûm's Fall, Robe of Khazad-dûm's Fall

Scout in Gondor

September 11, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

The Elves were a rare sight in Gondor during the War of the Ring. To most Gondorians they seemed like the stuff of legend, a fabled people from long ago. Superstition and distrust surrounding the Elves was more the norm than the exception. However a few more open minded Gondorians might have had a more nuanced opinion or even admiration for the Elves.Imrahil to Legolas about Elves: “So it is said in the lore of my land. Yet never has […]

Categories: - Rangers & hunters, Elf female, Female, Outfit, White and Grey • Tags: Boots of the Wild Hills, elf, Fancy Cap of the Expedition's Vanguard, Hól-budlan, Jacket of the Osgiliath, Silvan Quiver

Winners Retro Contest

June 3, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Thank you to all who sent in screenshots of your outfits for the Retro contest! Thank you for all your kind comments, congratulations and personal messages. Outfitting is still a thing in LOTRO, and it turns out that the older pieces, especially from the Isengard expansion, are still incredibly popular.The participation in the contest was just enough to make it hard to pick my 10 winners. I really enjoyed reading your stories about how those outfits came together. I was […]

Categories: Contests, Latest news, Other • Tags: Contest, lotro goes retro, Retro Lotro

Reminiscing on a decade

May 21, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

In april of 2011, now ten years ago, I began this blog about cosmetic outfits in LOTRO. I did not really give much thought to naming the blog and just dubbed it “Cosmetic LOTRO” thinking I might change it later. Well as you can see I never did and the name stayed. I never thought it would last this long. I never knew that creating outfits for my LOTRO characters would become such an important part of my game experience. […]

Categories: Contests, Latest news, Other • Tags: Anniversary, Contest, lotro goes retro

Golden blooms

May 16, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Pretty Spring or early Summer outfit for my lore-master. The Staff of the Vales, that drops from the Remmorchant raid, is also available from the March on Gundabad Quartermaster as a cosmetic weapon. Any lore-master with a love for flowers should wield one. I am still fidgeting a lot with the new “per pixel lighting attenuation” setting. I don’t like to have it “on” when previewing in the wardrobe, because it gives odd glaring to some textures, but I do […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Female, Gold and Yellow, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Galadriel's Dress, Naruhel's Shawl, Poinsetta Crown, Staff of the Vales

New moon

May 9, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Inspired by my fellow bloggers who every now and again create a “make-over” or post a “throwback Thursday” to Twitter, I have redone an old favorite outfit involving the moon. Actually it’s a great idea to take an old outfit concept and redo it with newer items. I still love the original outfit, but I also like to use newer items that I have acquired, and sometimes they fit very well into an older concept. In this case, the robe […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Elf female, Female, Outfit, Purple and Rose • Tags: Ceremonial Gloves of the Graven Word, Examplary Hood of the Anórien Tree, Gabil'akkâ, Glûdra-clog, Hoh-dreng, Rune-keeper