This is a solo run of the duo version of "The Shadowed Roost". I'm running the 2-player version of the instance with my L136 red line Captain updated for the changes included with update 35. The instance is also set to the Captains character level (136) by default.

This recording includes the Discovery Deed for the Shadowed Roost near the top of Minas Morgul.

Note: The solo/duo version of the instance resets chest rewards daily. Also, the minimum level requirement (after discovery) is level 121.

I've seen the instance (at 2-player/duo level) drop rings, earrings, bracelets, leg & feet gear. The dropped gear is "bound to account so after the initial 1 hour cooldown period it can be transferred to another of your characters or placed into storage for future use by one of your alts.

The main reason for running it solo is to get the "on instance level" equipment drops that can occur from both the boss chests.

The chests solo/duo instance runs are locked to only open once per day (based on server time for solo/duo instances). This can be checked in the raid locks section of the social panel or by typing "/raid locks" in the general chat command line.

In some other 2-player instances your Tier 1+ duo (2-player) instances act similarly to raid chests (ie. they have 4-5 favourable drops per week) before the boss chest drops down to only slightly useful chest rewards.

Equipment drops throughout the game can be relatively difficult to obtain even after having run all the quests in many of the expansions lower level zones. Consequently it can be difficult to run some landscape content when your gear has not progressed fast enough to effectively compete. Running the duo versions of some of the games "solo-able" instances is a viable method to obtain "good enough" equipment to complete in most high level questing zone content.

If you are just looking to improve your gear to play the higher level quest content, you can try looking in the auction house for near on-level equipment. The auction house equipment (Bind on Equip) is likely to have an ilevel lower than the possible solo instance equipment (account bound equipment) that drops from this instance (but it *is* easier to find).

While getting solo crafting characters to the point where they can actually make the purple level 140 Gundabad equipment is difficult (even at the best of times) and should not be attempted by the feint hearted. Tunning duo instances that drop gear at a fair rate is a good alternative to crafting gear...

Plugins Used:
AltInventory, BevyoBars2, BuffBars, ClassTraitPointChecklist,
CombatAnalysis, CookingRef, CraftTimer, DailyTasks, DeedTracker,
RecipeTracker, SequenceBars, Titanbar.

Plugins Loaded using: LOTRO Plugin Compendium (LPC)

Lord of the Rings Online: Gameplay & Commentary recorded in March 2023 after the release of update 35.

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