Update 46.2 Release Notes
[p]Here are the Release Notes for Update 46.2: Kingdoms of Harad, Patch 2 released on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.[/p]Of Special Note:
Tier 3 of the new Instances arrives February 12th!
[p]Tier three of the new Instances arrives at Noon Eastern (-5 GMT) on February 12th. The Leading the Charge Deed is available to earn until 3:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) on March 19th. Access to Kingdoms of Harad is required for access. [/p][p]You can learn more about Kingdoms of Harad on LOTRO.com. You can access the Instance Finder using Control+J or through the main menu button in-game. [/p]News and Notes:
[p]Instances[/p]- [p]The Treasure Caves of Hurum Kana[/p][list]
- [p]Deeds now bestow correctly on all tiers.[/p][/*]
- [p]Barlat's enrage timer effect should not start until the fight begins.[/p][/*]
- [p]Sand Blast has been adjusted from a 60m radius explosion to a 10m radius. [/p][/*]
- [p]Summoned Grasping Shadows now have more threatening skills.[/p][/*]
- [p]Bârlat's Overseers' Impaling Strike skill now has an induction and deals damage in a frontal arc.[/p][/*]
- [p]Bârlat the Bold should no longer use Shower of Jewels and Gold Pile simultaneously.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where the deeds were not bestowing upon entering the instance.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where the guard summoned by the Palace Sentries in the stairwell after the Ratúlko the Bloody encounter would not aggro if players ran away.[/p][/*]
- [p]The damage zone generated at the end of Ratúlko the Bloody's Barbed Chain ability is now visible.[/p][/*]
- [p]The Curtain Pulls in the 6-player version of Dark Priestess Barkhuráni's encounter will now disappear after they have been used.[/p][/*]
- [p]Leading the Charge and vanquisher deeds rewards were corrected.[/p][/*]
- [p]Râkdakul's Calamity mechanic now correctly drops two damaging areas, then puts down safe locations.[/p][/*]
- [p]Sorceress Ombátha adds will stop spawning following a boss kill.[/p][/*]
- [p]Lua Plugins are now supported by UI Scaling. By default, plugins will scale with the Global scaling option. Plugin authors can change the scaling to their plugin with the following commands. Added Lua functions for Window and LOTRO.[/p][list]
- [p]Window: function Window:SetScalingOriginPoint(left, top); Set the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0.[/p][/*]
- [p]function Window:GetScalingOriginPoint(); Get the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0. returns: left, top[/p][/*]
- [p]function Window:RegisterForGlobalScaling(); Enable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale[/p][/*]
- [p]function Window:UnregisterForGlobalScaling(); Disable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale[/p][/*]
- [p]function Window:SetScale(scale); Update the scale of the Window. If registered for Global scaling, this value is multiplied by the Global scale factor.[/p][/*]
- [p]Known Issue: The 1st tooltip in a session will be unscaled.[/p][/*]
- [p]Crafted class items with essence slots will now properly appear as a choice when right-clicking a valid essence to slot.[/p][/*]
- [p]Fixed an issue where Mizâdi would go missing if you canceled 'Clearing the Way' before completing it, preventing you from being able to accept it again.[/p][/*]
- [p]The shields from the Kingdoms of Harad instances, available as drops or from barter, will now correctly bind to account on acquire.[/p][/*]
- [p]Sea-farers essences can once again be disenchanted into the appropriate malleable essences by using the Flame of Ancalamír. Crafted Sea-farer's essence boxes can again be used.[/p][/*]
Known Issues:
- [p]The quest 'Daily: Recovering Relics' is disabled due to a bug and cannot currently be progressed. This will be corrected in a future update.[/p][/*]
