Profession:Scholar

From LOTRO Lorebook

Profession: Scholar Able to decipher long lost lore Uses: Scholar's Glass Historian 'Above Weathertop' Painting Recipe Pure Celebrant Salve Recipe 'Shore Glimpse' Painting Recipe Pure Celebrant Salve Recipe Ballad of Aiglos Recipe Pure Essence of Athelas Recipe Book of Beasts Recipe Pure Essence of Athelas Recipe Book of Nature Recipe Red Dye Recipe Book of the Dúnedain Recipe Refined Celebrant Salve Recipe Bow Chant: Breach-finder Recipe Refined Celebrant Salve Recipe Bow Chant: Foe-finder Recipe Refined Essence of Athelas Recipe Bow Chant: Shield-bane Recipe Refined Essence of Athelas Recipe Bow Chant: Whisper-draw Recipe Refined Fire-oil Recipe Bow Chant: Wind-rider Recipe Refined Light-oil Recipe Burgundy Dye Recipe Rust Dye Recipe Celebrant Salve Recipe Scholar's Writ Recipe Chant of the Stalwart Recipe Scroll of Ancient Cooking Lore Recipe Dark Green Dye Recipe Scroll of Ancient Jeweller Lore Recipe Essence of Athelas Recipe Scroll of Ancient Metalworking Lore Recipe Fire-oil Recipe Scroll of Ancient Scholar Lore Recipe Gold Dye Recipe Scroll of Ancient Tailoring Lore Recipe Grand Master Jeweller's Journal Recipe Scroll of Ancient Weaponsmithing Lore Recipe Grand Master Metalworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Ancient Woodworking Lore Recipe Grand Master Tailor's Journal Recipe Scroll of Battle Lore Recipe Grand Master Weaponsmith's Journal Recipe Scroll of Cooking Lore Recipe Grand Master Woodworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Elder Cooking Lore Recipe Greater Celebrant Salve Recipe Scroll of Elder Jeweller Lore Recipe Greater Essence of Athelas Recipe Scroll of Elder Metalworking Lore Recipe Grey Dye Recipe Scroll of Elder Scholar Lore Recipe Indigo Dye Recipe Scroll of Elder Tailoring Lore Recipe Lavender Wall Paint Recipe Scroll of Elder Weaponsmithing Lore Recipe Lesser Celebrant Salve Recipe Scroll of Elder Woodworking Lore Recipe Lesser Essence of Athelas Recipe Scroll of Improved Battle Lore Recipe Light-oil Recipe Scroll of Improved Warding Lore Recipe Major Book of Beasts Recipe Scroll of Jeweller Lore Recipe Major Book of Nature Recipe Scroll of Lesser Cooking Lore Recipe Major Book of the Dúnedain Recipe Scroll of Lesser Jeweller Lore Recipe Master Artisan Jeweller's Journal Recipe Scroll of Lesser Metalworking Lore Recipe Master Artisan Metalworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Lesser Scholar Lore Recipe Master Artisan Tailor's Journal Recipe Scroll of Lesser Tailoring Lore Recipe Master Artisan Weaponsmith's Journal Recipe Scroll of Lesser Weaponsmithing Lore Recipe Master Artisan Woodworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Lesser Woodworking Lore Recipe Master Expert Jeweller's Journal Recipe Scroll of Metalworking Lore Recipe Master Expert Metalworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Battle Lore Recipe Master Expert Tailor's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Cooking Lore Recipe Master Expert Weaponsmith's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Jeweller Lore Recipe Master Expert Woodworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Metalworking Lore Recipe Master Journeyman Jeweller's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Scholar Lore Recipe Master Journeyman Metalworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Tailoring Lore Recipe Master Journeyman Tailor's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Warding Lore Recipe Master Journeyman Weaponsmith's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Weaponsmithing Lore Recipe Master Journeyman Woodworker's Journal Recipe Scroll of Minor Woodworking Lore Recipe Minor Book of Beasts Recipe Scroll of Scholar Lore Recipe Minor Book of Nature Recipe Scroll of Tailoring Lore Recipe Minor Book of the Dúnedain Recipe Scroll of Warding Lore Recipe Navy Dye Recipe Scroll of Weaponsmithing Lore Recipe Of Mysteries Most Profound Recipe Scroll of Woodworking Lore Recipe Olive Dye Recipe Sienna Dye Recipe Orange Dye Recipe Sky-blue Wall Paint Recipe Pale-yellow Wall Paint Recipe Study of the Unknown Recipe Pea-green Wall Paint Recipe Turquoise Dye Recipe Pink Wall Paint Recipe Umber Dye Recipe Pumpkin-orange Wall Paint Recipe Violet Dye Recipe

 

[edit] Overview

The Scholar is considered one of the more difficult professions, largely due to the scarcity of scholar nodes. Raw materials for prospectors and foresters are spread more evenly about the landscape, and can be gathered while out adventuring or en route to quests, while farmers create their raw materials at will. In comparison, scholars' nodes are almost exclusively in ruins. These locations tend to be more secluded and have a higher density of enemies. On the other hand, finding scholar nodes became much easier with the addition of the track artifacts skill in Book 10, and the scholar's recipes require much less in the way of raw materials to create a finished product.

[edit] Gathering Resources

While scholar nodes appear in ruins, not all ruins have scholar nodes. Unlike other gathered materials, scholars' are carried with reasonable frequency on certain humanoids and can frequently be found in chests, corpses, and other containers.

[edit] Tier 1

The node for the scholar's first tier is the shattered pitcher. As a first tier resource, they are found near the starting areas. In the Ered Luin, they can be found at Dol Ringwest, Limael's_Vineyard, Orodost, Ringdale, and Tham Gelair.

In the Bree-lands, pitchers are located in the Chetwood North at Blackwold Headquarters and the ruins just east of there, and Ost Baranor in the Chetwood South. They can be found at the Goblinhole Ruins, Marshwater Fort, and Woodsedge Ruins in the Midgewater Marsh. There is also a single node along the ruined wall near Adso's Camp and one in The Crumbled Court.

The Shire is the hardest place to find scholar nodes, being limited to one node each at Odo's Leaf-Farm, the ruins on the hill directly south of Bolestones (in the Northern Bindbole Wood) and the Bridgefields Wall.

[edit] Tier 2

Broken urns contain materials for the second tier scholar recipes. They can be found in ruins across Bree-land, the Ered Luin, the Lone-lands and the North Downs.

Ruins of Emyn Hoedh and the ancient dwarven port of Kheledûl in the Blue Mountains have broken urns.

In the Bree-lands, they can be found mostly at the South-guard Ruins, Ost Gorthad, the fortifications in the northern Weather Hills, and the Brandy Hills. They can also be found at Ost Barandor, the Old Greenway Fort, the ruins near Starmere Lake, the Dead Spire, and the ruins on the southern edge of the cleft of Cirith Núr, east of the Horsefields.

The ruins in the Lone-lands containing broken urns are those in Minas Eriol and Ost Laden, as well as one in the southern Annunlos, east of the Forsaken Inn.

In the North Downs, Minas Vrûn has many urns, and they can also be found in the unnamed goblin camp in southern Annúndir.

[edit] Tier 3

The nodes for the third tier are antique vases. They can be found in the Lone-lands, the North-downs, and Evendim..

A plentiful supply of antique vases is in Naerost, a tall ruin infested with half-orcs east of Weathertop. Due to a certain wall in the ruin that can only be passed in one direction, the preferred loop at this location runs clockwise. For those of a higher level, Agamaur has an even greater supply. Also in the Lone-lands, vases can be found at the ruins of Mithrenost, Nindor, Nan Dhelu and Ost Cyrn.

Vases are also scattered throughout the North Downs, at Glírost, Tham Lorn, Merenost, Dol Nendír, Ost Galumar, and Ost Crithlanc.

In eastern Evendim, antique vases can be found at the ruins of the estates of the Dúnedain.

Faded Sindarin passages are often carried by humanoids of level 20-29. Torn craftsman's diaries and cracked dwarf-carvings are frequently found in chests and other containers.

[edit] Tier 4

Forgotten Texts can be found in many areas in the Trollshaws, Evendim and the North Downs.

In the Trollshaws, locations include Amon Varadh, Minas Ciliant, Ost Chall, Ost Brandras and Barad Glamgil, all in Nan Tornaeth.

Forgotten Texts can also be found in The Wovenvales (North Trollshaws), Minas Agor (South Trollshaws, near Book 4 Missing Rider quest) and Echad Gauradan (Tal Bruinen).

In Evendim, locations include Tyl Ruinen (Salamander Island) and the tombs of Men Erain, on the road to Annúminas.

Fornost, in the North Downs, also has a number of Forgotten Texts.

[edit] Tier 5

Ancient Vases can be found in many areas, some include:
Haudh Iarchith (Bree rep dungeon)
Bitter Stair (Misty Mountains)
Bail Boglakh (Angmar)

[edit] Skill Mastery

Some crafting trophies may be used by scholars once they have mastered a tier. Using the specified trophy called for in a given recipe by selecting the mastery option in the crafting window will give a bonus to the chance of having a critical success. A critical success results in a better item or higher yield of items, depending on the recipe.

Scholar trophies are all eyes. They can be gathered from midge clouds, toads, spiders, and at higher levels, lurkers and worms. See the individual trophy pages for more specific information. Like other crafting items, they have a teal background, and as rare items, their name will be purple in the tooltip text. This differentiates them from other eyes—green, purple, etc.—which are only good for sale to vendors.

[edit] Tips and Tricks

Since the addition of the track artifacts skill, enabling UI options to help in finding nodes is less important than earlier in the game's history. Still, scholar nodes tend to be found behind and on top of walls, and in other out-of-the-way places. Enabling these features can still help in finding a node, even when the map shows that it is close by.

In the UI settings, enable 'item names' to make nodes easier to notice. Under combat settings, enable the 'combat direction indicator.' This will put a dotted line at the character's feet pointing towards the selected creature, ally, or item. When the artifact tracking indicates that you are near a node, press the 'select nearest item' key ( del, by default) to find nodes that are hidden behind or on top of walls and pillars. Once you have a clear line of sight, the /follow command will move the character in a straight line up to the node. The select will work whenever the character is within range for floating text to be displayed.

When moving with the mouse, adding key bindings usable by the left hand on home row can help reduce manual fatigue. The 'select nearest item' and 'use' keys are good candidates for remapping, and the /follow command can be assigned to a quick slot using the /shortcut command. If you have automatic 'loot all' enabled, it will take all items from resource nodes as well. Otherwise, shift-rightclick will automatically loot all items in the node. Alternately, the 'use' key will open the loot dialog, after which the items can be taken with enter or the 'loot all' button, as usual.