War in the North Side Quest Checklist and Rewards

Completion rule

The safest historical route is simple: speak to every hub NPC about every conversation topic, accept the request, and break every crate, barrel, urn, and region-specific rock before using the travel checkpoint. The list below merges the complete GameFAQs quest list with the independent Gamepressure index. It uses historical for objectives and rewards that have not been re-tested in the Legacy Edition.

Bree: start everything before Fornost

Rowlie’s Gift — The Prancing Pony

Speak with Rowlie Appledore, pay Elmund Brushwood one silver coin to repair the locket, give it to Idona Bellflower, then return to Rowlie with her answer. The old guide records 100 experience and 50 silver coins. The important completion habit is to start it before leaving Bree; there is no reason to risk carrying the locket through a later chapter.

Forewarned is Forearmed — Otto Aster

Talk to Otto, speak with the Dwarf merchant Grof, and report back to Otto. This historically awards experience and opens Otto’s Arsenal.

Otto’s Arsenal — Otto Aster

After Forewarned is Forearmed, bring ten spare melee weapons, ranged weapons, or shields to Otto. The old guide describes a small payment for each item, an experience award, and a choice of Otto’s equipment. Do not sell every low-level weapon until the quest counter is complete.

Tedder Hedgerow’s Riddles — optional wager

This is not a normal quest-log entry. Tedder can ask up to five riddles, with a double-or-nothing wager after each correct answer. The historical answer set includes your name, iron, footsteps, a river, silence, a candle, your shadow, the stars, your word, darkness, and fire. Treat the silver payout as optional early-game funding, not as a missable achievement.

Fornost and the Barrow-downs

The Seer’s Words — Fornost Outer Wards

Find the mysterious aged tome in a gilded chest, show it to a learned scholar, and take it to Elrond in Rivendell. The old route lists 500 experience and a choice of Elrond item.

Cult of the Lidless Eye — scroll chain

Start it by retrieving the Malignant Scroll from the Goblin Sorcerer in Fornost. The chain asks you to seek counsel, then capture Agandaur’s seven Sorcerer’s Scrolls and return to Elrond. The historical reward is a choice of Elrond item; older trophy routes also associate completion with The Lidless Eye. Keep a counter of 7/7 rather than trusting memory about which area you already searched.

Work of Westernesse — random artifacts

Find three Westernesse Artifacts in Fornost or the Barrow-downs and deliver them to a master smith. Angmir and Buri are both documented hand-in options, and the choice changes the style of the crafted reward. Because the artifacts are reported as random breakable drops, the correct response to an empty run is a replay or a shop refresh—not deleting the save or assuming the quest is permanently broken.

Athelas — Sarn Ford to the Barrow-downs

Speak with Silanna about Elaran’s Black Breath, gather Athelas in the Barrow-downs, and return it to Silanna. The historical guide records 600 experience and a choice of Elaran item.

The Last Sons of Cardolan — tomb chain

Enter a Barrow-downs tomb, then clear the first, second, and final tomb of undead. The old route records 1,000 experience. Finish this before moving on so you do not need to reconstruct which tomb was left behind.

Rivendell and the Ettenmoors

Elf-stones — Angmir

Speak with Angmir, collect 4 Green Beryl, 3 Golden Beryl, and 2 Red Beryl, ask Gloin to appraise them, and return the gems to Angmir. The historical route lists 800 experience and a choice between selling to Gloin for silver or taking Angmir’s equipment reward. The gems are breakable/loot finds, so sweep the entire Ettenmoors route before deciding to replay.

The Poet — Bilbo and Arwen

Help Bilbo with his poem, then carry it to Arwen. The old guide records 200 experience and uses this quest as the prerequisite for Miruvor.

Miruvor — Arwen

Gather 5 Miriloth Blooms, 2 Gilivor Crystals, and 1 Mountain Honey in the Ettenmoors, return to Arwen, and collect the two Miruvor flasks. The chain then opens Truesilver. Gather ingredients while the map is already open; the named plants and crystals are easy to miss when sprinting between fights.

Truesilver — Arwen / Angmir

After Miruvor, speak with Arwen, find Mithril, return to her, and then speak with Angmir. Historical guide notes describe a 1,600 experience reward and Mithril Runes. One old walkthrough warns that the quest can fail to appear in the log; mark that as an original-edition report and test it in Legacy before calling it a current bug.

Gundabad, Nordinbad, and Mirkwood

The Chronicler — Bilbo

After The Poet, talk with Bilbo about the party’s adventures and revisit him to provide updates. The historical listing gives no fixed reward; the value is completion credit and the additional story record.

Gorin’s Gratitude — Nordinbad

After completing the Nordinbad main quest, speak with Galar. The old route records a choice of Galar item.

A Gem No Mine Can Yield — Buri

Speak with Buri, search the Nordinbad/Mirkwood progression for a black pearl, and bring it back to Buri. The historical guide leaves the experience value uncertain but records a choice of Buri reward. Do not present an invented value as fact.

The Captive — hidden Mirkwood camp

Locate the hidden Orc camp, clear it, free the captive Elf, watch for Glorhirin, and speak with him. Historical guides record 1,300 experience and a choice of Glorhirin item. Older achievement routes treat this as a missable Friend of the Woodland Realm check, so complete it before finishing the forest chapter.

Legacy Edition safety notes

These objectives come from the original guide family. Legacy reports mention autosave, character switching, co-op persistence questions, and platform achievement visibility. After each hand-in, verify the quest log and one reward item before leaving the hub. For a guest run, the host should record the quest state and the guest should rejoin only after the checkpoint settles.

Sources: GameFAQs quest details, GameFAQs complete quest list, and Gamepressure’s side-quest index.