LOTRO fully supports a cosmetic function, in which you can get clothing, use old pieces of armor, win some in festivals or even buy some neat looking clothes on the online store. The system is perfect for f2p, VIP, casual and hardcore gamers.
But much of the times we have trouble on how to use the system, since it is all but intuitive. So I decided to make a small integral guide on how to use the system, covering here the use of cosmetics, the use of the dressing room provided in-game and the shared wardrobe. Hope it helps you on your quest to look good!
Cosmetic slots
By pressing C and entering into your character information, you will see that the upper part has two tabs. The right one is labeled “cosmetic outfits”. Here you’ll find your character on one side, while on the other you find a series of boxes, of which one is the equipment look and the rest the cosmetic looks. All characters have two more looks, another three are purchasable through the online store. If you are a casual player, the two you have will be more than enough. I usually don’t use more than one of my assigned slots, the second one to test some outfits.
By double clicking on of the boxes you “equip” that look. From now on, whatever you equip on this box, will be shown as dressed on. Be it known that these cosmetic slots don’t give you the bonuses an armor could give: only the look remains.
Also, you may have most of the cosmetics (also the equipment) not be shown on your character: on the right lower corner of each box there is a sign of an eye. If it is closed, you can’t see it.
Be it noted that you have an eye open in an outfit slot, but you have no cosmetic item slotted in it, you will see the respective equipment that your character has.
On equipping cosmetic items
Anything you can see on your character can be a cosmetic item. This means that chest pieces, capes, trousers, boots and so on are usable. Jewelry is invisible, and weapons, shields and so on are not usable as a cosmetic. This still gives you a broad chance of possibilities. Also there are some limitations on the use of items:
1) You must be proficient with the respective armor type. Sorry Loremasters, no heavy armor for you!
2) You must be of the level and renown to use the cosmetic equipment. Many pieces you have in the Wardrobe though can go over some of these limitations.
Before equipping, try it.
Since you can’t tell how a piece looks like without putting it on first, there is the dressing room available. If you control + left click the object you want to see, a small window will open, with some extra options you may not find on the equipment/cosmetic look panels. First off, you will have your character there, with the current cosmetic look on (A). If you select the first outfit, your character will appear in the dressing room with the first Outfit on, whatever may be on it, plus the item you are checking out.
Right of it you will have a selection of places and colors (C). By places I am referring that the labels don’t read “helmet” or “armor”, but “head” and “chest” and so on. Each one has a dropdown menu, in which each color available, plus the natural color for the object are shown. This way you can check the look on your character beforehand, avoiding buying the object wrongly. In case of the cosmetics in the store, there is a “Try it on” button.
Tip: If you leave the window open, you may try different outfits on the same look. This means that you can try on the pants and the shirt at the same time, to see if they match, as long as the Dressing Room window remains open. As soon as you close it, the look resets to the one selected on your character panel/cosmetic look.
You have the option to zoom to one part of the body (B) or just reset the look to the current selected cosmetic outfit (D). To zoom back to the general view of the character, just click on the same zoom button you just used to get a closer look.
The dressing room does not only tell you how the item looks like, but also what colors you can use. This helps you also to know what parts of the cosmetic are colored, since not everything on the armor is changed. Take as an example the new outfit of Lufere: Although I have dyed the armor in green (forest green, I think), the chest piece mainly retains its brown coloring, only painting the lines and the emblem:
This means that you should really look into how you want the look of your character to be. I tried a green look on Lufere, but in the end I thought this brown with traces of green look was not bad a t all. All accidentally found while playing with the dressing room.
If you like it, dye it
Once you have seen how the outfit looks, you’ll have to come by the colors. There are four ways to obtain them: online store, through the Auction House, one of your characters is a scholar (they produce dyes) or a kinmate sends you those. Be reminded that the colors need some materials that sometimes are hard to obtain, so grinding will be the norm of the day. Dyes can be produced anywhere as long as you have the scholar’s glasses in the hand, no matter what tier.
In the image above you see how a dye looks like in your inventory. You shall recognize the pots from the starting ones, but there are also small bottles (the one in the middle).
Right click on one, left click on the object you want to dye and you’ll have the color on the cosmetic. That simple.
But wait! There is the wardrobe…
For those who are VIP there is also the wardrobe at disposition. It is anywhere you can find a Vault-keeper. This little extra window places copies of your items in it.
As you see in the above image, you can select in the wardrobe by type of cosmetic and by color. The special thing about the wardrobe is that, once you dye the cosmetic in there, the color can be re-selected without the need to dye it again. Simply, when selecting one of the items, choose the color on the bottom part of the window:
Just select and drag and drop an you’ll have the item equipped. A little tip here: you don’t have to put it on the exact box to have the cosmetic put on your character, it suffices to drop it in the area of the look of your character.
And… voilà: the new look
Using the cosmetic system is not difficult, you just have to know where everything is and where you can get components. Usually, when I try to configure a look, I visit the following three pages:
Usually there you canf i9nd some neat ideas or specific looks/items that may work for you. In any case, let your imagination fly from here. Here’s the look for my new character Stilfred:
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