Identifying the Enemy

Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by Goldenstar in New Player Advice

Each game I’ve played has had some way to consider (or con) your strength against a monster’s strength. The most popular way to do that these days is for the name of the monster in question to be color coded to give you a quick general idea of how tough they would be for you to defeat them.

I love this function as someone who sometimes attacks things simply because it’s there. It’s easier for me to stop myself it I notice the enemy is a red con to me.

LOTRO’s color system is as follows:

Gray Enemy is 9 or more levels below you
Green Enemy is 6-8 levels below you
Light Blue Enemy is 3-5 levels below you
Blue Enemy is 1-2 levels below you
White Enemy is the same level as you
Yellow Enemy is 1-2 levels above you
Orange Enemy is 3-4 levels above you
Red Enemy is 5-7 levels above you
Purple Enemy is 8 or more levels above you

Signature Rank Enemy You can’t judge an enemy on pure color (or levels) alone. Each enemy also has a rank. The higher the rank, the more difficult the enemy is. An enemy’s rank is displayed by the ring around it’s portrait.

The enemy ranks are from weakest to strongest:

  • Swarm: Green Ring
  • Neutral: Blue Ring
  • Signature: Orange Ring
  • Elite: Orange Ring with an Eye of Sauron
  • Elite Master: Looks like Elite with 4 spikes
  • Nemesis: Looks like Elite with 6 spikes
  • Arch-Nemesis: Looks like Elite with a flaming eye

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3 Responses to “Identifying the Enemy”

  1. A Casual Stroll to Mordor » Blog Archive » All About Quests

    12. Sep, 2009

    [...] difficulty based on your current level. This color system is the same set up as the one used to identify the difficulty of an enemy. The color meanings are as [...]

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  2. Mirkwood Explained: Opening Skirmishes | A Casual Stroll to Mordor

    01. Dec, 2009

    [...] is that the mob must be capable of giving you experience upon its death.  Meaning that the target level color must be green or higher.  Also note that you will not get the objective to collect the Target List [...]

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  3. Mirkwood Explained: Opening Skirmishes | A Casual Stroll to Mordor

    01. Dec, 2009

    [...] is that the mob must be capable of giving you experience upon its death.  Meaning that the target level color must be green or higher.  Also note that you will not get the objective to collect the Target [...]

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