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Shire Deed: Restoring the Quick Post

The Shire’s Postmen need your help! It seems that with all the gossip flying around the Shire about Lobelia Sackville-Baggins’ party the daily post has fallen behind.

There are 13(+1) Postal Quests that comprise Restoring the Quick Post. They are all essentially the same quest, but because of the Shire’s geography they all take different amounts of skill and luck. To complete them you must grab a satchel of mail from the table of the Postman you just accepted the quest from. Then RUN!

As soon as you pick up the bag, a you will see a timer on your screen - you must carry the bag of mail to the next Postman within that time. And you can’t take damage or fall in the water along the way. Did I mention to watch out for the Nosey Hobbits? Fortunately they show up on your mini-map so you can easily avoid them.

So what do you get for completing these quests other than a 90 copper tip? By completing the main 13 quests you will earn the Virtue Trait Patience +1. And by capping those 13 quests off with a trip to Postmaster Proudfoot in Michel Delving you will also get the Postmaster’s Cloak and the title “of the Quick Post” so you can let everyone know you are an official Postman or Postwoman of the Shire.

After you grab the mail from the Postman’s table I suggest staying on the road unless you see a Nosey Hobbit’s eye near you on your mini-map. Then simply head off the road for a bit - their range of sight isn’t that large. But because you’re on a timer make sure not to stop. Just keep running. To plan out your route ahead of time, take a look at the MEHQ dynamic map.

The Quests (with beginning loc):

• Bundle for Michel Delving (28.1S, 75.9W) Postman Redsmith of Needlehole has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postmaster Proudfoot in Michel Delving.

• Bundle for Waymeet (33.4S, 75.0W) Postmaster Proudfoot of Michel Delving has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Twofoot in Waymeet.

• Bundle for Needlehole (32.8S, 73.0W) Postman Twofoot of Waymeet has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Redsmith in Needlehole.

• Bundle for Hobbiton (33.0S, 71.0W) Postman Took of Tuckborough has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Grubb in Hobbiton.

• Bundle for Michel Delving (31.8S, 76.7W) Postman Newbuck of Little Delving has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postmaster Proudfoot in Michel Delving.

• Bundle for Tuckborough (33.4S, 75.0W) Postmaster Proudfoot of Michel Delving has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Took in Tuckborough.

• Bundle for Bywater (28.1S, 70.1W) Postman Boffin of Overhill has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Cotton in Bywater.

• Bundle for Overhill (31.2S, 71.3W) Postman Grubb of Hobbiton has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Boffin in Overhill.

• Bundle for Budgeford (31.9S, 63.8W) Postman Smallburrow of Stock has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Bolger in Budgeford.

• Bundle for Stock (33.3S, 65.7W) Postman Spinner of Woodhall has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Smallburrow in Stock.

• Bundle for Woodhall (32.1S, 68.2W) Postman Oddfoot of Frogmorton has asked you to deliver a mail satchel to Postman Spinner in Woodhall.

• Bundle for Scary (31.2S, 65.4W) Postman Bolger of Budgeford has asked you to deliver a satchel of mail to Postman Digswell in Scary.

• Bundle for Brockenborings (27.8S, 66.5W) Postman Digswell of Scary has asked you to deliver a satchel to Postman Moresby in Brockenborings.
• A True Friend to the Quick Post (33.4S, 75W) You have helped to restore the good name of the Quick Post, and Postmaster Proudfoot is delighted at what you have done.

With these quests (along with a few others), Turbine has taken a decided step toward offering MMORPG players quest-lines that require both real skill and in-game awareness of your surroundings without relying on the general murder/mayhem that is par for the course in this genre.