Lotro Hunter Oils Guide

At level 20 hunters can train the passive skill that allows them to use fire oils on their bows. At level 30 hunters can train up the passive skill to use light oil. Oils can be bought at a hunter trainer or better oils with a longer duration can be crafted by a scholar (and bought at the auction house). The hunter trainer sells simple oils for 6 silver each. An oil wash can be bought at the hunter trainer for 60 silver that will remove any oil effects.

Min Level	Oil Name	Duration (minutes)	Hunter Oil Information
20	simple fire-oil	5	Several ranged skills deal Fire Damage instead of their normal damage type and will cause Fire Damage over time on critical hits.
20	fire-oil	10	Several ranged skills deal Fire Damage instead of their normal damage type and will cause Fire Damage over time on critical hits.
20	refined fire-oil	15	Several ranged skills deal Fire Damage instead of their normal damage type and will cause Fire Damage over time on critical hits.
30	simple light-oil	5	Several ranged skills deal Light Damage instead of their normal damage type and will increase the chance your target will miss for a short time upon critical hits.
30	light-oil	10	Several ranged skills deal Light Damage instead of their normal damage type and will increase the chance your target will miss for a short time upon critical hits.
30	refined light-oil	15	Several ranged skills deal Light Damage instead of their normal damage type and will increase the chance your target will miss for a short time upon critical hits.

LOTRO Enemy Damage Resistances & Mitigations

Oils are useful to a hunter in Lotro because they change your damage type to light or fire. Some creatures are more vulnerable to certain types of damage.

The following information about enemy damage resistances and mitigations was taken from http://kiirkas.com/lotrofiles/dmg_resist_mitigation.html

	Resistances				Mitigations
	Songs	Cries	Magic	Physical	Fire	Light	Ancient Dwarf	Beleriand	Westernesse
Ancient Evil	Average	Average	Exceptional	Average	Average	Average	Average	Weak	Average
Beasts	Weak	Exceptional	Average	Weak	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average
Creatures of Nature	Average	Average	Average	Average	Weak	Average	Average	Average	Average
Dragon-Kind	Exceptional	Average	Average	Average	Strong	Average	Weak	Average	Average
Dwarves	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average
Giant-Kind	Average	Average	Poor	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average
Men	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average
Orc-Kind	Average	Weak	Average	Average	Weak	Weak	Average	Weak	Average
Spiders & Insects	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average	Weak	Average
The Dead	Poor	Average	Average	Exceptional	Average	Average	Average	Weak	Weak
The Unseen	Strong	Average	Average	Strong	Average	Weak	Average	Weak	Average
Troll-Kind	Weak	Average	Average	Average	Weak	Weak	Average	Weak	Average

Scholar Hunter Oil Recipes

Each hunter oil recipe makes 4 oils unless there is a critical. When there is a critical, 7 oils are made.

Recipe: Fire-oil (tier 2)
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Cryptic Text
x1 Ruined Second Age Trinket
x1 (optional) Blackened Spider Eye

Recipe: Refined Fire-oil (tier 4)
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Fragment of Dúnedain Script
x1 Relic of Lothlórien
x1 (optional) Scarred Spider Eye

Recipe: Light-oil (tier 3)
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Faded Sindarin Passages
x1 Torn Craftsman's Diary
x1 (optional) Flawed Spider Eye

Recipe: Refined Light-oil (tier 5)
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Long-lost Second Age Text
x1 Undeciphered Moon-letters
x1 (optional) Huge Spider Eye

Last update : 08-03-2008 16:05