Update 5 has gone live today for the Lord of the Rings Online. This update bring’s

5 new instances
Instance finder
Mark consolidation
Continuation of the Epic Story from Rise of Isengard.

So whilst we wait for your client to update, why not take a look at the following Update 5 Developer Diary’s?

Update 5: Reputation Item Revision Developer Diary
Update 5: Currency Consolidation Developer Diary
Update 5: Instance Finder Developer Diary Feedback
Update 5: Volume III, Book 5 Quest Notes Dev Diary Feedback
Update 5: Developer Roundtable

Don’t forget that the 5 new instance’s are only free if you did one of the following two things;

You Pre-ordered the Rise of Isengard Expansion
You purchased the Rise of Isengard Expansion from the Turbine Web Store using real money (as in not with Turbine Points)

Otherwise you must buy the instances via the in-game TP Store for 1495 TP. With the release of the instances, all of the Rise of Isengard content is now available on the in-game TP Store at following prices.

Isengard Expansion Quests: 3250 Turbine Points
Currently available in the LOTRO Store Includes: the quests and deeds for the regions of Dunland, Gap of Rohan and Isengard.

Raid: Draigoch’s Lair: 1250 Turbine Points
Currently Available in the LOTRO Store: 24-man raid dungeon against the dragon Draigoch.

Expansion Instances: 1495 Turbine Points
Includes: One 12-player instance, One 6-player instance and Three 3-player instances.

Derudh’s Stone: 995 Turbine Points
Was an item included with pre-order sales, this can be purchased per character to give a 25% experience boost until level 65. This is currently in the LOTRO Store. This is optional and does not grant additional content.

Total Turbine Point Cost for the quest pack, dungeons and raid = 5,995 Turbine Points whilst you can still buy Rise of Isengard for real cash at Turbine’s Web Store with a choice of 3 editions offering various bonuses (Such as Mounts, Armour’s and 1’000TP). If you’d rather wait for a sale that’s also an option as Turbine had placed the Web Store version’s on sale last month at a massive 50% off meaning you could buy the Legendary version for only $25/€19/£16!