Press Release: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ New Release and Patch 1.6.7 Update

Date: February 13, 2026

Overview

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ is a survival‑crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle‑earth. Players lead the Dwarves to reclaim the legendary halls of Moria-mining, building, and battling through procedurally generated depths either solo or with up to eight friends in co‑op mode.

Patch 1.6.7 Highlights

• Updates to build 1.6.7.219072 for both Steam and Dedicated Servers.
• Major performance and stability enhancements across the entire Return to Moria experience.
• Dedicated Server worker CPU threads increased from 1 to 4 by default, cutting loading times to roughly 75 % of the previous duration.
• Command‑line argument -NumServerWorkerThreads=1‑4 lets operators adjust thread count.
• Voxel‑engine optimisations dramatically reduce low‑FPS, lag spikes, and long loading times, especially in old or “mined‑out” world areas.
• Arrows no longer trigger a nav‑mesh rebuild, improving FPS and eliminating spike‑induced lag.
• Performance improvements for large “megabases”.
• Log‑spam from data‑corruption cases removed, further boosting performance.
• Trade Order recipes remain unlocked after discovery, streamlining the trading system.
• Lord of Moria Banner and Moria Company Shield now obtainable in Sandbox mode.
• New Orc tribe introduced in the expansion, appearing only in the highest‑difficulty Expeditions after story completion.

New Features

• Ability to set the number of server worker threads via the -NumServerWorkerThreads switch.
• Expanded Salvager collection logic-Salvagers now gather most items found on the ground.
• Increased search radius for Miners when locating ore deposits.
• Permanent unlocking of Trade Order recipes once discovered.
• Lord of Moria Banner and Moria Company Shield added to Sandbox NPC‑related rewards.

Bug Fixes

• Removed spawning of multiple placeholder “citizen Dwarf” entities that hurt performance.
• Fixed voxel‑engine issue causing low framerate, lag spikes, and high loading times in old/mined‑out areas.
• Resolved lag spike triggered when equipping items.
• Corrected excessive loading times when teleporting via mapstones on Dedicated Servers.
• Eliminated nav‑mesh rebuild trigger when firing arrows.
• Reduced frequency of long loading walls and overall loading times.
• Removed log spam caused by data corruption or special‑case scenarios.
• Fixed various crashes across the game.
• Fixed erroneous “Buy Durin’s Folk” message appearing on every launch or menu visit.
• Fixed persistent Earthquake notification shown after every expedition return.
• Addressed multiple scenarios where players could become stuck in story Expeditions.
• Ensured NPC Vror appears correctly in story Expeditions.
• Prevented players from falling through the world after returning from an expedition.
• Fixed client issue where location names repeated when entering a new area.
• Adjusted trader cost/payoff tuning to lessen grind and improve the trading economy.
• Ensured the new Orc tribe does not appear during sieges and hordes after story completion (only in highest‑difficulty Expeditions).
• Fixed rare bug where being knocked back in the final boss fight deactivated some controls.
• Resolved texture issues for the Expansion’s boss.
• Improved NPC pathing to reduce instances of NPCs getting stuck.
• Fixed Salvager collection limit that previously restricted them to a tiny set of items.
• Fixed several instances of NPCs disappearing while delving.
• Fixed enemies walking through walls and closed doors.
• Fixed Cook and Brewmaster NPCs staying idle when they should be active.
• Reduced material requirements for crafting NPC hats and outfits.
• Fixed NPCs crafting from materials on pallets or other locations they shouldn’t access.
• Fixed Salvager duplication bug where collected materials were duplicated.

More Information

Full patch notes and additional details are available at the official Steam announcement:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2933130/announcements/detail/505101717860253755