In LOTRO, mounts are available to level 35 players at the cost of 4.2 gold. This is quite a bit of money and is difficult to attain.

One strategy that is guaranteed to work is to choose the profession of EXPLORER (Forester, Prospector, Tailor).

Ignore the TAILOR profession entirely until after you have your mount. While crafting is fun, it can also be expensive. Too many players sink their money in leveling their crafting skills when they should be saving for a mount.

Mine every node of ore and pickup every bundle of wood you come across. Then process them in the crafting hall (so as you level your forestry and prospecting skills), then sell these items on the auction house for the current going rate.

If you do this for 35 levels and avoid the temptation to spend all of your money at the auction house, you will have more than enough money for a mount.

Also remember… you do not need top-of-the-line gear as you are leveling. There is no need to pay for expensive, rare gear items on the auction house when they last only a few levels anyways. Save your money, get your mount, and THEN switch over to whatever crafting professions you choose.

- As a cook you can create all sort of buffs that are useful at all levels for all classes. Food helps in combat and to recover.
- As a prospector you can create ingots from different metals and polish items that are not only useful to you for the jeweler profession but also for other professions such as woodworkers, weaponsmiths and tailors to name a few.
- You can create your own jewelery also useful at an level for any class. This is good to keep good stats.
- You can create tokens to increase hope. Very useful for fellowships.

- You can boil leathers and treat wood. The first one is specially lucrative since tailors need lots of them. Also, weaponsmiths need it too.
- You can use farming to get food ingredients for Cooks plus other fun or RP items such as pipe weed and brews.
- You can craft instruments for other classes such as Horns, Lutes and Harps.
- You can craft instruments.
- If you are a hunter or any other class that can use a bow you can make some good ones. Not all the times but you will be able to.
- You can create staffs, spears and hammers also for other classes.
- You can create reputation items at tier 4 and 5 that may sell well at the AH (Viols, wood figurines).

Rowan Wood: Rushock Bog, Overhill (Shire)
Ash Wood: North from Trestlebridge (North Downs), Scarry (Shire)
Yew Wood: Nan Amlug (North Downs, east from Esteldin)
Lebethron Wood: Rivendell, east from the Last Bridge, West Evendim
Black Ash Wood: Misty Mountains (entrance, east and northern parts) and Eastern Angmar.

Even for quest items, food, chests, cocoons, nodes, etc hit the Del button and check in your UI Settings for the option Directional Selection Indicator and mark it. It will display a dotted red line that will help you find the way. You can also use the /follow command.

One of the best bows you can craft using the Woodworker Profession is the Carved Lebethron Bow. The capability to get some morale from the enemy is a great advantage.