“
Float beyond the world of trees Out into the whispering breeze, Past the rushes, past the reeds, Past the marsh’s waving weeds, Through the mist that riseth white Up from mere and pool at night!
”
–Wood-elves, The Hobbit
The Long Marshes is a swamp in north-west of Wilderland , also bordering Northern Mirkwood . It was added in Public Beta 25
The Long Marshes aren't as pretty as, for example, Swanfleet , but it isn't a wasteland like Nindalf . A lot of quagmire chunks spawn here, so you should carry a shovel with you if you somehow get into it. The humid landscape constantly evaporates some mist which blurs the vision.
Upon entering Long Marshes you gain the achievement "Past the Rushes, Past the Reeds" .
A panorama of the Long Marshes.
Variants
Long Marshes Swamp Uplands: A version of the marshes with fewer pools, higher land generation, and many more trees.
Long Marshes Swamp Lowlands: A variant of the marshes that is more or less flat, and is more like a vast pool choked with bits of land and quagmire.
There is no standard version of Long Marshes or any swamp biome.
Structures
Gundabad Orc Camp - Camps for Gundabad Orcs that spawn randomly in the north of Middle-Earth. As with most camps, they contain tents, forge tents, crafting tables, skulls, orc torches, chests, small farms, and Gundabad Orc Chieftains.
Ruined House - Rotting houses that contain chests, furnaces, and crafting tables.
Mobs
Many Gundabad Mobs spawn here.
Conquest
Long Marshes can be conquered Gundabad , Dol Guldur , Rhúdel , Dale and Durin's Folk . The conquest rate is 1.0.
Vegetation
The predominant vegetation in the Long Marshes are swamp oak trees. Green oaks also grow there, but much less often. The undergrowth consists of the regular flora found in many swamp and marsh lands.
The Tolkien Gateway has an article on:
Long Marshes
List by Alphabet
A-C:
Adornland •
Anduin Hills (Gladden Fields , Vales of Anduin ) •
Angmar (Mountains ) •
Barrow-downs
Blue Mountains (Foothills ) •
Bree-land (Chetwood ) •
Brown Lands •
Coldfells
D-E:
Dagorlad •
Dale •
Dead Marshes •
Dor-en-Ernil (Hills ) •
Dorwinion (Emyn Winion )
Drúwaith Iaur •
Dunland •
East Bight •
Emyn Muil •
Enedwaith •
Erebor •
Eregion
Eriador (Downs , Eryn Vorn , Minhiriath , Swanfleet ) •
Ettenmoors
F:
Fangorn (Clearing ) •
Fangorn Wasteland •
Far Harad Bushland (Hills ) •
Far Harad Cloud Forest
Far Harad Grasslands (Arid , Arid Hills , Corsair Coasts , Forest ) •
Far Harad Jungle (Edge , Lake , Mountains , Taurethrim Clearing ) •
Far Harad Mangrove •
Far Harad Swampland
Far Harad Volcano •
Field of Celebrant •
Forodwaith (Coastline , Mountains , Glacier )
G-K:
Gondor (Andrast , Blackroot Vale , Lamedon (Hills ), Lebennin (Mouths of Anduin ), Lossarnach (Imloth Melui ), Mouths of Entwash , Pelargir , Pelennor Fields , Pinnath Gelin , White Mountains (Foothills ))
Grey Mountains (Foothills ) •
Gulf of Harad (Gulf Forest ) •
Half-deserts •
Harad Mountains •
Harnennor
Harondor •
Iron Hills •
Ithilien (Hills , Wasteland ) •
Kanuka Forest
L-M:
Lake •
Last Desert •
Lindon (Coastline , Woodlands , Tower Hills ) •
Lone-lands (Angle , Weather Hills )
Lostladen •
Lothlórien (Eaves ) •
Midgewater •
Mirkwood (Dol Guldur , Mountains )
Misty Mountains (Foothills ) •
Mordor (Eastern Desolation , Gorgoroth , Mordor Mountains , Morgulduin ,
Morgul Vale , Nan Ungol , Nurn (Marshes , Sea of Nurnen ), Udûn ) •
Mountains of the Wind (Foothills )
N-S:
Nan Curunír •
Nindalf •
Northern Mirkwood •
Northlands (Northern Forests ) •
Old Forest
Perdorogwaith •
Red Mountains (Foothills ) •
Rhúdel (Eryn Garan , Eryn Rhúnaer , Hills , Steppe Tol Rhúnaer ) •
Rhûn (Forest ) •
Rivendell (Hills ) •
River •
Rohan (Woodlands , The Wold , Uruk Highlands )
Southron Coasts (Harad Desert Riverbank , Near Harad Oasis , Southron Forests )
T-W:
Taur-i-Thorogrim •
The Great Desert (Hills , Red Desert ) •
The Sea (Beach , Island , Meneltarma ) •
The Shire (Marshes , Moors , Woodlands , White Downs ) •
Tolfalas •
Trollshaws
Umbar (Forest , Hills ) •
Utumno •
Wilderland (Northern , Long Marshes )
Woodland Realm (Hills )
List by Region
Eriador:
Angmar (Mountains ) •
Barrow-downs •
Blue Mountains (Foothills ) •
Bree-land (Chetwood )
Coldfells •
Dunland •
Enedwaith •
Eregion •
Eriador (Downs , Eryn Vorn , Minhiriath , Swanfleet )
Ettenmoors •
Lindon (Coastline , Woodlands , Tower Hills ) •
Lone-lands (Angle , Weather Hills )
Midgewater •
Nan Curunír •
Old Forest •
Rivendell (Hills )
The Shire (Marshes , Moors , Woodlands , White Downs ) •
Trollshaws
Rhovanion:
Anduin Hills (Gladden Fields , Vales of Anduin ) •
Brown Lands •
Dagorlad •
Dale
Dead Marshes •
East Bight •
Emyn Muil •
Erebor •
Field of Celebrant •
Fangorn (Clearing )
Fangorn Wasteland •
Grey Mountains (Foothills ) •
Iron Hills •
Lothlórien (Eaves )
Mirkwood (Dol Guldur , Mountains ) •
Misty Mountains (Foothills ) •
Nindalf •
Northern Mirkwood
Wilderland (Northern , Long Marshes ) •
Woodland Realm (Hills )
The South:
Adornland •
Dor-en-Ernil (Hills ) •
Drúwaith Iaur •
Gondor (Andrast , Blackroot Vale , Lamedon (Hills ), Lebennin (Mouths of Anduin ), Lossarnach (Imloth Melui ), Mouths of Entwash , Pelargir , Pelennor Fields , Pinnath Gelin , White Mountains (Foothills )) •
Harondor •
Ithilien (Hills , Wasteland )
Mordor (Eastern Desolation , Gorgoroth , Mordor Mountains , Morgulduin ,
Morgul Vale , Nan Ungol , Nurn (Marshes , Sea of Nurnen ), Udûn ) •
Rohan (Woodlands , The Wold , Uruk Highlands ) •
Tolfalas
Harad:
Far Harad Bushland (Hills ) •
Far Harad Cloud Forest •
Far Harad Grasslands (Arid , Arid Hills , Corsair Coasts , Forest ) •
Far Harad Jungle (Edge , Lake , Mountains , Taurethrim Clearing )
Far Harad Mangrove •
Far Harad Swampland •
Far Harad Volcano •
Gulf of Harad (Gulf Forest )
Half-deserts •
Harad Mountains •
Harnennor •
Kanuka Forest •
Lostladen •
Perdorogwaith
Southron Coasts (Harad Desert Riverbank , Near Harad Oasis , Southron Forests )
Taur-i-Thorogrim •
The Great Desert (Hills , Red Desert ) •
Umbar (Forest , Hills )
Rhûn:
Dorwinion (Emyn Winion ) •
Last Desert •
Mountains of the Wind (Foothills ) •
Red Mountains (Foothills ) •
Rhúdel (Eryn Garan , Eryn Rhúnaer , Hills , Steppe , Tol Rhúnaer ) •
Rhûn (Forest )
Forod:
Forodwaith (Coastline , Mountains , Glacier ) •
Northlands (Northern Forests ) •
Utumno
Belegaer:
The Sea (Beach , Island , Meneltarma )