Nan Curunír

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Nan Curunír
Map	Location of Nan Curunír and Isengard.
Geography
Sub-biomes	None
Vegetation	Grass, Charred Tree, oak and spruce trees, dead oak and spruce
Nearby biomes	Misty Mountains (N), Enedwaith (S), Uruk Highlands (SE)
History
Added in	Public Beta 26

Nan Curunír
Mobs & Structures
Factions present	None
Mobs and Animals	None
Risk of Bandits	Uncommon
Risk of Invasion	Rohan [Rare]
Visiting Traders	None
Generated Structures	Uruk Warg Pitss Uruk Camps Ruined Houses (standard and burnt) Blasted Land Stone Ruins

“	[...] and the valley below seems far away. [Gandalf] looked on it and saw that, whereas it had once been green and fair, it was now filled with pits and forges. Wolves and orcs were housed in Isengard [...]. Over all his works a dark smoke hung and wrapped itself about the sides of Orthanc.	”
––The Fellowship of the Ring, The Council of Elrond

Nan Curunír (Sindarin: Vale of Saruman) is the biome surrounding Isengard. It is located at the southern tip of the Misty Mountains, around the Isengard waypoint, and is home to the many orcs and other creatures that Saruman has bred into his service.

When you first enter the biome you get the achievement "Vale of the Wizard".

It is suggested that good players do not go into this biome unless they are well prepared. The land is crawling with evil: there are lots of Uruk-Hai and their Wargs about, as well as Isengard Snagae (some atop Wargs), Dunlendings, and their warrior counterparts.

The biome is notable as it contains one of the first fixed structures in the mod, the Ring of Isengard, a wall around Nan Curunir with a gate at the road.

Variants

• Light Forest - A lightly forested version of the biome.
• Hills - A hillier version of the biome.
• Dead Forest Oak - A version of the biome forested with dead oak trees.

Structures

There are six types of structures that spawn here:

• The great Ring of Isengard, marking the outer perimeter wall of the great fortress Isengard.
• Uruk Camps - Camps for Uruk-hai, which spawn randomly throughout the camps. The camps contain tents, forge tents, Uruk Crafting Table, skulls, Orc Torches, and small farms. Uruk-Hai Chieftains rule.
• Warg Pits - Pits of Uruk Brick accessed by a ladder that contain Uruks, a chest and some Uruk Wargs.
• Ruined Houses - Burnt down houses that contain chests, furnaces, and crafting tables. These come in 2 varieties: ruined and burnt.
• Stone Ruins - Stone Brick remnants of the glory of civilizations that once ruled these lands.
• Blasted land - Patches of Wasted Land.

Mobs

• Uruk-Hai - orcs bred with Goblin-men by Saruman to be stronger, smarter, and resistant to sunlight. They are strong and heavily armed, and wield scimitars, spears, daggers, battleaxes, warhammers, and more. The Uruks are a deadly force against good players.
• Uruk-Hai Crossbowers - Uruk-Hai armed with crossbows, which deal significant damage.
• Uruk-Hai Berserkers - Uruk-Hai that are larger, stronger, and harder to kill than their counterparts.
• Uruk-Hai Sappers - Uruk-Hai armed with deadly Orc Bombs, which were invented by Saruman. After the bomb is used, they attack with a scimitar.
• Uruk Wargs (can be ridden) - evil wolves allied with the Uruk-hai. They can be ridden by Uruks, attack on their own, or carry bombs (the latter is only true if a player hired the Wargs, or during an invasion).
• Uruk-Hai Chieftains - traders and leaders of the fearsome Uruk-hai from whom you can hire all of the above.
• Uruk-Hai Traders - traders who spawn in Uruk Camps and sell you items for silver coins.
• Dunlendings - wild and somewhat primitive men who hate the men of Rohan, whom they call 'Strawheads', for driving them from the plains. They carry wooden, stone, or, rarely, iron weapons, and can also hold clubs, hoes, tridents, or other tools of labor. They give easy alignment for Rohan (and others) as they are easy to kill.
• Dunlending Warriors - warriors of the people of Dunland. They carry iron weapons and are ready to take on the filthy Strawheads.
• Isengard Snagae - the "peasants" of Isengard will spawn here, some atop wargs.

Vegetation

The valley mainly consists of patches of grass and dirt. Large boulders are also found, some of which consist of waste blocks. Trees that spawn here are: oak (normal and large), spruce and an occassional willow tree. Many charred and dead oak and spruce trees bear witness of the destructive nature of the lands inhabitants. Fire has burnt grass and dirt into useless waste.

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