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The
Mathom House is a museum housing trinkets and heirlooms that, according
to JRR Tolkein, "Hobbits have no immediate use for but (are) unwilling
to throw away." Kinda like all the stuff in my vault.

The Mathom Society, located in Michel Delving at the Mathom
House, is one of the very easiest factions to gain reputation with.
Mathoms and Well-kept Mathoms often drop from mobs that drop other rep
items for other areas (in Evendim, Angmar and other high-level places
in Eriador), and can usually be purchased cheaply on the
auction house. Gift mathoms are rewarded for completing quests in the
Shire, and are bound on acquire. Greylond Bottomley accepts Mathoms and
Gift Mathoms, and Eustoma Muddybanks accepts Well-kept Mathoms.

• Gift Mathom - turn in 1 for 700 reputation
• Mathom - turn in 10 for 300 reputation
• Well-kept Mathom - turn in 1 for 700 reputation

Cooks can craft reputation items in the form of
 food. These are also bartered at the Mathom House with
Baldwin Foxtail, who also sells the recipes.

• Honey-roasted Chicken - turn in 1 for 700 reputation
• Seasoned Beef with Cauliflower - turn in 5 for 300
  reputation
• Strawberry Dessert-wine - turn in 5 for 500 reputation

Achieving Friend standing with the Mathom Society allows the
use of their superior study and access to Rue Goodbody's expert scholar
supplies, located inside the Mathom House.

Ally standing allows access to the reputation vendor in the
basement of the Mathom house, where the following unique items can be
purchased: 

• Mushroom-growing Tent (Huge Yard) - 45s 60c
• Large Tent (Enormous Yard) - 57s
• Tom Bomadil theme - 53s 20c

The rep vendor on the main floor sells the following unique
items (among other things):

• Tome of the Turtle (Lore-master pet, requires Friend
  standing) - 106s, 40c
• Prized Mathom Society Steed ( 162% run speed, 250 morale,
  requires Kindred standing) - 5g, 532s, 42c
• Award of Hobbit Virtue (Hobbit only, requires Friend
  standing) - 57s
• Prized Mailbag (gag item, requires Acquaintance standing) -
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