The Hobbit A Guide for Perfects by Logan West A.K.A. The Shadow A.K.A. ShadowN64 Expressly for Nintendo GameCube Copyright (c) 2004-2005. All Rights Reserved This FAQ is dedicated to J.M. Prov. 31:30. Table of Contents: (Use Ctrl+F to find your section) 1. Introduction (INTRDCTN) 2. Story Line (STRY) 3. Basic Moves (BSC) 4. Perfect Walkthroughs (PRFCT) 4a. An Unexpected Party (CHPTR1) 4b. Roast Mutton (CHPTR2) 4c. Troll-Hole (CHPTR3) 4d. Over Hill And Under Hill (CHPTR4) 4e. Riddles In The Dark (CHPTR5) 4f. Flies And Spiders (CHPTR6) 4g. Barrels Out Of Bond (CHPTR7) 4h. A Warm Welcome (CHPTR8) 4i. Inside Information (CHPTR9) 4j. The Gathering of the Clouds (CHPTR10) 4k. The Clouds Burst (CHPTR11) 5. Scroll Locations (SCRLL) 6. Objective Lists (OBJCTV) 7. Boss Battles (BSS) 8. Frequently Asked Questions (FRQNTLY) 9. Bonus Fun Stuff 10. About the Shadow (SHDW) 11. Revisions History (RVSNS) 12. Copyright Information (CPY) 13. Contact Information (CNTCT) 14. Credits (CRDTS) =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction (INTRDCTN) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Welcome! And let me congratulate you first of all for buying this game, second of all for reading this FAQ! I personally have tested out all of my strategies (and I don't even own a guide so I figured and found all of this myself) and hope you'll be able to follow along what I've written. First off, if you've bought this game just because it looked neat, you may be in for a disappointment. While it is indeed a very good game, I believe that it's great virtue for me lies in the fact that I read the book many years ago (and was a Tolkien fan long before the movies came out and EVERYBODY knows about it now). I recommend that if you like to read, read the book before you even start. It will make your experience just that much more enjoyable. If you've read the book (or don't care to) then read on young warrior, and good luck. The main purpose of this FAQ is to get perfect scores. Now if you can't even figure out the level then I suppose it will help out with that as well, but mainly, I strove to get perfects, and being that there are no other walkthroughs out for this game yet, decided to write up some of my own in the (faint) hope of helping others. I think that's about it. =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Story Line (STRY) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== *From the Manual* Gandalf the Wizard has always said that there is much more to the little Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins than meets the eye. You're about to prove hime right, for you are about to put yourself in the shoes of Bilbo himself. That is-- if he wore shoes on those leathery soles of his. It is another in an endless stream of perfect days in the shire, and Bilbo is at home in Bag End, his comfortable Hobbit-hole. Usually his biggest concern is wondering when he'll enjoy his next meal. But that concern will soon be overshadowed by the great responsibility Gandalf places on this diminutive character. Prepare to lead Bilbo on an epic journey where he encounters the dangers and wonders of Middle-Earth beyond the boundaries of the Shire. Travel with Bilbo and the Dwarves as they seek to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the clutches of Smaug. They'll meet some curious characters along the trail, as well as ferocious creatures of the surrounding forests and caves. Bilbo will learn combat skills unknown to other Hobbits. He'll use them in pursuit of Quests and to help the Dwarves seek their vengeance. *End Manual* *My notes* Let me also say, for those of you who just might not know (shudder) that this was an actual book written by J.R.R. Tolkien and has nothing to do with Peter Jackson. Sierra (and whoever else worked on this game, Vivendi I guess) did a very deucedly good job working with the book and getting it close to fact. I admire them for sticking to the book even though to have made them more like the Lord of the Rings movies would have brought them more money (I'm talking about Gollum's voice and things like that). So hurrah to Sierra! If you need a story line, read the book is all I can say ;) =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Basic Moves (BSC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== (A) button causes you to jump. No problem. Got it. (B) button is used to slash your stick (or *spoiler* sword *unspoiler*) and to talk to people, pick up items, etc. It's your action button. Oh yeah, you can also throw stones if you have them equipped. (X) button cycles through your weapons. (Y) button targets enemies. By pressing it multiple times, you can toggle between target and untarget. Awesome! (Control Stick). Um, moves? (C-Stick) rotates your camera around. You'll figure it out pretty quickly. (Control Pad) This is your handy "quick" access tool. Press > for Walking stick, ^ for Sting, < for stones, and v to make Bilbo drink a health potion! (L) This will make you go into "stealth" mode if you hold it down. You can creep around real sneaky like. Also, if you have your walking stick equipped, you can do a long jump by pressing L really quick and then the (A) button to jump. (R) Toggles between First-Person mode and regular mode. To throw stones while in FP mode, press B. Incidentally, I like to invert the vertical on the First Person mode (look in the start menu and select game controls). Other moves include the Jump attack. To perform this (after you learn it) you jump up into the air and hit the (B) button. You'll smash down upon your foes! =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Perfect Walkthroughs (PRFCT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== Your first task before the real level begins is to go through a Dream World. Believe me, if you can't figure out this then you'll have problems with this game. You're invincible so just run at the enemies and slash them. You can throw stones from afar, you can jump attack, whatever. Defeat all the enemies in the first area, then up the steps, down into a little section (with nothing really of worth in it) and back up some more steps. A cutscene takes place and you then attack some more goblins. When they're all gone, a ladder drops, you climb up, and guess what. You wake up just in time! More dialogue and then you finally start your quest. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 1: An Unexpected Party (CHPTR1) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Meet the Dwarves ()Find Walking Stick ()Help Fix Bridge ()-Find Hammer ()-Find Three Bundles of Nails []Retrieve Gammer's Sewing Needle []Move Hanna's Butter Churn []Retrieve Provisions for Bombur []-Bring Sugar []-Bring Spice []-Bring Wheat []-Bring Three Berries []-Bring Three Eggs []-Bring Three Apples []-Bring Sausages []-Bring Tea Cakes []Open Lorella's Chests []Scare off Crows []Find the four Hobbit Children []-Find Hamfast []-Find Hilda []-Find Bell []-Find Sadoc Right Double-Oh-Seven. Now you can't be going on this adventure without your walking stick! This is one of my special pieces. It is a fine straight walking stick equipped with all of the latest gadgets including a long-jump and of course, the standard "slash." I want to see this returned in one piece so be careful with this. I'll let you find it on your own. You can't leave the house without it anyway. You'll also come across a bright red shiny thingy in the middle of the doorway. Don't touch it! Actually, you want to collect these things, they're Courage Points, and each bit you collect fills up that meter in the upper left corner. When you have a thousand courage points totale (that red one is worth 5 by the way) you'll get a bright flash and your health will increase by one bubble! Get all of them! Open the chest and your on your way! Head to the door where Gandalf is standing. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 0 Silver Pennies, 5 Courage Points, 1 Chest, 1 Quest =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Though I didn't really need to put this checkpoint in here, I thought I would just to familiarize you with it. I'll insert these quite often and you can check on your progress with it. On this first level, unless you do exactly what I do, you'll probably not match my numbers but the subsequent levels will be easier to follow. Trust me. Now you're outside right? Head on over to the terraced garden on the right of Bilbo's house (as you come out of the door) and you'll find a sack of silver pennies! Sacks are generally worth ten, stacks are 5, and a single coin is worth, well, one. Hop down on the side and gather in the three red courage points sitting there at the base of the terrace. Behind the nearest tree is a fourth one. Now, the bushes in Hobbiton are very unique in that many of them host a courage point or two. Run around the outside of the little gated flower garden for ten. Walk inside and gather four from the outside circle and one from the inside bush. If you head back outside you'll find a path leading to the left of Bilbo's house with three courage points and a silver penny up the road. If you want to save, go ahead and do that, now walk up the path. Before you head down the hill though, guess what? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 11 Silver Pennies, 63 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you don't have those numbers, I suggest you turn back. Unless you don't care about perfects :) Run on down and talk to the first lady you see. Gammer will ask you to find her needle for her! Of course, being the gentlehobbit you are, you'll gladly do it! Gather in the Silver Penny (from here on: SP) next to her and talk to the next lady, who'll inform you that she'd like a churn moved from the adjacent shed to her front porch. Sure! While you're in the shed, collect the stack of SP in the back left corner. Grab with (B) and carry it onto the porch. She gives you some Berry Crumble Tea Cakes and of course, Courage Points (CPs). Run on down the road little Bilbo! six CP greet you, run along the left, gathering in the two SPs and three CPs in the center of the road, grap three more blue CPs at the far end of this valley but don't go down by the river just yet! Plug back along the opposite side of this valley. Now if you climb the rope on that little wooden "hangman's" structure there, you can get onto the roofs for three green Courage points (worth 10 each). Use your Long Jump (with your stick) to ensure that you don't miss. Now drop down (after you've got all three) and scrounge around in the bushes. There's 8 total I believe (red ones). Make sure you grap the SP on the porch of the first house! Now you can go down by the river. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 20 Silver Pennies, 170 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Moving right along there! A group of hobbit children confront you and volunteer you to play hide and seek. While you might normally decline, this will allow you to get more courage points, and well, you wouldn't want to disappoint the children! Walk over toward the guy by the broken bridge, who politely informs you that the bridge is out but also says he'll fix it if you bring the hammer and nails. Of course! Walk into the Mill and to the left is a save station. I suggest you use it. To the right of the entrance, on top of the haystack, is a green CP. Now climb up the haystacks by the save station. You're at the top. Before you rush forward though, turn directly around and hop up onto another wooden platform. Grab the three CP there and hop onto the conveniently dangling rope. Whack all three jars for the nails. Congratulations! Go back. There's three blue CP by the exit of this place, and of course that large, Pink CP in the corner by the haystacks (near the exit). It's worth 25. Now exit this place. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 20 Silver Pennies, 220 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Turn to the right but don't go on the dock yet. Around the far side of this Mill is some haystacks, at the end of the haystacks, lo and behold! A sack of Silver Pennies! Grab 'em and hop onto the water wheel. Get ready to hop through a hole to your right though! Inside is a various assortment of SP and CP AND, your first hobbit child! Talk to her for you reward. Do you think Hamfast likes her? Hop out the window behind her and be careful not to fall down yet. Grab the one red and two green CP on the ledge. Now, hop up onto the roof for four SP! Don't fall down! Just go back to the pond, the quickest way is to walk back to that window you exited the Mill by (where the hobbit girl was) and NOW you can fall down towards the lake. If you haven't gotten any of the CP on the dock, you should have, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 37 Silver Pennies, 275 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This next part is special, if you hop across all of the lily pads without falling off of one (starting from the dock) you'll get 100 courage points when you get to the solid column way out there. Keep trying if you can't make it! My sister had to try for 15 minutes.....but that's a different story :) Now there's a bunch of goodies on these cliffs. I won't detail all of them, just gather as much as you can and if you want to check to see if you got them all, go back to the center of the pond and take a look around. Now you've gotten everything right? You're at the top by the save station anxiously awaiting your next orders. Before going onto the lily pads (and saved if you wished), =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 52 Silver Pennies, 425 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jump across the lily pads (doesn't matter if you fall in) hop up the pillars to the mushrooms (each will refill one health bubble if you need it) walk (or jump) over to the silver pennies and across the tree stumps to Carl. Talk to him for the hammer. Hurrah! Be sure to pick up that Health potion by the tree! Now before you drop down, do a long jump to that highest pillar in the area. If successful, you'll be rewarded with ample CP. Now drop down and save if you wish. We're going back to Sandyman by the bridge. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 55 Silver Pennies, 491 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You're across the bridge right? I wouldn't suggest talking to the fat dwarf by the bridge as he'll reward you with CP, and that would mess up my numbers. Talk to him at the end of the level for quite a large reward all at once! He'll catch you when you first get there, but DON'T talk to Bombur again. Grab the two SP in the stall next to him. Now talk to the lady in the stall across the path. She'll tell you about not having her keys and so if you can get into the chests then you can have what's in them! It's not hard to open chests, just land whatever it is on green (red is bad) and you'll have it! Later on they get harder..... Congrats! You just got all the Chests in this level! Now continue on and pass the dwarf with the yellow beard but don't go to the door just yet, keep going past it, gathering the courage points on the doorstep. If you go inside, you just end the game, and we don't want that just yet do we? You're getting a Silver Penny, then backtrack to where Bombur was. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 58 Silver Pennies, 625 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keep going past him. At the next house there are two SP on the doorstep, and one CP on the roof and hello! A sack behind it. Gotta catch 'em all! Talk to the poor man standing next to the garden. Tsk! Tsk! Trouble with the crows! Not too tough for our great hero Bilbo! Yeah. Crows. Whack the scarecrows a few times to scare the crows (haha) and go back to the man. Great! Just what I always wanted! Wheat! Save at the station and then go into:...........The MAZE!!!!!! Ooooooh. Make sure you sneak around. You can take any route you please I suppose, but I like to work my way clockwise. And well, it's not really much of a maze, especially if you center the camera above your head..... Oh, that's right, you can't sneak yet. Well, if you go slow you can do it all right, if you really want to sneak, go near the barn door real quick and it'll give you the ability. Anyhow, you got all three berries and all the CP and snuck back out right? We'll see. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 70 Silver Pennies, 865 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Wow! You'll make a decent burgler yet! Head down by the river and past the hobbiton lady. Grab the stack of SP. Yeah. Now all over these haystacks is all sorts of CP and SP. I'll leave it to you to gather them. Hey! It's another one of those bra......er.....precious little children! Talk to him for a reward. Now behind the tree closest to the river is another SP. Grab it and walk over to the barn. I suggest saving.Got the CP and eggs? Good. Very good! One more stop. Go to the back of the barn and surprise! There's a needle in that haystack! Grab it and run back to Gammer. She gives you sausages! Hurray! Now go inside that gate that wasn't open before. It's back down the path. Inside is a Silver Penny and another boy! Great going! Don't forget to talk to him. Run to the apple orchard Drag the block a little closer to the cliff and hop up. Before you grab anything.... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 89 Silver Pennies, 980 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now get the SP, the CP by the well, and then go into the orchard. Knock down the apples with your stones and collect everything. Now you have all the food Bombur could possibly want! At least for the afternoon..... Plus, you got a new health bubble. Check it out! Go out the orchard and down by the river. Along the right side is the last child (and of course the CP that come with it!). Not to mention a SP on the way! Now follow the river back down and you'll come to a small dock with the last SPs that you need. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 100 Silver Pennies, 1075 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Great! Now just talk to Bombur, collect your last CPs and you're on your way to the door of the Green Dragon Inn! You did it! I'm so proud! *eyes mist up* *bonus!* You don't HAVE to get this, but it'd be nice. You can get a Waters of Vigour by going back up to the well and pressing B on the handcrank AFTER you've got all the Hobbit Children. Oh, and my recommendation at the vendor, don't buy anything. You won't need it. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 2: Roast Mutton (CHPTR2) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Talk to Thorin ()Investigate Light ()-Lower Water ()-Raise Water ()Steal Wallet [] Bring a Burberry Plant to Kili []-Find Burberry Plant []-Return Burberry Plant You start out your level with 100 silver pennies right? Well, it doesn't matter really, I just wondered. Head to the save station and save without picking up anything. This is your starting file. If anything goes wrong with a level, you want your starting file to be right at the very beginning so that if you have to start over again (which you most likely won't because you have me to guide you with my checkpoints) then you'll be able to do so. Now run around all the fringes of this area before you talk to Thorin, he's the dwarf staring off into the distant red glow. A stack of SP by the tree, three red CP behind the tree, three more behind the save station, and while your at it, why don't you talk to that shivering Dwarf sitting on the stump? He'll appreciate it and reward you with a quest! He wants your to fetch a burberry plant. Being as you've never even SEEN a burberry plant before, you might think it'd be tough, but no problem! Head on over to the White bearded Dwarf you were supposed to avoid before. Well? Scuttle off then! Starting on the right side and going down to the left is a kind of stairway, so follow it down a few "steps." Before you go too far though, let me introduce me to a "friend" of mine. It's a plant that is sort of a second cousing to the Piranha Plants unless I miss my guess. The easiest way to eliminate it is to target using (Y) and then equipping your stones and throwing one at it. Keep going down. Bilbo alerts you to a wolf's presence so go ahead and eliminate him. I find the best technique is to whack at it a few times until it backs off, and follow it and when it starts coming towards you, whack it some more! If you let him nip you, it can get annoying. Especially when you have three wolves nipping you at once. I hate that. Man. These wolves however aren't too tough, you could just whack each maybe three times. After he's dead, three more come to *cough* "help." But they'll be quickly put silent won't they? Now at the base of the cliff you came down by is some courage points, pick them up. Nope, sorry, you can't go in that hole. I still try it every time I'm in this level..... All right, now keep walking out through the canyon (I don't think there's really much to get lost on here) and you'll come to an open area. There's not really much in here so just go up the path shown to you by the blue CP. Don't miss the sack of Silver Pennies at the first turn! Before you go rushing into where those plants are, why don't you head the opposite way, toward the left. After a bit you'll pick up some CP and a chest. Got it. NOW go back. Take out the two plants with your arm of might (it's easy enough to hit them with your stick as well) and go down. Balin will tell you to long jump across the wide gap (leading to the platform with two more of those plant things) but we don't want to do that just yet. Go up the mountain side and get the CP at the very highest point. Kill the plants and behind them is, Hey! It's a Burberry plant! (Well, leaves). Do I have to tell you what to do next? Drop down and talk to Kili, and Thank you! Kili! Go to the save station if you wish. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 60 Silver Pennies, 257 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now you'll want to go back up to where Balin was, but curiously enough, a rope dropped so you can now take a shortcut back up. Now you can do your long jump. Hurrah! And whack those plants! And do another jump to the save station. Hear that? You're supposed to get to the floodgate eh? It's easy enough to follow the path up to it so go switch it. You may want to grab those stones sitting there, then hop out across the rocks in the water for a sack of SP. It doesn't really matter if you fall in because the water is shallow enough but I think it is possible to die here if you try hard enough :) Now if you make your way back to where you go down, look to the left through some narrow passages and there's another "room" back there. In it you'll find CP and a Skeleton Key! Ready? Now go back down, all the way to that save station if you wish and start out across the water. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 85 Silver Pennies, 415 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You'll run into some frog-like creatures (wish I knew the names to all of these). They should easily fall under your hand. Make sure you get the chest ;) Run up towards the chain and take out the plant right around the corner. If you need health there's mushrooms at the top of that little mound past the chain. All set? Let's depart Indiana Jones style! Kill the plants and save if you desire. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 135 Silver Pennies, 504 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Run down the path to a stack of SP, then left again for the CP. Okay, you want to jump onto the rop that's hanging off of the platform here, and climb down as far as you can go, then drop. Kill the creatures (if you wait a little while, the wolves and the "frogs" will start killing eachother and I think the wolves lose. Get the chest and all of the CP, then head up the rope you've not been on yet. Up the steps, kill the plant, and grab the sack of SP in the corner. Open the floodgate and while the cutscene takes place, you get another health bubble! Go up the ladder, down the other one. Down here is a Piranha Plant and some CP, collect them. Ready to jump across the pond? Don't fall in! Hobbit's can't swim very well and you will surely die! Hop across collecting the CP of course, and then go down the hill, kill the plants and save. Phew! This next part might be a little tricky for you, it's good practice with the camera though :) Hop onto the big wooden gate thingy when it comes around to you. Be patient! Stay on this for a little while and collect the two Courage Points that you will come underneath of. When one of the smaller ones come close (towards the center of this vortex) hop onto it and ride it around for three more green CP. Now hop onto the next closest one (or the very center one if you think you can make it) and then onto the rope. Scary huh? Jump towards the side that has the courage points close by. Get them and then turn around the other way. Long jump across the gaps if it makes you feel safer. Before you rush straight ahead, turn to your left and get that sack of SP. On the right side is some more plants and CP. Get them all. Now you can head straight in. A cutscene takes place and you're stuck inside this area with three monstrous trolls! There's a save station on your right. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 200 Silver Pennies, 1017 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Head to the left (of where you came in and you'll run into a dead end, but it has two red CP and one green. Now go back the other way. Follow the trail of blue CP. When you come to the ledge that drops down, be careful! You don't want to get caught! Wait for the troll to come up to that rock wall that is on your right side, he'll stand for a minute and then stump back off, that's your cue to get moving straight for the other side! If you're quick, you can grab the CP off to the right and make it up the steps before you're caught. Make sure you grab the green CP though! Now follow the path and get the chest (and the red CP before it too). Wow! A Wallet of 50 SP! That's nice! Watch out for the troll on patrol, and scamper down towards the next spot. Hide behind the rock until the troll stomps off again, then run like mad toward the red group of CP, then the blue. Hide here! Wait until the coast is clear and then dash of again. Talk about nerve racking! You've got to sneak past this next troll (hold down L) and make sure you don't step on the leaves or you'll be caught! Once through, hop along the platforms and grab the CP and chest. Wow! A sack of 100 SP! That's pretty snazzy! Okay, your through, got it all. Before going to save at the station go back towards that log, there's a sack with your last SP in it. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 400 Silver Pennies, 1123 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now save. Sheesh! This troll sure can yawn! Sneak past him when he starts. Boy! Is he ugly! Hide behind the rock that has the Blue CP next to it, this next part might be tricky, you have to be patient for that troll not to grab you. Go down to the next blue CP but look back where the troll is walking back and forth. There, out in the open is a pink Courage Point! What? Do these programmers think you're a burgler or something? No one in their right mind would risk that! Um, well, we would wouldn't we? Snap it and run back. Wait for the troll to have his back toward you and then race off to the next hiding spot. The best time is when he's walking the same direction you wish to go. When he turns back and starts walking there, run towards the next hiding spot and get around the other side quick! Grab all the CP here and wait for it to all disappear into your body. Now check your stats. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 400 Silver Pennies, 1200 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Two perfects in a row? I'm quite impressed with you Mr. Baggins! Grab the Wallet. In the Vendor I would recommend that you buy the medicine chest, you might need it. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 3: Troll-Hole (CHPTR3) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Find the Troll Cave ()Find the Troll Key ()Retrieve the Healing Draught ()Return the Healing Draught This one is pretty linear so it should be easier for ya. Save at the station and then go down the hill. All right! Expert Stick Tactics! That'll make things a bit easier! Just head straight down the hill, we've got a date with some wolves. Kill them and to the right is a small canyon with a chest in it, grab it. Ooooh. Now go up the steps on the hill. Gloin (Gimli's father by the way) tells you about the Troll key you need to find. After hearing his speech (or skipping it, whatever) turn toward where he is facing and long jump out there. Do another long jump towards that white thing. This is a White Courage Point and is worth 50! Open the chest Bilbo. This is a trolls cave after all, so we should be finding lots of money eh? Go back up the hill past Gloin. Okay, you've gotten all the courage points on your way right? You're standing at the entrance of a dark, scary cave right? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 75 Silver Pennies, 90 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, don't worry, we'll get more. Watch out for these spikes in the wall! They'll take your health down real fast! Just go to the opposite side of the wall the spikes are on. Phew! See that pool coming towards us? There are a couple of those froggy creatures around here so take them out. Don't you like that music? Now go back to where you came into this room. There are these little pod looking things with a bright, pale blue circle on them. These often contain treasures. Bust 'em open! There's a dark vine hanging from the ceiling, this usually means that the vine will break after a short while, so you'll want to line yourself up so that the vine is between you and the platform with the CP you're trying to reach, and then jump for it, jumping off the vine after climbing for a second or two, onto that platform. Okay! Now we can head to the next vine. This one's stable, so you can take all the time you want. When Bilbo reaches out on a vine, it means he's reaching for another vine, just line him up and he'll do the jump for you. Jump to the next vine, then onto the platforms, and drop down on the other side of that wall. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 80 Silver Pennies, 161 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= In this next area are more frogs. Destroy! Now again, towards where you came into this place is a pink rock and behind it is a pod. Bust it baby! Head along the wall and there are two more pods next to eachother, one contains a SP. There's a chest at the far end, open it and then walk around the pillar next to it for a pink CP. Now you can make your ascent. Get the pod at the top, and of course the blue CP's on your way over this next little wall. At the bottom of this wall are two green CP and some holes in the ground, stop for a moment. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 106 Silver Pennies, 268 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hop over these "holes" in order not to get "stuck."There's a green CP in front of you and around this next corner is, what IS that? It's and elvish lady! A cutscene will take place when you get near her. Let's take this monster! It's not really that tough, all you have to do is kill that little armadillo thing next to it and it gets mad and rears up, revealing its soft undersides, whack it as much as you can. Then two minions come out, kill them and whack the big one, then THREE! Once they are all gone, hit the monster one last time and it should be over. If only Bullroarer could see you now! There's lots of goodies in the cavern and it's a bit hard to walk you through it. Follow along the left wall (as you came into this place). There are pods that you see pretty quick but all you get are mushrooms. Open them anyway though. Pretty soon you'll see a sack up in a dark section of the wall, it leads into a cave so follow it. Destroy the armadillos (or whatever it is), collect your CP and chest, and head back out to the big room. Hey! Did you get another health bubble? Congrats! See all those dragon things in the ground? They are very annoying, but easy to kill, just use rocks and whack them. If you've still been following the wall, follow the blue CP towards a stand by a cliff. We can't use it yet. However, you can head behind those rocks to your right and get a SP from that pod! Keep following the wall to a rock pile. Inside are three green CP, get them. Now there's only one thing left in this place, to climb up the platforms and get to the end of them (the platforms are in the center of this cavern by the way). There are several ways to get up there, but once you are at the top, you'll see a healing draught sitting there, and a cave to your right. Inside the cave is a green CP, get both and drop down, now go back to the elf. She rewards you with a Witch King Crystal! Now you can go back to that stand. Save if you wish. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 187 Silver Pennies, 664 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Go to the stand, place the crystal and either hop on really quick or wait for the platform to come back. It comes from below so watch for it! Get on and ride it till it takes you down and to a little covey in the wall with an armadillo and a chest among other things. Get the pods and chest. Now go back up and to the other side. Going up you'll meet another armadillo and if you look sharp, between two rocks to your left (before the tunnel) is a pod, break it open. Get the two pods in front of you and head left. Jump over the spikes, break the pods, kill the armadillo, get the chest and the CP in the little space behind the rocks, and back out. Simple as that. Now go! Well, pretty fast, but it could be done faster. Now back out and go up the tunnel. Sharp to your right is a green CP, before the spikes. If you wait for that creature to come at you, he'll impale himself very satisfactorily :) Just make sure you pick up the CP. Keep going up, kill the armadillos, head to the right (NOT towards the sunlight yet) and by that red CP is a pod, break it open. Keep going toward the greenish area but don't get near the edge! You'll slide down! collect the CP as you go. There should be a nice Pink one at the end, and four pods, break them. Now carefully go back to the center of this slippery area and cautiously look over the edge, center yourself so that you'll slide down next to that chest and CP. Now go! Whew! That was fun! Collect everything and jump on the vine, which will carry you up so you can jump on another vine and quickly (or it will break) jump to safety. If you fall all the way down, don't sweat, you'll just have to go the long way around again. NOW go out towards the sunlight. It looks beautiful doesn't it?! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 358 Silver Pennies, 859 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Climb up the vine with the Blue CP on it and....uh-oh. Back into those dark caves! Watch out for those spikes! There are three sets this time. After another turn, a cutscene will show you where the key is, when it ends, keep going. Take out all of the three enemies and then collet the CP next to the edge by the water, don't fall! Two red and one green I believe. Get the blue ones at the far end next to the save station and save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 358 Silver Pennies, 917 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now hop onto that closest platform. Turn right and go across the vine to the next, then down to the left, onto another vine to the right (towards the waterfall) and then onto that small platform way down there with the green CP on it. Get onto the next vine and can you kind of see the cave behind the waterfall? Of course! Every kid knows that every waterfall has a cave behind it right? Or if it doesn't then it ought to. Get inside and prepare to fight a spider. It might be tough for you at first, but you should be able to get it. Ah! It's dead. Now you can collect at your leisure. There's that white CP next to the two Pink ones, a pod with a sack of coins in it, some more CP by a web (which you can't get through) and a chest. The chest contains money AND some Expert Throwing Tactics, now your stones deal more damage! Go back out to the water pool. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 443 Silver Pennies, 1062 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The easiest way to get out there is to stay in the water and get to those small platforms near the edge of that chasm, then hop up (be careful not to keep going over the falls) and get the sack, then onto the vine. You'll get a ride up, then you'll want to hop onto the next vine (heading out toward the falls), then onto the platform with the green CP and then onto the last vine, which will drop you down near that Pink CP, which you'll be able to get easily. Now get back up and onto that platform. You can go back to the save station if you wish, or you can continue to the other save station across the pool from it. You're definitely saving here right? Open the chest, get the CP and kill the Armadillos. To your right is a small cave where there's a chest and a crystal. Go back and towards that slimy hill that you'll have to go up. At the bottom of the hill. Get up there and kill all those little enemies that run towards you, they are easy and only take one hit each. There are a number of CP around here, get them, open the chest near the save station, place the crystal, get the blue CP next to the vine. Now onto the vine, and then the platform, then the moving platform. You can wait a little while for the next, lower platform to get in good timing, then hop onto it, to your right (you're on the second moving platform) there is a vine, jump on it and at the top is a platform with lots of goodies! Get them! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 539 Silver Pennies, 1290 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Go across the platforms again, this time going on all of them, there's the key! Once you have it, to your right is a platform with some CP on it. Get those too. Hop back, across the vine, and into the upper tunnel (you've already been in the lower one). Watch out for the spikes and get the chest behind the rock to the left before you go on the vine. Hop across the vine and out into sunlight again! Long jumpt across the ravine, but if you fall down, it's not too far of a walk to get back, just go into the cave again, and up the new vine that is there. If you didn't fall, good lad! And go up to the right side, kill the wolves. Whoopee! Get the three white CP, the chest, and you're done! How do you like that OTHER new health bubble? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 654 Silver Pennies, 1500 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Let me see, go ahead and get the rock bag upgrade now :) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 4: Over Hill and Under Hill (CHPTR4) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> []Talk to Bofur about the Campfire []Get Firewood for Bofur ()Fix the Gold Machine ()-Find Large Gold Gear ()-Find Small Gold Gear ()-Find Medium Gold Gear ()-Find Gold Shank Arm ()-Find Gold Shank Head ()Fix the Copper Machine ()-Find Large Copper Gear ()-Find Small Copper Gear ()-Find Medium Copper Gear ()-Find Copper Shank Arm ()-Find Copper Shank Head ()Fix the Metallic Machine ()-Find Large Metallic Gear ()-Find Small Metallic Gear ()-Find Medium Metallic Gear ()-Find Metallic Shank Arm ()-Find Metallic Shank Head Find Bofur and he'll tell you to find some firewood, pick up the three CP in front of him. Now head back out to Gandalf, turn to the left along the cliff, grab three more blue CP and a Expert Sword Tactics. Save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 0 Silver Pennies, 6 Courage Points =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now you can go to the firewood. My! That was quite a wild ride! Away from the water fall and towards a small circle of CP in an opening you'll run into some wolves, so take them out, by the way, Sting will kill them quicker so it's best to equip that. There are mushrooms around this area so you can keep up your health pretty easily. Head back to the save station and jump out past it onto the first platform. Off to the left is another, higher one. Go to it. Then the next. Do you see two ropes? Well get onto the NEXt platform, and it should be the one in front of the second rope. If you look real hard you can see a cave behind the waterfall, jump into it. Inside are some more of those dragon things, and two chests. Get 'em all! Now go out of the cave and jump to the rope you've not been on yet. At the top of this rope you'll be able to jump towards the cliff wall and get on a ledge. Along the left side is another narrow rock jutting out that you can jump to (use your long-jump if you're uncomfortable) and then down below that you'll see a large white Courage Point. That's what we were after so grab it, and drop down by the save station (saving if you wish) and then back across the platforms in the middle of the waterfall area. When you reach the very highest one, look off to your left and you'll see a small ledge you can grab on to, and on that ledge is a blue chest. Open it. Now jump down the pillars to the save station on the side you're on (the one you've not been to yet). Don't go towards the blue CP yet! Instead, jump back out onto a lower platform near the edge of where the water falls down into nothingness. Now over to that Red Courage Point. Drop down by the rope and then on to it, slide down and turn around to reach for another rope. Jump on to it. Be careful here! Make sure that you face the wall when you jump off this vine or you'll jump down into the abyss! Open the chest and then go up and back to that save point. You haven't gotten those three blue CP by the save staion have you? Good. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 95 Silver Pennies, 160 Courage Points, 4 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now you can go get them, and fill up on mushrooms if necessary. Down over the edge by that first dead tree is a red CP. Get it. Now go over by those two pine-looking trees by the far edge, down the side is another Red CP. Here's a tricky part for you! Pole-jump out to that vine that has the white CP by it. Then jump back :) Now go up by that white block, you don't have to move it, and jump onto the ledge above it. Open the chest, and jump onto the rope. There's a red CP at the top of it. Back towards the white block is a higher up ledge with another red CP, jump over to it, then drop down, climb up the white block, onto the ledge, and BACK onto the rope. Now jump the opposite way. Follow the ledges along the rock wall and drop down by the blue chest. Get it, and then run back to save if you wish, if not, then continue back down, and past the white block to get on another vine. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 135 Silver Pennies, 263 Courage Points, 6 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hop up the vine for some more blue CP. Then just follow the walkway. Jump up onto the next vine, and when you jump off of this one, you can grab onto a little ledge and wiggle your way around this tricky part of the cliff. Regular cliff-hanger you are! Stick close to the edge and then to the save station. Phew! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 135 Silver Pennies, 273 Courage Points, 6 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Here's where the fun begins. I'll be writing fast so I hope you can keep up with me! ;) There are a group of Stone Giants who are using you Mr. Baggins, for target practice! Being the perfect little dodger you are, foil their every plan by keeping out of the way. Run around the cliff and get that little orange thing. These are fire stones and will make your stones do incredible damage. Equip them and keep running up to the next area, quickly target and throw a stone at each of the wolves. That was easy! No time for congratulating yourself though, you've got to keep on the move! Run into that little cave at the end and smash open the pods for some Silver Pennies. Now hop up onto the lower rope outside that little cave. The giants apparently can't hit you when you're not on the ground, so you're safe here. Jump across the vines and grab the CP on the ledge. Drop down, don't go up those steps where the blue CP are yet, we don't want to go there yet! Drop down the side of the cliff by that dead tree and get the green CP down there, there is also a red one on the vine that you use to get back up with. And another red one on the side of the cliff after that. Keep backtracking along the edge of the cliff. Get the two green ones on the ledges by the other dead tree in this area (no rope hanging down from it). Your last stop is to run into the cave right across from where that large stone is just sitting in the open. Bust open the pods and now go to those steps and go up them. You have to be quick on these vines, I believe if you stay too long on them that you will fall (don't know for sure though, as I never cared to make certain). Jump across them quick! Phew! Up on that ledge? You can survey where you have come from to make sure you didn't miss anything. Run down and quickly gather in the Pink CP over the edge, and the red one by the mossy pillar, and then save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 235 Silver Pennies, 399 Courage Points, 6 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now trick those stone giants into making a bridge for you. You can do that by standing over next to that large mossy pillar until one of them throws a stone at you while you're there. Run across the bridge and whack that wolf. Kill it, and grab that pod over to the left by the rope. You may just as well jump on the rope too. Make sure you get the green CP at the top, and then jump over by the chest. Jump across the ropes and then all the way down to kill the other wolf in this area. Ready? Go! There's another VERY large group of wolves around here. Rush over to the orange thing again and get the fire stones. As quickly as possible, race to the cave entrance and when you start to see wolves, target, throw, target, throw, target, throw and keep doing that until all are dead. There's plenty of mushrooms in this room if you need it. Get the courage points and that's about all you can do. Run back out and whack the pods along the left side of these walls. Then drop down for the red CP, and then hop up to the vine (long-jump might be necessary) for the pink one. Hope back. If it hasn't happened already, you need to trick the giants into making another little bridge for you. Stand by that tall pillar. Now run into the safety of the cave. When you come to the bridge, take a good look at it. You can use trial and error, but just for your information, it's weak in the center. So pole jump over that light coloured spot. See the save station? Save at it! Don't drop into that large hole, you'll want to go around it first. There's more wolves out here, so equip your sword and charge them! Run around the pillars to pick up all the courage points, and then hop up onto that small pillar, then jump to the bigger one. The pillars are gathered to shelter a weak spot in the floor, you DON'T want to drop down until you've got all the courage points up here, you can even save that little blue one on top of the weak spot for last. Once you've got them all though, stand on it and the stone giants will help you for the last time. Equip your stick and kill all those little bouncy guys down there, the reason I say to use the stick is because it only takes on hit to kill them regardless of what weapon you use, and the stick has the longest range. Now walk down the passage. Take out some more little bouncers. Whack those pods in the corner. Don't exit to the outside yet. See that little cave that steps up and there's a rope inside? Well go in it. You'll see the room with all those wolves that we eliminated before, and across a gap is a chest! Pole-jump to get to it. Inside is Expert Jump Tactics! Now you can deal more damage with your jump attack! Go back the way you cam in. Before you exit to the outside though, pull that block over underneath the vine hanging down in the central room. Jump up and grab the three sacks of Silver Pennies. NOW you can go outside :) Kill the two wolves and you should get another health bubble! The walkway leading alongside the cliff gets blasted away, so we'd better go through the cave down here. Make sure you got all the Courage Points around where the wolves were. Then head into the cave by where the path got blasted. After a small loading scene, check your stats. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 400 Silver Pennies, 979 Courage Points, 8 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Okay, now head on down. Like that music? Fill up on health if you need it, grab the two chests, and the CP and head into the only exit you can (other than the one you came in by). We need to get some pieces to that gear setup don't we? Save and then go in the exit by the station. Oh well! I guess we won't be going back that way anytime soon! In this next big room drop down and kill all the little guys first. Around the fringes of this room is two chests, mushrooms, courage points, and a couple of pods, make sure you bust those open. Grab that shiny gold thing on the low ledge. This is your first part! Now up the rope in the center of the room. Hop onto a pillar and keep going that direction (away from the save station) and in a little covey is another part. Now head toward the save station! If you desire, save, but in any event, head to the right across those vines. The third one is brittle, so don't stay on it long! Grab the gold part and then open the chest. Now back toward the vines, you can walk on top of where they are hanging from. At the end of this little stair-step sequence is a Pink CP. Then head back down. Go past the treasure chest you last opened to a lone vine. Climb up it. Then across the ledges and down to that platform that is next to the platform with the save station on it! You can jump back and save if you wish. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 530 Silver Pennies, 1075 Courage Points, 13 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now head into that entrance that is at the top of the pillar, and down this area you'll come to a room with lots of big pillars. Grab that gold piece in front of you, but don't jump off just yet! Over to the left and down is a ledge with pods on it, and in these are some large sacks of Silver Pennies. Get them! And then head out across the pillars. At the very top is a chest, a gold piece, and a save station! Save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Checkpoint! 630 Silver Pennies, 1081 Courage Points, 14 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hey, we're back in that room again! Place all the pieces you found and a new path will open. Follow it. It is your destiny. There's a save point down here you just might want to use. But follow the ledge along and jump across the small pillars in the water. The water is poisonous so don't fall in! Besides that, you'd probably drown! These are the olde dwarf ruins. Hop onto the steps but don't go all the way up. Just go into that little niche and you'll be able to grab onto the wall and wiggle your way to the left. Jump onto the rope. Hop onto the wooden platforms and then across the broken bridge. Jump across some other platforms at the base of the receiving end of the bridge. You're at the base of a castle looking structure, with Courage points guiding your way. Make sure you get the ones that are actually sitting on the castle structure itself. Ah! Save point! Save there and before you continue up the steps into the castle area, jump out to that little pillar out there. Then onto the next large pillar, and then onto the vines. See where we're heading? Out to that Pink CP of course! Get it an hop back. Try not to drop too far though. Where were we? Oh yes, back by the save staion now, right? Go up the steps and head left first. Down some more steps that lead, hey! Right into the water! Ah, but to your right is a wooden raft with a red CP on it! And next to that is a small covey with three Silver Penny sacks! Oh joy! Now head back up and press B on that switch on the pillar. It triggers a small block to appear. Head up that block/step, and get the copper piece and open the chest. Directly opposite the chest you'll see some Courage points on top of some pillars. Get them by jumpin out there. There are two reds and one green. Make sure you pole jump! Now head back down towards the switch. Go down the stairs past it and off to your left is a pillar that is higher than you and has a chest sitting on top of it. It's out in the water. Jump to it and get it, plus the copper piece next to it. On a lower bit of land sitting just above water level is a pink CP, make sure you get that too and jump back to the stonework. Off all by itself to the left is another copper gear. Now go up the stairs and to the right is a little copper gear. The last you need! Before you place all the pieces though, open the chest. Now look above where you are supposed to place all those pieces you found. It looks like some sort of a button! How do you suppose we could trigger it eh? You guessed! Stones! This was the last thing for me to find in this level! It opens a door (back where you caused that stone step to appear) and inside it is a chest, 5 courage points, and 30 silver pennies! I remember that well because twice I got to the end of this level and that's all I had left to get for a perfect score! It was a relief that they were all in the same spot! Okay, go ahead and lower the bridge now. Before you jump off the end though..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 745 Silver Pennies, 1466 Courage Points, 18 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Got it? Got it. Great. Phew! You can save here if you want of course. Go to the right and open up the chest. The only other little thing in this area is a silver piece for ANOTHER one of those gear boxes? Wow. Walk past the save station again toward the other end of the spectrum. At the far end is a small silver gear and around the corner of the pillar next to it is a green courage point! Head back up to that block. Now you don't have to move this block to get up to that small pillar with a chest on it (it's toward the area you jumped across the bridge from). If it makes it easier for you though, by all means, move it! Don't miss the green CP while you're up there! Now on the opposite side of the block you can jump up on top of a small square pillar, get up there and up to the next area. There's a large gear! See that white block up there? We don't need it. Just jump onto that little ledge on your right to get up to the high top. All that you can see from here is a gold treasure chest out on top of another one of the buildings. You'll want to pole jump out there, preferably left because it seems easier to land on top. Open up the chest for a LOT of Silver Pennies! Go around the side to where you can see a pillar down below, jump onto it and then pole jump out to that white CP. Jump back, try to carefully get down to ground level, save if you want and continue this way. Go past that pillar that you jumped on top of before, and turn to your right. Jump across to your right and you'll see some little CP and a chest on a little ledge too! Get the chest and jump back onto that pillar, now just stand there for a moment. See that little button? Throw a stone at it. Now continue up (probably to your right) and get another little silver component and the red CP. Keep going up and around to your right towards where that door you just opened up is. Trigger the switch here. The switch opens a door, and in the door is a chest and ANOTHER switch! Plus another piece you need. Before you go anywhere else, go around the left side of the building (the one you're on) and around the corner is a red CP. Now drop down and get the chest in that door you opened with a button, inside is Expert Sword Jump Tactics! Now get back on top and that pillar you raised up has opened a new path for you, so take it. Keep following the path and then go down the steps on your left towards that treasure chest. Go back up and place all the parts you found. Now go across the bridge but before you drop down, save at the save station right at the edge. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 900 Silver Pennies, 1695 Courage Points, 25 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now drop down and whack all those little bad guys. Pick up any health you need, grab the key, and go through the door! In here is lots of stuff to get so I'll let you roam, when you think you have it all come back to me and I'll check on your work. Are you waiting for me at the hole with the vine in it? Good. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1075 Silver Pennies, 1736 Courage Points, 26 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= So drop down and save if you wish. Ah! Finally! Back outside again! Follow the mountain path. You can't really mess this up, just keep going and grab the chest at the bottom of the second vine, get back up etc. It's your last chest and last Silver Pennies. Or should be anyway :S Gandalf will call to you, when the cutscene is over, make sure you grab the CP around the other side of that rock sticking up. Then up the path! A cutscene takes place once more and then goblins are attacking! You can either let Gandalf handle them, or join in yourself and whack them. When they are all gone, pick up the loot. Make sure you're quick or they'll disappear! Then exit the area via where those two pink CP are. You should have another health bubble by now! Before you end the game, talk to the first dwarf you see. It's Bofur, and you have his firewood. That's your last objective. Good lad! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1100 Silver Pennies, 2200 Courage Points, 27 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Either talking to Gandalf (recommended) or running in the cave behind him you can end the level. Congratulations! Buy a Medicine Chest Upgrade. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 5: Riddles in the Dark (CHPTR5) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Exit Caves ()-Extend Bridge ()-Lower Bridge()Free Balfor ()-Go to Jail ()-Talk to Balfor ()-Hit Cell Door Switch ()Bribe Guard to Open Gate ()-Find Wart-Stone ()-Take Wart-Stone to Guard ()Activate Wart Lift ()-Find Key for Mugg-lift ()-Activate Mugg-Lift()-Find Key for Grit-Lift ()-Activate Grit-Lift ()-Find Key for Dim-Lift ()-Activate Dim-Lift ()-Take Wart-lever to Wart-lift *EDIT* Tynam McCulloch has these two tidbits to offer: "1. After Bilbo says 'What an odd looking contraption' near the start, get on the wheel and ride it round until you can see the mine cart tracks and then pole-jump towards it. You should land on a little platform. Follow it around the pillar and there should be a little breakable box with a health potion inside. 2. When you get off the Grit Lift, go to your right, look down and you can see a platform, align yourself and you can fall off the side and end up by the Waters of Vigour you get at the end." Thanks Ty. *END EDIT* I got quite lost the first time through this but it's pretty simple really. Just follow what I say. If you haven't already figured it out, Bilbo will say something about a glowing blade and guess what?! You can use Sting to light your path! Follow the only route you can. Throw stones at the three bat things that shoot fireballs at you. You can target the first and third, and just manually throw one at the second one. There are a group of those snake things. An easy way to kill them is to jump attack one and patiently wait by the hole until you see the targeting mark appear in it. Then swing and you'll kill it before it even pops up! There are four of them, and then you'll come to a save point. I recommend saving here just in case you mess up on grabbing that rope/web thread hanging down. Get it? Got it? Good. Now pole jump out there and then jump into that cave. Inside is a health potion, an antidote potion, and a pink CP. Now you can drop down. The way I like to do this next part is to jump to the bottom and run madly around the room cutting the webs as I go, this triggers lots of spiders to come at you, and then you just equip your stick and you can whack them easy! The green ones will poison you, if that happens, use your antidote, but for heavens sake! Don't TRY to get poisoned! In this level, the things you break open (like the pods in the past two levels) are either boxes, pots, or these little cacoon looking things down here, make sure you whack them if you see it. Make certain that all the webs are cut, even the ones by that big door and that all the spiders are dead. Now you can climb up that little web/rope hanging at one end of the room. Go straight back first, cutting the two webs up here. That huge spider really isn't so scary after all, a jump attack and a couple of whacks will take it out fast! Collect your booty. Now backtrack and jump up that ledge to the right. Again, make sure you get those cacoons in the ground. Jump across the ropes provided and around and you're past the gate! Keep going and saveif you have everything. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 35 Silver Pennies, 229 Courage Points, 0 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= See those crates on the left? The cracked ones are breakable and can be smashed with a blow from your sword or stick. Go near the bars and a cutscene will ensue. Easy enough right? Well, there's quite abit involved :) Take the only path provided, down the wooden platforms to the bottom. When you reach the last platform, instead of going down the ladder, take the boxes because then you'll be ready to fight! There are snakes around the perimeter, but the goblins are your main threat right now. Fight Bilbo Fight! Now take out the two snakes and follow the tunnel. Wow! What a grand view! And we have to get THERE!!!! To your right is some boxes. Then back past the save station is some blue CP leading to the left. Hop on and ride all the way around to pick up a green CP at the top. Then hop onto the lower lift when you get the opportunity. Kill the goblins down here and then grab the chest back by the lift you just rode down. Then go down the ladder by it. There's a goblin down here and a chest, with a box there too. Back up the ladder. Don't worry about the goblin throwing explosives at you from across the way. Just go around the right side of that huge column in the area and you'll see some blue CP leading the way down to a switch that will extend the bridge. Go across the bridge and if you think you might need it, get that shiny silver thing up on the little scaffold. It is Freezing stones and will temporarily stop you enemies in the tracks, allowing you ample time to hack them to death! Then clean up everything in this area, there is a box on a lower platform, a chest back by the Ice Rocks, and a box there too. More boxes in the corner. Lastly there is a blue chest. Save here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 165 Silver Pennies, 643 Courage Points, 4 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jump onto the lifts. At the bottom of the first one (if you ride it all the way around) is a pink CP. Then jump onto the next set of lifts. At the peak of this on is a walkway kind of in the direction that the last save point was, get onto it and follow the large column you are against, clockwise. Hey! A box and a chest! How grand! If you look up on your way back you'll see a white CP silouetted against the "sky." If you know of an easy way to get this then please let me know, I did it by doing it the hard way I think :( I'll explain later. **Big EDIT!!** According to Bigbadwolf of GameFAQs, you can get this white CP the easy way by getting on top of that box and then jumping up to that cross-bar, if you break the box though....tough luck, you'll either want to kill yourself and restart from the last save point (recommended) or do it the hard way like I did. A big thanks to bigbadwolf! Go back to the lifts and this time take the other route, hopping onto that narrow beam with the green CP on it. Stay on the beam and walk out towards the end, jumping onto another and then up for a chest. Now go back and along the walkways again, following the green CPs. Beware of the platform with the grey boards in it though! These will break and you will plummet to your destruction if you're not careful (or running fast enough). Get the chest. About here you should get another health bubble! That is, if you've been getting perfects from the start.... Now back to the lifts and ride them to the top. You'll have to jump onto another set. Kill the two goblins up here. Follow the path along. Yes indeed, we might be able to use those barrels! But wait just a moment, keep going past the barrel on this side and into a HUGE nest of those snake things. Kill them all and climb to the top for a chest. Now go back and remove the barrel from where it lies. Hey! Our side of the bridge dropped down! Now how do you s'pose we could do the same for the other side when we can't get over there? Obvious answer? EXPLODING BARRELS! BANZAI! Just throw a stone at that red barrel. The explosion conveniently kills the goblin there too, but be quick and grab those CP or they'll disappear! Keep following the path along and you'll come to another group of those "snakes." Kill them, grab the blue CP by the edge and then save. If you have everything, then. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 345 Silver Pennies, 865 Courage Points, 8 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now go down the lift. Hop onto the next one and get the Pink CP, either when you jump onto this lift, or by riding it around. Then down to the floor and take out the goblin. A word to the wise: A jump attack with the stick can take out a lot of the snakes at once. Go back by the lifts, there is a small passageway there with some scaffolding and after climbing up a ladder, you'll reach some mushrooms, a chest and a box. Gotta catch 'em all! Then go back out and follow the cavern floor to some other rooms. Eliminate as you go. There are plenty of mushrooms around the next room so you'll be able to keep up on your health pretty well I should think. Get that red CP up on the platform and grab the rest of the treasures around the room. Shouldn't be too hard ;) At the end of it you come to two goblins and a save station. The only way down is by a ladder. Save if you wish and then go down this ladder. Ah! The gate! Uh-oh, it wasn't as easy as we thought was it? Well, on our way! Now back up the ladder and hey! Another ladder has dropped down over to the right! Well, don't just stand there gaping, go up it! Thank goodness for these blue CP to guide us! Jump onto the lift you see rotating. Down below you'll see the control box for the dwarf lift you are supposed to start but, what's this? It's broken! Now how about that. Well, time to scat! Get the broken box and the chest, then back up the lift and jump on a chain that wasn't there before. Jump across the chains. You've been here before, but just follow the blue CP. Kill the goblin and snake and off to the left is a chest. Get all the CP and then place the key you just found in the control box. Does anyone besides me think that "mugg-lift" has any correlation to "face-lift?" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 495 Silver Pennies, 1266 Courage Points, 12 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now jump onto the lift as it comes around and get that blue CP underneath it. Stay on it long enough to get the pink CP at the very top. Then down. Drat. We need another key. Head on to the left. In this area is a goblin and a key. One other thing, there are pots all around this room, they contain little treasures so break them all. They are only little pots. When you have all the pots and boxes, save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 505 Silver Pennies, 1404 Courage Points, 12 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now go back to the lift and place the key in the golden box. It starts the Grit-lift. Hop on and ride it to get the first two or three blue CP, then jump down to the left, climb down the ladder, watch out for runaway mine cars, jump across the tracks, grab the pink CP and scram back up the ladder and catch another one of the platforms on the lift coming by. Phew! All that for a little pink CP? Oh well. If you like riding ski lifts, then you just might enjoy this ride too because it's BORING! Aside from watching Bilbo flip is sword around, trying to hang off the edges, and jump the entire time you are riding, other fun and engaging activities include Ooooooh, trying to center the rope so it's facing directly into the camera! What fun! When you finally reach the end, turn right and jump across the gap to the platforms going clockwise around that large column. Around it you'll find a white CP. You may wish to pole-jump back to where the lift is. Then keep following the wooden platforms down to the ladder! Get the box by the ladder. Then up and kill the two goblins. Then break all the pots and grab the key. I love that quote. "Haven't these goblins heard of keyrings?" Then go back down the ladder. Jump down onto those little stone ledges by the railcar track. Be careful here, as sometimes a cart will come along and end your little party! Don't play on the railroad tracks! Go to where those goblins are. Pole jump to make sure you reach it! There's not much here besides the goblins, the two snakes, and the chest. Then down the ladder provided and place the key! Get all the blue Courage Points around here and before going on the lift, save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 585 Silver Pennies, 1694 Courage Points, 13 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now get onto the lifts. Say, this looks kind of like the other one! *snore* At least you get Courage Points! I think it's about time for another health upgrade eh? Poof. At the end, hop off and follow the ledges and you find the lever! All right! Luckily they made it easy on you by providing a quick and safe method of getting back down. Hop on the little chain there my friend. Whoah. That was brief. Just follow the Blue CP now in order to get to the control box! Follow the blue CP and kill the two goblins below. You may want to save here. Okay, ride the lift and kill the goblin. go down by the pink CP. Follow the ledges around and get the two chests. Okay, now carefully get back up. If you're not very confident, ride the lift back and save, then come back over. If you are sure of yourself, then onward ho! Go over to those rotating lifts. There is a ladder to the left of them go down, get two boxes and a pink CP. You know the routine. Now get on the lifts. All three go at different rates, so you'll have to time things properly. Ride the first one all the way around for a green CP. Same with the second for another green CP. Get onto the third rotating lift. At the top, save and then go up the ladder. Break all the boxes on your way up and then attack that hooded dude in the little cave area. He's not difficult. Break all the pots and get the chest opened, finally! The wart stone! Go back down to the save station. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 715 Silver Pennies, 2054 Courage Points, 16 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Go the other path, past the save station. Keep going past the breaking bridge, and past the little narrow bridge with the pink CP above it and kill that hooded guy. To the left in that cave is another pink CP. Get it and then walk over to the edge of the cliff. Look around and you'll see a platform. Drop to it. Now keep following the platforms until you come to the chest. All right! Drop carefully down and save. Now we can go to the gate. Ask politely for the goblin to open it up, he does, but he'll fight you too! He really is a tough old buzzard......This might be a good spot to practice on your jump attacks! Collect the loot inside and follow the tunnel up. Make sure you break all of the breakable boxes. Climb up to the top and across the chain. Before you go into the room however, follow the right wall down for a gold chest. Now back up and save at the save station. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 810 Silver Pennies, 2219 Courage Points, 19 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now walk into the cavern and a cutscene will ensue. I like to walk along the right side, hiding behind the boxes and waiting for an opportunity. You're on your way to talk to the dwarf. He'll tell you where to go next. Oh, don't whack any of the crates yet! It's your cover! When you talk to him, he tells you to go activate a switch that will free him from his cell. Do so when you get the opportunity (i.e. the goblins aren't looking) and he'll run out and slay them all for you. Pick up the CP he left behind. Hehe. At one side of this room there is a cutaway up above and there are three red CP and some stones in there. Use the boxes to get up there, if you destroyed all the boxes, there is one that you can drag over. Once up, throw a rock at that lever to drop a ladder, then up the ladder! To the left are some CP and a box. Forward is a gold chest, several boxes and CP. In the chest you get Master Stick Tactics! You can chain three attacks now! Whoopee! There is one more area up here, with two chests in it, a box, a skeleton key, and a lever. Activate the lever to open up one of the cells downstairs. Did you get another health bubble? Go into the dwarf's cell and behind one of the boxes to find a pink CP. Now go back to that save station you were last at. Next to it is a cell that was just opened and you can get SP and CP in there! Including a white one! Now go back to the room and out the other exit. Just follow the trail of CP all the way up to the top of the large cavern. Oh great. More goblins. Joy. Go ahead and help yourself! Get the two boxes on the shelf (that tiny one too) and then save. This room is clear except for the mine cart right? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 950 Silver Pennies, 2972 Courage Points, 22 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now into the mine cart flyboy. It's a wild ride so fasten your seatbelts! I love this. There are switches all along the pathway, ignore the first two and hit the only green one you see to switch it to red, just ride to the end and pick up the White CP and treasure chest, not to mention Waters of Vigour. Smash that jar for a pink CP while your at it too. There's a good lad. **A BIG EDIT!!!!!!** According to Bigbadwolf of GameFAQs, you don't have to go all the way around, you can get to that little cross-brace by getting on top of a crate first, if you break it though, then tough luck, you'll have to do it this hard way, detailed in the next paragraph. Now here's the tricky part I told you would come. You have to walk out on the tracks, line yourself up with that beam underneath you (the one with the White CP on it) and jump for the wall, hopefully you'll land on the beam and be able to pick up the CP, if not, tough luck, but you did save right? Now you have to drop down, make your way ALL the way back to the gate that you opened, ALL the way back to the prison cells, and BACK to the mine cart. Seems like a waste of time doesn't it. To me too. :S If you did it the "easy" way, then just get back into the mine cart and it will take you to the starting point again. If not, same thing, you'll go back to this starting point. Now into the mine cart and whack the first red sign you see, then the second, and likewise the third. We're out! Hit the crate (where you landed) for the last of the Silver Pennies. Walk over by the pool and head along to the right, climb up some stairs, grab a health poition and, hey! That shiny thing there, what is it? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1000 Silver Pennies, 3100 Courage Points, 23 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Buy the Rock Bag upgrade. Don't worry about anything else, you should have plenty of health potions and enough of the antidotes to go around. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 6: Flies and Spiders (CHPTR6) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Find the Dwarves ()Rescue the Dwarves ()Escape the Spider Lair ()Burn Away the Thick Web ()-Find Oil ()-Use Oil on Campfire []Find Memento for Corwin First things, save at the save station. As the title of this level suggests, there are going to be a lot of spiders in this level, again, the green ones will poison you, try to take these out first. If you get poisoned (your health bubbles turn green) then you'll want to use one of your antidotes. What's nice now though is you finally have the Ring! It will make you invisible for a period of time, to certain enemies. Keep and eye on the ring meter on the upper right of your screen, when it is depleted, you will cease to be invisible, and depending on where you are, this can be awful inconvenient! Break open the three cacoons. I'll call them pods. Then climb up the vine. In this little area you meed some new enemies! These plants will wind up (or take a deep "breath" if you can call it that) and then let loose a stream of missile seeds at you. Ouch, that hurts. They can sense you even with your ring on, but when you have it on you can tip-toe around and they won't shoot at you. Kill the three that are in this next little area. Make sure you get the red CP in one of the "normal" plant ;) There's a chest here as well. After you've opened it, climb up on the log and hop on over to the other side, there's another plant as well as a spider web and some pods. Cut the web and climb up on the log. Hey! That's Dori's Helmet! I'll do a checkpoint here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 16 Silver Pennies, 91 Courage Points, 1 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= hop down and be prepared for some spiders to come and attack you. The best way to deal with most enemies is to jump attack them and then slash them a few times, run away, and repeat. The large spiders are no exception. The small ones can be dealt easily with if you only whack at them while they are coming towards you. When you cut the large web spanning the path in front of you, you'll trigger three spiders to come at you, the dreaded green ones! If these touch you then they'll poison your health! If that happens, make sure you kill all the green ones to prevent getting re-poisoned and then use an antidote potion if the green hasn't stopped (it will cease after some time). The best way to deal with these small spiders is to cut the web, run away (jumping as you go) and switch to your stick. Then jump attack to kill lots of them at once, as long as the spiders are within a certain radius, they will be killed. That water DOES indeed look foul doesn't it? Hop onto the vine hanging in the middle. There is another vine also, you'll want to hop quickly onto that and then off because it will break. There are certain fouler things than Orcs and goblins around here. Minions of the Necromancer! As you continue down to the river they will come at you, first one and then two at a time. They are easy to kill, jump attack them and then whack whack whack! You can save at the save station right on the river side of that foul pond by the way. What's this? A rotten log do I see? Throw a stone at it to make it fall, creating a convenient bridge for yourself! Aren't you clever! On this side of the river is a chest, some pods and some flowers, do what you want first, but then go back to where that rotten log was hanging before. Don't go up the vine by where the flowers were yet though. Head to where the log was hanging. You'll be able to walk across and jump on a vine, from there you can jump onto another branch and collect the courage points there, then onto the next vine. This one will drop down, so if you fall you don't have to go all the way back across the river to get up again. Jump to and on the other side of the next rotten vine. Collect the CP and then you'll see two little rotten vines hanging close to eachother, go along them to get to a little covey in the tree with a white CP in it, now go back and go on the green vine (to go across the branch hanging over the foul pond. You're trying to get to that branch. It has a mushroom on the tip of it. It's hard though because Bilbo sort of "targets" that vine that is hanging from the branch, so your jump will be bad. I like to point Bilbo to the left until he stops reaching for the vine, and then jump, just holding right so I'll land on the branch. Now walk carefully along and then jump onto the next vine. It looks like it's far away but you should be able to just do a normal jump to it. Then go on over to the left and gather in that group with the Red CP. Walk to the end of this branch and you'll see what looks like a rotten vine, get on it and then jump to the left. Two red and one green CP await you right? Walk straight to the chest! Not a bad batch of Silver Pennies! Take the only fork that is left and gather in the remaining CP in this area, drop down, go across the foul pond again, across the log in the river, and then over to where the flowers are/were. Up the vine to get over that huge log and you're in a camp. You can save here. Before you go forward any..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 132 Silver Pennies, 550 Courage Points, 3 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Run towards the man you see. His name is Corwin and his story is sad. Doesn't that music make you want to cry? Go through the log and cut the web, we've got to get the oil! Next is one of the most fun parts in this level I think, just slash and hack all the way! There is a huge group of flowers, you should be in the market about now for a health bubble upgrade so be alert for that. Slash the flowers! Down with the daisies! You may or may not need to use a health potion or two (or even a waters of vigour, you should have two by now) but try to stay alive, the dwarves need you! Collect the CP before going on over the log. There are some odd looking platforms in front of you, they start moving as soon as you jump on them. First off we want to go forward and to the right (across the platforms) If you fall of, try to get back on because apparently the ground has some sort of poisonous gas or something...... Did you get that white CP that was there? Good, now go across the rest of the platforms to get to the other side where the savepoint is. Save before dropping down. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 136 Silver Pennies, 1116 Courage Points, 3 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now go down and get that chest over in that little covey. More money! The only thing left to do now is to walk out onto that very obvious hole covered with leaves. How do you suppose we get out of here? Well, first we collect all the Courage Points, then we move the block that is holding the water back! This causes the water to rise so get on that log as quick as possible or you'll be a drowned rat in no time! Ride the log to the top but instead of jumping on over to the other side, why don't you hop onto that vine that is right next to you log? From there you can climb up a little and then jump onto that little ledge with all the goodies. Careful though! You don't want the vine to break before you make your leap! Be quick about it! Now get back to your log and then go onto the other side with a pole jump. There are plenty of spiders in this area so be careful! A couple big spiders and several little ones will come at you if you go straight. If you cut the web to the right then three poisonous ones will come, if you go ANYwhere then you'll run into spiders. Yikes. Oh well, just take them one at a time and soon you'll have them all beat. Get the chest (it has the oil) and then go to the left of the chest. There's a hole you can go down into, with a monster spider in it! It's really not hard to kill, all you do is jump attack it and then slash it while it's down, then when it gets back up, run around until your sword meter builds up again (if you need it to) and then jump attack it again. It should be dead after 10 or so attacks. Pull the block over so you can get up onto that ledge that has the spider web covering the opening. Inside is two Gold Chests and a signet ring! How in the world did that spider get so much money? Oh well, now hop up around the rock outcroppings that are around this room. Make sure you jump across for those two Pink CP! Ah! We're out of this dank dark hole at last! Ignore the stuff on the trees up above, we can't get to those just yet, just head up the steps (where the three poison spiders were) and get the chest up there, the hey! We're back in the camp! Talk to Corwin (who gives you a handsome reward for finding his family heirloom) and then why don't you save while you're in the camp. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 538 Silver Pennies, 1556 Courage Points, 8 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Walk over to the fire and press B on it to place the oil Don't get too close or you might singe the hair on your furry little toes! Hop over that log and hey! It's Nori's cape! To your right behind a spider web is some mushrooms if you need them, but we're almost due for another health upgrade so it's not really important. All of a sudden a bunch of spiders come at you! What will you do brave hero? You of course calmly whip out your sword and kill them all right? N-n-n-now wasn't that b-b-b-brave? Open the chest for a health potion, and then bust open the pods. Ah! More health bubbles! How do we get across the river? You ask me. I reply matter-o-factly that you merely go to the tree. Which tree? You query further. Why, that tree by the waterfall of course! I exclaim. See. I continue. There are some vines on the river side of the tree that you'll be able clamber up and then leap to the hanging vine by! Simple as that! Pole jump across the gap in the logs and cut the web, beware because instantly, three nasty, horrible poisonous spiders will try to attack you! Kill them. All of them. Ah! A savepoint. You want this. See, I TOLD you we'd soon come to this area up above and here we are! I didn't lie! Once you hop onto that green vine, it will drop down so that if you fall, you can always get back up again! Pretty nifty eh? You'd better make it drop and then head back, see that green CP? Get it and then you'll be able to jump across the gap to a chest and pink CP. Now go back the other way and jump across the top of those columns to the next save point. Get the three CP and the stack of Silver Pennies next to the save station. Save here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 597 Silver Pennies, 1729 Courage Points, 10 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now go on down the log. Hey! Well that was a long way to get around the river wasn't it? Anywho, drop down and start collectin'. Or not. There's a TON of those Necromancer minions here! Wow! What a fight! There are exploding rocks that you can gather to help yourself along, but for the main part just dodge and jump attack, slash and hack and for heaven's sake, keep out of their way! I had to use a health potion (or rather I wanted to) but you might not have to if you do it right. Open the chest up and then go to that green vine. It carries you up to a little cave in the tree that has a stack of SP. Nice. Then go up the steps and drop down on the other side. Great. More minions. Oh well. One method is to stand like a chicken on the steps you just dropped down from and throw stones at the poor minions, or you can fight it out like a ma.....a hobbit. Excuse me. I would just say watch out especially for those guys who shoot the bows, they can cause REAL damage if they hit you with one of their explosions. Again, there are exploding rocks that may aid you. Open the chest. Luckily they give you plenty of health potions in this game! There are some SP and pods down by the water, then I suggest you save because you don't want to have to go through all that again do you? You DO! Fine, don't save, see if I care! :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 610 Silver Pennies, 2294 Courage Points, 12 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There's lots of ways to do this area. Here's just one of them. Hop onto that raft and when it comes around and past the save station again, jump onto that little bit of land with a vine going up (it's next to the save station). You'll know you're on the right one when you climb up and it looks like you're on a huge stump from an ancient tree. Pole jump across, then onto the vine, and then hey! It's the red pot! What's it for you ask? Well, just wait and find out. You can drop down now. Now get onto the raft again and this time jump onto that little island that has the vine hanging down by it. Climb up and hop onto the branch that has a SP and red CP on it. Walk along the branch and you'll come to a green vine, if you jump on it it will drop so you can get up again if you fall. Convenient. Turn around towards the tree that you just came from and you'll see a rotting vine that leads to a brown chest. Go get the chest! Now back, and through the hole in the tree ahead to the blue chest. Nice. See that tiny vine next to that tree that the blue chest is in? It's a rotting one. Yeah, that one. Pole jump to it and quickly go around and get the stack of SP in that little niche. Now go back to the blue chest. If you fall, don't sweat it, you can get back via that vine that dropped earlier. Hanging from the tree with the tunnel in it there is another vine. This one's safe so get on it. Jump to the next branch and to your right, hey! It's the blue urn! You can pole jump from here to the last branch in this area with goodies on it, alternately, you could have gone to this branch when you got the red urn..... Now go to the save station and save again. Back on the raft and get that green CP on that island if you haven't. Then ride the raft over to those two vines, from here you can jump across to get the last urn, the yellow one. Now set the urns on the pedastal. To place the Urns (apparently they are in alphabetical order) you need to select them in the right order. Of course, red is first, then blue, then yellow. Just press B on the pedastal and then scroll down using the d-pad to get the proper Urn. Simple as that. Yikes! It's the Wight Lord! The mushrooms regenerate in this area so if you don't want to use health potions you can keep running around the room until they reappear. Three minions appear to help the Wight Lord, one just has a sword and two have those nasty bows. Take those two out and leave the sword weilding one, if you kill him then three more will appear and we don't want that do we? When you get the opportunity, jump attack the Necromancer and then whack him several times, jump to avoid his attacks when you retreat. It's a game of cat and mouse. An alternate method, and one that I use myself is to rush the Wight Lord as soon as you can before he can summon his minions, just stick close to him and keep whacking him and jump attacking when you meter is full, you can get his health all the way down to the red before he even calls his minions and you don't lose much health! Finally he is dead! Or banished, whatever, and you can easily take out that last knight minion. Then head out the opposite exit. Open the chest and then you should save. At this point you should have =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 786 Silver Pennies, 2461 Courage Points, 15 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now trudge forward. Hey! It's Ori's boot! To your left is some pods and spiders. Use your stick jump attack to take out a mass of them at once! Now go the opposite direction and cut through several webs, I know you're expecting spiders to drop down every moment but just be patient, you'll get your fun! In this next large room they send the attack. Try to take out the small ones first with your stick jump attack, then switch to your sword and jump attack that large spider, he's much easier than his other relative and should die quickly. Hurrah! Now get the chest and cut through the next web. You can save here and there is a large mushroom group behind another web. Now up the vine and hop onto the first branch, along this one there are some red CP and wow! You get another health bubble. Nice. Next branch up there is a pink CP. Now go to that green vine and ride it up to the next highest branch which has another pink CP. Walk over and jump across the vines to the other branch. Collect the red and blue CP on this level of branch. Then onto the next green vine. You'll want to jump off it though on the way up to grab those pink CP and the gold Chest. You got the Master Sword Tactics! You can chain three attacks, this will be handy. Now back to that green vine and ride it all the way to the top branch, don't miss the Pink CP and the silver pennies up here, then go into the cave in the tree. Cimb up another vine. We're pretty high up now! Hey! Blue sky! Don't be frightened like I was the first time I heard the intense music, I ducked inside a hole and fell down, ended up killing myself and having to climb all the way back up from the bottom of the trees again. Lol. Save here, you definitely want to save. Get the chest on the end of the branch. Before you go down the log..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 891 Silver Pennies, 2754 Courage Points, 18 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Let me tell you couple things about this log. Inside are a number of Courage Points that you can collect so try to get them all, if you miss some, then reload your game (if you're going for perfect that is). Usually I miss one of the green ones if I miss one. Check at the bottom if before you get anything, you should have 2912 CP. Now gather in the treasures (that chest behind you included) and save. Balin's belt! Hey! Are we playing the Hobbit or "Where's Waldo?" Once you cut the webs here, a barage of spiders will come at you so deal with them as best you can. Sheesh! You think there's enough of those poison spiders? Go into that area with the chest and flowers, eliminating the flowers. Inside the chest is the last of the silver pennies! Cut through the next web to unleash even more of the little fiends. Then through the final web and open up the chest. Health and Antidote's! Congratulations! You just got the last chest as well! Wow! Save at the station. There are also mushrooms back there if you need to replenish your health. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1023 Silver Pennies, 3319 Courage Points, 21 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= And those numbers are for if you haven't been up on the log and gotten those three blue CP yet. If you did then of course you'll have 3321 Courage Points instead. Go into the cave and ahem. Well, something is unleashed. Kill all the spiders down below and then head up one of the large columns, it doesn't matter which because you'll have to go up all of them. At the top of a couple you can save, and at the top of a couple more, you'll be able to ride a rope (web rope) to another platform. Press B on the dwarves to free them. Once you do, more spiders will come out so wait until they come to you and then hack them. Watch out for Red Spiders, they poisoin you similar to the green ones, only these are harder to kill and take multiple hits. Somewhere along here you should get another health bubble, this starts your second row of health. Congratulations! Just after you free each set of dwarves, get down to the ground (a fast way is to jump onto the walls, which are sloped and therefore you ride down) and kill the spiders down there. Make sure you collect all the CP on each of the columns around here! Once they are all down you'll see a cutscene and a battle with the Huge Spiders will occur. Eliminate any remaining "little" spiders (all except for the huge Sister Spider) and you should have =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1023 Silver Pennies, 3900 Courage Points, 21 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Then kill the Boss Spider by jump attacking. She goes easily. The next sister appears. Again, kill all of the little spiders first and then go to work on the boss. This boss is only subsceptible to Fire Rocks and conveniently they appear :) The mushrooms in this room regenerate so you should have plenty of health. Throw a fire rock at the Spider and it damages her! Surprise! So just keep chucking rocks to kill her. After she's gone the third and hardest spider sister drops down, again, kill all of the lesser spiders before concentrating on the boss spider. When they are all gone, grab the freezing rocks and throw one, it stops her in her tracks, which allows you to do a jump attack on her! I like to do a jump attack, whack a few times and then jump out as fast as I can, throw another rock, jump attack, etc. Over and over again. I keep targeted on her nearly all the time unless I need health. You win! Like the music? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1023 Silver Pennies, 4400 Courage Points, 21 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ah, don't by anything in the vendor, you can save your money now for those Special potions. It's about all you'll need to buy now. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 7: Barrels Out of Bond (CHPTR7) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Find the Dwarves ()Find Opening Crystals ()-Find Crystal 1 ()-Find Crystal 2 ()-Find Crystal 3 ()Open Stockade Door ()Find an Exit ()-Talk to Balin ()Find Potion Ingredients ()-Find Moonleaf ()-Find Wollowweed ()-Find Spidersbane ()Make Galion Drowsy ()Talk to Balin ()Find Thorin ()Find Deep Cellar Keys ()-Find the First Key ()-Find the Second Key ()-Find the Third Key ()-Find the Fourth Key ()Free Thorin ()Open the River Gate First off, run over toward the save station, collecting the three CP on the way. There is a vine that is over on the right side that goes across the river, climb it. Then jump onto the ledge and hop down onto the next vine, slide to the ground. This is the level where you really get to use your ring, and it's a lot of fun too! The elves make funny comments such as "Was that the wind?" To which I always reply "Yes, it must have been." Use your ring when you get to the bottom, or else the patrolling guard elf will spot you. Follow alongside the river. If you wish to listen to the conversation the elves are having on the bridge, it is very interesting. Just be careful not to be caught. Follow the main path up towards the gate and yet before you get to the two elves standing in front of it, go back on the left side towards the river and over a little ledge to pick up a treaure chest. Now go past those two guards and trigger the crystal stand that opens the door. Simple enough! There are other things in this area but we'll come back anyway so it will make it easier if you just go inside now. After a cutscene, go ahead and save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 25 Silver Pennies, 12 Courage Points, 1 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= That's not very much but anyway.....Go down around the right side of this big column that is sheilding you, there are a number of elves in this room so keep your ring equipped. Drop down into the water and go to the right. Grab the two red CP as you go down into the water. There's your first opening crystal on top of that small pillar. Strange....looks more like a berry.....Jump up on the vine to get the pink CP and then head back out. Stay down in the water and recharge your ring if you need to, then go up to the king's throne, just not too close! Follow the trail of blue CP past the king and up a vine, from here head right (we'll be back to the left later) and keep going past the bridge all the way to where the two vines are hanging down, jump across them and then onto the ledge for the final opening crystal. Before you go to place them though, keep going and jump onto that lone, long vine. At the bottom of it is a red CP and across some more platforms is a green leaf (moonleaf) and up on top of another ledge is a green CP. Now go back to the bridge. See those stands and the blocks next to them? You need to place a crystal in each of those stands. It lowers a little thing and then you can drag the block over on top of them. Look closely at the patterns on the top of each of the blocks and drag them over to the corresponding position. Simple enough! Now go across the bridge and save without gathering any of those blue CP leading down into the cave yet. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 25 Silver Pennies, 79 Courage Points, 1 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now head on down into the prisons. Soon you'll come to a room with three elves in it, run behind them (I don't have to tell you to have your ring equipped right?) and get the three red CP, then head down to the right through another tunnel, a loading scene will tirgger. Now head out into the next room and a cutscene will trigger, there's the dwarves! You just follow the trail of blue CP to the other end of this cavern, then up the ladder next to the two elves guarding a cave entrance. Once up the ladder, you're probably getting low on ring usage, so duck behind that pillar to the left (there is a lady elf there). Hopefully you don't get caught! Then keep going that direction in order to gather in a green a pink CP next to eachother. You may have to wait for a man elf to move out of the way :) There is another group of two green and one pink CP and then by some barrels is a red CP. Then go over to the dwarves cell, talk to Balin who is by the "window." He give you enough CP to give you another health bubble! Congratulations! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 25 Silver Pennies, 294 Courage Points, 1 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Then save and go through that cave where the two elves were guarding before, they've left now and in their stead is some blue CP leading down. After a cutscene with Galion, Bilbo gets the idea of sending the dwarves down the river in barrels! There's not much of interest here yet so head on back up, following the new path of CP back to Balin to tell him of your discovery. Lianna makes her entrance again. All right, you've got the web potion now. Head up the path laid out in front of you. A loading scene tells you you're coming to the surface again. Hop onto that green vine (it drops down so that if you fall you can get back up again) and then over onto the other side. To your right is a ledge that you can go grab onto and wiggle along, if you need stones, there are some there but what we really want is that chest way over there. Keep wiggling. Now go back to the vine and climb up it. Go across a rotting vine and then to your left what looks like a maple leaf is another herb. Pick it up and hop onto the vine next to it. Go across and through the door. Aha! A spider web! Burn it. Kill all of the poison spiders and then cut through some of the webs, it will trigger a LOT of bigger spiders to come, take them all out. Once you have everything in the room, go ahead and head out again. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 25 Silver Pennies, 711 Courage Points, 2 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Instead of going back into the cave you came into the courtyard from though, go past the main gate. There is a save station on the other side that you can use if you wish. You can find a deep celler key 3 back in a little area (you are in the courtyard right now), then jump up onto one of the cliffs nearby to get up to the vine. From that vine you can jump to another vine, and from there you can get to that pink CP. Now get back up to that spot you first jumped onto that vine from (all in the same vicinity) and follow the little ledges along the cliff to the left (towards the river) to get some more CP in front of a grate. Now go back to those two vines I keep referring to. Jump across to the other side. You'll be able to wiggle along a ledge over here to another spot where you can place a crystal, only you don't have the crystal yet so just grab the red CP and head inside the main gate. Alternately you can go to the other side where that green vine is, and that's probably the best way. You're going back to the barrel room where Lianna was, so I'll meet you there. She tells you to place the herbs in Galion's mug so sneak on down there and press B on his mug, then place all three herbs in there, a cutscene takes place and you get a bunch more CP. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 25 Silver Pennies, 926 Courage Points, 2 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Then you can go back to the prison cells. Follow the trail of Blue CP of course. Talk to Balin. After a cutscene, Lianna takes you to the entrance to the darkwater caverns. Jump on down! There are a lot of creatures around the edges of this room so I suggest going around the perimeter and killing them all first. In one area you'll see a small archway that has a lot of those frog things in it, kill them (watch out for their poisonous breath) and make sure you get that pod there, then back to the place you came in (near the save station). Right next to where you came in is a vine that leads up to two red CP. Then back next to the save station is a small "island" that I want you to go to, from there you can hop onto a vine-wall and climb up, off to the right is a couple of vines, and a platform you'll jump to with a green CP at the end, also there's a pod. Get them and then go back to the platform with that clinging vine on it. Jump to another vine in order to get to that platform with the green and red CP on it, then across another vine to some more green and red CP. Then across two more vines and you'll be able to jump to a narrow (very narrow) ledge that leads around the corner. Jump to the next two vines and you'll pick up a small round bluish object. A blueberry! Well, not exactly.....It's the fourth elvish opening crystal, we'll use it later. Go ahead and drop now. See those narrow bridge-like objects in the water? Get onto them and walk to the end to pick up a Pink CP (among others). Now back to that wall-vine! Straight ahead of you as you reach the top, you'll see some blue CP (if you haven't accidentally been over there already) and a ledge that you can grab onto, grab onto it then. Jump off it onto a vine, then up the vine and onto another ledge. At the end of this one, hop off onto a little platform and down below to your left you can see yet another part you can grab onto, but you don't need to grab on, just walk around it and drop down by the blue CP. Jump up onto the vine nearby and climb up for three green CP. Then back down and into the cave up here. Inside are a bunch of those little tiny guys, so equip your stick and slay them. A jump attack with the stick works nicely on a large group! Make sure that before you go up the vine that drops down (when all of them are dead) that you get the pod that is in a small cave area (next to three mushrooms) then go up the vine. Get the three CP by the save station and then save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 70 Silver Pennies, 1602 Courage Points, 2 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= But don't be really worried if you don't have the same statistics right here, there is still more to come (this is a large, not really linear area so it's hard for everyone to do it exactly the same). First jump to the green vine off to the right (just in case you fall) then go back and onto the other vine. Across this one is a pod, straight ahead and to the left is a little ledge with some CP on it, so get those and then back to this bridge thing. Walk along it to get to the first Gold Chest. Sometimes it's a little tricky to open. Wow! That was quite a cache! You ain't seen nothing yet baby! Go across that rotting vine to the next Gold chest. Open it. 1100 Silver Pennies all at once! We musta found the royal treasury or somethin'! Then hop up the other rotting vine next to it to get that white CP. Now back to that green vine and up it and on top of that archway. Sheesh! The SP are still counting up! Now that you're on the archway, get onto the platforms and start climbing vines. Get on top of that tall platform for a green CP, and then get down and on that ledge with the red and green CP. From here you can go on a couple more vines to a blue chest. This should be the last of the Silver pennies. All the enemies are dead down below right? Well, back across the vines and platforms to that entrance with the Blue CP leading into it. This tunnel winds up and to the left. Jump across a couple of gaps and wiggle across that handhold area, then keep going. Follow the blue CP all the way. Get onto a couple of vine and at the top is another cave entrance and your last Deep Celler key. Go on up and you'll get another loading scene. This is where Thorin is kept! First off, go to the left and open that gate (you trigger it by using that crystal stand). Then go over by Thorin's cell and open that chest. Trust me, you want to do this first. And that was your last chest. Now save. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1445 Silver Pennies, 1763 Courage Points, 6 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you have less than these numbers, you should be worried now. *Edit* These number may have gotten a little tweaked somehow, if you're within three you're okay. Place the crystals in the proper places to open Thorin's cell. You can use the process of elimination easily enough. The hole closest the Thorin is number one and then work your way around clockwise. A cutscene takes place where Bilbo is packing the dwarves. At last! More CP! It's funny to hear the dwarves comments while they're packed like sardines in those barrels! Before you open the gates and end the level, we have another errand. Go up to that little room just above the Barrel room (but before the prisons) and up the tunnel to the outside. Remember that crystal we couldn't place before? Now we can thanks to our blueberry! By now you should have 1937 CP. I'll let you find your own way to the crystal stand in the courtyard. Now go down the tunnel for a couple of white CP, and a scroll! Master Throwing Tactics! Equip your ring and you're back down inside the palace! Ahead of you is a bridge but we don't want to go on the bridge just yet, to to your right and up a vine on top of this big table area. To your right is some red CP. Then to a pole jump to the vine heading to the other side of the room, from that vine, jump (make sure you've climbed high enough to make it) jump to the rotten vine, and then down onto the other large flat platform. Go to the right of it for two more red CP and then jump down to a little ledge for a green and two reds. That's the last of them! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1445 Silver Pennies, 2100 Courage Points, 6 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now head past the throne again and go down to the barrel room. Once there, go up the ramp and head over to the crystal stand to open up the gate and let out the barrels. Good job Mr. Baggins! You don't need to buy anything, but if you want another health bubble (This is all you'll be spending money on now) then buy a Waters of Fortitude. <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Chapter 8: A Warm Welcome (CHPTR8) <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ()Talk to the Master of Lake-town ()Stake Out the Wine Warehouse ()Follow the Thief ()Inspect the East Warehouse ()Talk to Bard ()Explore the Cider House ()Find Rennar ()Inspect Rennar's Warehouse ()Tell Bard about the weapons ()Find the Black Arrow ()Talk to Malloc ()Bring Malloc his Dagger ()Find Theives Hideout ()-Find a Bottle in the Cider House ()-Find a Bottle in the Cider House ()-Find a Bottle in Rand's House ()-Find a Bottle in Elik's House ()-Find a Bottle in Orlan's House ()Retrieve the Black Arrow ()Return Black Arrow Thorin tells you to find the Master of the town and give him your thanks. However, I tell you to run around the town first and "clean" it up. We'll want to collect everything we can before talking to the Master of the town. First off, let's be sure of one thing. The center of this town has all the building in sort of a square around it, the water is in the center way down below. Go to the center and head left next to a save station. See down in the water where you can drop down to that Pink CP? Drop down and get it, then follow the other CP to the large White one. Once you have it (don't fall in the water) go back to that floating piece of wood and then up the little pillars/piers. Back up and off the piers? Go into that little passage in the corner behind the man standing right when you get off the piers. Up on a little walkway to the left is a green CP, you don't have to go up and around to get it, just jump for it. Then go under the platform with the save station on it, and out to the water. Along the walkway you'll come to a sign that says East Warehouse. Right about there you want to drop down to the water, on top of a little platform with a red CP on it. Along the base of the waterline you see another Pink CP, walk along the little narrow walkway to it. Then turn directly around and keep walking and hopping along the little walkways. Soon you'll come to some platforms that go up to your left and out of the water. Follow. Recognize these broken crates? Smash it, and then hop onto the vine, grab the Pink CP on top of all the crates, then down and smash some more crates. To your left is a small stack of crates you can climb on and get over that fence thereby. Do it. You can save here if you want. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 100 Silver Pennies, 160 Courage Points, 0 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Then walk along the bridge and you're back at the East Warehouse sign! Continue along the docks. See the ropes right near Rennar's Warehouse (reading the sign)? Jump up on them. After the second one, you see three pots near a doorway, one large and two small. Smash them. Up on the next highest rope you'll be able to jump to a green CP. That's about all you find up here so go back down and back to the Rennar's Warehouse sign. There is a dock directly across from it and at the end is a little group of CP. Grab them. Again, you can save here if you wish. Then back up and continue along the out walkway some more. We pass some crates that look like crab traps or something, keep going to the boat that is turned upside down on the walkway. Right here is a little place that looks like a boat repair shop. There are some rops here and you can hop up to get a green CP. Kind of a ramshackle shack isn't it? Keep going along the walkway. Right next to Kili is some platforms going out around a tower with some Pink CP and ropes hanging down. A lot of the platforms will collapse after a short time to be quick about going around the ropes. Also, a couple of the ropes are rotting, so be careful on that point too. But hey! They ARE Pink CP after all! Keep going around past Fili. Take a right at Nori :) The sign behind him says Wine Warehouse. Remember these signs. Anyway, you took a right at Nori. Walk along these upper platforms and you'll find another skeleton key. How nice! I haven't used any of mine yet.... Jump up onto the rope, then onto the upper platform that is right below that Pink CP. Easy. Then grab the Pink CP of course! Looks like a dead-end. Ah! But across from there you can see another walkway, jump to it and go around this lone tower-like thing (it's the one you went around for those three Pink CP on those ropes, only now you're on top). There are lots of jars back here, for lots of fun! Smash Bros. Now grab the green CP, that's the last thing that's up here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 155 Silver Pennies, 310 Courage Points, 0 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To the left of Nori (near the Wine Warehouse) is a passage that will take you right back to the center. Anyway, you'll find your way back to the center, then talk to the Master (or Bard), that's about all you can do at this point. The Master is in the center area, surrounded by a three men. On either side of him you'll find a Red CP and three lead up to him. So you should have 323 CP right before you talk to him. He introduces you to Bard, who in turn asks for a hand with something. Sounds like fun right? To catch a thief.......Besides, he gives you money. Turn to the left and follow the Blue CP to the Wine Warehouse. Bilbo spots a good place to hide, so run there. All you have to do is stay fairly close to the theif, use your ring when you need to and follow him (or if you're daring, you can run ahead of him, just don't get too far ahead). He eventually leads you back to the East Warehouse. There he disappears and you go and tell Bard. Now he asks you to investigate the East Warehouse. Simple enough right? Turn to the right, go across the bridge to the East Warehouse and save at the station. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 180 Silver Pennies, 512 Courage Points, 0 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Press B on the warehouse door to get inside. Whack open all those crates in here and then drop down into the next room. Goblins! Here! How did they get here! You know what to do with goblins by now don't you? There are a couple up above that you'll either have to jump up to or throw stones at. Phew! There are some breakable crates in a corner. Under a small hole between crates is a sack of SP. There is a chest to the right of that. Then activate the switch to the right of the chest. Inside is a couple of chests, some breakable crates, a switch, and a save station. You can use that block in the center to get to the blue chest (or you could just jump up on the save station) and the switch. You don't have to activate it if you don't want to, you could pole jump instead. Now get out and climb up up to the platforms around the perimeter of the large room. Go around counterclockwise to the blue chest (activate the switch and break the crates on your way), then back on the rope and through the doorway you came into the warehouse from.Before you press B on the door though.... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 510 Silver Pennies, 732 Courage Points, 4 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bard talks to you and asks you to visit him at the Cider House. After being transported to the Cider House, he asks you to get some information for him fron the frequenters of the Cider House, information regarding his Black Arrow. Then he gives you a mess of Pink CP to boot! Grand! Go into the pub. On the upper floor is a man who can tell you some information, talk to him. After he tells you that the weapons are in Rennar's Warehouse, leave and go there. But we can't get in yet! Follow the trail of Blue CP to the man standing on the dock. He'll give you the key. Now into the Warehouse! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 510 Silver Pennies, 913 Courage Points, 4 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Not that I really needed a checkpoint there but anyway.... There is lots of green gases coming out of the floor and walls here, it will poison you but if you try to go slow, chances are you'll get hurt worse. Just run through and turn around and run through some more, ignore the CP at this time. There's a switch down here, AHA! It turns off the gas! Now we can go back and get the Green CP there. Go to the end of the stack of crates before you turn back though, if you get on top of that board you can jump on top of the crates and get some goodies up there (in breakable crates). Go ahead, help yourself! The trick to getting on top of the crates is to press forward against the ones you are trying to climb, you'll be able to stand on a tiny lip and then jump up to the top. Now go back to the switch and jump up to the save station. Then quickly jump up those narrow boards to the top, they will fall after a short period so hurry up! Once you're safe on a rope or platform then jump up to the rope near that little shaft leading down. Fall down and battle some of those Froggy things. I got another health bubble from it :) In one corner is some crates you can break (joy), in another is some pots to break (double joy) and then get up onto the crate and climb up. You'll have to weasle your way across platforms and moving ropes. There is a save station up here. If you look closely you'll see a rotting rope, jump to it and then to the next rope, climbing all the way up this one to a Pink CP and a Gold Chest. Then drop down to that Blue CP and into the next room. Up the rope here and across the wooden walkways to another rope. Just follow the Blue CP to where you want to go. Save at the station and then open the door (switch to the left). Ah! The Black Arrow! Collect the Pink CP and trigger the switch. Again, follow the trail of Blue CP all the way around to that other save station. Then trigger the switch there. Drop down onto a crate (so you don't fall as far) and then out the door you just opened. Before you leave..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 680 Silver Pennies, 1238 Courage Points, 5 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now Exit. Bard asks you to talk to Malloc who is in the Cider house. Not a problem right? The Cider House is easily marked as the one with the Blue Courage Points leading into it :) Malloc is the old man. Talk to him and he'll ask you to get his dagger. Outside the Cider House, go clockwise to get to Malloc's house. Three Blue CP are outside the door. You need to get his dagger! It's inside a chest in the house, easily grabbed. Then go back to the Cider House. Malloc tells you that now you need to gather bottles to unlock the door to the thieves lair. One you can get by talking to the man behind the bar, Vaden, he'll give you bottle. Another is down in the celler (the opening to it is near the two dwarves in this room).The doorways of the houses of the theives are easy to spot, they have a large Red Serpent sign on them. Plus, when you go near the doors it will say something like "Orlan's House" etc. Go inside and get the chest when you come to a door like this. There are two in the center area, and one is near the East Warehouse, up on that upper area across from it and up by the save station. Now back to the Cider House for more instructions from Malloc! Yellow is to the left of Red and Blue, which is not next to Black. Purple can only lie beside Black and none else, Black is to the right of Yellow. Huh? That's it! We don't even need that third clue because this is so easy! I urge you to figure it out for yourself but if you can't, the read on. Since we know that Purple is only beside Black and none else, then we know that Purple is on an end. Black is next to it. Okay, we only have three more bottles. Yellow is not next to black, but Yellow IS to the left of Red and Blue, so from that we can deduce that Purple is on the far right, Black is next, and Yellow is on the far left. All we have now is Red and Blue! Since the riddle doesn't specify in which order they go, they can alternate. So we have two possible combinations: Yellow, Red, Blue, Black, Purple or Yellow, Blue, Red, Black, Purple. Confidentially, it's the latter :) Go down into the celler (and see what you can find) and place the bottles in the proper order, from left to right. Easy! Piece of cake! It opens the passage to the theives lair..... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Checkpoint! 1030 Silver Pennies, 1622 Courage Points, 9 Chests =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Okay, we've got to go down that rope and into the *gulp* lair. Easy enough! There's a save station down here. Use it and then go over to those controls. You want to switch around the pieces to get to certain areas. You want to be able to get to opposing corners at the same time, so if you want to get to the lower right corner, you have to also be able to get to the upper left corner. All right. Switch the center lower one, and the center middle one. This allows you to get to the upper right and lower left at the same time. Press B to get out of this control mode. Then go up to the upper right, activate a switch and back down to the lower left to get in the door before the time runs out. If you skip the cutscene you'll have more time to run. *EDIT* For PC Users only! I had a section for you near the bottom of this guide in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section. Unfortunately, no one seems to check that part of the guide and so I frequently get asked the same questions anyway :( PC Users have a problem getting to the side platforms, you have three choices: One is to use a Gamepad or a Joystick for analog control. Another choice is to (I have heard) use the arrow keys on your keyboard. The final, and likely the easiest is to use your "strafe" keys, which should be A and D on your keyboard. These are standard strafing keys on most games. Use A to go left and D to go right. I wonder if I'll still be asked this question now......? Grab the two chests and then activate the switch on the back wall to open the doors. Go back to the control panel. You can figure this one out for yourself, you just have to be able to get to the upper left switch and the lower right door at the same time. Get the chest and then back to the control panel (if you need to) and make a path for you to go straight ahead through that door with the three Blue CP in it. There is a save station in here. Try to figure