Erebor: Belt
After Smaug is defeated, you will be in Erebor. After
solving the block riddle, Bombur will want you to find a belt.
Next to Thorin are wooden platforms. Climb them and get the belt.
Then in the gear room, climb up the wooden platforms in the back
of the room and put it in the gears.
Lake Town: Wine bottle riddle
Once you get all five of the wine bottle in Lake-Town,
Malloc will tell you a riddle about how the bottles are arranged.
The order is as follows:
1. Yellow Wine Bottle
2. Blue Wine Bottle
3. Red Wine Bottle
4. Black Wine Bottle
5. Purple Wine Bottle
Mirkwood Forest: Fighting spiders
When fighting the spiders, stay up on one of the rocks.
Throw rocks at her minions. If you run out of rocks, just slpp
on your ring and sneak (or she will hear you and attack), over
to some rocks and get them.
Mirkwood Forest: Avoiding spiders
Go to the North Camp. After you fill the hole with
water, go to the camp. Slowly walk toward the gold chest until
spiders appear. Then, run back to the water and jump onto the
log. If done correctly, the spiders will have followed you to
the water. The spiders will try to get you, but will instead fall
in the water. You will not get the courage points, but you will
have saved your life bubbles.
Stay at the North Camp. Destroy all the webs except the one that
makes you fall into a pit. Forget that one and just continue with
the game. When You return to the North Camp, destroy that web.
You will fall into a pit. Normally a huge spider would have been
in the pit, but if you killed all the spiders first, that spider
will no longer appear.
Roast Mutton: Trolls
Do these followings in order to sneak by the Trolls
and get the wallet. First, find the first Troll. He should be
standing and doing nothing. Once he leaves, he will go to another
area, then return to his original area. If he leaves his area,
go and pass him by, then climb the small stairs. Once up, you
will see a blue chest. The first Troll you once encountered will
go to another area. Go to the area that the Troll has moved to.
There about three Trolls here. You will see the troll rubbing
his back against a tree trunk. Then, he will leave his area and
rub his back against another tree trunk. When he is leaving his
original area, and is going to another tree trunk, try not sneak
when he leaves; you will not be very accurate and it will be very
easy for the trolls to catch you. However, running works best.
Run exactly when he leaves, and when he is not looking. Hide behind
the rock that is near the Trolls' second area. Press [L1]
to kneel down so that the troll cannot see you. After that, you
will see a trail. Go onto that trail. Keep in mind that there
is another Troll, and he is sleeping. Stay on the trail only,
not the leaves, or he will wake up. Press [L1] to sneak past
him. You will see two rocks. Jump on them until you see an obstacle
course. Cross the obstacle course, and the second Troll you encountered
will find two rocks and sit down to rest. In order to sneak by
him, notice that when he yawns he is not paying attention to who
is crossing his area. When he yawns, sneak by him, run to the
rock, and press [L1]. When you do, you will see the first
Troll you encountered. He will walk back and fourth. When he is
not looking, run to the rock and press [L1]. Keep doing this
maneuver to reach the wallet. Note: Try not to throw rocks at
the trolls. If you do, he will start looking for you, and try
to eat you.
The Unexpected Party: Finding the
Waters Of Vigour
After you are done getting all the food for Bombur,
go to a well in the apple orchard. The Hobbit that was standing
there earlier should be gone. Press [Square] and a bucket
should come up with the Waters Of Vigour in it.
Water room puzzle
To gain entry to the water room, read the plaques on
either side of the puzzle: "You must walk through EREBOR
to reach it's heart". Approach the statue behind you and
press [Square]. The runes on the front spell EREBOR. Spell
these out on the puzzle floor and the door will open. Note: Make
sure to walk on the letters in the correct order.
Defeating Smaug
Stay behind the debris until all of the fire is gone.
Even though he stops, some fire is still there and it will kill
even if you take one step out. The ring will not help you at all.
Saving Beorn
In order to save Beorn on the last level, you must
push four different blue barrels located around the area. Follow
the courage crystals and do not stop to fight. Use the ring when
you encounter enemies, because you are timed.
Easy courage points
On the last level when you meet Liana, she will start
fighting the Goblins. There will be an unlimited amount of them.
If you need to level up, stay there for awhile and collect all
of the courage points.
In the last level (Gathering Of The Clouds), when you meet up
with Lianna, you can get endless courage points by either waiting
at the top of the ladder for Lianna to kill all of the Orcs, or
by fighting them yourself. The Orcs will keep appearing, supplying
you with endless courage points.
At the beginning of the final level (The Clouds Burst) after talking
to Gandalf and receiving his message, look around. You will see
three female Elves. Face away from Gandalf and Elvenking Thranduil.
Then, go to the female elf on your left. Talk to this female elf
seven times and a lot of courage points (value 50) will appear,
which you will automatically collect. This will total 2,000 courage
points. To talk seven times faster, press [Start]. If you
do not receive the 2,000 courage points, you are probably talking
to the wrong female elf. In this case, just try the others until
you get the courage points.
Obtaining equipment
There are three items you can acquire throughout the
game: the walking stick, throwing rocks, and Sting. The walking
stick can be found in a chest in Bag End at the Shire (first level).
The rocks can be found in a grove of apple trees in the Shire.
Sting is obtained in the troll cave at the end of that level.
Mithrill Chainmail Vest
When you get to the level after defeating Smaug, one
of the Dwarves should give you a chainmail vest.
Carrier upgrades
At the end of each level, you will be taken to the
vendor. Here, you can buy upgrades for your rock bag and medicine
chest. Each affects your carrying capacity. The upgrades are as
follows:
Rock Bag
First upgrade: +10 rock carrying capacity; total of 20 rocks.
Second upgrade: +10 rock carrying capacity; total of 30 rocks.
Medicine Chest
First upgrade: +5 antidote and health potion carrying capacity;
total of 10 each.
Second upgrade: +5 antidote and health potion carrying capacity;
total of 15 each.
Walking stick
Until you obtain Sting, the walking stick will be used
mainly for combat. Once you do obtain Sting, drop the combat aspect
and only use it for jumping. When moving forward, quickly press
[L1] then [X] to use your walking stick to jump. Be
careful -- using it on shorter jumps may result in over-jumping.
Save regularly
It is very easy to die quickly in this game, whether
it is from accidentally falling off a ledge, a severe poisoning,
or being caught sneaking around. Save regularly to prevent jumping
back a quest or more.