شؤال بسييط

والله اخوي مالقيت عربي
لاكن خذ الانقليزي ومشي حالك
انا ما امشي نفسي الا بانقلش:)
انسخه وحطه عندك في ملف نصي علشان ترجع له اذا علقت
Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where shadows lie
One Ring to Rule them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where shadows lie

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Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring
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Guide by KingMattress
for GBA

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Contents
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1. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING GLITCHES AND MORIA PROBLEMS
2. Intro
3. The Story of Lord of the Rings
a. The Hobbit
b. The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Characters
a. Main Characters
b. Supporting Characters
5. Walkthrough
6. Level Ups
7. Item List
8. FAQ
9. Cheats
10. Really Bad Glitches
11. Contact Info
12. Version History
13. Things to Come
14. Thanks
15. Legal Stuff

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1. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING GLITCHES AND MORIA PROBLEMS
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I'm sorry for all of you innocent out there reading, but I need to do this. And I'm sorry also
because I'm about to break the coveted "don't type in all caps" rule. But I'm completely fed
up with these morons who can't seem to get the message through their heads.

I CANNOT HELP ANYONE GET AROUND ANY GLTICHES THAT ARE ENDING THEIR GAME! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,
STOP ASKING ME! IF ONE OF THESE GLITCHES OCCURS, I HOPE YOU SAVED RECENTLY, BECAUSE THERE IS
NO WAY AROUND THEM! THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO MAJOR! THEY PREVENT YOUR PROGRESS! I CANNOT, UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHAT-SO-EVER, HELP YOU GET AROUND THESE! YOU ARE NOT, IN ANY WAY AT ALL,
SPECIAL! WANNA KNOW HOW I GOT AROUND THEM? EASY! I DIDN'T ENCOUTER THEM! Well, that's a lie.
I did run into the ones where people wouldn't drop stuff in Rivendell, but I SAVED BEFOREHAND!!!
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO!!!

I ALSO CANNOT HELP WITH MORIA! THERE ARE MORE PATHS IN MORIA THAN I THINK CAN BE COUNTED BY
THE STANDARD HUMAN NUMBER SYSTEM! AND THERE ARE ALSO COUNTLESS ROOMS, SO IF YOU WANDER INTO
ONE OF THESE, I CAN'T HELP! I ONLY FOUND ONE OF THE PATHS, I DIDN'T FIND EVERY SINGLE ONE, AND
I DON'T REMEMBER EVERY ROOM!

I'm sorry you had to sit through that. But maybe people will understand now. Oh, one more
thing.

IF NONE OF THIS SEEMED TO GET TO YOU, YOU'LL SEE AN EQUALLY NASTY VERSION DOWN BY THE CONTACTS!

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2. Introduction
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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is and RPG based on the classic book by J.R.R.
Tolkien. Lord of the Rings is a three-part book series about Middle-Earth, and the War of the
Ring.
FotR was recently made into an incredibly successful and incredibly good movie by New Line
Cinemas. The cast was made up of some unknown actors and some of Hollywood's biggest, like
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Liv Tyler, and Cate Blanchett.
The Game Boy Advance game is an RPG that follows the book more than the movie.

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3. The Story of Lord of the Rings
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This contains spoilers, and if you don't want to know what happens, don't read this.

a. The Hobbit
The Hobbit, while not part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is the prequel, so I felt it
belonged.

In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is an ordinary Hobbit (a halfling, lives in the Shire, a little
known area and race. Don't like adventures, are hearty eaters) until one day when an old
friend named Gandalf the Grey shows up at his house with a party of dwarves. Bilbo is swept
into an adventure to help the dwarves gain back their hometown and treasure, which were taken
by the dragon named Smaug. On the way they face many obstacles, one of which is the Misty
Mountains. While staying the night, the party (except Gandalf) is captured by Goblins. While
hostage, Gandalf reappears and aids in the escape. However, Bilbo falls into a pit on the way
out. When he comes to, he finds a ring, and the creature Gollum. After a riddle game that
Gollum loses, he plans to cheat and use "his precious" to hide himself and eat Bilbo. Bilbo
slips on the ring and finds himself invisible. He escapes, and the company continues to the
forests of Mirkwood (without Gandalf, who left the party). After escaping some elves with whom
the party had some misunderstandings, they ride the river to their hometown, Dale, and the
Lonely Mountain, resting place of Smaug. After Bilbo tricks him, Smaug attacks Dale, where he
is killed. The people of Dale want the payment they were promised from the dwarves, and march
on the mountain with the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile, Thorin, the leader of the dwarves,
sends for help from a dwarven army. Just as war is about to break out, Gandalf reappears with
startling news: Goblins and their Warg (evil wolves) friends are marching to attack as well.
Thus began the legendary Battle of the Five Armies, in which Men, Elves, and Dwarves battled
Goblins and Wargs. After the battle, Bilbo leaves for home, and thus the story ends.

b. The Fellowship of the Ring
Sixty years after the Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo is preparing an incredible party to
celebrate both the 111th birthday of himself and 33rd of his favorite nephew, Frodo. In the
middle of the party, Bilbo disappears and leaves everything to Frodo, his house, riches, and
ring. Due to Bilbo's suspicious ways, Gandalf starts to wonder about the ring and disappears.
Years later, Frodo is living a normal life in the Shire when Gandalf reappears. He asks to see
the ring and, after throwing it into a fire, proves what he feared. The ring is The One Ring
Of Power, crafted by the dark lord Sauron. In this ring is the power to rule middle earth.
Gollum had been captured and told of the Shire to the Dark Lord, and the only way for Middle-
Earth to survive was for the ring to be destroyed in the fires of Mt. Doom, where it was
crafted.
Frodo sets off with his best friend, Samwise Gamgee while Gandalf is off taking care of another
pressing matter. When they arrive at a pitstop, if you will, a secret conspiracy in unveiled
and Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took join Frodo and Sam. They travel through the old
forest, where they meet Tom Bombadil, to Bree. Along the way they encounter the Black Riders,
the nine men who received Rings of Power and became Sauron's most deadly henchmen. At Bree,
they meet a mysterious ranger named Strider. Strider guides them to Weathertop, where they're
ambushed by the Ringwraiths (Black Riders). In battle, Frodo is stabbed by a Morgul Blade. He
is rushed to Rivendell while the nine are swept away in the bordering river, temporarily
defeated.
At Rivendell, a council is held to discuss what is to be done with the ring. Many surprises
occur, including Gandalf (who has returned) warning them that Saruman, the leader of the
wizards, has joined with Sauron, Strider revealing himself as Aragorn, heir of Isildur (the man
who defeated Sauron in his first rise to power), and Frodo volunteering to be the Ring-Bearer,
the one to carry the ring to Mordor. He and Sam (who is being punished for sneaking into the
secret council) are to go to Mordor with seven other companions. They are chosen from the
races of Middle-Earth. Going along are Gandalf as the leader, Aragorn and Boromir (greatest
warrior of the land Gondor and son of the duke) for Men, Legolas (prince of Mirkwood) for Elves,
Gimli son of Gloin (one of the dwarves who accompanied Bilbo in The Hobbit) for Dwarves, and
also along for the ride are Merry and Pippin (Meriadoc and Peregrin).
They depart from Rivendell and, after being cut off of the safe route, travel through Moria,
hall of the dwarves and kingdom of Balin (another of Bilbo's companions). They learn, however,
that Orcs took over, and are attacked. In their escape, a Balrog emerges. This ancient evil
is battled by Gandalf, the only one with the power to defeat it. However, he falls into
darkness with it and is lost. Aragorn, the party's new leader, guides them to Lothlorien,
another land of elves. They depart down the great river Anduin. At one stop, Boromir tries to
seize the ring. Frodo escaped right before an army of specially bred orcs from Isengard
(Saruman's home) attacks the company. Hunting the halflings, they quickly find Merry and
Pippin. While Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli battle in another area, Boromir appears and tries to
save them. He falls, however, and Merry and Pippin are taken. During all this, Frodo intends
to finish the journey alone because he knows that the ring could seduce any one of them next,
and he wants to risk no harm to them. He begins crossing the river to the otherside when Sam
appears and makes Frodo take him with. So ends The Fellowship of the Ring.

I had written summaries for The Two Towers and The Return of the King, but I realized they were
unnecessary, as they would take up space and are not part of the game.

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5. Characters
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Lord of the Rings features some of the most unforgettable characters in story-telling history.

a. Main Characters (In order of listing in game)

Frodo Baggins, the Ring-Bearer
Race: Hobbit
Homeland: The Shire
Starting Stats: Skill:4 Health:11
Frodo is the main character of Lord of the Rings. He is the nephew of Bilbo Baggins, the
hobbit who found the One Ring of Power in The Hobbit. He loved a peaceful life in the Shire
until, after his uncle had left the One Ring in his care, he must take a quest to the ring to
Rivendell. From there, his journey is extended to destroy the ring in Mordor. He has the
fellowship behind him, but eventually decides to go it alone. The quest turns him into a mere
shadow of himself.

Samwise Gamgee, the faithful servant
Race: Hobbit
Homeland: The Shire
Starting Stats: Skill:3 Health:11
Frodo's best friend. He is with Frodo from the beginning. Sam is a good friend, but often
slips up. He refuses to let Frodo go anywhere by himself out of worry, and follows him into
Mordor.

Peregrin Took, the village idiot
Race: The Hobbit
Homeland: The Shire
Starting Stats: Skill:4 Health:10
Peregrin, or Pippin, is a distant relative of Frodo. He learns of the quest from Sam, and
joins the quest at a meeting in Crickhollow. Pippin's intentions are good, but he's a bit of
an klutz. Later, the quest makes him much more experienced and valuable.

Meriadoc Brandybuck, the loyal friend
Race: Hobbit
Homeland: The Shire
Starting Stats: Skill:5 Health:9
Merry and Pippin are best friends. Merry is the more intelligent of the two, and joins with
Pippin.

Aragorn, Isildur's heir
Race: Man
Homeland: None
Starting Stats: Skill:12 Health:35
Strider is a ranger. These people know the wilderness very well and are incredible trackers
and fighters, but are often shunned from society. Later, it is revealed that Strider is
actually Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and is the heir to the throne of Gondor. He strayed from
that path long ago, but the fact remains that he is the only one who can bring the world of men
together, and unite them all. Later in the stories, he becomes a character of importance that
rivals Frodo's.

Gandalf the Grey
Race: Maia
Homeland: Valinor
Starting Stats: Skill:11 Health:35
Gandalf is an incredibly mysterious and powerful character. He seems to know everything and
has limitless powers. He sort of seems almost like a puppet master in the world. He is the
most powerful of all wizards, save maybe Saruman.

Boromir, son of Gondor
Race: Man
Homeland: Gondor
Starting Stats: Skill:11 Health:37
Boromir is son of the duke of Gondor. He is captain of the armies and their best warrior. He
desires nothing more than the power to save Gondor from Sauron, with whom he has been fighting
for years. The desire to save Gondor drives him to try and seize the ring, and dies in a
battle with orcs very soon afterwards. In his dying breath he admits that Aragorn is the king
of Gondor, a huge surprise, as he had always said Gondor had no king.

Legolas, prince of Mirkwood
Race: Elf
Homeland: Mirkwood
Starting Stats: Skill:10 Health:35
Prince of Mirkwood and an incredible archer. He joins the fellowship representing elves.
Despite hostilities between the races, he becomes best friends with the dwarf Gimli.

Gimli, son of Gloin
Race: Dwarf
Homeland: Lonely Mountain or the Blue Mountains
Starting Stats: Skill:8 Health:50
Gimli is the son of Gloin, one of Bilbo's dwarf companions in The Hobbit. He is chosen to
represent dwarves in the fellowship.

b. Supporting Characters

Bilbo Baggins
Race: Hobbit
Homeland: The Shire
Bilbo is the main character of The Hobbit, and Frodo's uncle. He traveled with dwarves on an
adventure to their homeland. Along the way he came across Gollum, a strange creature who lived
beneath the Misty Mountains. Here he comes across Gollum's ring, the One Ring, though he
didn't know it at this time. After escaping Gollum, he finishes the journey with the dwarves
and gains his fortune. In the beginning of FotR, he leaves the Shire to go see the elves again.
He leaves everything, including the ring, to Frodo.

Sauron
Race: Formerly Maia, now has no true race or physical form
Homeland: Formerly Valinor, now Mordor
Sauron is The Lord of the Rings. He's the one who forged the One Ring and used it to take over
Middle-Earth. However, when the Last Alliance of Men and Elves went to battle against Mordor,
the ring was cut off his hand by a man named Isildur, king of Gondor. He half died, half lived
through the ring. Actually, it's not told how he survives, but later is seen as just a giant
red eye, lidless, seeing everything. He seeks the One Ring to restore himself to power, and
sends forth the nine Ringwraiths to find it.
Sauron was once a Maia like Gandalf and Saruman, but was corrupted by Morgoth, the Lord of the
Balrogs. It is later he rises to power.
**Thanks to Leon Faihurst for this information.**

Tom Bombadil
Race: Unknown
Homeland: The Old Forest
Tom Bombadil is a mysterious character that the Hobbits come across when passing through the
Old Forest. Here, he saves them from an old grumpy willow tree and later in the Barrow-Downs.
Tolkien wrote a short story (written in poem) about Tom called "The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil."

Elrond
Race: Elf
Homeland: Rivendell
Elrond is the leader of the remaining elves of Middle Earth. He is several thousand years old
and was a general in the original battle of the ring. He was there when Isildur refused to
cast the ring into the fires of Mount Doom. He provided shelter for Bilbo (who later goes to
live with him) and the dwarves in The Hobbit, and then calls together the secret council where
the future of the ring is decided. He also the one who picks out the fellowship and the father
of Arwen.

Arwen
Race: Elf
Homeland: Rivendell
Arwen is Elrond's daughter and Aragorn's lover. They marry after Return of the King. She does
several small things throughout Lord of the Rings, but plays a bigger part in the movies.

Saruman the White
Race: Maia
Homeland: Valinor
Saruman is the leader of the wizards of Isengard. He is corrupted, however, and joins forces
with Sauron. It's his army of orcs that attacks the fellowship at the end of FotR.

Gollum
Race: Unknown
Homeland: Unknown
Gollum is the mysterious character from whom Bilbo stole the One Ring. He was once a creature
similar to hobbits and lived in a land near the river. He lived there under his true name,
Smeagol, and was here he aquired the ring. He then disappeared under the Misty Mountains,
where he lived for 500 years. When Bilbo appeared and took the ring, he finally left his home
only to be captured by the minions of Sauron. It was there he spoke the two fateful words that
started the hunt for the ring: Shire, Baggins. He escapes Mordor, and later plays a very large
part in Frodo and Sam's adventure.

The Black Riders
Race: Men (twisted and changed)
Homeland: Mordor
The Black Riders, the Ringwraiths, the Nazgul. These guys have a few names to them. There are
nine of them. They were once men, the ones who were tricked by Sauron and given the nine rings
of power for the men. With the power of the One Ring, Sauron twisted them into what they are
now. They cannot be killed by normal means, and their one purpose is to find the One Ring.

4. Walkthrough

{The Shire}
The first area of this game is also one of the longest, but it's easy and, when you get the
hang of it, you can breeze through.
After the long yet choppy opening sequence, you find yourself in control of Frodo and Sam.
Explore your house, making sure to pick up the GOLD and BRONZE COINS, SILVER SPOONS, and
SANDWICHES. Head out of the house and head immediately left past the fence, grabbing the DRIED
LEAVES. Head south along the paths until you reach the next screen. Turn left and enter the
house. Through the left door is Pippin, enter and get him. Head through the north door and
talk to Milo Burrows. Have him make some PIPE WEED (any kind I think, but just in case I'd
wait 'til he offered Southern Star, the best available). Head through the north and east doors
to end up outside and grab the YELLOW MUSHROOM. Go back through the house and head south to
the merchant. You can choose to buy the DAGGER, I would. Head right into the house and give
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Give her the SILVER SPOONS to get a STICK. Equip it to Sam or
Pippin. Also head through the next door and grab the CABBAGE. Head south past the next house
on the path, then head east and grab the WILLOW WITHIES. Head south to the next house and have
Master Grub make a STICK from the WILLOW WITHIES. Equip the unequipped member. Now head back
north. When you reach the house where you got Pippin, head east and destroy the scarecrow to
let Frodo level up. On your way out, stop in the house next to Lobelia's and get the MESSAGE
for Amos Appledore. Now you can head south and out of town. Head along the path and give the
PIPEWEED to the Woodsman. Take the DAGGER and COIN (I think the COIN only appears when you
give him Southern Star). Give Sam or Pippen the DAGGER. Head along the paths and up the
stairs. There you'll fight your first real enemy, a Big Dog. Easy to kill. Head along the
southern path. There will be some talking and you'll have your first encounter with a Black
Rider. After the event, Frodo will level up. Head into the house right next to you to get a
MESSAGE for Sancho Proudfoot. He's all the way back in your house, but you should deliver it
for the gold coin. Money's short right now. Anyway, after you receive the coin Sancho robbed
from your house, go back to the area you came from. Follow the north path up the stairs and
kill the big dogs (Pippin'll probably fall). Grab the RED MUSHROOM and GOLD COIN. Then keep
heading south along the pathes to reach a Merchant. Buy a piece of armor for Pippin. Head
along the northern path, then, when you see the end of the trees, wheel around into the
clearing among them (sorry if it's kinda hard to understand, you literally need to see it).
You'll meet Gildor the Elf. He'll give you a tune, Low Note, High Note, Medium Note, Medium
note. Head east along the path until you get to three tree stumps. Touch them in this order:
Left, right, top, top. You'll meet the elves, and Sam will level up. Black Riders are
straight ahead, so you have to go onto Farmer Maggot's property. Outside, grab the BRONZE COIN,
but NOTHING else. Head southeast through the crops and enter his house. Head through the
right door and talk to Farmer Maggot. If you didn't steal anything outside besides the coin,
he'll give you two red mushrooms and Pippin'll level up. Go upstairs and get the BRONZE COIN,
then back down. Head south two doors. Grab the GOLD COIN, and head back outside. Head east
until you reach a path. Follow it south to the next screen. Pick up the three DRAUGHTs on the
table. Follow the path and enter the first house to the right to grab some OLD TOBY PIPEWEED.
In the bar, you can trade it for some CABBAGE. While you already have a lot of cabbage, I
haven't found another use for the weed. Keep on the path south (turn into the house on the way
to get a sling). When on the next screen, take out the big dogs. Grab the BRONZE COIN, then
step on the button. Drop one of your CABBAGEs on it, then step on the ferry. Make sure
everything's taken care of, 'cause you can't go back.

{Crickhollow}
A small area, pretty much all you have to do it get Merry. As soon as he enters, he'll join
you, and reveal the "conspiracy." Head through the north door to grab the GOLD COIN and a
STICK and through the east door to grab some DRAUGHT and SANDWICHES. Head out of the house and
into the one right in front of you for some more SANDWICHES, then back outside and into the
dirt patch for some REEDS. Head straight east into a house to sell a cabbage for a BRONZE COIN.
Head north and up the stairs to have your reeds made into BOG SHOES, then into the house if you
want some better equipment. Head out and up the stairs for a BRONZE COIN. You can't continue
due to a Black Rider, so head back down the stairs and north. With the bog shoes, you'll cross
into the Old Forest.

{Old Forest}
The old forest works like many maze-forest-things in video games: take a wrong turn, and start
over. The key, as Frodo says, is to keep going in the same direction.
As soon as you enter go right and grab a RED MUSHROOM. Head through the western path, making
sure to grab the other RED MUSHROOM. Kill the trailing plants if you wish, and head north. In
this area, head along the path until the tree grabs Merry and Pippin. Go back, and keep
heading west until you reach a house. Head down into the fenced area and kill the spider and
grab the FEATHER beyond it. Head back, and keep going south this time. Kill the plant, and
grab the BRONZE COIN. You can throw it into the well to hear a tune, but I'll save you that
coin and tell you it's easy as Note 1, 2, 3, and 4. Now head north, killing the plants and
grabbing the GOLD COIN. Exit however you wish, and finish it up by using the east paths until
you make it to a clearing with four stumps. Touch them in this order: west, east, north, south.
Tom Bombadil will appear. Talk to him and give him the feather. Now keep heading south. Kill
some plants, grab a BRONZE COIN and along the dirt path that "looks promising," you'll find the
WILLOW WITHIES. Also, there are two quests off this path. Head east to find someone whose
house has been overrun by spiders. There are two spider 1s on the way to the house, and two
downstairs. Everytime I complete this one, however, the game freezes, so I don't know what
it's good for. If you head along the west path, and then up, you'll encounter Hamor, a man who
is trapped by eight trailing plants. Kill them (or walk around them and talk to him) and Hamor
will whistle a tune: High Note, Low Note, Medium Note, Low Note. There is a GOLD COIN left of
the whole situation, be sure to grab it. Now go back to where you got the withies, head west
again, now south. Past the spiders are three stumps. Play the notes to get the KNIFE FOR THE
DEAD, a nice weapon for any hobbit. Now head back, then go west and north. Plant the withies,
and you'll free Merry and Pippin. Head back to Tom's house (west paths) and go inside. Talk
to him (he's in the first door to the right) and Merry and Pippin will level up. Grab the
DRAUGHT, then the SANDWICHES to the south. Go upstairs and through the series of doors to get
a GOLD COIN. Head through the right door and get the RUNE F (Used later, very important). Head
through the left doors out of the house (You could bother with getting even more CABBAGE, but
I'd think you have enough and it doesn't restore HP). Head out of the south and out into my
least favorite area of the game, the Barrow-Downs!

THE DETAILED DIRECTIONS TO THE WILLOW WITHIES:
I have gotten countless e-mails and contacts about not finding the Willow Withies in the Old
Forest. Well here are the directions. From the beginning, head west one screen. Now go south.
Kill the plants, here is where the bronze coin is. Follow the path south, and you'll end up in
the lower left corner of the area. Head south. The withies are on this path.

{The Barrow-Downs}
Wow this area sucks. The enemies are too hard for just the hobbits, but you have to deal with
them. Oh well, there are some items you probably shouldn't miss.
Walk along the trench you're in until you reach a clearing. Hug the right wall and grab the
ACORN, then head far left and up into the door. Head through the tunnel and kill the Barrow-
Wight (these things are a pain to kill, and I'd suggest trying to avoid them at any time
possible). Use the acorn to open the door. Also grab the BARROW-BLADE to the left, using
these makes it easier to hit the Barrow-Wights. Anyway, head through the door and grab the
BRONZE COIN and SMALL SHIELD. Head back out and right to the other tunnel. Go into the right
room to grab a BARROW-BLADE and head back out. Go straight, grabbing the SMALL HELMET and
BRONZE COIN, dealing with the Barrow-Wight as you see fit. Head through the door and across
the field into the next tunnel. Head into the next room and grab the REEDS, the hug the lower
wall into the door. Grab the GOLD COIN. Head through the south door and into the clearing.
Go through the door on the right wall. Grab the BARROW-BLADE and get rid of the Barrow-Wights
guarding the door. Go through to grab the FINE SMALL LEATHER. Head back to the room where you
got the reeds, and head right to take out some Barrow-Wights. Use the reeds in the hole to
leave this god-forsaken place and make it to Bree, where you finally get a real fighter!

{Bree}
Crap, this is going to be hard. I'll put it this way: Bree has a lot of doors and very few you
can use. I'll try the best I can.
Upon entering Bree, move north and enter the second door on the left and get that message for
Amos Appledore off your hands. Pippin will level up. Head into the next room for a SMALL
HELMET. Leave the house and take the north route into the next area of town. Head north until
you see the way into the town's next area, and enter the house all the way to the north and buy
a FINE SWORD. Also, there's a merchant in a house here selling some OLD BOOTS. Buy them.
Head back south along the left wall and head into the town's eastern area. The huge white
building in front of you is The Prancing Pony. Enter it, and walk left until Mr. Butterbur
talks to you. Go through the southern exit into a room with a dwarf. Give the dwarf the old
boots for a GOLD COIN and a level up for Sam. Now go out and talk to everyone in the bar
(including Strider) and head into the hallways and explore the rooms, picking up the BRONZE
COIN, DRAUGHT, and have Aragorn join you (equip him with the Fine Sword). You will love having
him right now, he's a great fighter and can take twice as much punishment as the hobbits. Now
explore Bree, stopping in shops and buying what you need (make sure to find the one with cheap
armor in the northern area). In order to get out of Bree, you have to complete another riddle.
This one, however, you have to give up a valuable helmet. And you have to USE it. No dropping.
I'm sick of people asking me this. Oh well.

{Area outside Bree}
This area won't be fun to write a walkthrough for. Anyway, start by going north-west and
grabbing the ATHELAS. Now head down the south-east path. Here there are some feuding bandit
brothers and a hint that there's a bandit cave to the north. There are two different sets of
stairs, one leads to a shield, the other to a cave and some ATHELAS. After getting the athelas,
go down to the cave on the second level of the hill, then south-west into the cave. Go north
into the next area, grab the SMALL SHIELD, and go up the stairs. Kill the spiders and pick up
ARTHUR'S NECKLACE. Go right and into the next area. Grab the two YELLOW MUSHROOMS, then go
down the stairs to complete a circle in the cave, then leave. Show the necklace to both groups
of bandits, the top ones will give you a bow, while the bottom ones give you nothing. Now head
back north-west into the first area. Head up the north path.

{Midwater Marshes}
Easy, straighforward area. Head along the path you can walk on until you reach three buttons.
Step on them in this order: middle, left, right, middle. Go across the bridge and to the next
puzzle. Do these ones middle, bottom, top. Head across the bridge and left, pick up the two
RED MUSHROOMS, then back right. Head along the right path and at the next fork, go left. This
puzzle is right, middle, left, right, and it must be done quickly. Grab the GOLD COIN and
SMALL SHIELD, then head back to the fork in the path. This time go north. This puzzle's a
doozy. Bottom left, bottom right, bottom left, top left, top right. I think that was it.
Anyway, on top of access to the bridge, Sam gains a level. Take the right path on the bridge
and exit.
There's a lady in the area complaining about a wight. According to Squirchu, if you go
northwest before going across any bridges you'll find it. When you kill it, the woman gives
you a sword and a gold coin.

{Weathertop}
Going south will bring you back to the area with the feuding bandits (there was a black rider
in the way originally). Head up the stairs, go left. In the cave, get the MSG. FOR DWARF.
Head out and right, kill the dogs (look how easy that is with Aragorn!). Hit the button (it
opens up a cave at the base, thanks to Jackie Miller for telling me this), then climb up two
flights of stairs. Go around the left to get some ATHELAS, then head up the third flight to
reach the top of Weathertop. Head to the center, and you'll set up camp. But all's not well,
Black Riders will surround you. One will strike Frodo. Then, with no exciting battle or cool
scene, the riders will be gone. Aragorn suggests giving Frodo some athelas, so I did. Head
back down to the bottom, then head right around the mountain, into a cave formerly blocked by a
Black Rider (you have to have pressed the button on Weathertop for it to be there). Go left,
kill the spiders, and get the DWARVEN CHAIN MAIL, which is surprisingly comfortable on a hobbit,
but won't fit on Gimli. Head out of the cave and south-east. The screen will fade out, and
you'll fast-forward many days.

{The Last Bridge}
Head south. There are some nice-ass weapons here, so stock up. A woman in the bottom left
house will offer to heal Frodo's wounds with some herbs, so remember this. Also, in the shop
that has watercress for sale, upstairs you'll find the dwarf that the message is for. Give it
to him for two SQUIB FIREWORKS and a level up for Frodo. Head across the bridge. Pick up the
ELFSTONE, then go left and get the WATERCRESS. Head back right, then go south-west on the path
into the forest. Follow the path around, picking up the GOLD COIN. Go into the cave that the
path will lead you to (if you follow it east) and grab the RUNE D. Head south-east on that
path, then go up the stairs. Go into the cave, but be careful. Head up the stairs twice and
go right. There's a big cave troll here, but in appears he doesn't attack. Collect the GOLD
COIN, but just in case, equip Aragorn with the Troll's Curse sword. Go outside, then collect
the two ATHELAS near your location. Down the stairs is a gold coin and a mean troll. Kill it,
collect the GOLD COIN and WATERCRESS. Head back up, pass the cave you came out of and into the
next one. Head right and down the first flight of stairs you find. Kill the troll and Aragorn
will gain a level. Collect the GOLD COIN and ELVEN DAGGER in the corner. In a little cave,
you'll find a FINE DAGGER. Go outside, then south-west. Pick up the HAZELNUTS, then go back
to town. The herbalist will make you a nice HEALTH POTION. Sadly, she fed you a load of bull,
as this won't cure the wound. Go back to the caves and go back to the place where you fought
the troll guarding the watercress. Go down the second staircase and then north-east into the
next area. Here, grab the RED MUSHROOM to the north-west and the GOLD COIN north of it. Keep
going north when OH CRAP!!! BLACK RIDER AMBUSH!!! Frodo will make a break for the river when
all of the Black Riders will come for you. The river will swell up and wash away the riders.

{Rivendell}
SAVE IMMEDIATELY!!! THIS IS THE GLITCH CAPITOL OF THE GAME!!!

Start things off by talking to Gandalf. Go through the right door and talk to Lindir, who will
sing a song: Note 1, Note 2, Note 3, Note 2, Note 4. While here, grab the RUNE N. Also, on
the booksheves around here are the poem about the One Ring. Now go through the door north of
Gandalf to enter the council. Move north until Elrond initiates conversation. The company
will be hastily decided in a rather undramatic way. Go up the stairs left of Elrond and into
the room to find Bilbo. He'll give you STING and BILBO'S MITHRIL COAT for Frodo. Go back
downstairs to the room right of Elrond. Talk to the elf twice to receive an AXE for Gimli.
Head south past the hallway you started in. The flower pots are the riddle for Lindir's song.
Play the notes, and get LADY ARWEN'S AMULET. Go up and into the room on the left wall. Talk
to Arwen a few times. Frodo will level up. Go back to the hall where you got the amulet.
Talk to the elf and Pippin will level up... Again. Go up the stairs and grab the EMPTY PHIAL.
Bring this to Elrond for some MIRUVOR. Head south two halls. Pick up the NORMAL SHIELD for
Aragorn. Gimli (who may be invisible, due to a glitch. Don't worry, you can still talk to
him), won't leave without his axe. How convenient that you picked it up. Circle around and
he'll take it, and you'll be ready to go. Be sure to have an empty weapon slot open on Aragorn,
or have the broken sword equipped so when you leave it will be repaired. Talk to Gandalf to
leave.
*NOTE* I have gotten countless e-mails involving glitch after glitch here. This is apparently
where things started to get rushed in development. Anywho, a lot of you can't seem to get
Bilbo to give up his armor or the elves to give up Gimli's axe, or get certain people to talk
to you a second time, etc. Remember to save before talking to these people.

{The Mines of Moria}
I'm sure this will be very confusing, it was confusing to do, especially type. I apologize in
advance. I lied. This is my least favorite area.

Equip everybody and go around the right to enter the mines. Pick up the RUNE E and RUNE F.
Use the RUNE E on the tile with the same inscription. Inside, grab the ELVEN SWORD ORC BITER
and RUNE N. Go back out and through the right door. Head down the left stairs. Climb down
until you reach two orcs and a big dog. Kill them, grab the RUNE I. Go through the door, grab
the GOLD COIN, FINE SWORD, and LEATHER ARMOR. Head back up the staircases. Go down right and
keep going down the stairs, ignore the path. There are some Orcs at the bottom, kill 'em. Go
right down the stairs. Go up the stairs for a RUNE R and down the next set of stairs. Kill
some goblins, grab a YELLOW MUSHROOM and a RUNE E. Head to the beginning of the area and use a
Rune F to get through the door, then use the Rune R to continue. There are some orcs here,
kill them if you wish. And you know you do. Grab the CHAIN MAIL behind them. Go up the
stairs, grab the BRONZE COIN, then go use your Rune I to the right and go in the door (if you
didn't notice, it's north-west of you). There are some orcs in the way, do what you will with
them. Go north-east through the hardly visible door. Go right and down the stairs until you
reach some orcs. Past where they were is some nice ORC LIQUID. Head back up the stairs and
into the entrance to the right.
From here on I don't know how much help this will be. This area is a maze that seems to go in
circles, with multiple paths branching off. If you want to get out fast, press the button in
the room with the spiders and head back to the start. You'll miss some nice items, but you'll
skip a lot of grief.
No turning back from here. Head south, grab the RUNE R. Go back up and use it. Go through
the door and right. Circle around the wreckage, take out the spiders. There's a SQUIB
FIREWORK here, and a door. Go through. Skip this whole next part if you wish. Go right and
hug the wall to go through the door. Walk forward through a door. The first door on the left
has a RUNE I, RUNE E, and SMALL ELVEN LEATHER. Collect these. The next door houses another
RUNE I and an ELVEN BOW. Go back out, use a Rune I to open the door. Go around the path in
almost a circle to enter a room with spiders. Ignore the button on the way, it just opens a
door to an earlier part of the mines. Kill the spiders. Push the button in THIS room. In this
room is a GOLD COIN, a worthless FINE BOW, and door to your left. If you're having a hard time,
skip the next part. *Go through, grab the HEALTH POTION, and go left through the door. Use
the other Rune I to get into the door with the I tile. In this room is a LEATHER ARMOR and
pretty worthless AXE. Oh, and a RUNE N. There's a doorway on the northern wall. Walk along
it until you go through. It's pretty hard to see. You'll end up all the way back in the room
with the SQUIB FIREWORK. Yeah, it's just been one big damn circle. Moria sucks.* Go through
the door. This time, go left and through the top door. Kill the orcs if you didn't already.
Go right to another door, get the HEALTH POTION and HELMET. There's also a SUNSTAR FIREWORK,
but I've never been one to use fireworks. Once again, go back to the SQUIB FIREWORK. Now haul
your ass back to the room that was the beginning of this paragraph. On the right wall a door
opened. Go through it, ignore the button, you can't keep it down. Go through the door in the
north-west area of the area, press the button. Now head to the south-east door, press that
button. The center door will open, go on through.
Back to a simpler way to do this. Climb the stairs. In this room are four buttons and a RUNE
D. Press them right to left, then the second one to the right. Merry will level up. Head
across, and be sure to STAY CENTERED. A glitch might cause you to walk onto nothing and get
stuck if you wander off the path. Head down the stairs, kill the spiders if they get in the
way. The button and door lead back to an earlier part of the maze. Past the spiders is a nice
RUNE F for you. Backtrack to the entrance of this mazelike area. Inbetween the door that you
used to go into the area with all those gates and the stairs is another door, go through.
South-east are some orcs with some pet dogs, kill them. Gandalf will say that the way is
blocked. Go a bit Northwest and go through the door. WARNING: THIS DOOR IS THE ONE WITH THE
INFAMOUS GLITCH. SEE BELOW IN FAQ FOR SOLUTION. SAVE BEFORE GOING THROUGH!!!!!
Go straight up the stairs that are oh so visible and head left. Gimli will make a comment,
head up the more visible stairs. Grab the RUNE A and kill the goblins and orcs. Or ignore
them, whichever you prefer. Go right through the door and go straight down this hall. There's
a Big Dog and and a Troll. I'd ignore them, 'cause you're probably hurting and you get NOTHING
for killing them. In the next area, head south down the stairs and through the hardly visible
door on the south wall. Head through the south door and grab the two RUNE Fs and the RUNE R.
There are ways to enter the rooms without using runes, but your inventory should be getting
quite crowded. If you're hurting for runes, go ahead and find them. Go through the door on
the west wall, then use an F rune on the F tile. Pick up the two RUNE Rs and the firework, if
you want it. Go back one room and use a Rune R to get into the room with a nice CHAIN MAIL.
Go back to the room with the F Runes, then go through the door with an F tile. Head south a
long ways past a bunch of rune tiles and down some stairs, through the door between two torches.
There's a nice RUNE I here. Also, more tunnels and doors than you can shake a sword at. Take
the northern door, then head left. Collect the nice MUSHROOMS and a NORMAL SHIELD, kill the
troll (who looks like an orc). Go through the door left of his dead rotting body. Head south,
west a bit, and down the stairs. You'll see a SMALL CHAIN MAIL, there's a pretty much
invisible path to it. Climb up the next two flights of stairs and press the button. There are
some orcs to the north, and west of them is a rune door. Use an R rune to get through. Climb
the steps and go press the button, go through the door it opens. Head up these stairs and use
an I rune to open the door. Walk along the left wall and you'll enter a door. Enter the north
door, do that again, and grab the RUNE I in this room. There's a door on the north wall here
too, go in. Head right to the next area and use an I rune to enter the door (it's south of the
tile). Head down the stairs for a RUNE R. Use an R rune to go through the southernmost door,
then go south. Pick up the RUNE I here, kill the spiders, collect the RUNE I behind them. Go
right from here and through the door on the north wall. Follow the blue path and you'll
finally leave...
The area. That was one big tease when I first got here. But don't worry, you're almost there.
Climb the stairs, stop for the RUNE I, then do what you will with the orc, use an I rune here.
Through here is Balin's tomb. Go up the stairs and collect the FINE SMALL CHAIN MAIL in the
corner and the FINE CHAIN MAIL in the other corner. Go through the left door, kill the goblins,
use an F rune to go through the door. Collect the RUNE R, RUNE G, and the RUNE I. Head back
to the tomb, go through the right door this time. Kill the orcs, use an R rune, grab the RUNE
N and SMALL DWARVEN CHAIN MAIL. Once again, go back to the tomb, center door this time. Head
right, kill the single orc. Go through the right door, kill another single orc. Go left
through the door. Ignore the rune doors, the only good thing behind either of them is some ORC
LIQUID, and it's not worth the fight to get it. Instead, go right, take out the orcs, go down
the stairs hugging the south wall. In the next area, make sure to remove all important items
from Gandalf, and go up the stairs and across the Bridge of Khazad Dun, despite Gimli's claims
that it was earlier on. The Balrog will then show up. Gandalf will go and face the balrog,
and both will fall. And finally you're out of Mordor! SAVE YOUR RUNES!!! It was worth losing
Gandalf to get outta that Hell! Anyway, once out, head south, and you'll get a riddle from
Durin's Stone. You must make three circles, for men, elves, and dwarves. This means walk
around the stone once as Legolas, then Gimli, then Aragorn. Some elves will emerge you and
you'll enter Lothlorien.

{Lothlorien}

Start things off by going northeast one screen and grabbing some ATHELAS. Continue on this
path and talk to the elf, he'll give you a tune: High Note, High Note, Medium Note, Low Note,
High Note. Finish up here by heading along the path and grabbing the RED MUSHROOM. Head back
to the center area and go southwest. Grab the RED MUSHROOM, take out the orcs, grab the ACORN
NECKLACE behind them. Go back, head southeast finally. On the stumps, play those notes the
elf gave you: left left middle right left. You can now climb up the ladder the elf had been
blocking. Immediately go down the other ladder and follow the path to the next area. Here
there is an elf wanting a mallorn seed, remember that. Now go southwest. An elf here will
sing you a tune for a coin, but I'll save you the money: Low Note, High Note, Medium Note, High
Note, Low Note. This is used to go back to the previous area of Lothlorien if you need to.
Another elf here will sew you cloaks if you bring her some Silk Cocoons, we'll be finding those
in a little bit. Head head to the next screen, grab the SILK COCOON and the two RED MUSHROOMs.
Climb up the ladder to get some LEMBAS. Bring the Silk Cocoon back for a ELVEN CLOAK. Now
head to the place you got that cocoon, and go northeast. Climb up the ladder here. Go
northwest, talk to Galadriel. She'll give you some MIRUVOR. Next door north, LEMBAS, the one
after that is downstairs, go down and kill the spiders. Now go back and head southwest in
Galadriel's area. Grab the BRONZE COIN, head to the next room. For killing the spiders, the
elf here will give you another useful ELVEN SWORD ORC BITER. Head southeast, then southwest
and talk to Celeborn. Head back out, now go southwest down the ladder. Grab the MALLORN SEED,
now backtrack all the way back to the the elf wanting that seed and talk to him a few times.
You'll get an ELVEN CLOAK and some LEMBAS. Go back to where you got that seed and head
northeast. Here, follow Galadriel to the pesestal and talk to her. You'll see a quick cinema
of Frodo gazing into the mirror and seeing the eye of Sauron. Head