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.

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.

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. 

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. 

Lots of courage points 
When on the final level there will be one part you meet up with an elf girl she will 
tell you to move on while she fights the trolls instead stay and watch her fight the 
trolls put the ring on when there are a lot of courage points on the ground if you 
want to make it faster go and fight the trolls with the elf girl.The trolls never stop 
coming so you can get as many health bubbles as you want in that area.

Elf Head Spin
When in barrels out of bond don't free the head dwarf from the cage in the deep 
cellar instead go to the small pedestal with a small crystal on it hold the square 
button a door will open. Slip the ring on and go up the passage there should be to 
elfs guarding the passage jump behind one of the two and pay attention to the elfs 
head if you did it correctly the elfs head should spin completely around.

Poisonous Spiders:
On levels such as "Flies and Spiders" and "The Gathering of the Clouds", where 
there are a large amount of venomous spiders, you need to know what to do in 
the case that you run into them. Most spiders are classified by their color. Black 
spiders are not venomous, but can kill you if you don't attack back. Green spiders 
are mildly venomous, and you will have to take an antidote potion or you will die. 
Red spiders are extremely venomous, and will kill you in a very few seconds if 
antidotes are not taken. However, there is a simple and effective method of 
eliminating all three types. Instead of hacking at them with Sting (your sword), 
swipe at them with your walking stick. The stick has a better damage range than 
the short, stubby sword, and more spiders can be knocked away at once. If all 
else fails, however, use the Ring to get past the arachnids.

Beating The Three Spider Sisters:
In the last section of the level "Flies and Spiders", you will be required to kill the 
three huge spiders before moving on. This is enormously difficult and is probably 
the hardest level in the video game. However, here is how to complete the stage. 
After you free the dwarves, kill the approaching spiders and slide down the rope. 
Make mush of any immediate enemies, and try to go through the opening in the 
wall. A queen spider will block it with her web, making your escape impossible. Kill 
her by hacking with your sword or walking stick. When she is done, another sister 
will start harassing you. Get the fire rocks nearby and throw them at her. She will 
dissolve in about ten hits, leaving a string of courage points in her wake. The last 
spider is difficult. Hit her with freezing stones, then lash out when she is 
immobilized. You will finish the level to explore more amazing adventures!

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.

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.

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.

Mithrill Chainmail Vest:
When you get to the level after defeating Smaug, one of the Dwarves should give 
you a chainmail vest.

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.