How to Get Through Roast Mutton in the Hobbit

The floodgates

• 1

  Talk to Thorin and Kili before heading down the steps. Thorin will tell you your task, and Kili needs a special plant to cure his illness. Head down the steps, killing the the carnivorous plants as you go. Fight the wolves, then head up to talk to Balin by climbing either the rope or the steps along the opposite wall. Go up the steps behind Balin To find the special plant. Take the plant back to Kili, then return to Balin.

• 2

  Leap across to the other ledge and kill the plants there. Follow the blue gems to the levee, then pull the lever to lower the water. Head down into the empty lake bed and fight the jumping critters. Head up the steps along the wall until you get to a rope going down.

• 3

  Wait until the wolves and jumping critters below have finished fighting, then go down the rope. Fight the jumping critters, then climb up the rope on the opposite side. Follow the trail of gems to the next levee, then pull the lever there to raise the water level. A series of boards will be raised along with the water.

• 4

  Leap from board to board, then follow the trail of gems to the whirlpool. Save the game at the saving stone. In the whirlpool, carefully time your leaps to each of the spinning boards until you reach the center. Jump to the rope in the center and climb up. Cross the decrepit bridge, then follow the trail to the troll lair. The walls of the entrance will collapse behind you, but that's okay.

The Trolls

• 5

  Follow the trail of gems to the first troll. Stay behind the rock until he walks away, then run quickly across to the next blue gems. Walk behind the rocks until you get to the next gap. Wait until the troll walks away again, then tiptoe past the sitting troll.

• 6

  Jump up to the rock ledge, then continue jumping from ledge to ledge, following the blue gems. Save the game at the saving stone, then walk to the resting troll. When the troll starts to yawn, tiptoe past him, being careful not to bump into him.

• 7

  Creep from stone to stone beside the clearing, but only when the walking troll has his back turned to you. Once you get to the last rock, wait until the troll is walking away, then tiptoe behind the sitting stone and pick up the purse.