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Chapter 7: Barrels Out of Bond (CHPTR7)
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()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.
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Checkpoint!
25 Silver Pennies, 12 Courage Points, 1 Chests
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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.
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Checkpoint!
25 Silver Pennies, 79 Courage Points, 1 Chests
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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!
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Checkpoint!
25 Silver Pennies, 294 Courage Points, 1 Chests
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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.
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Checkpoint!
25 Silver Pennies, 711 Courage Points, 2 Chests
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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.
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Checkpoint!
25 Silver Pennies, 926 Courage Points, 2 Chests
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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.
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Checkpoint!
70 Silver Pennies, 1602 Courage Points, 2 Chests
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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.
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Checkpoint!
1445 Silver Pennies, 1763 Courage Points, 6 Chests
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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!
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Checkpoint!
1445 Silver Pennies, 2100 Courage Points, 6 Chests
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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.
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