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Chapter 5: Riddles in the Dark (CHPTR5)
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()Exit Caves
()-Extend Bridge
()-Lower Bridge()Free Balfor
()-Go to Jail
()-Talk to Balfor
()-Hit Cell Door Switch
()Bribe Guard to Open Gate
()-Find Wart-Stone
()-Take Wart-Stone to Guard
()Activate Wart Lift
()-Find Key for Mugg-lift
()-Activate Mugg-Lift()-Find Key for Grit-Lift
()-Activate Grit-Lift
()-Find Key for Dim-Lift
()-Activate Dim-Lift
()-Take Wart-lever to Wart-lift

*EDIT*
Tynam McCulloch has these two tidbits to offer:
"1. After Bilbo says 'What an odd looking contraption' near the start, get on 
the wheel and ride it round until you can see the mine cart tracks and then 
pole-jump towards it. You should land on a little platform. Follow it around 
the pillar and there should be a little breakable box with a health potion 
inside.
2. When you get off the Grit Lift, go to your right, look down and you can see 
a platform, align yourself and you can fall off the side and end up by the 
Waters of Vigour you get at the end."
Thanks Ty.
*END EDIT*

I got quite lost the first time through this but it's pretty simple really. 
Just follow what I say.

If you haven't already figured it out, Bilbo will say something about a glowing 
blade and guess what?! You can use Sting to light your path!

Follow the only route you can. Throw stones at the three bat things that shoot 
fireballs at you. You can target the first and third, and just manually throw 
one at the second one. 

There are a group of those snake things. An easy way to kill them is to jump 
attack one and patiently wait by the hole until you see the targeting mark 
appear in it. Then swing and you'll kill it before it even pops up!

There are four of them, and then you'll come to a save point. I recommend 
saving here just in case you mess up on grabbing that rope/web thread hanging 
down. Get it? Got it? Good.

Now pole jump out there and then jump into that cave. Inside is a health 
potion, an antidote potion, and a pink CP.

Now you can drop down. The way I like to do this next part is to jump to the 
bottom and run madly around the room cutting the webs as I go, this triggers 
lots of spiders to come at you, and then you just equip your stick and you can 
whack them easy! The green ones will poison you, if that happens, use your 
antidote, but for heavens sake! Don't TRY to get poisoned!

In this level, the things you break open (like the pods in the past two levels) 
are either boxes, pots, or these little cacoon looking things down here, make 
sure you whack them if you see it. Make certain that all the webs are cut, even 
the ones by that big door and that all the spiders are dead.

Now you can climb up that little web/rope hanging at one end of the room. Go 
straight back first, cutting the two webs up here.

That huge spider really isn't so scary after all, a jump attack and a couple of 
whacks will take it out fast! Collect your booty.

Now backtrack and jump up that ledge to the right. Again, make sure you get 
those cacoons in the ground. Jump across the ropes provided and around and 
you're past the gate! Keep going and saveif you have everything.

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Checkpoint!
35 Silver Pennies, 229 Courage Points, 0 Chests
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See those crates on the left? The cracked ones are breakable and can be smashed 
with a blow from your sword or stick. Go near the bars and a cutscene will 
ensue.

Easy enough right? Well, there's quite abit involved :)

Take the only path provided, down the wooden platforms to the bottom. When you 
reach the last platform, instead of going down the ladder, take the boxes 
because then you'll be ready to fight! There are snakes around the perimeter, 
but the goblins are your main threat right now. Fight Bilbo Fight! Now take out 
the two snakes and follow the tunnel.

Wow! What a grand view! And we have to get THERE!!!! To your right is some 
boxes. Then back past the save station is some blue CP leading to the left. Hop 
on and ride all the way around to pick up a green CP at the top. Then hop onto 
the lower lift when you get the opportunity.
Kill the goblins down here and then grab the chest back by the lift you just 
rode down. 

Then go down the ladder by it. There's a goblin down here and a chest, with a 
box there too. Back up the ladder.

Don't worry about the goblin throwing explosives at you from across the way. 
Just go around the right side of that huge column in the area and you'll see 
some blue CP leading the way down to a switch that will extend the bridge. 

Go across the bridge and if you think you might need it, get that shiny silver 
thing up on the little scaffold. It is Freezing stones and will temporarily 
stop you enemies in the tracks, allowing you ample time to hack them to death! 
Then clean up everything in this area, there is a box on a lower platform, a 
chest back by the Ice Rocks, and a box there too. More boxes in the corner. 
Lastly there is a blue chest. Save here.

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Checkpoint!
165 Silver Pennies, 643 Courage Points, 4 Chests
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Jump onto the lifts. At the bottom of the first one (if you ride it all the way 
around) is a pink CP. Then jump onto the next set of lifts. At the peak of this 
on is a walkway kind of in the direction that the last save point was, get onto 
it and follow the large column you are against, clockwise. Hey! A box and a 
chest! How grand! If you look up on your way back you'll see a white CP 
silouetted against the "sky." If you know of an easy way to get this then 
please let me know, I did it by doing it the hard way I think :( I'll explain 
later.

**Big EDIT!!**
According to Bigbadwolf of GameFAQs, you can get this white CP the easy way by 
getting on top of that box and then jumping up to that cross-bar, if you break 
the box though....tough luck, you'll either want to kill yourself and restart 
from the last save point (recommended) or do it the hard way like I did. A big 
thanks to bigbadwolf!

Go back to the lifts and this time take the other route, hopping onto that 
narrow beam with the green CP on it. Stay on the beam and walk out towards the 
end, jumping onto another and then up for a chest. Now go back and along the 
walkways again, following the green CPs. Beware of the platform with the grey 
boards in it though! These will break and you will plummet to your destruction 
if you're not careful (or running fast enough). Get the chest. About here you 
should get another health bubble! That is, if you've been getting perfects from 
the start....

Now back to the lifts and ride them to the top. You'll have to jump onto 
another set. Kill the two goblins up here. 

Follow the path along. Yes indeed, we might be able to use those barrels! But 
wait just a moment, keep going past the barrel on this side and into a HUGE 
nest of those snake things. Kill them all and climb to the top for a chest. Now 
go back and remove the barrel from where it lies. Hey! Our side of the bridge 
dropped down! Now how do you s'pose we could do the same for the other side 
when we can't get over there? Obvious answer? EXPLODING BARRELS! BANZAI! Just 
throw a stone at that red barrel.

The explosion conveniently kills the goblin there too, but be quick and grab 
those CP or they'll disappear!

Keep following the path along and you'll come to another group of those 
"snakes." Kill them, grab the blue CP by the edge and then save. If you have 
everything, then.

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Checkpoint!
345 Silver Pennies, 865 Courage Points, 8 Chests
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Now go down the lift. Hop onto the next one and get the Pink CP, either when 
you jump onto this lift, or by riding it around. Then down to the floor and 
take out the goblin.
A word to the wise: A jump attack with the stick can take out a lot of the 
snakes at once.

Go back by the lifts, there is a small passageway there with some scaffolding 
and after climbing up a ladder, you'll reach some mushrooms, a chest and a box. 
Gotta catch 'em all!
Then go back out and follow the cavern floor to some other rooms. Eliminate as 
you go.
There are plenty of mushrooms around the next room so you'll be able to keep up 
on your health pretty well I should think. Get that red CP up on the platform 
and grab the rest of the treasures around the room. Shouldn't be too hard ;)

At the end of it you come to two goblins and a save station. The only way down 
is by a ladder. Save if you wish and then go down this ladder.

Ah! The gate! Uh-oh, it wasn't as easy as we thought was it? Well, on our way! 
Now back up the ladder and hey! Another ladder has dropped down over to the 
right! Well, don't just stand there gaping, go up it! Thank goodness for these 
blue CP to guide us!

Jump onto the lift you see rotating. Down below you'll see the control box for 
the dwarf lift you are supposed to start but, what's this? It's broken! Now how 
about that. Well, time to scat! Get the broken box and the chest, then back up 
the lift and jump on a chain that wasn't there before. Jump across the chains.

You've been here before, but just follow the blue CP. Kill the goblin and snake 
and off to the left is a chest. Get all the CP and then place the key you just 
found in the control box. Does anyone besides me think that "mugg-lift" has any 
correlation to "face-lift?"

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Checkpoint!
495 Silver Pennies, 1266 Courage Points, 12 Chests
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Now jump onto the lift as it comes around and get that blue CP underneath it. 
Stay on it long enough to get the pink CP at the very top. Then down. Drat. We 
need another key. Head on to the left. In this area is a goblin and a key. One 
other thing, there are pots all around this room, they contain little treasures 
so break them all. They are only little pots.

When you have all the pots and boxes, save.

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Checkpoint!
505 Silver Pennies, 1404 Courage Points, 12 Chests
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Now go back to the lift and place the key in the golden box. It starts the 
Grit-lift.
Hop on and ride it to get the first two or three blue CP, then jump down to the 
left, climb down the ladder, watch out for runaway mine cars, jump across the 
tracks, grab the pink CP and scram back up the ladder and catch another one of 
the platforms on the lift coming by. Phew! All that for a little pink CP? Oh 
well.

If you like riding ski lifts, then you just might enjoy this ride too because 
it's BORING! Aside from watching Bilbo flip is sword around, trying to hang off 
the edges, and jump the entire time you are riding, other fun and engaging 
activities include Ooooooh, trying to center the rope so it's facing directly 
into the camera! What fun!

When you finally reach the end, turn right and jump across the gap to the 
platforms going clockwise around that large column. Around it you'll find a 
white CP. You may wish to pole-jump back to where the lift is. Then keep 
following the wooden platforms down to the ladder! Get the box by the ladder. 
Then up and kill the two goblins.

Then break all the pots and grab the key. I love that quote. "Haven't these 
goblins heard of keyrings?" Then go back down the ladder. Jump down onto those 
little stone ledges by the railcar track. Be careful here, as sometimes a cart 
will come along and end your little party! Don't play on the railroad tracks! 
Go to where those goblins are. Pole jump to make sure you reach it! There's not 
much here besides the goblins, the two snakes, and the chest.

Then down the ladder provided and place the key! Get all the blue Courage 
Points around here and before going on the lift, save.

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Checkpoint!
585 Silver Pennies, 1694 Courage Points, 13 Chests
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Now get onto the lifts. Say, this looks kind of like the other one! *snore* At 
least you get Courage Points! I think it's about time for another health 
upgrade eh? Poof.

At the end, hop off and follow the ledges and you find the lever! All right! 
Luckily they made it easy on you by providing a quick and safe method of 
getting back down. Hop on the little chain there my friend.

Whoah. That was brief. Just follow the Blue CP now in order to get to the 
control box! Follow the blue CP and kill the two goblins below. You may want to 
save here.

Okay, ride the lift and kill the goblin. go down by the pink CP. Follow the 
ledges around and get the two chests. Okay, now carefully get back up. 

If you're not very confident, ride the lift back and save, then come back over. 
If you are sure of yourself, then onward ho!

Go over to those rotating lifts. There is a ladder to the left of them go down, 
get two boxes and a pink CP. You know the routine.

Now get on the lifts. All three go at different rates, so you'll have to time 
things properly. Ride the first one all the way around for a green CP. Same 
with the second for another green CP. Get onto the third rotating lift. At the 
top, save and then go up the ladder.

Break all the boxes on your way up and then attack that hooded dude in the 
little cave area. He's not difficult. Break all the pots and get the chest 
opened, finally! The wart stone! Go back down to the save station.

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Checkpoint!
715 Silver Pennies, 2054 Courage Points, 16 Chests
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Go the other path, past the save station. Keep going past the breaking bridge, 
and past the little narrow bridge with the pink CP above it and kill that 
hooded guy. To the left in that cave is another pink CP. Get it and then walk 
over to the edge of the cliff. Look around and you'll see a platform. Drop to 
it.

Now keep following the platforms until you come to the chest. All right! Drop 
carefully down and save.

Now we can go to the gate. Ask politely for the goblin to open it up, he does, 
but he'll fight you too! He really is a tough old buzzard......This might be a 
good spot to practice on your jump attacks!

Collect the loot inside and follow the tunnel up. Make sure you break all of 
the breakable boxes. Climb up to the top and across the chain. Before you go 
into the room however, follow the right wall down for a gold chest. Now back up 
and save at the save station.

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Checkpoint!
810 Silver Pennies, 2219 Courage Points, 19 Chests
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Now walk into the cavern and a cutscene will ensue. I like to walk along the 
right side, hiding behind the boxes and waiting for an opportunity. You're on 
your way to talk to the dwarf. He'll tell you where to go next. Oh, don't whack 
any of the crates yet! It's your cover!

When you talk to him, he tells you to go activate a switch that will free him 
from his cell. Do so when you get the opportunity (i.e. the goblins aren't 
looking) and he'll run out and slay them all for you. Pick up the CP he left 
behind. Hehe.

At one side of this room there is a cutaway up above and there are three red CP 
and some stones in there. Use the boxes to get up there, if you destroyed all 
the boxes, there is one that you can drag over.

Once up, throw a rock at that lever to drop a ladder, then up the ladder! To 
the left are some CP and a box. Forward is a gold chest, several boxes and CP. 
In the chest you get Master Stick Tactics! You can chain three attacks now! 
Whoopee!

There is one more area up here, with two chests in it, a box, a skeleton key, 
and a lever. Activate the lever to open up one of the cells downstairs.

Did you get another health bubble? Go into the dwarf's cell and behind one of 
the boxes to find a pink CP. Now go back to that save station you were last at. 
Next to it is a cell that was just opened and you can get SP and CP in there! 
Including a white one!

Now go back to the room and out the other exit. Just follow the trail of CP all 
the way up to the top of the large cavern. Oh great. More goblins. Joy. Go 
ahead and help yourself!

Get the two boxes on the shelf (that tiny one too) and then save. This room is 
clear except for the mine cart right?

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Checkpoint!
950 Silver Pennies, 2972 Courage Points, 22 Chests
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Now into the mine cart flyboy. It's a wild ride so fasten your seatbelts! I 
love this.

There are switches all along the pathway, ignore the first two and hit the only 
green one you see to switch it to red, just ride to the end and pick up the 
White CP and treasure chest, not to mention Waters of Vigour. Smash that jar 
for a pink CP while your at it too. There's a good lad. 

**A BIG EDIT!!!!!!**
According to Bigbadwolf of GameFAQs, you don't have to go all the way around, 
you can get to that little cross-brace by getting on top of a crate first, if 
you break it though, then tough luck, you'll have to do it this hard way, 
detailed in the next paragraph.

Now here's the tricky part I told you would come. You have to walk out on the 
tracks, line yourself up with that beam underneath you (the one with the White 
CP on it) and jump for the wall, hopefully you'll land on the beam and be able 
to pick up the CP, if not, tough luck, but you did save right? Now you have to 
drop down, make your way ALL the way back to the gate that you opened, ALL the 
way back to the prison cells, and BACK to the mine cart. Seems like a waste of 
time doesn't it. To me too. :S 

If you did it the "easy" way, then just get back into the mine cart and it will 
take you to the starting point again. If not, same thing, you'll go back to 
this starting point.

Now into the mine cart and whack the first red sign you see, then the second, 
and likewise the third. We're out! Hit the crate (where you landed) for the 
last of the Silver Pennies.

Walk over by the pool and head along to the right, climb up some stairs, grab a 
health poition and, hey! That shiny thing there, what is it? 

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Checkpoint!
1000 Silver Pennies, 3100 Courage Points, 23 Chests
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Buy the Rock Bag upgrade. Don't worry about anything else, you should have 
plenty of health potions and enough of the antidotes to go around.