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This guide is now finished. This is the final version.
Note: Contact information and special thanks are at the bottom of the page.
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Table Of Contents
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I. Introduction
II. Version History
III. Character Information
a. Upgrades
b. Controls
c. Gandalf
d. Experience Points/Skill Meter
IV. Walkthrough
a. Helm's Deep
b. Road To Isengard
c. Minas Tirith- Top Of The Wall
d. Minas Tirith- Courtyard
V. Secret Codes
VI. Legal Stuff
VII. Contact Info/Credits
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I. Introduction
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Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (PS2). I wrote this FAQ so I could
help all of the Lord Of The Rings gamers out there. This guide doesn't cover
the whole game, only 'The Path Of The Wizard'. I thought that I would write
this FAQ to completely focus on Gandalf because in my opinion, it is the
hardest part in the game. Oh yeah, this my first FAQ, so E-Mail me if you see
any silly mistakes (Contact information is at the bottom of the page). There
may be Spoilers ahead so don't tell me I didn't warn you.
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II. Version History
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Version 1.40 - 1/31/04 - Added some Grammar mistakes and mistake in the
contents.
Version 1.34 - 1/29/04 - Fixed up the table of contents. Added more grammar
mistakes.
Version 1.22 - 1/28/04 - Added two grammar mistakes. Experience points for
Minas Tirith- Courtyard should be in by next week.
Version 1.20 - 1/27/04 - Added all of the special codes for Gandalf only.
Version 1.10 - 1/27/04 - Added grammar mistakes in Legal stuff section.
Version 1.00 - 1/25/04 - Started this guide. Covers pretty much the whole game.
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III. Character Information
a.    Upgrades
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Important: Below, the following keys mean: T= triangle, O= circle, X=
X, S= Square, S-B= All shoulder buttons (L1 R1 L2 R2), ^= Hold.
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Level == Ability ============== Move ========== cost ========== Fellowship cost
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2  Orc Bane ================== S R2 ========= 5000 =========== 8000 ===========
2  Fog Of War ================  T^ ========== 4000 =========== N/A ============
2  Strength Of Stone ======================== 5000 =========== 15000 ==========
2  Orc Hewer ================= x x T ======== 1000 =========== 3000 ===========
2  Final Judgement =========== X O R2 ======= 5000 =========== 8000 ===========
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3  Wizards Power ============== S-B ========= 3500 =========== N/A ============
3  Rising Revenge ============== X ========== 10000 ========== 20000 ==========
3  Light Of The ===============================================================
3  =  Pilgram ================ L1+X^ ======== 5000 =========== N/A ============
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4  Wrath Of Anor =============== T^ ========= 5000 =========== N/A ============
4  Balrogs Gambit ============== X O T ====== 5000 =========== 8000 ===========
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5  Warrior Bane ================ S R2 ======= 7000 =========== 10000 ==========
5  Strength Of Iron ========================= 5000 =========== 15000 ==========
5  Light Of The ===============================================================
5  == Forges ==================== L1+X^ ===== 5500 =========== N/A ============
5  Dark Deliverence ============ T X X T ==== 7000 =========== 11000 ==========
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6  Flame Of Udun =============== T^ ========= 7000 =========== N/A ============
6  Shield Cleaver ============ T T O T ====== 7000 =========== 11000 ==========
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7  Bane Of Sauron ============ S R2 ========= 9000 =========== 12000 ==========
7  Power Of Palantir ========== S -B ======== 7000 =========== N/A ============
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8  Lightning Strike ========== X T X X ====== 7000 =========== 11000 ==========
8  Killing Zone ============================= 10000 ========== 20000 ==========
8  Strength Of Fellowship =================== 5000 =========== 15000 ==========
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9  Helms Hammer =============== T T T ======= 12000 ========== 20000 ==========
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10 Swift Justice ============== X x4 ======== 12000 ========== 20000 ==========
Enchantment Of The =========================================================
10 ==== Havens ================ S-B ========= 10500 ========== N/A ============
10 Power Of The Istari ====================== 25000 ========== N/A ============
10 Light Of The Valar ========= L1+X^ ======= 7000 =========== N/A ============
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III. Character Information
b. Controls
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Speed Attack = X button (X) - Use speed attacks on regular (unshielded)
enemies.
Parry (Block) = Square button (S) - Use the Parry button to protect yourself
from arrows. You can block any enemy apart from Trolls.
Kick = Circle button (O) - Use the kick button to kick down enemies. It's not
very helpful, only when you are kicking down ladders. It is used in some
combos.
Tip: If you purchase a combo that includes the kick button (i.e Final
Judgement), press speed attack first, then press kick. Your character should
charge forwards and glow in purple, sometimes knocking down enimies.
Fierce attack = Triangle button (T) - Very effective on shielded enemys. It
usually defeats an enemy in three hits.
Action = (R1) button - Use the action button whenever you see something with a
purple ring around it. It usually kills a lot of Orcs.
Finishing move = (R2) button - The Finishing move allows you to finish off
enemys knocked down on the ground but are not dead yet.
Special move = (L1+R1+L2+R2) - Gandalf's special move is a shield that protects
him from hits, it also knocks down enemys if you run into them. The bad part of
Gandalf's special move is that it doesn't protect you for very long. The good
part is that you can purchase upgrades that protect you for longer.
Laser projectiles (Ranged attacks) = (L1+X) button(S) - To pull out Gandalf's
Laser Projectiles, hold L1 and press X. For a more powerful shot, either
purchase a better upgrade, or hold L1 down and hold down X until Gandalf's arm
is all the way back, now release X.
Jump back (dodge) = (L2) button - If there are enemys charging at you, press L2
to jump back five yards. It will give you more time and space.
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III. Character Information
c. Gandalf
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Gandalf is my favoroute character in the film, game and book, that's why I am
writing this FAQ. I will give you some good tips and how to purchase your
upgrades without losing much points.
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Must Have Upgrades
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Orc Hewer - You must purchase this first, it's cheap and quick. If you only
have 3000xp, purchase it for the fellowship. The combo is X, X, Triangle.
Final Judgement - It's a bit slow with Gandalf, but it looks so cool. Try not
to pull it off when you're surrounded by enemys, because if you get hit in the
middle of your combo, you have to start over again. Speed attack, kick and stab
in the middle of the air (X, Circle, R2).
Rising Revenge - When you have been knocked down by an enemy, press X to jump
up and surprise attack on your enemys. It's quite expensive, so only purchase
it if you've got more than 20000xp.
Light Of The Pilgram, Light Of The Forges and Light Of The Valar - Both
Projectile upgrades. They are both very helpful in the game. Light Of The Valar
can even go through enemys.
Fog Of War, Wrath Of Anor and Flame Of Udun - All effective upgrades. When you
hold Triangle, Gandalf smashes his staff on the ground different colour smoke
comes out. Killing some enemys and knocking down others.
All of the Banes - The Bane moves are all linked moves. They are so cool! It
might take some time to pull off but they are very effective, and they
automaticly put you in perfect mode. Parry and finish them off with the
finishing move (Square R2). DO NOT TRY AROUND MORE THAN ONE ENEMY!!!
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Gandalf Tips
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In most levels in the game, you will find war pikes, barrels, cauldrens and
braziers. They all have purple rings around them, stand next to it and press
action (R1) and you will do a cool action. (Hold action to aim with war pikes).
When you are up against shielded enemys, you can't break the shield unless you
use a fierce attack or rising revenge. War pikes sometimes do the trick.
Trolls - Weak point, war pikes. When you are up against a Troll, just chuck a
war pike at it. It dies in one hit.
In levels like Minas Tirith- Courtyard, where there are a lot of enemys, use
Gandalf's special move. You are protected, and you hurt anyone you run into.
If you are low on life, try and kill a weak enemy like a Goblin. When they die,
they usually give you life.
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III. Character Information
d. Experience Points/Skill Meter
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Experience Points (xp)
======================
When you are playing the game, you will notice a blue line on top of your
health bar. And on top of that blue line is a number (0/300). The first number
is how many experience points you have. The second number is how many more
experience points you need to get to the next level. The blue line is just a
more clear version of how far away you are from reaching the next level.
Whenever you kill an enemy, yellow writing appears upon their head. It says the
rating of the kill (fair), and how many points you got for it (75-10000). I'm
going to tell you all of the ratings and how many points you get for each.
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Rating --------------- Experience Points ------------------ Mission Experience
Fair ----------------- 75 - 300          -------------------------------- +1000
Good ----------------- 150 - 600         -------------------------------- +2000
Excellent ------------ 200 - 800         -------------------------------- +3000
Perfect -------------- 300 - 2000        -------------------------------- +5000
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(when you kill a one off enemy like a Ringwraith, you get more than 2000
points. But it was too hard for me to get the exact amount of points. I judged
the highest points by killing Trolls).
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Skill Meter
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The Skill meter is right next to your experience points, it's the cirle that
you sometimes might see multi-coloured. Your aim is to try and fill the circle
with colour. You can acommplish this by hitting enemys. When you attack an
enemy, the Skill meter will go read for about a second. Keep hitting the enemy
and the red will go into brighter colours, and it will stay there for longer.
When the Skill meter is full, it will say 'Perfect Mode', and your character
will glow in purple smoke.
When you are in Perfect mode, you earn more points when you defeat an enemy.
You can purchase upgrades that keep you in Perfect mode for longer. But you
must remember that when you are trying to fill up your Skill meter, if you get
hit your meter goes down. You go straight into Perfect move whenever you
sucsessfully complete a Bane. Use your combos to fill up the Skill meter even
more quicker.
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IV. Walkthrough
a. Helm's Deep
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Mission expereince - Fair-Good
Experience points - 4000xp-9000xp
After you watch the amazing cut-scenes of the film(s), you jump right into the
battle of Helm's Deep, so be ready. At first, you are surrounded by about six
Orcs, you can kill these with speed attacks. It's impossible to die on this
level, so don't worry about your health. After you have defeated the unshielded
enemys, you will see Legolas asking for help and Gimli will climb up a ladder.
After this cut-scene, you will see some shielded enemys charging at you but do
not panic because only one will go for you. Use Fierce attack to kill him.
climb up the ladder that Gimli went up and defeat the enemy standing by it.
Once you are up the ladder use Projectiles (L1+X) to kill the Orcs on the other
side of the wall. When you have killed all of them, Aragon calls for help.
Follow Legolas to the rope, do it quickly unless you want to kill the three
Orcs racing you to the rope. Use action (R1) to climb down the rope. There are
three catapults, fire them with the action button. Do this with the other two
catapults and you have completed the first level of the game. Now sit back and
enjoy the movie.
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IV. Walkthrough
b. The Road To Isengard
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Mission experience - Fair-Excellent
Experience points - 10000xp-20000xp
At the start of this level, you see the Uruk-hai running away from you, you
cannot shoot Projectiles at them. This level isn't very hard at all because all
you do is follow the path to Isengard and kill any Uruk-hai that stand in your
way. When you come across an archer in a tree, shoot it and kill the other two
enemys. There are some sort of explosives ahead, so blow them up from a
distance with your Projectiles. Kill the two archers on the bridge and follow
the path until four Orcs jump on you, now you have reached the first
checkpoint.
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CHECKPOINT
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Now you have to kill 75 Orcs. It's not as hard as you think though. You don't
actually have to kill 75 Orcs, 75 Orcs have to die. The Ents just stomp around
the arena killing Orcs. But don't get too happy because the Ents can tread on
you too. When all 75 Orcs are dead, run through the rocks and shoot all of the
archers with Projectiles.
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CHECKPOINT
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When you are up the hill, ignore the archers shooting at you, just blow up the
explosives. Continue running up the hill and you will see five huge towers full
of archers shooting at you. There are explosives next to each tower, so you
might as well blow them up and watch the fire-works. Now cross the bridge and
defeat the two shielded enemys. A lot of Orcs and Uruk hai will jump on you so
kill them and run back down the hill. Follow the hill until you see an Ent
trying to pull down a wall. Defeat the Uruk-hai champion and kill all of the
archers shooting at the Ent. Keep on doing this until the level is complete.
Remember that you can shoot the wall with your Projectiles.
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IV. Walkthrough
c. Minas Tirith- Top Of The Wall
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Mission experience - Fair-Perfect
Experience points - 20000xp-30000xp
In this level for once something else is more important than killing Orcs,
ladders (Man I never thought that I'd hear myself say that). Your aim in this
level is to not be overruned by Orcs. Use the map in the top right hand side of
the screen. When you see a red dot on the map, that means that there is a
ladder in that position. You can knock down ladders by pressing circle (kick).
When you are running to a ladder and an enemy gets in your way, just kick it
down instead of killing it because you don't have much time. When you see a
ladder in the middle of the wall, climb down the nearest rope and kick it down
so that you don't get stopped by Orcs.
You will see a short cut-scene of a Troll pushing a tower of Orcs. When the
cut-scene is over, you will notice a big blue dot on your map, that blue dot is
a catapult. The flashing red dot is a tower. Run up to the catapult and shoot
at the tower two times. When the first tower is down, another flashing red dot
appears on the right side of the map, run over to it and shoot Projectiles at
it. When it is down, head back to the catapult and shoot at the tower. A Ring-
Raith flys to the catapult trying to kill men but just shoot at it and it will
crash into the wall. Since The wall has been knoked down, You have to climb
down a rope in order to get to the next tower. Use Gandalf's special move to
kill all of the Orcs and shoot Projectiles to blow up the tower. When the tower
has gone, follow the crowd of Oaths down to the Courtyard and the level has
been completed.
Tip: In this level, always kick down any ladder you see. But if there is a
tower, don't go out of your way to kick down a ladder. Towers come first, then
the ladders, then Orcs.
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IV. Walkthrough
d. Minas Tirith- Courtyard
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Mission experience - Good-Perfect
Experience points - (Coming soon)
What you have to do in this level is to save 200 people so that they can flee
to the inner city. At first, about five shielded Orcs come into the Courtyard,
it would be easier to break their shields first and just use speed attacks to
finish them off. Whenever you have a bit of space, shoot the archers standing
by the entrance. When the champion Orcs come out, Parry there first attack and
use Fierce attacks to finish them off. After you've saved about 150 people,
Trolls march in. The first thing you should do when the Trolls come in is to
throw war pikes at them. Keep on battling through the level until you have
saved 200 people.
Tip: There are three healh jars around the level but they are hard to find
because they are inside barrels. You can break open the barrels with speed
attacks. There is one by the walls to the inner city, one by the big entrance
and one on the near right of the level.
'Your part of this battle is done. Our faith now lies in the path of a Hobbit
and a King'.
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V. Secret Codes
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To enter a secret code:
1.    Start a mission
2.    Press pause button
3.    Hold down all shoulder buttons (L1 R1 L2 R2)
4.    Enter your code
ALL UPGRADES - Down,Up,Triangle,Square
ALWAYS DEVISTATING - Triangle,Down,Triangle,Up
INFINITE MISSILES - Square,Square,Up,Circle
INVULNERABLE - Square,Circle,Square,Up
PERFECT MODE - Circle,Down,Triangle,X
RESTORE HEALTH - Square,Square,Circle,Circle
TARGETING INDICATOR MODE - Up,Circle,Down,Square
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Gandalf special codes
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GANDALF'S LEVEL 4 ABILITIES - Triangle,Up,Square,X
+1,000 EXPERIENCE POINTS - Circle,Triangle,Up,Down
(You can only enter these codes when you have beaten the Crack Of Doom level).
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VI. Legal Stuff
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This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written premission. Use of this guide on any other web
site or as part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation
of copyright.
If you see this guide on a site other than GameFAQs, or if you want to
contribute, contact me here...
Big_D_008@hotmail.com
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VII. Contact Info
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Authors Name: Dominic Smyth
Game Name: Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Authors Email adress: Big_D_008@hotmail.com
AIM: MSN DOM
FAQ type: Character Guide (Gandalf)
You must make your Email very clear so that I don't delete it!!! Make sure that
you mention what game you are talking about in the subject if possible.
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Special Thanks
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EA Games for making this briliant game
GameFAQs for posting this guide
Label Sk8r13 because I used his guide to help me when I was stuck
Me for bothering to write this FAQ
My Nan for bying this game for me
You For reading this guide. Hope it helped. Later.
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Copyright 2004 Dominic Smyth
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