# # ## # # ## # # ### ### ### ### # ### ### ### # # ## ### ## # # # # # # # # ### # # # ## ## # # # # # # ### # ### # ### ### # ## # # ### # # ## # # ## ## ### ## # # ### ## # ## # # # # # # # ### ### # # ### ## ### # ### ### ### # # ## ### ## ## # # # # # # # # ### # # # ## ## # # # # # # # ### ## ### # # # ### # ## # # ### # # ## # # ## # # ## # # ### Lord of the Rings: Return of the King PS2 version Palantir of Sauron Guide By casanova973 (Dominic Smyth) Version Final #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 1: Introduction #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# Hello, and welcome to my guide for the Palantir of Sauron. This will be my first complete guide for GameFAQs; I have written other guides but none of them are totally complete yet. I hope you enjoy reading this guide and most importantly I hope you find it useful. This guide is for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. It is an in-depth guide for ROTK and it covers only the palantir of Sauron, so don't go looking through this guide hoping to find a walkthrough for the whole game. Palantir of Sauron is a secret level that you unlock after you beat the whole game and you have Gandalf, Sam and either Aragorn, Gimli or Legolas up to level 10 or higher. When you beat the Crack of Doom with Frodo, you unlock two more extra levels: Palantir of Saruman and the Palantir of Sauron. It is probably easier if you complete the Palantir of Saruman first before you move on to Palantir of Sauron. I also recommend purchasing every single upgrade for the character you are going to use. Also, once you beat the Crack of Doom, you unlock three secret characters: Merry, Pippin and Faramir. You can play the two secret levels with those secret characters but there isn't any point because they start at level 1. Merry and Pippin are exactly the same as Sam and Frodo, and Faramir is basically a clone of Aragon (in gameplay). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1: Introduction 2: Version History 3: Basic Controls 4: Tips 5: Palantir of Sauron 6: Legal Stuff/Contact Info #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 2: Version History #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# Version Final - First version of the game but it is still complete. I have completed every part of the guide and I don't feel I need to add anything else big. If I update something new it will probably only just be a tip from a contributer. #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 3: Basic Controls #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# Speed attack = X button (X) - Use speed attacks to defeat unshielded enemies. It is useless against shielded enemies. Fierce attack = Triangle button (T) - Very effective on shielded enemies. It usually defeats an enemy in three hits. Parry (block) = Square button (S) - Use the parry button to protect yourself from arrows. You can block any enemy attack except for 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. When you purchase a combo with Circle in it, your character will glow in purple and charge forwards. Action Command = (R1) button - Use the action command button when you see an object with a purple ring around it. Your character will do a cool action. Killing Move = (R2) button - The killing move kills any enemy knocked down but it is not dead. Special Move = (L1+R1+L2+R2) - Each character has their own special move. Gandalf is protected by a magic shield, Sam and Frodo go invisible and Aragon, Legolas and Gimli glow in red and it allows you to reach perfect mode quicker. Ranged Attacks (L1+X) button(s) - Every character has a different ranged attack. Aragon and Legolas shoot arrows, Gimli throws his axes, Gandalf shoots laser projectiles and Sam and Frodo throw knifes. Dodge (Jump back) = (L2) button - If there are enemies charging at you, press the L2 button to jump back five yards. It will give you more time and space. #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 4: Tips #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# At first I wasn't going to add this section to this guide, but then I realised that no guide is a real guide without some important tips. This section will give you some good tips on how to defeat certain enemies that might appear in the Palantir of Sauron. - When you see a crowd of shielded enemies, block their first attack, then use fierce attack to break their shields. Now you can just use speed attacks to kill them. - Trolls do have a weak point and it is war pikes. Around the Palantir, you will find some war pikes (spears), press and hold R1 to aim your war pike, and release R1 to fire. - Your characters special ability always helps you in battles. It will get you into perfect mode quicker so it will be easier to kill enemies. - When you are aiming your ranged attacks and war pikes, the enemy that you are aiming at will be highlighted in green. - After every wave of enemies you kill in both secret levels, a red health jar appears. These health jars stay through all the waves until you collect them. I usually save them until the end and wait for the tougher enemies because that is the place I usually tend to need them most. - After every five waves you complete, you get a bunch of 20 missiles. the missiles appear at the same place where the health jars are. You should probably use the arrows when you have about 10 missiles left. - When you beat the Crack of Doom, check out the cheat code section before you try out the secret levels. Use the cheats because they will help you a lot as it is almost impossible to complete it without some cheats. #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 5: Palantir of Sauron #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# This is the main section of the guide. I will explain all the different waves in the Palantir of Sauron, the enemies you are up against and how to kill them. First of all, I have to start by saying use the character you are strongest with. You have to have most characters up to level 10 at least but I would use the character you are strpngest with. I used Gandalf as I had him up to level 13 before I started and I am strongest with him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 1: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 24 Normal Orcs How to Kill: Use speed attacks to kill them all. You don’t really need to use fierce attack at all so don’t. Swift Justice and Or chewer should be the two most commonly used combos at this stage. Parry whenever there is need. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 24 Normal Easterlings How to Kill: Use the same strategy as above to defeat this wave. This one is harder than the one above because Easterlings are stronger than Orcs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 3: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 13 Normal Easterlings 13 Normal Orcs How to Kill: There are more enemies this time so be careful and parry when you need to. They start off charging at you from both sides so be ready to kill. I used Swift Justice a lot in this fight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 4: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 14 Orc Archers How to Kill: You can use the strategy that I used, which was parry, and then move until I got to an archer, and then I just used speed attacks to kill it. Or you can just do it the lazy mans way of shooting missiles at them. Shooting missiles is harder because it’s harder to block. It’s your choice on how you defeat this wave mate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 5: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 14 Uruk-hai Archers How to Kill: Use the strategy above to beat this wave. This time they have crossbows and not normal bows so it hurts more if you get hit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 6: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 10 Orc Archers 10 Uruk-hai Archers How to Kill: Use the same strategy(s) as above. This time there are more of them, so it might be easier to kill them all by killing them by close combat. Only fire missiles until there are only a couple left, not when there are loads of them archers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 7: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Shielded Uruk-hai How to Kill: Break all of their shields first, it will be easier. It’s easier to break their shields first because if you hit a shield with a speed attack, nothing happens at all and it slows you down. If you break their shields first, you can finish them off easily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 8: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Shielded Easterlings How to Kill: Easterlings have stronger shields than Uruk-hai, I don’t know why? Use the same strategy as above to complete the wave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 9: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 8 Shielded Easterlings 8 Shielded Uruk-hai How to Kill: This one is much harder than the other two shielded enemy ones because there are more of them. Try and just run around the arena and kill anyone that gets in your way. Try not to get trapped in the corner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 10: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Normal Orcs 12 Uruk-hai Archers How to Kill: Try and kill the archers first because it will be easier to kill the Orcs that way. Don’t fire missiles at the archers because you won’t have enough time. Orcs jump on you when you least expect them too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 11: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 16 Normal Easterlings 5 Orc Archers How to Kill: Use the same strategy as above but this one is easier. There are less archers but more normal enemies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 12: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Shielded Uruk-hai 10 Uruk-hai Archers How to Kill: Try and just keep to the basics and use the same strategies as above to defeat this wave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 13: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Shielded Easterlings 10 Orc archers How to Kill: Use the same strategy’s as above. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 14: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 8 Orc archers 8 Normal Easterlings 8 Shielded Uruk-hai How to Kill: Try and break their shields first, or at least some of them before you head for the archers. Try and make sure that you leave the normal Easterlings until last. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 15: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 12 Shielded Easterlings 8 Normal Orcs 6 Orc Archers How to Kill: Try and go for the Easterlings first because they are the hardest and they have the most type of enemies in this wave. Don’t kill the rest in any order; just kill anyone who steps in your path. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 16: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 6 Uruk-hai Champions How to Kill: These are the hardest champions to kill in the game. Break their armour first with a couple of fierce attacks. Then finish them off with an effective combo, or just normal speed attacks. Try and take out the champions’ one at a time because you don’t want to get surrounded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 17: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 6 Easterlings Champions How to Kill: Use the same strategy as above: break their armour first, then finish them off with some speed attacks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 18: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 4 Uruk-hai Champions 3 Easterling Champions 1 Troll How to Kill: Use the jump back button a lot in this level. Try and take out the champions one at a time because you don’t want to get surrounded. Try and leave the Troll until last, as it is easier to kill with less enemies around. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 19: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 6 Uruk-hai Champions 5 Easterling Champions 1 Large Troll How to Kill: Use the same strategy as above. Take down the Troll last. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAVE 20: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enemies: 7 Uruk-hai Champions 6 Easterling Champions 5 Orc archers 2 Large trolls How to Kill: Here is where you put all that you have learnt into one battle. Try and get rid of the archers and champions first, then get rid of the Troll at the end of the battle. You have now got 100% completion of the game. Well done my friend, well deserved. #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 6: Legal Stuff/Contact Info #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# 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 permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. So basically, don't do anything other than read this guide without my permission. If you see this guide on any other site than GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) or GameDestination (www.gamedestination.net), Email me. Email me at: casanova973@hotmail.com MSN chat with me on: Big_D_008@hotmail.com Guide is now complete! Copyright 2004 Dominic Smyth