stuck at first battle

[standardtrickyness]

fighting sauron and all he does is taunt me, but idk how to hurt him H (basic atttack) does nothing and I don't think I have a special (K) yet so idk what to do now.

[FynkR]

you have to destroy his mace, when it hits the ground.

[SteahmChip]

Lego LOTR
I had the same problem, Saron just taunting NOT attacking

Insure the F2 key has not been pressed putting the game in co-op mode.
If you have the split screen you are in co-op mode.
Yes, it says "Press F2 to start" and if you missed it, that does not start the level, it puts player 2 into co-op mode then Sauron does NOTHING but taunt.

Also if Co-op mode enabled, if player 2 selected you are supposed to be able to go to the menu and select DROP, but that always does not work for some reason. Restore a save is a sure thing, just DO NOT press F2 if not doing co-op.

And yes, you must destroy the mace, whn he strikes it gets stuck from time to time and you can rush to destroy it.


There is a thread how to remove the blinking F2, if you extracted files instaead, the file to edit is
....\Steam\SteamApps\common\LEGO Lord of the Rings\STUFF\TEXT\text.csv
Open in notepad and replace with 31 spaces between the quotes "Press F2 or any button to start" and no more blinking F2 message.

[μCeph]

you need all 3 characters in the arena

[LupusDei]

Originally posted by Kôlônel Kørpüs:

you need all 3 characters in the arena

But, Elrond can't be selectet at first when you open the characters weel, right? I can only use Isildur or Elendil

[SteahmChip]

If you did NOT press F2 invoking co-op should not be an issue, in solo mode, normally ALL characters follow the active player around. In any case, i did not notice that 3rd person being an issue in solo mode (Sauron and minions attack instantly when I approached ) and when accidentally in F2 co-op mode only 2 char could be selected and no matter what Sauron was just mocking (not attacking).

[NeonDrare]

You need to use Isildur's Father (the king, i forgot his name) to destroy Sauron's mace only his sword works against it.

[SteahmChip]

Originally posted by NeonDrare:

You need to use Isildur to destroy Sauron's mace only his sword works against it.

Yes the whole game is like that in the sense one character has a something or ability that if not figured out and used the level cannot be passed. Also sometimes it cannot be easily understood if something is a glitch or just as designed.

For example I had to assemble three parts and did indeed at different points in the level see all those three parts at one time or another. However, I dropped one of the parts and apparently was not able to retrieve it. Normally the game respawns them immediatly but for some reason that particular part was dropped unoticed and I was unable to re-locate it anywhere.

I had to restart that level and made sure i did not accidentally drop any parts again

If one gets REALLY stuck, fortunatly there are walkthrus to be found though they may not address a particular glitch, they can help in understanding what to do next.