Key & Compass presents:
A Hobbit Trek
by Crispin

• Maps
  • Map 1: River bank and plain
  • Map 2: Dungeon to Tavern
  • Map 3: Final leg
• Walkthrough
• Extras
  • Characters, Endings, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• Support me on Ko-Fi
• External links:
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Maps

Map 1: River bank and plain

Map 2: Dungeon to Tavern

Map 3: Final leg

Walkthrough

You are a hobbit. A flood has left you stranded up in a tree. Your goal is to get back to your home in Bree.

Tree

Your foot needs a bandage.

> x foot. x tree. x river. d.

North bank

> x mushrooms. take them. s.

Bank

> x branches. take them. s.

South Bank

> x bridge. s.

Cliff bank

> x rocks. take them. e. in.

Hut

> x seedcake. x napkin. take all.

> x foot. (You automatically use the napkin as a bandage.)

> out. n.

South flood plain

> x firework. take it. n. n.

North flood plain

> x slingshot. x chesterfield. x shoes. x stick.

> take slingshot. take stick. (It falls apart.)

> use rocks on slingshot. (The slingshot is now loaded.)

> s. e.

Hoard

> x troll. use slingshot on troll. (He's down.)

> x gold. x tinderbox. x rope. take all.

> w. w. s.

South bank

> use branches on bridge. use rope on bridge.

The bridge is fixed, but now a black knight blocks your way.

> x knight. speak to knight.

He arrests you in Princess Haifalutin's name and now you're in a castle's dungeon.

Dungeon

> x bread. x bowl. (empty)

> take bread. take bowl.

> give gold to guard. (He unlocks the door and leaves.)

> n.

Guard room

> x stub. take it. u.

Hall

CAUTION: If you go west into the council chambers, you are arrested and locked in a cell, and the game ends.

> e.

Kitchen

> x woman. speak to woman.

Belinda Oswyn helps you escape; in return, you're to deliver a note to Gomlin Drudukr in the mines on the other side of the forest.

Forest (northwest corner)

> x note. (no: not polite)

> s. s.

Wooded area

> x entwife. speak to entwife.

She tells you where the edge of the forest is; in exchange, you will signal to her where the Ents are.

> go exit.

Meadow (with Bee Tree)

> x tree. x honey. take honey. (Not in your hands!)

> use bowl on honey. (You now carry honey instead of the bowl.)

> n. e.

Meadow (with Bee)

> x bee. speak to bee. (It can't find flowers or food.)

> give honey to bee. (It gives you beeswax.)

> x beeswax.

> use beeswax on stub. (You now hava a whole candle.)

> x candle.

> s.

March

> x reed. take reed. (no: too strong to take)

> w. s. e. e.

Cave

> x Gomlin. give candle to Gomlin.

> give note to Gomlin. speak to Gomlin.

He tells you to take the east road to a tavern and ask for directions there. The west road goes to the castle. And he gives you a little knife.

> x knife.

> w. w. n. e.

Marsh

> use knife on reed. x flute.

> w. s. s.

Road intersection

CAUTION: If you go west from here, the black knight captures you and the game ends.

> e. e. in.

Tavern

> x men. speak to men. (They want music.)

> play flute. (Tom Brockhouse from Buckland appears.)

> x Tom. speak to Tom.

He escorts you as far as he can, to a washed out road.

Washed out road

> s. e. s.

Clearing.

> x Ent. speak to Ent.

> use tinderbox on firework. (box isn't open)

> open tinderbox. (locked)

> give tinderbox to Ent. (You get the flint.)

> x flint. use flint on firework.

The Ent hears the approaching Entwife and moves towards her, revealing a trail to the southeast.

> se.

Bree

You're home at last.

*** Game Over ***

Extras

Characters

• Daisy Tunnelly is a hobbit and the player-character.
• A troll in its hoard is too busy eating mutton to notice you.
• A black knight arrests you for trespassing on a royal bridge.
• A guard in the dungeon doesn't mind being bribed.
• Belinda Oswyn is a woman crying in the castle kitchen.
• An Entwife in a wooded area is lonely. She wants to find an Ent.
• A bee in a meadow is huge and able to talk. It needs flowers or food.
• Gomlin Drudukr is a tall man exiled into the mines. He's also Belinda's sweetheart.
• Some men are drinking, talking, and laughing in The Red Stag.
• Tom Brockhouse is a fellow hobbit from Buckland. You meet him in the tavern.
• An Ent is in a clearing. He's also lonely.
• Your Tunnelly and Heathertoes relations welcome you when you return to Bree.

Mentioned:

• Mister Gamgee told stories to the young hobbits when you were little.
• Princess Haifalutin rules the castle and some of the lands around it.
• Other guards are swarming in the castle's council chambers.

Endings

I found two losing endings and one winning ending:

• If you go west from the castle's hall into the council chambers, you're recaptured and you spent the rest of your life locked up.
• If you go west from the road intersection to the west road, the black knight recaptures you.
• If you go southeast from the Ent's clearing to Bree, you win.

Inventory

In the order you may acquire them:

• Sore foot. You have it initially.
• Once you have the napkin, examine your sore foot. You'll automatically use the napkin as a bandage.
• Mushrooms. They're at The North bank.
• You don't need them.
• Branches. They're at The Bank.
• At South bank, use the branches and rope on the bridge to fix it.
• Seedcake. It's in A Hut.
• You don't need it.
• Napkin. It's in A Hut.
• Once you have the napkin, examine your sore foot. You'll automatically use the napkin as a bandage.
• Firework. It's at The South flood plain.
• In the clearing, use the flint on the firework to summon an Entwife.
• Slingshot. It's at North flood plain.
• Use the rocks on the slingshot to create a loaded slingshot.
• Rocks. They're at Cliff bank.
• Use the rocks on the slingshot to create a loaded slingshot.
• Loaded slingshot. Create it by using the rocks on the slingshot.
• In the Cave (of the troll), use the loaded slingshot on the troll. He drops gold, a tinderbox, and rope.
• Gold. It's in the Cave (of the troll) after you use the loaded slingshot on the troll.
• In the dungeon, give the gold to the guard. He'll unlock the door so you can leave.
• Tinderbox. It's in the Cave (of the troll) after you use the loaded slingshot on the troll.
• In the clearing, give the tinderbox to the Ent to get the flint from inside it.
• Rope. It's in the Cave (of the troll) after you use the loaded slingshot on the troll.
• At South bank, use the branches and rope on the bridge to fix it.
• Bread. It's in the Dungeon.
• You don't need it.
• Water bowl. It's in the Dungeon.
• In the meadow (of the bee tree), use the bowl on the honey in order to take the honey.
• Candle stub. It's in the Guard room.
• Use the beeswax on the candle stub to craft a whole candle.
• Note. In the Kitchen, speak to the woman there to get it.
• The woman, Belinda Oswyn, helps you escape the castle. In return, you're to deliver the note to Gomlin Drudukr in the mines.
• In the Cave (of Gomlin), after giving the whole candle to Gomlin, give the note to him. Speak to him; he'll give you directions and a knife.
• Honey. Find it in a meadow by examining the bee tree.
• Use the bowl on the honey to take it.
• In another meadow, give the honey to a Bee to get beeswax in return.
• Beeswax. In a second meadow, give honey to the Bee to get beeswax in exchange.
• Use the beeswax on the candle stub to craft a whole candle.
• Whole candle. Create it by using the beeswax on the candle stub.
• In the Cave (of Gomlin), give the candle to Gomlin.
• Knife. In the Cave, Gomlin gives it to you after you give him the whole candle and note, then speak to him.
• In the Marsh, use the knife on the reed to craft a flute.
• Flute. Create it in the Marsh by using the knife on the reed.
• In the Tavern, play the flute to summon Tom Brockhouse. You know to play the flute there if you speak to the men.
• Flint. In the clearing, give the tinderbox to the Ent. He will open the tinderbox for you and give you its flint.
• Still in the clearing, use the flint on the firework to summon an Entwife.

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