LEGO The Lord of the Rings
48 Achievements
30-35h
Of all the inquisitive Hobbits.
Unlock all the Map Stones in Middle-earth. (Single Player Only)
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How to unlock the Of all the inquisitive Hobbits. achievement in LEGO The Lord of the Rings - Definitive Guide
1. Hobbiton
2. Bree
3. Weathertop
4. Rivendell
5. The Pass of Caradhras
6. Lothlorien
7. Amon Hen
8. Emyn Muil
9. The Dead Marshes
10. The Black Gate
11. Isengard
12. Helm's Deep
13. Edoras
14. Minas Tirith
15. Minas Morgul
16. Cirith Ungol
Keep in mind that once you've activated your first map stone, the rest of them appear on your map for fast travel. You still have to activate each one.
Many people have mistaken the stones appearing on the map for them being unlocked. This is not the case. Each one must be used in order for them to be activated. You will know when you have found one you have not already activated because it will zoom in from far away to the specific area on the world map. If the achievement still does not unlock, like what occurred for me after rotating through and using each stone multiple times, than you should restart your XBOX 360 and try again. I can tell you from experience that this works. Also in my case of restarting the XBOX 360 it was Amon Hen that unlocked resulting in the achievement popping. The area’s collectables were visible prior to fast travelling there. Therefore, if you restarted the XBOX 360 you can not look for the collectables being visible as a sign that a stone is active.
The map stones can be found in the following locations:
- Hobbiton
- Bree
- Weathertop
- Rivendell
- The Pass of Caradhras
- Lothlorien
- Amon Hen
- Emyn Muil
- The Dead Marshes
- The Black Gate
- Isengard
- Helm's Deep
- Edoras
- Minas Tirith
- Minas Morgul
- Cirith Ungol
Hopefully this guide will have saved you some time and made for an easy 30 gamerscore.
1 - Hobbiton
2 -Bree
3 -Weathertop
4 -Rivendell
5 -The Pass of Caradhras
6 -Lothlorien
7 -Amon Hen
8 -Emyn Muil
9 -The Dead Marshes
10 - The Black Gate
11 -Isengard
12 -Helm's Deep
13 -Edoras
14 -Minas Tirith
15 -Minas Morgul
16 -Cirith Ungol
Even after you activate your first one all will show on your map making them easy to track but you must still go to all of them and activate them one by one.
(If done on co-op only player 1 will get the achievement, if no achievement just go through the list again to confirm you have activated all of them even if they are on your map).
Map Stones are located in:
- Amon Hen
- The Black Gate
- Bree
- Cirith Ungol
- The Dead Marshes
- Edoras
- Emyn Muil
- Helm's Deep
- Hobbiton
- Isengard
- Lothlórien
- Minas Morgul
- Minas Tirith
- The Pass of Caradhras
- Rivendell
- Weathertop
A Map Stone is a statue of a LEGO figure reading a map. These act as fast-travel points in Middle-Earth and when you hover your cursor over them, they show how many collectables are in each area. There are 16 to unlock, which is achieved by standing in front of it and pressing .
You will no doubt find most of these naturally when walking through Middle-Earth during the main story, but if you missed any, you can fast travel to any Map Stone (even if you haven’t already activated it) and then activate it. You will know when you have activated a Map Stone as all the collectables in that area will have dropped onto the map when you press .
The following is the chronological order of Map Stones:
- Hobbiton
- Bree
- Weathertop
- Rivendell
- The Pass of Caradhras
- Lothlórien
- Amon Hen
- Emyn Muil
- The Dead Marshes
- Edoras
- Helm’s Deep
- Isengard
- Minas Tirith
- Minas Morgul
- Cirith Ungol
- The Black Gate
There are 16 Map Stones to find and activate with around Middle Earth. You can grab these as you're traversing the world during the story, or go for them all afterwords. The only two I didn't have activated after playing through story mode were Isengard and Helm's Deep. Activating these is EXTREMELY useful, as you can use them to fast travel and show the locations of collectibles in the area on your map. The list of all the Map Stones is as follows:
- -Hobbiton
- -Bree
- -Weathertop
- -Rivendell
- -The Pass of Caradhras
- -Lothlorien
- -Isengard
- -Amon Hen
- -Emyn Muil
- -The Dead Marshes
- -The Black Gate
- -Helm's Deep
- -Edoras
- -Minas Tirith
- -Minas Morgul
- -Cirith Ungol