Middle Earth - Playable characters | Middle Earth - Mithril LEGO bricks LEGO The Hobbit Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

In LEGO The Hobbit there are, as many as, 98 various playable characters. Some of them become available automatically, as you progress in the storyline. As for the remaining playable characters, you need to unlock them on your own and I recommend against skipping this step. What speaks for that are two important factors. Firstly, unlocking all of the 98 characters is one of the requirements that need to be met, if you want to complete the game in 100%. Secondly, many of the additional characters that you unlock, have unique abilities (e.g. extraordinary strength), which are helpful, or even necessary to solve puzzles, obtain collectibles and reach the seemingly inaccessible places.

Note - do not worry if, even after you have unlocked all 98 playable characters, in the character selection window there are still some empty slots. These are saved up for the characters available in the DLC (e.g. Smaug) and the custom made characters. These characters DO NOT count as members of the main party and they are not required for the completion of the game in 100%. A complete list of the characters that count for that, has been provided further in this chapter.

An example character icon in the game world

The mechanics of adding additional characters to the roster of the playable characters, is not too complicated, although its assumptions are worth knowing. As you progress in the game, on the world map, you should notice the icons of characters to appear. These icons stand for the characters that you can add to your "standing list", i.e. to the list of the characters that you can switch to, at any moment throughout the game (with the exception of the storyline missions).

Note - some of the character icons appear on the world map, only after you have met certain additional requirements, e.g. completed certain side quests.

Note- Just like in the case of the optional quests, some of the characters become available only during the day (the icon of the Sun on the world map), or at night (the icon of the Moon on the world map. The current time of the day can be changed by interacting with the bonfire, in one of the encampments.

Before the individual character joins the roster of the playable characters, you first need to hire them

After you reach the staying place of the character that you choose, you additionally need to pay for their services. This mean the necessity of spending, at least, a dozen-or-so thousand of coins, where the most valuable characters can be, as expensive as, 100 thousand studs. Personally, I recommend that you start recruiting them after you have completed the storyline, because you should have on you, at least, several millions of spare studs.

CHARACTER NAME	THE WAY TO OBTAIN THE CHARACTER
Thorin (Young)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline. This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Thrain	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Balin (Young)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Thror	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Armoured Dwarf Guard -	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Frodo	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Sam	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bilbo (Hobbiton)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bilbo	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Gandalf	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Balin	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bifur	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bofur	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bombur	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dori	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dwalin	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Fili	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Kili	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Gloin	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Nori	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Oin	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Ori	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Thorin	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dori (Young)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dwalin (Young)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Radagast	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Goblin (Confused)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Legolas Greenleaf	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Tauriel	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bombur (Barrel)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Tauriel (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Balin (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bilbo (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dwalin (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Dori (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Gloin (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Nori (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Ori (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Thorin (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bifur (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bombur (Lake-town)	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bard	This character unlocks automatically, as you progress in the game's storyline.
Bilbo (Old)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Tom Bombadil	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs, but he becomes available only after you have planted the plant and won the race.
Bombur (Young)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 20000 studs.
Thror (Armoured)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 45000 studs. If you have any problems reaching Thror, see the chapter concerned with finding the mithril brick number 13 (the Middle Earth - Mithril LEGO bricks chapter).
Gundabad Orc	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 50000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Barrow-Wight	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 100000 studs.
Saruman	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 50000 studs. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you have Saruman among your active characters, because it is impossible, or more difficult, to reach some of the collectibles without him.
Elrond (Gown)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Lindir	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Yazneg	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 45000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Goblin (Scribe)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs and you additionally need to spend 25 Gold.
Grinnah	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 40000 studs.
Gollum	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 50000 studs.
Barliman Butterbur	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Beorn	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 45000 studs.
Mirkwood Elf (Archer)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Mirkwood Elf (Guard)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Bolg	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 45000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Mirkwood Elf	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 35000 studs.
Elros	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs.
Thranduil	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 35000 studs.
Narzug	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 45000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Elf (Sentry)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Elf (Worker)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 35000 studs.
Master of Lake-town	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Alfrid	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 20000 studs.
Braga	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs.
Lake-town Man (Guard)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Lake-town Man (Archer)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs and you first need to reach the tower in the high location, where he is staying.
Percy	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 10000 studs.
Tilda	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Sigrid	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 10000 studs.
Bain	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Fimbul	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 30000 studs.
Witch-King	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 80000 studs.
Azog (Claw)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 90000 studs and before he becomes available, you need to deal with a group of goblins.
Necromancer	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 66666 studs.
Sauron	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 70000 studs. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you have Sauron among your active characters, because it is impossible, or more difficult, to reach some of the collectibles without him.
Dale Soldier	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 20000 studs.
Elrond (Armoured)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 40000 studs.
Galadriel	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 40000 studs.
Roise Cotton	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 35000 studs.
Fili (Lake-town)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs and you need to reach him in the boat.
Kili (Lake-town)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs and you can reach him using the flail.
Oin (Lake-town)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs and you need to build a bridge to get to him.
Bofur (Lake-town)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 25000 studs and you need to use the archer to get to him.
Bree Peasant	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 35000 studs and you, additionally, need to spend 500 Carrot.
Jimli the Blacksmith	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 50000 studs and he becomes available only after you have forged all 32 mithril items in Bree.
Orc Berserker	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
The Great Goblin	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Goblin Brute	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Bert (Troll)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Tom (Troll)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
William (Troll)	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.
Mrs Troll	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs.
Troll Bouncer	You need to hire this character, during the free exploration of the Middle Earth. He costs 15000 studs and you first need to defeat him in combat.

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