Stage 8 (Out of the Frying Pan...): Escape the orcs | Walkthrough LEGO The Hobbit Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
This stage starts with an escape and it resembles the scene with the dragon, at the very beginning of the game. You need to keep running towards the bottom of the screen and strafe to the left, or right, occasionally. The purpose of this is to obtain the studs, although there also will appear an opportunity to obtain a minikit. After you reach a slightly bigger location, you will gain control over the party. It is worth noting here that you can find a Save Statue here, but it is not necessary to use it.
In the first part of the forest, you need to keep in mind that you will be attacked, on a regular basis, by wargs appearing in this area. Remember that you always should drive the wolves away, which will prevent you from losing your health hearts. Do not attempt to finish off the wargs, because it is impossible, as a matter of fact, to eliminate them. While you are here, start smashing the objects in the area, especially that there is a lot of them here.
Turn your interest to the heap of blocks shown in the above screenshot. Destroy the objects to the left of it and hold down the building key/button thanks to which, there will appear an interactive catch here. Switch to Dori and use his flail on the catch. Doing this will rip off a fragment of the wall, and unlock the manhole, which you should enter (you should be playing as Dori for the whole time).
After you reach the balcony above, start by smashing the objects in the area. Approach the right side of the ledge and use Dori's flail again, this time on the interactive catch on the tree. This will allow Dori to start swinging on the chain. Switch to Dwalin. Stand on the ledge above and wait for Dori to get close enough for you o jump towards him. After you grab Dori, wait until you swing over to the ledge on the right and jump towards it. Approach the big block here and push it with Dwalin's Warhammer.
Jump onto the block and then, towards the ledge above (watch out for a surprise attack of one of the wargs!). Jump down and clear the glade with the several big trees. Exploration of the left side of the glade will result in finding the object that you can take with you. Pick it up and throw it at the tree on the left. You can now approach the tree and hold down the indicated key/button to build an interactive ledge.
Grab the ledge and climb onto it. Then, climb on. You need to grab on to ropes and move higher and higher. After you reach the top, you will watch a short cutscene of the fall of a big tree. wait until you regain control over new characters, switch to Kili and use his bow to hit the nearby target. Grab on to the rope and get over to the left. Use the bow again.
After you reach one of the ledges on the other tree, switch to Bifur. Stand in the spot highlighted by the game. Switch to any other character, then and climb onto Bifur. Another short cutscene will show the fall of another big tree.
Towards the end of this stage, you are going to have some fun throwing flaming objects at the monsters. Use the reticule to target the wargs that appear at the foot of the tree and press the action key/button to perform the throws. All told, you need to eliminate eight, this way (two groups of four).