The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cheats (GameBoy Advance)

To defeat Denethor, you need to block his torches. The easiest way to defeat him is to use
the Shield skill and stand in front of him. Do not stand too close or he will knock you
down and immediately destroy your shield. Another way to defeat him is to use the
Blinding Aura to stun the Gondorian soldiers. This is difficult because you need to
position the soldiers directly in front of Denethor. You can only defeat him by blocking
his torches; do not waste your Spirit Points.

Successfully complete the game with all characters to unlock the Fanghorn level.

Unlockable: New Levels 

To unlock bonus levels, complete the corresponding tasks: 

Fanghorn: Beat the game with all characters. 

Helm's Deep: Beat the game with any character. 

Moria: Beat the game with any character. 

Weathertop: Beat the game and collect all artifacts. 

Unlockable: Sam 

To unlock Sam, use the link cable to connect to the GameCube (while the LOTR: Return of
the King game is in the Cube). Sam will be unlocked for multiplayer. 

Unlockable: Smeagol 

To unlock Smeagol, beat the game with two characters. Smeagol will be available for play
in the Helm's Deep and Moria levels, or in multiplayer. 

Hint: Clone Items 

In multiplayer, trade the item you want to copy to the other player. The player who
receives the item saves his game and the one who gave the item does not. The giver
reloads his character and will still have the item and so will his friend! 

Hint: Increased Strength 

This trick can be used with Gimli, Aragorn, or Eowyn. First, make sure you have a shield
and a two handed weapon equipped. Keep swiching them out and every time you switch them
the damage you do will increase(look at the attribute screen to see how much damage you
do). The damage you deal will eventualy go back to normal but you can repeat the trick as
much as you want. 

Hint: Saroman's Palantir 

When you reach Saroman with Gandalf do not kill him but walk behind him and up some
stairs then turn to the left and open a chest to find Saroman's Palantir. 

Hint: XP Reverberation 

While fighting through any stage, you will (naturally) accumulate experience. To double
(or re-double) your XP gain, simply let your hero expire before the stage is over and you
are forced to restart the stage. 

The XP gained previously is kept, but the chance to play through the stage again to get
more experience for higher levels is available.

Successfully complete the game with any character to unlock the Moria level.

Successfully complete the game with all artifacts collected to unlock the Weathertop
level.

Use a link cable to connect to a GameCube and play its version of The Lord Of The
Rings: The Return Of The King. Ancient Artifacts that can be sold for extra gems can
now be found.

When you face Saruman with Gandalf, go to the top of the map. Break the vases and open the
chest to find it.

Successfully complete the game with at least two characters to unlock Smeagol in the
Helm's Deep or Moria levels. He can also be selected in multi-player mode.

After you defeat Shelob as Sam, go straight up to find a barrel. Smash the barrel to find
the stinger. You can also find this artifact in multi-player more. Note: If you
find an artifact in multi-player mode, both players will get it.

Listen carefully when an Uruk-Hai falls down. You should hear it scream. If you do not
hear it, then it is not dead.

Kill at least 2,000 enemies with any single character (not a total between several
characters) to unlock the Helm's Deep level.

When you reach Anduin River, Corsair Camp with Aragorn, Legolas, or Gimli there will be a
woman looking for her brother. To find, her go to the top of the screen when you first
enter the level. Find her brother and lead him back to her to get an item.

The quickest and easiest way to killing the Witch King is to lead him into the fire. When
he is directly on it, hit him once. Do not worry if his armor resisted the blow. The
Kitch King will use a power surge and the fire will drain his life. Repeat this until his
life meter is almost gone, then begin using your sword to attack him. After you defeat
him, go to the man who was killed at the beginning of the level. Search him to get the
Witch King's Crown, which is an Artifact.

At Ithilien, the Rune given by the old man in the hidden village will be different each
time you play; if you save, quit, then play again. This is true of all of the Runes that
are given in various levels throughout the game.

At Ithilien, North, when you go through the waterfall near the beginning of the level,
the soldier in the hidden village will give you a different rune each time. If you talk to
him, get the Rune if you want it, then save and quit the game. Load the game from the same
level and talk to him again. He will give you different rune each time. Repeat this as
many times as desired.

When you are at a campsite, keep buying a Rune until you cannot get another one. Do
not leave the campsite yet. Instead, save and quit the game. Go to a bonus map and play
for awhile until you have enough gems for a Rune. Then, save and quit the game. Load the
game at the campsite and you will then be able to buy another Rune that you could not get
before. Repeat this as many times as desired.

When at the White Mountains: SE Mountains Edge, towards the bottom and end of the map,
you can find a random Rune beneath some trees. Pick it up, save the game, then quit.
Reload the same level and you can find a different Rune. Keep doing this as many times as
desired. It is possible to pick up all of the Runes there.

At the end of the last Moria level, after killing the Troll and a multitude of
reappearing Orcs, when you go down the last tunnel towards the exit, you will see two
Runes, one on either side of the door. These Runes will be different each time you play.
Another Rune is available in the Moria level before this last level; when you open the
second gate (to reach the two Trolls), there is a cask to the right of the gate. Smash it
to find a Rune. Note: Smashing casks and crates does not always lead to treasure
and herbs. There are some nasty surprises at times. A cask in one of the Moria levels is
a multiple cask containing one of the arm-flailing corruption-giving drummer Orcs. There
is another cask that contains a drummer Orc in one of the Aragorn's/Legolas'/Gimli's
White Mountain levels.

Get all the Runes desired and carve them on weapons. Put that weapon in a Ranger
Hollow. Quit the game and go to a character without that rune. Retrieve that weapon from
a Ranger Hollow, and it will still have the Rune carved, even though you have not
obtained the Rune yet.

As Frodo in the Slopes Of Mount Doom level, go up the nearest set of several stairs and
kill the standard bearer at the top. Open the chest. Walk back to the beginning and go
east until you reach Gollum. Open the chest to find the artifact, Deagol's Skull.

With Gandalf at the level where you have to light the two beacons, go through and light
the east beacon. Then, go back to the starting level and go all the way to the upper
left. The feather will be there.

When taking Frodo's path, in the level before you have to face Shelob and fight her as
Sam, there is a cave guarded by two orange-garbed Orcs. That cave contains treasure
without any enemies, but when you exit, you will find that you have to go through the
level all over again, killing every enemy you killed before entering the cave. The
waterfall cave in Ithilien is like that as well. When you exit it, you will find that
every enemy you killed has come alive again and you have to play the level all over
again. Note: Some of the Health Pools act as triggers for the appearance of new
enemies. For example, in the Anduin level before you reach the Corsair ship, there is a
health pool near a ruined tower. When you drink from it, you trigger the appearance of a
cave troll and a number of Orcs.

In the North Ithilian level, kill all the Orcs. You may need to go back and forth a lot to
find all of them. As soon as you kill all the Orcs, go to the ledge with the waterfall
then go right. You will see about thirty butterflies flocking the tree at the dead end.
The artifact is near the tree. Do not enter the waterfall or you will have to start the
process again.

There is a secret cave containing a Rune Forge and a Rangers' Hollow in the level of
tunnels where you see Shelob (but cannot yet fight her). It is located at the far south
in the center, in one of four cave entrances. The others are unusable.

When you reach Ithilien, North with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, or Gandalf, go to the
waterfall and walk upwards. You will enter a secret village, with a Ranger Hollow, a
Forge, and a couple of houses. Talk to the village elder to get the Elf Rune II-
Nimblefoot for free.

In the Ice Caves that Eowyn visits, there are three secret caves. The first two are in
the far west walls. The first contains a Troll. The second contains a Troll, Spiders, a
Trunk, and a Rune Forge. The third cave is near the exit. There is a partition wall
separating the exit tunnel from another tunnel to the east. It is at the bottom of the
eastern tunnel that there is an entry to another secret cave.

When you play as Aragorn, Legolas or Gimli, you will go through a path in the
mountains where you will meet a man who speaks of Goblins and the fact that they do not
allow their treasures to remain unguarded for long. To the northeast of this man, there
is a secret cave with many Trunks filled with treasure. When you exit this cave, note the
appearance of many Crebain and make certain to kill them to avoid corruption.

After you save the girl's brother in the Corsair Camp, return to the beginning of the
level. A group of Orcs will be mobbing a woman. Save the woman by killing the Orcs. She
will take you to a barn and open the door. Walk through the barn. Talk to the little boy.
He will tell you he lost many possessions, including the book. Smash all the barrels in
the area to find the artifact.

Use a link cable to connect to a GameCube and play its version of The Lord Of The
Rings: The Return Of The King. Sam will be unlocked in multi-player or bonus maps as
a selectable character.

In multi-player mode, have one player give an item to the other. Then, have the receiving
player save the while the sender does not. Next, have both players quit. If done
correctly, both players should now have all the items.