When faced with the option to travel, the players must travel to Deep Chasm if there is no active location.
The chasm was long and dark, and filled with the noise of wind and rushing water and echoing stone.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
While Dark Tunnel is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on Dark locations in the staging area.
The tunnel seemed to have no end. All he knew was that it was going down pretty steadily...
–The Hobbit
Response: When you travel to Forked Passage (before resolving the deep keyword), raise each player's threat by 2 to look at the top 2 cards of the Caves deck. Put 1 on top of the Caves deck and put the other on the bottom. Then, add Forked Passage to the victory display.
Response: After Lost Armory becomes the active location, each player may search his deck for a Weapon or Armor attachment, add it to his hand, and shuffle his deck. Limit once per game for the group.
Behind him where the walls were nearest could dimly be seen coats of mail, helms and axes, swords and spears hanging...
–The Hobbit
Response: After Ancient Treasury becomes the active location, each player may (choose one): reduce his threat by 3, draw 2 cards, or add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool. Limit once per game for the group.
...there in rows stood great jars and vessels filled with a wealth that could not be guessed.
–The Hobbit
Forced: After Frightful Den becomes the active location, shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X enemies are discarded, where X is the number of players. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.
Forced: After the players commit characters to the quest, discard cards from the encounter deck until a treachery is discarded. Resolve the `when revealed' effect on that treachery.
He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness...
–The Hobbit
Forced: After Crumbling Cavern becomes the active location, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of characters he controls.
...he was slipping – beginning to fall down, down, goodness knows where to.
–The Hobbit
X is the number of characters controlled by the player who controls the most characters.
Forced: After an ally enters player, exhaust it.
...without warning he trotted splash into water! Ugh! it was icy cold. That pulled him up sharp and short.
–The Hobbit
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Woodmen Village is explored, add the top card of the Evil Creatures deck to the staging area. Then, flip over Woodmen Village and attach Haldan to the just-added enemy as a guarded objective.
While Mountain Pass is in the staging area, the 'when revealed' effects of Weather treachery cards cannot be canceled.
"We may well be seen by watchers on that narrow path, and waylaid by some evil; but the weather may prove a more deadly enemy than any."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Progress cannot be placed on Dwarven Door while it is in the staging area.
"Dwarf–doors are not made to be seen when shut."
–Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring
Cave Entrance gets +1 for each Dragon Sign in the victory display.
Travel: Raise each player's threat by 1.
That, of course, is the dangerous part about caves: you don't know how far they go back, sometimes, or where a passage behind may lead to, or what is waiting for you inside.
–The Hobbit
Response: After the players travel to Creature Den, search the Caves deck for a Dragon Sign and attach it to Creature Den as a guarded objective. Shuffle the Caves deck.
Travel: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until an enemy is discarded. Add that enemy to the staging area.
X is the number of locations in the staging area.
Travel: Assign X damage among characters in play.
The roar of the great falls drew nearer.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Forced: After Grey Moorland becomes the active location, shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from it until a treachery is discarded. Resolve the 'When Revealed' effect on that treachery.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
While Deep Ravine is in the staging area, no more than 1 progress can be placed on locations in the staging area each round.
Travel: The first player must either exhaust Urdug, or raise each player's threat by 2 to travel here.
Response: After the players travel to Slopes of Ered Mithrin, the first player may ready a character he controls.
Shadow: If the first player controls Urdug, exhaust him.
While Town Gate is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the quest phase, place 1 resource here. Then, if there are 3 resources here, discard Town Gate and deal 4 damage to Hrogar's Hill."
Travel: Dagnir makes an immediate attack against the first player.
While Wooden Palisade is the active location, Dagnir gets -2
Travel: The first player readies a hero he controls.
"Within there rise the roofs of houses; and in the midst, set upon a green terrace, there stands aloft a great hall of Men."
–Legolas, The Two Towers
X is 1 more than the number of side quests in the victory display.
Travel: Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls.
Immune to player card effects.
The players cannot travel to The Cursed Tomb unless they control 3 Loot objectives.
Forced: After the player travel to The Cursed Tomb, search the encounter deck and discard pile for Fram's Shade and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Fram's Shade makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order.
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After Forgotten Crypt becomes the active location, discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until an Undead enemy is discarded and add it to the staging area. Then, attach a Loot objective in the encounter discard pile to that enemy as a guarded objective.
While Haunted Hall is in the staging area, it gains,"Forced: After a player places any amount of progress on a Dark location in the staging area, he raises his threat by 1."
Nothing assailed the company nor withstood their passage, and yet steadily fear grew...
-The Return of the King
X is the tens digit of the first player's threat.
Forced: After resolving the Discover keyword on Hidden Staircase, reduce each player's threat by X is no Hazard cards were revealed by it.
While Moonlit Passage is in the staging area, each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 via player card effects each round.
Shadow: Raise your threat by 1.
While Cursed Tower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player plays an event, raise his threat by 1."
Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After The First Forge becomes the active location, exhaust the hero with Wormsbane attached. That hero cannot ready while The First Forge is the active location.
Response: After the First Forge is explored, flip Wormsbane to its Reforged side and attach it to any hero.
Forced: When Dagnir's Hoard is explored, Dagnir returns to the staging area and makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order.
Response: After Dagnir's Hoard is explored, each player may search his deck for an Item attachment, add it to his hand, and shuffle his deck.
Response: When Throat of the Mountain is explored, search the quest deck for a quest card and make it the current main quest. Then, flip it over. Shuffle the rest of the quest deck.
At the end of the hall the floor vanished and fell to an unknown depth.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Dagnir gets -10 engagement cost.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is Dagnir, the defending player must assign X damage among characters he controls, where X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in the victory display.
When faced with the option to travel, the players must travel to Narrow Stair.
Shadow: Until the end of the round, defending character cannot be readied by player card effects.
Deep. While there are 3 or more quest cards in the victory display, Desecrated Ruins gets +2 .
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys a character, each player discards a random card from his hand.
Immune to player card effects.
While Gate of Gundabad is in the staging area, resources cannot be placed on The Heroes' Defense.
Travel: Search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Goblin Troop and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
While Hilltop Battlements is in the staging area, each non-unique enemy gets -5 engagement cost.
Forced: When Hilltop Battlements is explored, discard the top X cards of the encounter deck, where X is the number of players in the game. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.
While Dwarven Watchtower is the active location, each hero gets +1 
Response: After Dwarven Watchtower is explored, the first player chooses: either place 1 resource on The Heroes' Defense, or remove 1 progress from The Goblins' Assault.
When Revealed: Either place 1 progress on The Goblins' Assault, or reveal an additional encounter card.
Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage this phase.
While River Running is in the staging area, enemies cannot be optionally engaged.
Travel: The first player engages the highest engagement cost enemy in the staging area.
...below them were trees that looked like oaks and elms, and wide grass lands, and a river running through it all.
–The Hobbit
While Exposed Riverbank is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a 'when revealed' effect is canceled, place 1 resource on Easterling Pursuit."
Travel: Place 1 resource on Easterling Pursuit.
When Revealed: Each copy of Rolling Plains gets +2 until the end of the phase.
Travel: Raise each player's threat by 2.
The falling stream vanished into a deep growth of cresses and water–plants, and they could hear it tinkling away in green tunnels, down long gentle slopes...
–The Two Towers
While Rocky Outcrop is in the staging area, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Travel: The first player exhausts a hero he controls.
While Hillside Manor is in the staging area, each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 each round by player card effects.
Travel: Each player discards 1 random card from his hand.
The wine of Dorwinion brings deep and pleasant dreams.
–The Hobbit
City Forum gets +1 for each resource here.
While City Forum is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a location is explored, place 1 resource here."
Travel: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each resource here.
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Seedy Travern is explored, reveal each facedown card under it.
Travel: Look at the top 5 cards of the encounter deck. Put one of those cards facedown under Seedy Tavern and shuffle the rest back into the encounter deck.
While Side Street is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on other locations in the staging area.
Travel: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards until a location is discarded. Add that location to the staging area.
While Catacombs is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot take damage.
Travel: Each player discards the top card of the encounter deck. If a player discards an enemy this way, he puts it into play engaged with him.
Forced: When Temple of Sauron leaves play, place 1 damage token on Tribute to Mordor.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each quest stage in the victory display.
X is 1 more than the number of quest stages in the victory display.
Forced: When Hall of Horrors leaves play, each player deals X damage to a character he controls.
...they had worshipped Sauron in the Dark Years.
–The Return of the King
When Revealed: Discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded. Add that enemy to the staging area.
Shadow: Discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, add it to the staging area.
While Narrow Opening is the active location, each player cannot play more than 1 card each round.
Forced: When Narrow Opening leaves play, each player discards 1 random card from his hand.
"I got stuck in the door, which was only open a crack, and I lost lots of buttons..."
–Bilbo, The Hobbit