During the confusion, bilbo stumbled won a tunnel and into Gollum's cave. There the Hobbit had to outwit the creature Gollum in a dangerous riddle contest to discover the way out.

Setup: Search the encounter deck for Gollum and Bilbo's Magic Ring. Place Gollum and Bilbo Baggins in the riddle area and attach Bilbo's Magic Ring to Bilbo Baggins. Then, shuffle the encounter deck.

Players cannot advance to stage 3A unless both 1B and 2B are complete.

Progress tokens cannot be added to, or removed from, this quest except by answering riddles.

Cards in the riddle area are immune to player card effects and cannot leave the riddle area except by quest effects.