Gollum's boat??

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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

What i find really odd is that he seems to have created nothing else. . .surely there would be other things that took equal or less skill to make, which could be useful to him.

Exactly! That's what's missing (and thank you for identifying that). Gollum has a boat, and, seemingly, nothing else. Kinda what I was alluding to before. He catches fishes with his hands, goes after Bilbo (whom he thinks has fled) without stopping first to pick up a weapon or other artifact, but other than the Ring and boat - nothing.