The Cartographer's Summons
Category: medium
Prerequisites: complete The Road North
Chain rewards
18 quests · 
46,000 gp · 
95 gems · 1 item reward
XP: 224,500 
Fishing · 117,500 
Woodcutting · 76,500 
Cooking · 13,300 
Mining · 8,750 
Thieving
1. Beyond the Northern Gate
Lightheart's maps end at the city wall. A weathered notice nailed to the gate reads: 'CARTOGRAPHERS' LODGE SEEKS A BOLD HAND. APPLY WITHIN — BRING TIMBER.' You'll need stout poles to mark a trail north.
Objectives
- Chop
Maple Logs ×125
Rewards
- 27,500 Woodcutting XP
- 2,000 gp
2. Rations for the Trail
Master Cartographer Vael looks you over. "The frontier doesn't feed you. Smoke a few tuna and we'll talk."
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Tuna ×100
Rewards
- 52,000 Fishing XP
3. Read the Land
Vael presses a blank vellum into your hands. "Charting isn't walking — it's seeing. Cut survey stakes from the yews and I'll teach you to take the land's measure." She shows you how to survey. You can EXPLORE now.
Objectives
- Chop
Yew Logs ×75
Rewards
- 30,000 Woodcutting XP
- Unlock skill:
Exploring - 2,500 gp
4. First Survey
"Pick an area, run the survey, let it cycle. The land gives up its secrets to the patient." Survey the Gloomwood's edge until you've found your feet.
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 3
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
5. Deep-Water Catch
"The frontier rivers run deep and cold — and the swordfish in them are worth charting too." Land a haul.
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Swordfish ×75
Rewards
- 60,000 Fishing XP
- 3,000 gp
6. The Patient Eye
Vael nods at your filling parchment. "Better. Keep surveying — a cartographer's eye is earned, not given."
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 5
Rewards
- 3,000 gp
7. Ore for the Lodge
The Lodge's instruments need mithril fittings. "Sextants don't forge themselves," Vael mutters. Chip some from the frontier seams.
Objectives
- Mine
Mithril Ore ×100
Rewards
- 7,000 Mining XP
8. Charting the Treeline
The Gloomwood's border shifts with the seasons. Survey it again and mark the new growth.
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 7
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
9. Wolves at the Edge
"Survey parties don't all come back," Vael says quietly. "Dire wolves den along the ridge. Thin them before you map deeper."
Objectives
- Kill
Dire Wolf ×40
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
10. The Ridge Line
With the den cleared, the high ridge opens up. Survey it and add it to the Lodge's charts.
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 9
Rewards
- 25 gems
11. Stakes for the North Trail
A proper trail needs yew markers every hundred paces. Fell a good stack.
Objectives
- Chop Yew Logs ×150
Rewards
- 60,000 Woodcutting XP
12. Smoke for the Stores
"Cook those swordfish before they spoil — the Lodge eats what the frontier provides."
Objectives
- Cook Raw Swordfish ×75
Rewards
- 76,500 Cooking XP
- 4,000 gp
13. A Cartographer's Diligence
Vael sets you to the long work now — survey until the western quarter is fully charted.
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 10
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
14. The Lodge Quartermaster
A shifty fellow named Golo runs the Lodge's supply — and skims from it. "Lighten his pockets," Vael says with a thin smile, "and call it back-pay."
Objectives
- Pickpocket
Golo The Master Farmer ×125 (Thieving)
Rewards
- 8,750 Thieving XP
- 4,500 gp
15. The Charted Quarter
Almost there. One more sweep and the western frontier is yours on parchment.
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 11
Rewards
- 5,000 gp
16. Coal for the Beacon Forge
The Lodge keeps a signal-forge burning. Feed it a load of coal so the night surveys have light.
Objectives
- Mine
Coal Ore ×150
Rewards
- 6,300 Mining XP
17. Surveyor, Confirmed
Vael reviews your charts and signs them. "You see the land now. One last survey — make it count."
Objectives
- Reach Exploring level 12
Rewards
- 30 gems
18. The First Clue
As you finish, your survey turns up something odd — a scrap of an older map, half a route inked across it. "A clue scroll," Vael breathes. "Take it to the Expeditions table and follow where it leads. Welcome to the Lodge, Cartographer."
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Shark ×75
Rewards
- 112,500 Fishing XP
- 6,000 gp
- 40 gems
Clue Scroll (Common) ×1