Rivers of the Vale
Category: medium
Prerequisites: complete The First Bond
Chain rewards
14 quests · 
67,500 gp · 
82 gems
XP: 562,000 
Fishing · 162,000 
Cooking · 128,000 
Woodcutting · 18,000 
Thieving
1. The Cold Run
Bram leads you to a roaring stretch of white water. "The vale rivers run snowmelt-cold and the sharks here are mean for it. Work the cold run — the otters will show you the best holes if you let them."
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Shark ×120
Rewards
- 82,000 Fishing XP
- 3,500 gp
2. Riverside Cookfire
"A river party eats on the bank," the Wildwarden says. "Smoke the swordfish over green-wood coals — the beasts get the scraps and the warden gets the rest."
Objectives
- Cook
Raw Swordfish ×100
Rewards
- 78,000 Cooking XP
- 3,500 gp
3. The Deep Pools
"Below the falls the river goes black and slow — manta rays glide the deep pools there. Patient work, that. Bring your steadiest pet."
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Manta Ray ×100
Rewards
- 95,000 Fishing XP
- 4,000 gp
4. A River-Wise Companion
"Your pet's learning the water as fast as you are," the Wildwarden notes. "Keep raising it — a river-wise beast is worth three fishermen." Bond with your companion to level 12.
Objectives
- Reach
Pets level 12
Rewards
- 4,500 gp
- 22 gems
5. Bridge Over the Run
"There's no crossing the cold run without a bridge, and the spring floods took the last one. Yew this time — it doesn't rot in the wet."
Objectives
- Chop
Yew Logs ×140
Rewards
- 62,000 Woodcutting XP
- 4,000 gp
6. Upstream Spawning
"The sharks run upstream to spawn this week — thickest they'll ever be. Take your pet and make hay while the river gives."
Objectives
- Catch Raw Shark ×140
Rewards
- 88,000 Fishing XP
- 4,500 gp
7. The River-Witch
Bram scowls upriver. "A hedge-mage has set up at the headwaters, muddying the runs with her castings to drive fish into her own traps. Pick her pockets — her charm-bag is half our missing catch."
Objectives
- Pickpocket
Mage ×120 (Thieving)
Rewards
- 8,500 Thieving XP
- 4,500 gp
8. The Black Pool
"With the witch's mud cleared, the deep pool's run clean again. The big mantas are back. Go take them."
Objectives
- Catch Raw Manta Ray ×130
Rewards
- 100,000 Fishing XP
- 5,000 gp
9. The Riverside Feast
"A good run deserves a good feast. Cook the swordfish down on the bank — beasts, wardens, and all."
Objectives
- Cook Raw Swordfish ×130
Rewards
- 84,000 Cooking XP
- 5,000 gp
10. Master of the Water
"Your companion reads the river better than I do now," the Wildwarden admits. "Push it to level 14 — let it come fully into its strength on the water."
Objectives
- Reach Pets level 14
Rewards
- 5,500 gp
- 25 gems
11. The Great Shark Run
"Once a season the whole river boils with sharks. It's on us now — fish it with everything you've got, pet and all."
Objectives
- Catch Raw Shark ×160
Rewards
- 92,000 Fishing XP
- 5,500 gp
12. The Otter Lodges
"The river otters build lodges all along the bank, and the spring floods wrecked half of them. Yew posts to shore them up — the otters are half the reason the fishing's so good."
Objectives
- Chop Yew Logs ×160
Rewards
- 66,000 Woodcutting XP
- 5,500 gp
13. The Witch Returns
The hedge-mage has crept back, bolder this time, charms strung across the whole headwater. "Strip her bag for good," the Wildwarden says coldly, "and she'll find another river to ruin."
Objectives
- Pickpocket Mage ×150 (Thieving)
Rewards
- 9,500 Thieving XP
- 6,000 gp
14. Rivers Run Clear
From the new bridge you watch the vale's rivers run clean and silver, otters at their lodges, your pet asleep on the warm stones. The Wildwarden joins you. "You've given the water back to the vale," she says. "Few ever do." One last glide of the deep pools, for the joy of it.
Objectives
- Catch Raw Manta Ray ×160
Rewards
- 105,000 Fishing XP
- 6,500 gp
- 35 gems