The First Bond
Category: easy
Prerequisites: complete The Wildwarden's Gate
Chain rewards
14 quests · 
59,500 gp · 
97 gems
XP: 310,000 
Woodcutting · 260,000 
Fishing · 168,000 
Firemaking · 15,000 
Mining
1. Timber Knows the Wood
Bram grins as Timber drags a yew branch across the clearing. "He's got an eye for the good trees. Work the yews with him — a beaver learns the wood by felling it alongside you."
Objectives
- Chop
Yew Logs ×130
Rewards
- 58,000 Woodcutting XP
- 3,000 gp
2. Warmth for the Den
"A young pet needs a warm den or it sickens," the Wildwarden says. "Burn maple — slow heat, good coals — and bank Timber's burrow against the night chill."
Objectives
- Burn
Maple Logs ×120
Rewards
- 52,000 Firemaking XP
- 3,000 gp
3. A Pet's First Hunt
"Take Timber to the deep pools. Let him hunt the sharks beside you — nothing bonds a beast like a hunt shared." Land a haul together.
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Shark ×100
Rewards
- 80,000 Fishing XP
- 3,500 gp
4. Growing Strong
"He's filling out," the Wildwarden says, scratching Timber's chin. "Keep sending him out, keep feeding him. Raise him to level 8 and he'll be a proper working partner."
Objectives
- Reach
Pets level 8
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
- 20 gems
5. Fittings for the Burrow
"Timber's den needs proper iron fittings now he's bigger — and a feed-trough that won't rust." Mine mithril for the smith.
Objectives
- Mine
Mithril Ore ×120
Rewards
- 7,000 Mining XP
- 3,500 gp
6. Enchanted Timber
"There's magic-wood deeper in the vale — the beasts love to gnaw it, and it never quite runs out. Cut some for Timber to play with."
Objectives
- Chop
Magic Logs ×110
Rewards
- 90,000 Woodcutting XP
- 4,000 gp
7. The Long Night
A cold snap rolls down off the ridge. "Stoke the den fires high tonight," the Wildwarden orders. "Burn maple till the whole row of burrows is warm."
Objectives
- Burn Maple Logs ×130
Rewards
- 56,000 Firemaking XP
- 4,000 gp
8. Provisions for a Growing Pet
"He eats like three beavers now," Bram laughs. "Take him to the pools and stock the larder — sharks keep a pet's coat glossy." A milestone haul for a milestone pet.
Objectives
- Catch Raw Shark ×130
Rewards
- 85,000 Fishing XP
- 4,500 gp
- 25 gems
9. Into His Prime
"This is the turning point," the Wildwarden says quietly. "Get him to level 10 and the bond holds for life. Sit with him, send him out, see it through."
Objectives
- Reach Pets level 10
Rewards
- 5,000 gp
- 22 gems
10. A Bigger Burrow
"A grown beaver wants room. Yew framing this time — Timber's earned a proper lodge." Fell the timber for it.
Objectives
- Chop Yew Logs ×150
Rewards
- 62,000 Woodcutting XP
- 4,500 gp
11. Tools of the Trade
"If Timber's going to fell trees with you, he needs his own gnaw-rings and a reinforced dam-frame." More mithril for Bram's workbench.
Objectives
- Mine Mithril Ore ×140
Rewards
- 8,000 Mining XP
- 4,500 gp
12. The Magic Grove
"There's a grove of magic-wood Timber's claimed as his own. Help him thin it — the offcuts are worth a fortune to the vale."
Objectives
- Chop Magic Logs ×130
Rewards
- 100,000 Woodcutting XP
- 5,000 gp
13. The Lodge-Warming
"New lodge, new hearth. Burn it in proper — maple coals, banked deep, so the den never goes cold again."
Objectives
- Burn Maple Logs ×150
Rewards
- 60,000 Firemaking XP
- 5,000 gp
14. A Bond That Holds
Timber, grown and glossy, drags a shark up onto the bank and drops it at your feet like an offering. The Wildwarden watches from the lodge door. "That," she says, "is what a first bond looks like. He'd follow you off the edge of the map now." One last hunt, side by side.
Objectives
- Catch Raw Shark ×160
Rewards
- 95,000 Fishing XP
- 6,000 gp
- 30 gems