The Gilded Menagerie
Category: hard
Prerequisites: complete The Warden's Forge
Chain rewards
7 quests · 
62,000 gp · 
90 gems
XP: 105,000 
Woodcutting · 54,000 
Runecrafting · 9,000 
Smithing · 9,000 
Mining
1. A Blade for the Show-Ring
Word of the menagerie has spread, and nobles want an exhibition. "If they're coming to gawp, they'll see craft," the Wildwarden says. "Forge a presentation blade, silvered and bright. Start there."
Objectives
- Smelt
(S) Runite Sword ×1
Rewards
- 9,000 Smithing XP
2 pet shards for Gil the Otter- 2 pet shards for Rocky the Mole
- 7,000 gp
2. Wards for the Wild Stock
An exhibition crowd makes beasts skittish. "Blood runes," Bram says. "Bound into the show-collars, they keep even the wildest stock calm under a hundred staring eyes. Craft a batch."
Objectives
- Craft
Blood Rune ×120
Rewards
- 16,000 Runecrafting XP
- 2 pet shards for Gil the Otter
- 7,000 gp
3. Companions on Display
"The crowd's really here for your pack," the Wildwarden admits. "Bring your companions up to show-weight — a gilded menagerie shows off its finest beasts." Level your pets to 33.
Objectives
- Reach
Pets level 33
Rewards
- 2 pet shards for Rocky the Mole
- 7,500 gp
- 30 gems
4. Sigils of Passage
The exhibition beasts travel the vale by warded path. "Death runes for the boundary sigils," Bram says. "They keep predators off the show-route. Craft them well."
Objectives
- Craft
Death Rune ×130
Rewards
- 18,000 Runecrafting XP
- 2 pet shards for Gil the Otter
- 8,000 gp
5. Stands of Elderwood
The exhibition needs grand pavilions. "Elderwood, planed and polished," the Wildwarden says. "If the gentry want a spectacle, we'll frame the beasts in the finest timber the vale grows."
Objectives
- Chop
Elderwood Logs ×160
Rewards
- 105,000 Woodcutting XP
- 2 pet shards for Rocky the Mole
- 8,500 gp
6. Fittings of Runite
Hinges, latches, rails — the show-pens need a fortune in metal. "Mine the runite," the Wildwarden says. "Nothing rattles, nothing rusts. This menagerie will outlast the nobles who came to mock it."
Objectives
- Mine
Runite Ore ×150
Rewards
- 9,000 Mining XP
- 2 pet shards for Gil the Otter
- 2 pet shards for Rocky the Mole
- 9,000 gp
7. The Gilded Menagerie
The exhibition opens, and the vale's beasts shine — the crowd falls silent, then roars. As the nobles file out, the Wildwarden hands you a velvet purse of binding-shards. "Their patronage, and a gift," she says. "The last of the shards — split between Gil and Rocky. A gilded menagerie keeps every companion at its best."
Objectives
- Craft Blood Rune ×140
Rewards
- 20,000 Runecrafting XP
- 15,000 gp
- 60 gems
- 2 pet shards for Gil the Otter
- 2 pet shards for Rocky the Mole