The Gilded Menagerie

Category: hard

Prerequisites: complete the_warden_forge

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 ×2

Rewards:

✨ 9,000 Smithing XP
🧩 2 pet shards (pet_fishing)
🧩 2 pet shards (pet_mining)
7,000 gp

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 (pet_fishing)
7,000 gp

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:

LEVEL:

Rewards:

🧩 2 pet shards (pet_mining)
7,500 gp
💎 30 gems

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 (pet_fishing)
8,000 gp

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 (pet_mining)
8,500 gp

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 (pet_fishing)
🧩 2 pet shards (pet_mining)
9,000 gp