Bear Club for Men

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This article is about the male version of the quest. For the female version, see Bear Club for Women.

Olrun is angered after being defeated in the The Great Norn Alemoot and challenges you to defeat a Rabid Bear armed only with a club.

[edit] Quest Information

[edit] Requirements

• Male character
• The Great Norn Alemoot

[edit] Objectives

• Kill the Rabid Bear with the provided club. Killing it without the club equipped will not count.

[edit] Reward

• 100 Norn Reputation points
• Club of a Thousand Bears

[edit] Walkthrough

You get a hammer to kill the bear with:

• Club of a Thousand Bears (weapon)
  • Blunt Dmg: 15-15
  • Inscription: None
  • Two-handed

Although you are given a bear club, you only have to be wielding it when the bear dies for the quest to be considered successfully completed. This means that you can fight the bear normally using other weapons and switch to the club for the killing blow.

Hammer attacks can be used when the club is equipped.

Certain shadow step skills (such as Viper's Defense) can teleport you outside the ring, while the bear remains stuck inside. Once outside, you can use ranged skills to kill the bear at your leisure without fear of death. Consider bringing 1-2 interrupts to stop Troll Unguent.

The three elite Norn blessings, Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support, the four Asura Summons and Vampirism are also particularly effective. Or try a build including Life Transfer, Insidious Parasite, Vampiric Gaze, Life Siphon, Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support and Ear Bite. It should die within 2 minutes.

For professions without blocking or blinding skills, a combination of spirit-spamming skills such as Signet of Spirits, Pain, Vampirism, Bloodsong, Shadowsong, and Painful Bond kills the bear quickly. Just set spirits up in the open area where you enter the arena. Placed correctly, the spirits can hit the bear and the bear cannot hit them, although having rank 12 in channeling makes channeling spirits strong enough to survive his attacks.

[edit] Dialogue

[edit] Initial dialogue

Olrun Olafdottir

"Sure, you have bested me at drinking games... but can you handle a rabid bear? Hahahaha! You should see the look on your face, <Player name>. Oh, don't cry. Take a knee and listen to my tale."

"In my youth, I stumbled upon a vicious bear roaming the trails, foaming at the mouth and with murder in its eyes! Did I run and cry like a cub? No! I tussled with that hairy beast using nothing but my trusty club and cunning wit... and it took a few months for my hair to grow back, but that's beside the point. I challenge you to match my feats. Do you have the iron guts necessary to take down a grizzly, fearsome beast?"

 Accept: "Gimme that club."

 Decline: "I just had my hair done."

 Ask: "You will be moved from your party to duel the bear alone. Are you ready?"

I was born ready. (moved to quest map zone)

I need time to prepare.

[edit] Reward dialogue

Olrun Olafdottir

"I expected to find your remains in the bear's gullet, but here you are smelling like a rose. Well, a sweaty rose. I guess that bear put up a fight!"

"We are alike you and I. Our deeds are known far and wide. We're tough fighters and swell lookers. There is no one else for me but you. It was fate that brought you here. Together, we will keep the family name alive! Speaking of names, <player name> is such a silly, feminine name. You need a good, strong Norn identity. We shall get you one once you join the Olafson clan."

[edit] Notes

• Female characters receive the quest Bear Club for Women instead of this quest which is given by the smitten Olaf Olafson inside the Olafstead.
• You can use any weapon to beat on the bear, only the finishing blow must be with the club equipped. Degeneration and interrupting the bear's Troll Unguent work, as does spirit spamming. For warriors, just using the Ursan Blessing elite skill can be effective.
• When resigning in the mission area you will not die, after the timer runs out you will be transported back to Olrun Olafdottir in Varajar Fells but you will be alone without your party members if you had any to begin with.

[edit] Trivia

• The name of this quest is probably a play on words pertaining to "Hair club for men."