Bear Club for Men

Bear Club for Men
Section	Far Shiverpeaks Quests
Campaign	Eye of the North
Given by	Olrun Olafdottir in Varajar Fells (Far Shiverpeaks)
Preceded by	The Great Norn Alemoot
Followed by	Prenuptial Disagreement (male)
Type	Secondary quest (Solo Quest)

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.

Quest Information

Requirements

• Male character

Objectives

• Speak to Olrun about the bear.
• Clutch the Club of a Thousand Bears.
• Defeat the bear using the club given to you. <Killing it without the club equipped will not count.>
• See Olrun Olafdottir for your reward.

Reward

• 100 Norn reputation points
• Club of a Thousand Bears

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 to weaken it, and then switch to the club for the killing blow.

Skill recommendations

See also: Bear Club/Guide for a detailed walkthrough

• Hammer attacks can be used when the club is equipped.

NPCs

Allies

• 20 (20) Norn Guard (female)
• 20 (20) Olrun Olafdottir

Foes

• 24 (26) Rabid Bear

Dialogue

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.

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."

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.
• This quest has a special map zone it shares with the female version. This map zone is named Varajar Fells, but is not the same as the explorable area.

• You can use any weapon to beat on the bear, only the finishing blow must be with the Club of a Thousand Bears equipped. Degeneration and interrupting the bear's Troll Unguent work, as does spirits and traps. 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.

• It is possible by shadow stepping past the Norn Guards to explore Varajar Fells and reveal additional parts of the map by walking through the inactive portals to Battledepths, Raven's Point and Verdant Cascades. However, the map is populated with foes, so be prepared to deal with them or run past them.
• Quest can glitch making the bear un-killable even when the Bear club is equipped the entire fight.

Trivia

• The name of this quest is a pun on the Hair Club for Men, a company infamous in the hair restoration business.