Tame The Beast was a Fixed Date Quest which started on the 9th of November 2012. It consisted of seven parts and lasted 3 days.
It was re-issued on the 7th November 2013 for Android users (and possibly iOS users who had missed the quest the first time around - please confirm).
Pre-Quest Dialogue[]
Tame The Beast (1/7)[]
Challenge:
Help me set up a base here! We need a place to plan if we want to bring home the beast!
- Build the Captain's Cottage (Costs: 210,408 Coins, takes 8 hour).
- Craft Cash for Pearls to fund the expedition! (Costs: 500 Pearls, 10 Wood and 2 Coins, takes 4 hours)
- Work with 15 merchants by collecting.
Reward:
Minumum time to complete stage:
8 hours (build time for Captain's Cottage & merchant collection)
Tame The Beast (2/7)[]
Challenge:
Alright, we're set! We gotta get into his territory first. Come on ye landlubber! Let's go!
- A Medium Voyage with Philip should get us there!
- Build a Fog Horn to brave the fog. (Costs: 25,150 Coins, takes 6 hours to build).
Reward:
There it be! The darkness where the beast lurks.
Minumum time to complete stage:
6 hours (start Phillip's voyage before the end of the previous stage, so its only the build time for the Fog Horn) collection)
Tame The Beast (3/7)[]
Challenge:
Careful now, we be close. But we need something to lure it out.
- Build the Butcher to get some bait. (Costs: 754,130 Coins, 40 Wood, takes 12 hours).
- Collect twice from the Butcher (skip for 10 rubies).
Reward:
Perfect specimens, yes, but the beast won't be satiated with a simple steak. He eats whole villages in a single gulp!
Minumum time to complete stage:
20 hours (Build time for the Butcher and the second collection)
Tame The Beast (4/7)[]
Challenge:
That's all ye got? This beast is a MONSTER! He needs more than a simple steak!
- Build the Sheep Pasture to draw him near. (Costs: 23,410 Coins, takes 8 hours).
- Get a Tier 2 Butcher for better cuts.
- Bribe a pirate for their supplies.
Reward:
Aha, now yer talkin'! I feel 'im comin, but we gotta find a way to catch 'im!
- 8,000 Coins.
Minumum time to complete stage:
8 hours (Build time for the Sheep Pasture assuming that you have the pearls for the upgrade and cash and a pirate handy to bribe)
Tame The Beast (5/7)[]
Challenge:
Hear 'im out there, roaring his anger! He knows we're a'comin for 'im! But we gots to be ready.
- Have 3 steaks from the Butcher to draw him!
- Find 2 more Ropes to tie him up!
- Collect 3x from the Smith for chains!.
Reward:
There he blows! Arrr no! Those pirates! They're gonna kill the beast!
- 3 Emeralds, 1 Black Pearl, 9,000 Coins.
Minumum time to complete stage:
Indeterminate (The Butcher won't drop steaks every time, so how many collections from the butcher (at 8 hours apiece) to get 3 steaks? Ropes should be FAIRLY easy using Beth and the Hind to find them. Then its 15 hours for the smith (10 if you got here just before a collection for the Smith))
Tame The Beast (6/7)[]
Challenge:
Those drasted Pirates were awaitin' our trap! They're going to kill the helpless beast if we don't stop 'em! Come on!
- Cut the beast free & give him 5 hours to escape!
- Get the Mermaids' help with 4 searches!
- Defeat 3 Pirates to protect the beast!
Reward:
We pushed back the pirates for now, but they'll be back for a prize like this. Come on!
- 10,000 Coins.
Minumum time to complete stage:
5 hours (Escape time for the Beast and assuming that you have the cash/rubies fo rthe mermaid searches and there are 3 pirates handy to beat up on).
Tame The Beast (7/7)[]
Challenge:
The beast ain't leaving! Maybe he's scared. Come on! Let's get 'im out to safe waters!
- Have Beth escort the beast on a Short Voyage.
- Protect his home with a Stone Wall. (Costs: 53,026 Coins).
Reward:
????
Minumum time to complete stage:
5 hours (Voyage time for Beth).
Difficulty Level[]
Time allowed: 72 hours.
Minumum time to complete: Indeterminate
Rating: Difficult.
Comments: A fun quest, nothing too hard to get/buy (depending on where your economy is at) the nastiest part is the requirement at step 5 to get 3 steaks with only the Butcher dropping steaks. If you're under time pressue, you MAY need to use rubies to skip this step.