A Lesson in Bravery

Use the Rancher's Lariat to lasso and defeat a Great White Plainshawk.

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• Rancher's Lariat (provided)

< speaks to his shepherd boy.>

, you need to show bravery! You have everything it takes to make a great shepherd, except the courage to face your fears!

<He looks over to you.>

You, stranger. You helped the rest of my family. Francis is like a second son to me.

Show my apprentice what it means to lack fear. Use this rope to lasso and defeat one of the great white hawks above us.

<Shang points to the sky, looks at Francis, and leaves.>

You will also receive:

You lack fear. I can sense it in your heart.

Francis has taken longer than I expected to become an effective shepherd. We all go through these phases... my son Liang was weak once, too. As was I.

But he will learn. It is the Thunderfoot way.

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On accept, Shang turns to you:

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Shang will then walk down the road and back to the front steps of his home at Shang's Stead.

• Francis the Shepherd Boy
• Did... did he just say I was like a son to him?

The s are flying high in the sky above the wolves and regular hawks, well out of range of any player abilities.

• bossemote

However, the provided lariat has no such limitation. The hawks have 737,000 health and the following abilities:

Use normal player abilities until it snags the player with its talons, when a boss emote and a bonus action button appears: Click the button to escape the damage and resume attacking it. The plainshawk will loop every ~15 seconds.

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• Francis the Shepherd Boy
• I... I can't believe you did that! You could have died up there! The way you were wrestling with that eagle, and how you used its wings to land safely... it was amazing!

• If you can do something like that, then... then I can handle some measly wolves and plainshawks! This is the dawn of a new Francis.

• And it's all thanks to you,.

Head up to Shang's Stead and Chen and Li Li are there. He notices the player looking for Shang:

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Li Li is annoyed again as well.

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Or.

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• Chen chuckles.
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Turn in and speak with Chen to continue.

This completes the "Thunderfoot Fields" portion of Rally the Valley.