This is the first sub-quest to embark on and as it is not directly related to the main questline you need to select it as the active mission in the Quests/Maps section of the main menu so the golden trail directs you to the right place! The location for this is the Oakfield pub (The Sandgoose), where good old Barnum from our childhood needs a hand.
He has bought the bridge we were at earlier, the one the bandits had captured and destroyed. We need to go in and clear the area so he can set about repairing it, allowing us to return to Bowerstone eventually too. The bandits are using the abandoned inn at Rookridge as their base of operations, so head out of Oakfield and all the way back to the mineshaft with the treasure chest, heading left at the bottom of that hill, past the water pool. You can see Rookridge Inn from afar, atop the large hill, but there won't be any enemies until you enter.
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Chase down Dash!
Follow the trail along the tracks and up into the mountains through hordes of enemies and you'll find Dash cornered by your dog. Finish him off with your ranged weapon and collect the treasure behind the monument, then return to Barnum (you can fast travel now as you've been there before, just select the quest again in the Quest/Maps window and press A) to finish the quest and receive a healthy 250 renown points as well as a pair of Barnum's Goggles and Barnum's Thesaurus.
This should leave you with three quests left as possibilities to increase your renown, Till Death do us Part, The Sculptor, and The Archaeologist. For the purposes of this walkthrough, we'll go for the Till Death do us Part quests, as that is certainly the most interesting quest and rewarding quests.
