Wolf Rank
The six required Wolf Adventures and their requirements, Bobcat first, then the seventeen electives under one choice that keeps only the ones your Wolf is doing.
10 steps (123 parts inside them). 95 parts depend on questions you have not answered yet. · Version 1, published 1 November 2026 · About Wolf Rank
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The steps
Stage 1 of 5
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A Wolf year: second grade Milestone
Wolf is the rank for youth who have finished first grade or are 7. Requirements are done with the den, the pack or the family.
Stage 2 of 5
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Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year Document
Cub Scout Adventures are republished from time to time. Changes take effect at the start of the next program year, which begins June 1, unless a change says otherwise.
Usually comes after A Wolf year: second grade.
Cub Scout Adventures are revised from time to time. Guide to Advancement 4.0.0.1 says a change to a badge of rank or an Adventure takes effect at the start of the next program year unless it says otherwise, and 4.1.0.1 puts the start of the program year at June 1. This page records the date its copy of each Adventure page was read. Check the Adventure page before relying on this one.
Stage 3 of 5
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Bobcat Wolf Requirement
The first required Adventure: the den, the Scout Oath and Law, a den Code of Conduct, the sign, salute and handshake, Do Your Best, and a parent's booklet done at home.
Usually comes after Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year.
7 parts
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Requirement 7. The Parent's Guide, at home Often forgotten This one is done at home, not at a den meeting: a parent or legal guardian works through the booklet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide" with the Cub Scout. It is the Bobcat requirement most often still open at the end of the year.
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Any two elective Adventures Decision
Two of the seventeen, chosen by the family and den, and more if you like. Some need a pack event, an outing, water, time, or the summer months.
Usually comes after Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year.
90 parts, 2 ticked
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Requirement 3. Compare the two planes Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. A paper airplane, five flights and Requirement 2. A different design, five flights.
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Let’s Camp Wolf Optional May not apply Needs a campout. The page notes that for a pack overnighter at least one registered adult leader who will be there must have completed BALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) training.
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Paws for Water Optional May not apply The page requires swimming to be supervised by a responsible adult aged 21 or older who is trained in Safe Swim Defense. Adults supervising should complete the Safe Swim Defense course on my.scouting before the swim.
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Requirement 2. Learn the race rules Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
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Requirement 3. Make it faster Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
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Requirement 5. Race Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 4. Plan your sportsmanship.
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Summertime Fun Wolf Optional May not apply The three Cub Scout activities must fall between May and August. Outside those months this elective cannot be worked on.
Stage 4 of 5
5 steps
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Running With the Pack Requirement
Colourful food, teeth, exercise, rest, and a look at your health form with a parent.
6 parts
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Requirement 6. Your health and medical record Often forgotten
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Safety in Numbers Requirement
Staying safe: the Protect Yourself Rules, safe touch, the buddy system and the playground.
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Footsteps Requirement
Family and faith. Earned by its four requirements, or by a religious emblem of the family's choosing.
5 parts
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Council Fire Requirement
Citizenship: the flag, being a good neighbour, three models that build on each other, and a service project.
6 parts
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Requirement 4. A model of a community building Usually comes after Requirement 3. A model of your home.
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Requirement 5. A model neighbourhood Usually comes after Requirement 3. A model of your home and Requirement 4. A model of a community building.
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Paws on the Path Requirement
Outdoors: the Six Essentials, a buddy, the right clothes, the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace, and a half-hour walk.
Stage 5 of 5
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Wolf badge of rank, at the next pack meeting Milestone
Once all six required Adventures and two electives are done, the badge is presented at the next pack meeting. Belt loops are given out as each Adventure is earned.
Usually comes after Bobcat Wolf, Running With the Pack and 5 others.
This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.