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.

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Stage 1 of 5

1 step

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

1 step

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

2 steps

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
- Requirement 1. Get to know the den
- Requirement 2. Say the Scout Oath and Scout Law
- Requirement 3. Learn about the Scout Law
- Requirement 4. A den Code of Conduct
- Requirement 5. Sign, salute and handshake
- Requirement 6. A time you did your best
- 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.
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
- A Wolf Goes Fishing Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Where you will fish, and what lives there Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Kinds of bait Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. A proper cast Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Fishing safety rules Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Go fishing Optional May not apply
- Adventures in Coins Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Parts of a coin Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. A mint mark Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. A coin game Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. A coin rubbing Optional May not apply
- Air of the Wolf Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. A paper airplane, five flights Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. A different design, five flights Optional May not apply
- 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.
- Requirement 4. Something else that flies Optional May not apply
- Champions for Nature Wolf Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Renewable or non-renewable? Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Reduce, reuse, recycle Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Where your community's recycling goes Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. A conservation project Optional May not apply
- Code of the Wolf Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Trade secret messages Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. A game of codes or patterns Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. One shape, everywhere Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. The most common colour Optional May not apply
- Computing Wolves Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Parts of a computer Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Getting rid of computer parts Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. A digital story Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. A family policy for devices Optional May not apply
- Cubs Who Care Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Physical disability Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Visual impairment Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Hearing loss Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Barriers to getting around Optional May not apply
- Digging in the Past Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. A dinosaur game Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Invent a dinosaur Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. A dinosaur dig Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. A fossil layer Optional May not apply
- Finding Your Way Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Find your home on a map Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Draw a map with a key Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Directions on a map Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Directions with a compass Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Map and compass together Optional May not apply
- Germs Alive! Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Wash your hands properly Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Germ Magnet Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. The sneeze demonstration Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. The mucus demonstration Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Grow a mold culture Optional May not apply Often forgotten
- 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.
- Requirement 1. The buddy system outdoors Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. The Cub Scout Six Essentials Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Your personal gear list Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. A camping skill Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Go camping Optional May not apply
- 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.
- Requirement 1. Swimming safety rules Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Getting into the water properly Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Thirty minutes of swimming Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Try a swimming stroke Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Jump in feet first Optional May not apply
- Requirement 6. Getting out properly Optional May not apply
- Paws of Skill Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. What a good sport is Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Learn and play a team sport Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Watch a team at work Optional May not apply
- Pedal With the Pack Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Wearing a helmet Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. What to wear on a bike Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Kinds of bike Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Start and stop on your own Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Hand signals Optional May not apply
- Requirement 6. A bike ride Optional May not apply
- Race Time Wolf Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. Learn the race rules Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
- Requirement 3. Make it faster Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
- Requirement 4. Plan your sportsmanship Optional May not apply
- Requirement 5. Race Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 4. Plan your sportsmanship.
- Spirit of the Water Optional May not apply
- Requirement 1. Where your home's water comes from Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. How water gets polluted Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. Saving water at home Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. Making water safe to drink Optional May not apply
- 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.
- Requirement 1. Three Cub Scout activities, May to August Optional May not apply

Stage 4 of 5

5 steps

Running With the Pack Requirement

Colourful food, teeth, exercise, rest, and a look at your health form with a parent.
6 parts
Safety in Numbers Requirement

Staying safe: the Protect Yourself Rules, safe touch, the buddy system and the playground.
4 parts
Footsteps Requirement

Family and faith. Earned by its four requirements, or by a religious emblem of the family's choosing.
5 parts
- Requirement 1. Your family's faith traditions Optional May not apply
- Requirement 2. A service or gathering with the family Optional May not apply
- Requirement 3. An act of kindness Optional May not apply
- Requirement 4. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Optional May not apply
- Or: complete a religious emblem Optional May not apply
Council Fire Requirement

Citizenship: the flag, being a good neighbour, three models that build on each other, and a service project.
6 parts
- Requirement 1. Caring for and folding the U.S. flag
- Requirement 2. The Scout Law and being a good neighbour
- Requirement 3. A model of your home
- Requirement 4. A model of a community building Usually comes after Requirement 3. A model of your home.
- Requirement 5. A model neighbourhood Usually comes after Requirement 3. A model of your home and Requirement 4. A model of a community building.
- Requirement 6. A service project
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.
5 parts

Stage 5 of 5

1 step, all ticked

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.

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.