# A Clearing in the Pines

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/a-clearing-in-the-pines.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![loc forest clearing 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-forest-clearing-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Old Svalich Road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-old-svalich-road.md) · level 4
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors

## Overview

A woodcutters' clearing beside the road through the Svalich Woods: stumps, a stacked woodpile, a cold fire and a broad old oak nobody cut, under a rocky rise. A random fight on a forest road may play out here.

**Resting:** Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.

![loc forest clearing overview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-forest-clearing-overview.webp)
*The whole place from above.*

## Getting here

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On along the road, west | the travel map |  |
| 2 | On along the road, east | the travel map |  |

## Map

![forest clearing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/forest-clearing.svg)

**Key:** gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.

## What to find

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 4 the first time you come ([Random Treasure](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/random-treasure.md)). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.