# Argynvostholt, West Wing

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

> [!infobox]
> **Region:** [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/argynvostholt.md) · level 8
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md)

## Overview

The household west wing opens off a central passage into a spider-choked ballroom, a laid dining hall, a parlour, a wine store, a cold kitchen with a rattling pot, and the dragon's own vaulted den.

A long passage runs west from the gallery between rows of closed doors. To the north lie the ballroom, the dining hall, and the parlour; to the south wait the kitchen, the wine store, and the great hollow of the dragon's den.

**Resting:** Risky: a Long Rest here makes camp, and the night can be interrupted.

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md):** A passage into the west wing

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to the west gallery | [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md) |  |

## Map

![argynvostholt west wing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/argynvostholt-west-wing.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

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | a cocooned satchel | [Rope](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#rope), [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing), [Holy Water](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#holy-water), 40 gp | open it |
| 3 | a sideboard | [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×4, 25 gp | open it |
| 4 | a pantry cupboard | [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×6, [Oil](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#oil) ×2 | open it |
| 5 | the steward's strongbox | [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing), 60 gp | lock DC 14 |
| 6 | a drift of silver ground into the floor | 80 gp | open it |
| 8 | silver glitter in the dust (hidden) | [Salt and Silver](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#salt-and-silver) | Search: Perception DC 13 |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 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.

### Skill checks

| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | a rattling iron pot | Investigation 13 | Lift the pot's lid | 25 gp; on a failure: text The iron lid refuses to budge, stinging your fingers with a fierce heat that a dead stove has no business keeping. |

## Fights

- *The high webs split with a sound like tearing linen, and dark, many-legged shapes pour down the silk ropes…*, in [Argynvostholt, West Wing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-west-wing.md): [Giant Spider](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-spider.md), [Swarm of Insects](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/swarm-of-insects.md). Scales with your level. Starts when you reach the ballroom.
> [!example]- Every version (the first whose condition holds is the fight you get)
> - **[Argynvostholt, West Wing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-west-wing.md)**, when not ballroom colony cleared and level ≥ 8: 20 × [Giant Spider](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-spider.md) (100 HP), 3 × A Swarm of Spiderlings ([Swarm of Insects](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/swarm-of-insects.md), 70 HP) (4300 XP; waiting)
> - **[Argynvostholt, West Wing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-west-wing.md)**, when not ballroom colony cleared and level ≥ 7: 12 × [Giant Spider](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-spider.md) (90 HP), 2 × A Swarm of Spiderlings ([Swarm of Insects](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/swarm-of-insects.md), 60 HP) (2600 XP; waiting)
> - **[Argynvostholt, West Wing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-west-wing.md)**, when not ballroom colony cleared: 8 × [Giant Spider](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-spider.md) (80 HP), A Swarm of Spiderlings ([Swarm of Insects](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/swarm-of-insects.md), 60 HP) (1700 XP; waiting)

### At camp here

A Long Rest here makes camp, and 1 night in 6 is interrupted (never on Story difficulty). Then the indoors night visitors for your level come out of the dark ([Random Encounters](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/world/random-encounters.md)):

| Party level | What comes | XP |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 4 × [Giant Rat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-rat.md) | 100 |
| 4–6 | 2 × [Shadow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/shadow.md), [Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md), [Ghast](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghast.md), 3 × [Skeleton](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/skeleton.md) | 1000 |
| 7–11 | [Wraith](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wraith.md), 4 × [Wight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wight.md), 2 × [Shadow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/shadow.md) | 4800 |

## Quests and lore

> [!quote]- The guest book
> A guest book rests on a brass stand, its pages gone the colour of weak tea. Hundreds of names in a hundred different hands fill the leaves, each with a brief word on the weather or the roast. The last entry, written four hundred years ago, reads only: "Fine night. The lamp was lit. Back soon."