# Argynvostholt

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> [!infobox]
> ![loc argynvostholt 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/argynvostholt.md) · level 8
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors
> **Getting here:** the travel map (Argynvostholt)
> **Quests:** [A Knight, More or Less](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/a-knight-more-or-less.md), [The Destined Ally](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-destined-ally.md), [The Dragon's Beacon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dragons-beacon.md), [The Order of the Silver Dragon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-order-of-the-silver-dragon.md) and 2 more

## Overview

The ruined house of the silver dragon Argynvost on its wooded ridge: a burned mansion, a dark beacon tower, a courtyard where the dragon fell, and the mausoleum where his headless bones lie. The dead knights of his Order still keep it.

A drive between dead trees climbs past the footings of a gatehouse into a courtyard of cracked flagstones. The mansion's black front fills the north side, its beacon tower above the east wing. A stone mausoleum stands apart to the east; the stables and the squires' graves are going back to the forest on the west.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **The travel map:** Argynvostholt, in Argynvostholt.

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The knights' road, down through the woods | the travel map |  |
| 2 | The knights' road, down through the woods | the travel map |  |
| 3 | The mansion's front doors | [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md) |  |
| 4 | The mansion's front doors | [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md) |  |
| 5 | The mausoleum | [The Dragon's Mausoleum](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-dragons-mausoleum.md) |  |

## Map

![argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/argynvostholt.svg)

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

### Close up

![loc argynvostholt spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-spot1.webp)
*Rotted saddlebags, something in the straw of a stall*

![loc argynvostholt spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-spot2.webp)
*the frost scar*

![loc argynvostholt spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-spot3.webp)
*Small headstones, something left on a squire's grave*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (3)
> - **[Sir Godfrey Gwilym](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/sir-godfrey-gwilym.md)**, The courtyard (#6): when not godfrey met
> - **[Dead Knight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/dead-knight.md)**, The courtyard (#7): when order fate is “ride” or order fate is “grudge”
> - **[Cosmin](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/cosmin.md)**, The squires' graves, The drive (#8, #9): when (order fate isn't “rest” or quest.the squire) and quest.the squire isn't done and not cosmin packed; or when quest the squire at done

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Rotted saddlebags | [Lance](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#lance), 18 gp | open it |
| 14 | something on a ledge down the well (hidden) | [Cube of Force](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#cube-of-force) | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 15 | something in the straw of a stall (hidden) | [Chain](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#chain) | Search: Perception DC 13 |
| 16 | something left on a squire's grave (hidden) | [Holy Symbol (Emblem)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#holy-symbol-emblem) | Search: Perception DC 14 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | the frost scar | Arcana 15 | Study the frost scar | lore: The frost scar |
| 12 | Small headstones | History 14 | Read the squires' headstones | finds Holy Symbol (Emblem) |
| 13 | a well | Athletics 15 | Climb down to the ledge in the well | finds Cube of Force; on a failure: 2d6 bludgeoning damage |

## Fights

- *Grey light pours through the broken gate: men-at-arms, translucent, shields up, charging a line that broke…*, in [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md): [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when night and godfrey met and not courtyard phantoms defeated and not order fate and level ≥ 8: 4 × [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (2800 XP)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when night and godfrey met and not courtyard phantoms defeated and not order fate and level ≥ 7: 3 × [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (2100 XP)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when night and godfrey met and not courtyard phantoms defeated and not order fate: 2 × [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md) (1400 XP)

- *The men-at-arms come out of the courtyard in their grey ranks, still fighting the last battle, and turn…*, in [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md): [Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md), [Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when level ≥ 9: The Gate Warden ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 2 × A Knight Who Forgot ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 8 × Man-at-Arms ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)) (11000 XP)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when level ≥ 8: The Gate Warden ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 2 × A Knight Who Forgot ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 4 × Man-at-Arms ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)) (8200 XP)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**, when level ≥ 7: The Gate Warden ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), A Knight Who Forgot ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 5 × Man-at-Arms ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)) (7100 XP)
> - **[Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt.md)**: The Gate Warden ([Revenant](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/revenant.md)), 4 × Man-at-Arms ([Phantom Warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/phantom-warrior.md)) (4600 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [A Knight, More or Less](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/a-knight-more-or-less.md): Sir Godrick Pendlebrook was knighted on a deathbed with a soup ladle. He carries his old master's sword into the mists to have it done…
- [The Destined Ally](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-destined-ally.md): Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- [The Dragon's Beacon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dragons-beacon.md): Argynvost lit a beacon at the top of his tower every night so the valley would know someone was keeping watch. It has been dark since he…
- [The Order of the Silver Dragon](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-order-of-the-silver-dragon.md): The dead knights of Argynvostholt still keep their watch for a dragon four hundred years gone. Their commander hates Strahd too much to let…
- [The Silver Hoard](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-silver-hoard.md): Argynvost gave his hoard away: every Midwinter the Order left a silver coin on every doorstep in the valley. The last winter's tithe never…
- [The Squire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-squire.md): A Vallaki boy has run away to Argynvostholt to swear the dead Order's oath, and since the Order won't take the living, he means to wait on…