# Blinsky Toys

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc vallaki blinsky toys 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-vallaki-blinsky-toys-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Vallaki](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/vallaki.md) · level 5
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Vallaki](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/vallaki.md)
> **Quests:** [The Destined Ally](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-destined-ally.md), [The Doll Collector](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-doll-collector.md), [The Heart of Sorrow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-heart-of-sorrow.md), [The Jester's Key](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-jesters-key.md) and 2 more

## Overview

Gadof Blinsky's toyshop: shelves of wooden toys built by a man who understands children perfectly well and has decided to make toys for Barovia's instead.

A crowded little shop: puppets, dolls, music boxes and wind-up creatures on every shelf, every one of them looking at the door. A curtained doorway leads back to the workshop.

**Resting:** no Every toy on every shelf is facing you. Nobody sleeps here, not even Blinsky.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Vallaki](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/vallaki.md):** Blinsky Toys

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to market row | [Vallaki](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/vallaki.md) |  |

## Map

![vallaki blinsky toys](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/vallaki-blinsky-toys.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 vallaki blinsky toys spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-vallaki-blinsky-toys-spot1.webp)
*Gadof Blinsky*

## People

- **[Gadof Blinsky](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/gadof-blinsky.md)**, Toymaker: The shop (#2)

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[Pidlwick II](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/pidlwick-ii.md)**, The shop (#3): when pidlwick with blinsky

## What to find

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 5 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.

## Quests and lore

- [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 Doll Collector](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-doll-collector.md): Izek Strazni, the Baron's enforcer, has dreamed of a red-haired woman all his life, and has had her face carved over and over.
- [The Heart of Sorrow](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-heart-of-sorrow.md): At the top of Castle Ravenloft's high tower hangs a crystal heart that takes Strahd's wounds before he does.
- [The Jester's Key](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-jesters-key.md): Pidlwick II, the clockwork jester of the high tower, is running down: the ravens took his wind-up key.
- [The Toymaker's Masterpiece](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-toymakers-masterpiece.md): Gadof Blinsky, Vallaki's toymaker, has wanted all his life to see the clockwork jester his master's master made for the count's children.
- [The Unnamed Crypt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-unnamed-crypt.md): One crypt in Castle Ravenloft's catacombs has no name on it, and something in it holds the count's doors.

> [!quote]- Order book on the counter
> Blinsky's order book: very few orders. Two years of one customer stand out: 'Doll, red hair, green dress. For I.S. Paid.' 'Doll, red hair, grey cloak. For I.S. Paid, with a threat.' 'Doll, red hair, as before but SMILING, for I.S. He was very particular about the smile.' Eleven entries in all.