# Krezk

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc krezk 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-krezk-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/krezk.md) · level 7
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors
> **Getting here:** the travel map (Krezk)
> **Quests:** [Clovin's Audience](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/clovins-audience.md), [Lighter Than It Should Be](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/lighter-than-it-should-be.md), [The Burgomaster's Son](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-son.md), [The Gate of Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-gate-of-krezk.md) and 4 more

## Overview

The last village on the road west: a few dozen stone cottages on a mountain shelf behind a wall three men high, a gate that opens only for a reason, and the Pool of the White Sun at its northern end. The Abbey of St. Markovia looks down on it from the mountainside.

Outside: the end of the road, the shut gate and its watchman, and a switchback track climbing toward the abbey. Inside: the burgomaster's house, the well and the square, goat pens, cottages, and the lane north to the shrine of the White Sun.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **The travel map:** Krezk, in Krezk and the Abbey of St. Markovia.

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The road east, back toward Vallaki | the travel map |  |
| 2 | The switchback track up to the abbey | [The Abbey of St. Markovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-abbey-of-st-markovia.md) |  |
| 3 | The burgomaster's house | [The Krezkovs' House](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-krezkovs-house.md) |  |
| 4 | North, to the Pool of the White Sun | [The Pool of the White Sun](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-pool-of-the-white-sun.md) |  |

## Map

![krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/krezk.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 krezk spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-krezk-spot1.webp)
*A Goat, the goat pens*

![loc krezk spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-krezk-spot2.webp)
*Watchman Lazar*

![loc krezk spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-krezk-spot3.webp)
*a crate by the woodpile*

## People

- **[A Goat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/a-goat-of-the-pens.md)**, Of the Pens: The goat pens (#8)
- **[A Goat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/a-goat-2.md)**, Of the Pens: The goat pens (#9)
- **[A Goat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/a-goat-3.md)**, Of the Pens: The goat pens (#10)
- **[Watchman Lazar](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/watchman-lazar.md)**, Of the Krezk Watch: The well square (#18)

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (13)
> - **[Krezk Watchman](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/krezk-watchman.md)**, The end of the road (#5): when not krezk gate open; or when krezk gate open
> - **[Ilya Krezkov](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/ilya-krezkov.md)**, The well square (#6): when ilya fate is “healed” and day
> - **[Stefan the Woodcutter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/stefan-the-woodcutter.md)**, The well square (#7): when not weather is storm
> - **[The Billy Goat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/the-billy-goat.md)**, The goat pens (#11): when not dragos freed
> - **[Stelian](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/stelian.md)**, The goat pens (#12): when not weather is storm
> - **[Cezar](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/cezar.md)**, The well square (#13): when not weather is storm
> - **[Goodwife Rodica](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/goodwife-rodica.md)**, The well square (#14): when not weather is storm
> - **[Goodwife Sanda](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/goodwife-sanda.md)**, The well square (#15): when not weather is storm
> - **[Dumitru](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/dumitru.md)**, Inside the gate (#16): when not weather is storm
> - **[Old Pavel](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/old-pavel.md)**, The south row (#17): when not weather is storm
> - **[Dragos](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/dragos.md)**, The goat pens (#19): when dragos freed
> - **[Clovin Belview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/clovin-belview.md)**, The well square (#20): when quest clovins audience at booked
> - **[Little Petru](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/little-petru.md)**, The goat pens (#21): when den children freed and quest.the packs runt isn't given

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | a crate by the woodpile | [Torch](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#torch) ×3, [Oil](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#oil) ×2 | open it |
| 28 | something under the cairn by the track (hidden) | [Ring of Warmth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#ring-of-warmth) | Search: Perception DC 14 |
| 29 | a shield under the watch's woodpile (hidden) | [Sentinel Shield (Shield)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#sentinel-shield) | Search: Perception DC 14 |
| 30 | something deep in the hay rick (hidden) | [Pan Flute](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#pan-flute) | Search: Perception DC 13 |
| 32 | a loose stone low in the wall (hidden) | [+1 Sling](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#weapon-1) | Search: Perception DC 14 |
| 33 | a tin behind the wayside shrine (hidden) | [Keoghtom's Ointment](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#keoghtoms-ointment) | Search: Perception DC 13 |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | the wall of Krezk | Acrobatics 14 | Walk the top of the wall | finds +1 Sling; on a failure: 1d6 bludgeoning damage |
| 24 | a cairn by the track | History 13 | Read the names on the cairn | finds Ring of Warmth |
| 25 | the goat pens | Animal Handling 13 | Settle the goats for the herders | Ration ×4 |
| 26 | the burgomaster's house | Stealth 13 | Listen at the Krezkovs' shutters unseen | lore: The Krezkovs' grief |
| 27 | the abbey above | History 15 | Recall what's told of the abbey | lore: The abbey above Krezk |
| 31 | a wayside shrine | Religion 13 | Pray at the wayside shrine | finds Keoghtom's Ointment |

## Fights

- *Shapes come up the road out of the dark on both sides, low and patient. Behind you the gate stays shut. On…*, in [Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md): [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), [Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**, when night and not krezk gate open and level ≥ 7: [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 3 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), 2 × [Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md) (1400 XP)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**, when night and not krezk gate open: [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), [Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md) (1150 XP)

- *The watch closes in, spears levelled.*, in [Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md): [Town Guard](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/town-guard.md).

- *The Grandsire comes over Krezk's wall in the moonlight with the old wolves of the pack at his heels.*, in [Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md): [The Grandsire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-grandsire.md), [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**, when level ≥ 9: [The Grandsire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-grandsire.md), 3 × An Old Wolf of the Pack ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (7500 XP)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**, when level ≥ 8: [The Grandsire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-grandsire.md), 2 × An Old Wolf of the Pack ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (6800 XP)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**, when level ≥ 7: [The Grandsire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-grandsire.md), 2 × An Old Wolf of the Pack ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (6600 XP)
> - **[Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/krezk.md)**: [The Grandsire](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-grandsire.md), An Old Wolf of the Pack ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (5900 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [Clovin's Audience](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/clovins-audience.md): Clovin Belview, the abbey's errand-runner, has written jokes for forty years and wants to tell them once to people who could choose not to…
- [Lighter Than It Should Be](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/lighter-than-it-should-be.md): Somebody leaves carved toys on the five Krezkov graves at the Pool of the White Sun every night. Nobody in Krezk carves like that.
- [The Burgomaster's Son](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-burgomasters-son.md): Ilya Krezkov, the burgomaster's last child, has been burning with fever for a month.
- [The Gate of Krezk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-gate-of-krezk.md): Krezk keeps its gate shut to strangers. It opens for a reason, and the burgomaster decides what a reason is.
- [The One-Horned Billy](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-one-horned-billy.md): The one-horned billy goat in Krezk's pens belongs to nobody, because nobody is brave enough. He turned up last spring, already grown, with…
- [The Pack in the Hills](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-pack-in-the-hills.md): A pack of werewolves dens in the hills above Lake Zarovich. Its leader serves the castle, and its old leader hangs in chains for refusing…
- [The Pack's Runt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-packs-runt.md): Of the five children brought home from the werewolves' den, the smallest came home different, and something big circles the farms below…
- [The Wizard of Wines](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-wizard-of-wines.md): Druids from Yester Hill have driven the Martikov family out of their winery and taken the magic gems, the family's three vine stones, that…