# Mad Mary's House

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc mad marys house 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-mad-marys-house-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-village-of-barovia.md) · level 3
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dim
> **Getting here:** [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md)
> **Quests:** [Mary's Daughter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/marys-daughter.md)

## Overview

A narrow townhouse with three locks on the door and boards on every window, where Mad Mary weeps for her daughter.

**Resting:** no Mary's weeping rises and falls all night. Nobody in this house has slept in days.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md):** Shuttered townhouse

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out to the lane | [Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/village-of-barovia.md) |  |

## Map

![mad marys house](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/mad-marys-house.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 mad marys house spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-mad-marys-house-spot1.webp)
*Mad Mary*

## People

- **[Mad Mary](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/mad-mary.md)**, Mother of Gertruda: Front room (#2)

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (2)
> - **[Mad Mary](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/mad-mary.md)**, Front room (#2): when gertruda with the party; or when gertruda home
> - **[Gertruda](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/gertruda.md)**, Gertruda's room (#3): when gertruda home

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Gertruda's chest | [Perfume](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#perfume) | locked, with nothing to pick |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 3 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

- [Mary's Daughter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/marys-daughter.md): Mad Mary's daughter Gertruda, sixteen and never once allowed outside, slipped out of the house a few nights ago and hasn't come back.

> [!quote]- Book of tales
> A child's book of tales, read until the spine gave up. Most pages are clean. One is soft with handling: a story about a girl in a tower and a prince in a black coat who sings under her window until she climbs down to him. In the margin, in a girl's hand: real?