# The Amber Temple: the Vaults

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc amber temple vault 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-vault-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Amber Temple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-amber-temple.md) · level 10
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [Under the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/under-the-vaults.md), [The Amber Temple: Hall of the Faceless God](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-hall-of-the-faceless-god.md)
> **Quests:** [The Amber Debt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-amber-debt.md), [The Amber Temple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-amber-temple.md), [The Wailing Hall](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-wailing-hall.md)

## Overview

Under the great hall: a long gallery of ten talking sarcophagi, a door of glowing amber over a vault heaped with the offerings of the desperate, and at the bottom of everything the sanctum where a prince of the west once made his bargain with the thing whose sarcophagus is now empty.

The amber in the walls glows here, faintly, like honey held up to a candle. It is the only warm colour for a mile.

**Resting:** no Nobody sleeps down here. The voices in the amber know your names now, and they take turns.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Under the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/under-the-vaults.md):** Up into the vaults
- **From [The Amber Temple: Hall of the Faceless God](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-hall-of-the-faceless-god.md):** Stairs down to the vaults

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stairs up to the great hall | [The Amber Temple: Hall of the Faceless God](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-hall-of-the-faceless-god.md) |  |
| 2 | Down under the vault floor | [Under the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/under-the-vaults.md) | deep stair open |

## Map

![amber temple vault](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/amber-temple-vault.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 amber temple vault spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-vault-spot1.webp)
*a heap of offerings, a staff under the heap of offerings*

![loc amber temple vault spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-vault-spot2.webp)
*a sarcophagus of amber (a face turned up)*

![loc amber temple vault spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-vault-spot3.webp)
*a sarcophagus of amber (an empty ribcage)*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (2)
> - **[Master Vosk](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/master-vosk.md)**, The sanctum of the hollow (#3): when not vosk fate and not vosk destroyed
> - **[Exethanter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/exethanter.md)**, The sanctum of the hollow (#4): when (vosk fate or vosk destroyed) and not amber seal decided and exethanter met and not exethanter destroyed and not exethanter hostile and exethanter phylactery isn't “smashed”

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | a heap of offerings | [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing) ×3, [Jeweler's Tools](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#jewelers-tools), [Mirror](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#mirror), [Perfume](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#perfume) ×2, [Spyglass](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#spyglass), 640 gp | open it |
| 6 | Sealed urns | [Antitoxin](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#antitoxin) ×2, [Holy Water](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#holy-water) ×2, 120 gp | open it |
| 7 | a staff under the heap of offerings (hidden) | [Staff of Power (Quarterstaff)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#staff-of-power) | Search: Perception DC 16 |

**Tarokka treasure spots.** If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Amber Temple Vault (gift_heap)

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 10 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.

### Traps

| # | Trap | Find DC | Disarm DC | Save | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | A line of glyphs across the floor | 16 | 17 | WIS 16 | 4d8 psychic |
| 9 | Cracked amber in the vault ceiling | 14 | 0 | DEX 15 | 4d10 piercing |
| 10 | Black ice on the steps | 12 | 0 | DEX 13 | 2d6 bludgeoning |

## Fights

- *The alcove beside the doors was not empty. Something tall and golden steps out of it, and the hall's light…*, in [The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md): [Amber Golem](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/amber-golem.md), [Wraith](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wraith.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**, when not vault guardian destroyed and level ≥ 10: The Vault Guardian ([Amber Golem](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/amber-golem.md)), Warden's wraith ([Wraith](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wraith.md)) (7700 XP)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**, when not vault guardian destroyed: The Vault Guardian ([Amber Golem](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/amber-golem.md)) (5900 XP)

- *Vosk's shape slips like a badly hung coat. Under it: a jackal's head, a scholar's robe, and claws that shake.*, in [The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md): [Arcanaloth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/arcanaloth.md), [Flameskull](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/flameskull.md). Scales with your level. Part of [The Amber Temple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-amber-temple.md).
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**, when vosk named or vosk weakened: Vosk, unmasked ([Arcanaloth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/arcanaloth.md)) (8400 XP)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**, when level ≥ 10: Vosk, unmasked ([Arcanaloth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/arcanaloth.md)), 2 × Bound skull ([Flameskull](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/flameskull.md)) (10600 XP)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**, when level ≥ 8: Vosk, unmasked ([Arcanaloth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/arcanaloth.md)), Bound skull ([Flameskull](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/flameskull.md)) (9500 XP)
> - **[The Amber Temple: the Vaults](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-vaults.md)**: Vosk, unmasked ([Arcanaloth](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/arcanaloth.md)) (8400 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Amber Debt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-amber-debt.md): Exethanter has an old note pinned under all the others, in his own hand: DO NOT GO BELOW THE VAULT. YOU SEALED IT. YOU DO NOT REMEMBER WHY.…
- [The Amber Temple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-amber-temple.md): High above the Tsolenka Pass, a temple of amber where dead powers talk and bargain, and where the lord of the valley once made his.
- [The Wailing Hall](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-wailing-hall.md): In the frozen reading hall of the Amber Temple, a dead woman weeps over a book that will not stay whole.