Overview
A stair spirals up inside thick walls, its steps worn into hollows by boots. At the top, a round platform open to the sky behind a low parapet, and in its middle, on a stone plinth, a great iron cradle full of old ash.
Resting: no The wind on the tower top never stops, and neither does the feeling of being watched from the castle.
Getting here
Ways in
- From The Beacon Tower: Up to the lantern room
- From The Beacon Tower: Down to the turns of the stair
- From Argynvostholt, Upper Floor: Up the beacon tower stair
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down to the hall of heroes |  Argynvostholt, Upper Floor | |
| 2 | Up to the lantern room |  The Beacon Tower | |
| 3 | Down to the turns of the stair | The Beacon Tower |
Map
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
the lamp-keeper's locker, the parapet, facing the valley, the lamp-keeper's niche
People
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Vladimir Horngaard, The lantern room (#4): when beacon stand won and not argynvost beacon lit
What to find
| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | the lamp-keeper's locker | Torch ×2, Oil ×2, Tinderbox, 15 gp | open it |
| 7 | the lamp-keeper's niche (hidden) | Lantern of Revealing | Search: Perception DC 14 |
Tarokka treasure spots. If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Argynvostholt Beacon (holt_lampkeeper_locker)
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Skill checks
| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | the parapet, facing the valley | Perception 15 | Look out over the valley | reveals lake_zarovich:jetty_boards |
Fights
- The ash in the cradle stirs with no wind to stir it. The dark that settled into the dead lamp gathers itself…, in The Beacon Tower: Wraith, Specter. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Beacon Tower, when not lamp dark cleared and level ≥ 8: 2 × Wraith, 2 × Specter (4000 XP)
- The Beacon Tower, when not lamp dark cleared and level ≥ 7: Wraith, 3 × Specter (2400 XP)
- The Beacon Tower, when not lamp dark cleared: Wraith, 2 × Specter (2200 XP)
- Vladimir comes off the last step with his greatsword already moving. Behind him on the stair, dead knights in…, in The Beacon Tower: Vladimir Horngaard, Revenant, Phantom Warrior. Scales with your level.
By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
- The Beacon Tower, when not beacon stand won and level ≥ 8: Vladimir Horngaard, 2 × Dead Knight (Revenant), Phantom Man-at-Arms (Phantom Warrior) (7200 XP)
- The Beacon Tower, when not beacon stand won and level ≥ 7: Vladimir Horngaard, Dead Knight (Revenant) (4700 XP)
- The Beacon Tower, when not beacon stand won: Vladimir Horngaard (2900 XP)
Quests and lore
- A Knight, More or Less: 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: Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- The Dragon's Beacon: 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: The dead knights of Argynvostholt still keep their watch for a dragon four hundred years gone. Their commander hates Strahd too much to let…