# The Grey Goose

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc svalich roadhouse 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-svalich-roadhouse-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Old Svalich Road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-old-svalich-road.md) · level 4
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors
> **Getting here:** the travel map (The Grey Goose)
> **Quests:** [The Lantern in the Roadhouse](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-lantern-in-the-roadhouse.md)

## Overview

A roadhouse on the Old Svalich Road between the Village of Barovia and the crossroads, burned out twenty winters ago, with a lantern in its upstairs window every night though it has no upstairs any more (The Lantern in the Roadhouse, docs/story/side_quests.md).

A roadhouse by the road, burned down to its walls a long time ago. A painted goose still hangs from the sign-iron, grey with soot. Weeds in the taproom, and the hearth standing on its own like a tombstone.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **The travel map:** The Grey Goose, in Barovia. It shows once quest.the roadhouse lantern.

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to the road | the travel map |  |
| 2 | Back to the road | the travel map |  |

## Map

![svalich roadhouse](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/svalich-roadhouse.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 svalich roadhouse spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-svalich-roadhouse-spot1.webp)
*a lantern hanging in the air, a ledger on the counter, a trapdoor, nailed shut*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[Wenzel](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/wenzel.md)**, The taproom (#3): when night and quest.the roadhouse lantern and not roadhouse cellar beaten; or when night and roadhouse cellar beaten and quest.the roadhouse lantern isn't done

## What to find

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 4 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.

## Fights

- *The nails squeal out of the trapdoor on their own, and what's been living in the cellar for twenty winters…*, in [The Grey Goose](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-grey-goose.md): [Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md), [Giant Rat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-rat.md). Scales with your level. Part of [The Lantern in the Roadhouse](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-lantern-in-the-roadhouse.md).
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Grey Goose](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-grey-goose.md)**, when level ≥ 3: The Innkeeper's Wife ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)), 2 × A Son of the House ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)), 4 × [Giant Rat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-rat.md) (700 XP)
> - **[The Grey Goose](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-grey-goose.md)**: The Innkeeper's Wife ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)), A Son of the House ([Ghoul](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/ghoul.md)), 4 × [Giant Rat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-rat.md) (500 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Lantern in the Roadhouse](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-lantern-in-the-roadhouse.md): The Grey Goose roadhouse burned twenty winters ago, and every night a lantern burns in its upstairs window, though there's no upstairs any…