# The High Pasture

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc barovia high pasture 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-barovia-high-pasture-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Village of Barovia](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-village-of-barovia.md) · level 3
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors
> **Getting here:** the travel map (The High Pasture)
> **Quests:** [The Goatherd's Count](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-goatherds-count.md)

## Overview

The goats' pasture on the slope above the Old Svalich Road, east of the village, with a dry-stone fold, and at the top of it the white wall of the mists (The Goatherd's Count, docs/story/side_quests.md).

A long slope of thin grass above the road, a dry-stone fold with a gate, and at the top of the slope, close enough to throw a stone into, the white wall of the mists.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **The travel map:** The High Pasture, in Barovia. It shows once quest.the goatherds count.

### Ways out

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

## Map

![barovia high pasture](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/barovia-high-pasture.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 barovia high pasture spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-barovia-high-pasture-spot1.webp)
*A Goat*

## People

- **[A Goat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/a-goat-of-the-village-herd.md)**, Of the Village Herd: The fold (#4, #5, #6, #7)

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (2)
> - **[Erno](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/erno.md)**, here (#2): when quest.the goatherds count and hour ≥ 16
> - **[Snowdrop](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/snowdrop.md)**, here (#3): when quest.the goatherds count and hour ≥ 16 and not snowdrop back and not snowdrop home

## What to find

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.

## Fights

- *Out of the mists at the top of the pasture come wolves, white and wet with fog, low and fast, for the old…*, in [The High Pasture](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-high-pasture.md): [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md), [Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md). Scales with your level. Part of [The Goatherd's Count](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-goatherds-count.md).
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The High Pasture](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-high-pasture.md)**, when level ≥ 2: 2 × The Mist's Old Wolf ([Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md)), 4 × A Mist Wolf ([Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md)) (600 XP)
> - **[The High Pasture](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-high-pasture.md)**: 6 × A Mist Wolf ([Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/wolf.md)) (300 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Goatherd's Count](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-goatherds-count.md): Goodwife Petra's grandson Erno counts one more goat every evening on the high pasture than he owns.