# The Old Den

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc tser woods den 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-tser-woods-den-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:** [Tser Pool Encampment](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/tser-pool-encampment.md)
> **Quests:** [The Dancing Bear](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dancing-bear.md)

## Overview

A clearing up the deer path from the Tser Pool camp, where the stream comes down out of the Svalich Woods: pines, a jumble of rocks with an old bear den under them, and hunters' traps in the leaves (The Dancing Bear, docs/story/side_quests.md).

A clearing in the pines where the stream comes down over stones. Under a heap of mossy rocks on the far side there's a dark hollow that smells of animal, and the leaves round it have been scraped up into a bed.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Tser Pool Encampment](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/tser-pool-encampment.md):** Up the deer path beside the stream

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down the deer path to the camp | [Tser Pool Encampment](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/tser-pool-encampment.md) |  |
| 2 | Down the deer path to the camp | [Tser Pool Encampment](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/tser-pool-encampment.md) |  |

## Map

![tser woods den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/tser-woods-den.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 tser woods den spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-tser-woods-den-spot1.webp)
*an iron trap*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[Bujor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/bujor.md)**, The clearing (#3): when quest the dancing bear at asked or quest the dancing bear at defended

## 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

- *Out of the trees all round the clearing come things that aren't trees, toward the sound of the cub crying.*, in [The Old Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-old-den.md): [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md), [Twig Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/twig-blight.md). Scales with your level. Part of [The Dancing Bear](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dancing-bear.md).
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Old Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-old-den.md)**, when level ≥ 4: 4 × [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), 5 × [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md), 3 × [Twig Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/twig-blight.md) (725 XP)
> - **[The Old Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-old-den.md)**: 2 × [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), 5 × [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md), 4 × [Twig Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/twig-blight.md) (550 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Dancing Bear](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-dancing-bear.md): Lavinia's bear Bujor, who has danced on the Tser Pool camp's stage for nine years, broke his chain in the night and went up into the woods.