# The Svalich Woods

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc road forest 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-road-forest-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Old Svalich Road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-old-svalich-road.md) · level 4
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dim, outdoors

## Overview

The Old Svalich Road where it narrows through the Svalich Woods: pines close on both sides, a few clearings, a fallen trunk. Where the woods' random fights and meetings play out.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On along the road, west | the travel map |  |
| 2 | On along the road, east | the travel map |  |

## Map

![road forest](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/road-forest.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 road forest spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-road-forest-spot1.webp)
*a claw-marked pine, something glinting high in the pine*

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | something glinting high in the pine (hidden) | [Ring of Jumping](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#ring-of-jumping) | Search: Perception DC 14 |
| 6 | a split in the fallen trunk (hidden) | [Wand of Magic Detection](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#wand-of-magic-detection) | Search: Investigation DC 12 |
| 7 | a woodcutter's stump (hidden) | [Potion of Resistance (Cold)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#potion-of-resistance-cold) | Search: Perception DC 12 |

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.

### Skill checks

| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | a claw-marked pine | Survival 14 | Read the claw marks | reveals werewolf_den:mud_boots; lore: A werewolf's mark |
| 4 | a clawed pine with low branches | Athletics 11 | Climb the clawed pine and look around | finds Ring of Jumping; on a failure: 1d6 bludgeoning damage |

## Fights

- *Grigor spits, nocks, and shouts a name. Arrows answer from three sides.*, in [The Svalich Woods](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-svalich-woods.md): [Warrior Veteran](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/warrior-veteran.md), [Scout](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/scout.md).