# The Undercroft

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc argynvostholt undercroft 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-undercroft-1.webp)
> **Region:** [Argynvostholt](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/argynvostholt.md) · level 8
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md)
> **Quests:** [The Silver Hoard](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-silver-hoard.md)

## Overview

The vaulted cellar under Argynvostholt's servants' hall, where the Order counted the dragon's winter tithe: drifts of old silver against the pillars, the empty harness of the tithe escort round the walls, and the tithe-keeper on the chest at the far end (The Silver Hoard, docs/story/side_quests.md).

A low vault under the house, colder than the house. Silver lies in drifts against the pillars like snow against fence posts, and somewhere at the far end, in the dark, somebody is counting.

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

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md):** A stair down to the undercroft

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The stair up to the servants' hall | [Argynvostholt, Ground Floor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/argynvostholt-ground-floor.md) |  |

## Map

![argynvostholt undercroft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/argynvostholt-undercroft.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 argynvostholt undercroft spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-argynvostholt-undercroft-spot1.webp)
*the tithe chest*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (1)
> - **[The Gilded Knight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/the-gilded-knight.md)**, The tithe vault (#2): when not gilded knight slain

## What to find

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 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 silver on the tithe-keeper's armour rises like hackles, and round the walls the escort's empty harness…*, in [The Undercroft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-undercroft.md): [The Gilded Knight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-gilded-knight.md), [Animated Armor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/animated-armor.md). Scales with your level. Part of [The Silver Hoard](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-silver-hoard.md).
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Undercroft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-undercroft.md)**, when tithe keeper remembered: [The Gilded Knight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-gilded-knight.md), 3 × An Escort's Harness ([Animated Armor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/animated-armor.md)) (6500 XP)
> - **[The Undercroft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-undercroft.md)**: [The Gilded Knight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/the-gilded-knight.md), 3 × An Escort's Harness ([Animated Armor](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/animated-armor.md)) (6500 XP)

## Quests and lore

- [The Silver Hoard](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-silver-hoard.md): Argynvost gave his hoard away: every Midwinter the Order left a silver coin on every doorstep in the valley. The last winter's tithe never…