# The Werewolf Den

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc werewolf den caves 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-werewolf-den-caves-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-werewolf-den.md) · level 8
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [The Hills above Lake Zarovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-hills-above-lake-zarovich.md)
> **Quests:** [Grandda's Trail](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/granddas-trail.md), [The Children in the Pen](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-children-in-the-pen.md), [The Destined Ally](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-destined-ally.md), [The Pack in the Hills](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-pack-in-the-hills.md)

## Overview

Caves under the hill where Kiril Stoyanovich's pack sleeps: a great cave round a fire pit, the pack leader's lair, a shrine to Mother Night, the alcove where the old leader Emil hangs in silver chains, and a pen of stolen children.

Warm, close and dark. Straw and furs, gnawed bones, the smell of animals that are sometimes people, and somewhere deeper in, small voices whispering.

**Resting:** no Not here. Every shadow in this cave has teeth, and some of them are pretending to sleep.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [The Hills above Lake Zarovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-hills-above-lake-zarovich.md):** Down to the caves

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up to the hillside | [The Hills above Lake Zarovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-hills-above-lake-zarovich.md) |  |
| 2 | Up to the hillside | [The Hills above Lake Zarovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-hills-above-lake-zarovich.md) |  |

## Map

![werewolf den caves](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/werewolf-den-caves.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 werewolf den caves spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-werewolf-den-caves-spot1.webp)
*Offerings at the shrine, the shrine of Mother Night, an offering hidden under the shrine*

![loc werewolf den caves spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-werewolf-den-caves-spot2.webp)
*Kiril's hoard*

![loc werewolf den caves spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-werewolf-den-caves-spot3.webp)
*Bundles of drying herbs, a flask in the drying herbs*

## People

> [!note]- Who turns up at points in the story (5)
> - **[Zuleika Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/zuleika-toranescu.md)**, The great cave, The shrine of Mother Night (#3, #4, #5): when kiril defeated and emil toranescu with the party and not pack aftermath done; or when wolf pack leader is “emil”; or when (zuleika vouched or den guards cleared or emil freed) and not pack challenge begun and not pack resolved
> - **[Emil Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/emil-toranescu.md)**, The chained alcove, The great cave (#6, #7): when not emil freed and not emil dead; or when wolf pack leader is “emil” and not emil toranescu with the party
> - **[Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/kiril-stoyanovich.md)**, The passage, The great cave (#8, #9): when emil freed and not pack challenge begun and not pack resolved; or when wolf pack leader is “kiril” and not truce broken
> - **[Mirela](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/mirela.md)**, The great cave, The pen (#10, #11): when (kiril defeated or den broken) and not emil toranescu with the party and not pack aftermath done; or when not den children freed
> - **[Fen Burley](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/people/fen-burley.md)**, The chained alcove (#12): when name thistle and not fen fate

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Offerings at the shrine | [Candle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#candle) ×3, 35 gp | open it |
| 14 | Kiril's hoard | [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing) ×2, [Perfume](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#perfume), [Fine Clothes](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#fine-clothes), [Dice Set](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#dice-set), 140 gp | lock DC 15 |
| 17 | a sword among Kiril's trophies (hidden) | [Longsword of Wounding](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#sword-of-wounding) | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 18 | an offering hidden under the shrine (hidden) | [Moon Sickle, +2 (Sickle)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#moon-sickle-2) | Search: Perception DC 15 |
| 19 | a flask in the drying herbs (hidden) | [Elixir of Health](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#elixir-of-health) | Search: Investigation DC 14 |

**Tarokka treasure spots.** If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Werewolf Den Shrine (mother_night_offerings)

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.

### Skill checks

| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kiril's trophies | Survival 15 | Read Kiril's trophies | finds Longsword of Wounding |
| 16 | Bundles of drying herbs | Nature 14 | Sort the drying herbs | finds Elixir of Health |

## Fights

- *Shapes uncurl from the straw along the walls, and the cave is suddenly full of yellow eyes. Nobody told them…*, in [The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md): [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved and level ≥ 8: 5 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (3900 XP)
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved and level ≥ 7: 4 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (3200 XP)
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when not zuleika vouched and not den guards cleared and not emil freed and not pack resolved: 3 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (2300 XP)

- *Kiril throws back his head and laughs, and the laugh turns into a howl halfway through, and his loyal wolves…*, in [The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md): [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when den guards cleared and level ≥ 8: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), 3 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (3600 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when level ≥ 8: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), 4 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (4300 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when den guards cleared and level ≥ 7: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), 2 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (2900 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when level ≥ 7: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), 3 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (3600 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), 2 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (2700 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))

- *For one moment Kiril and Emil look at each other across the cave, and agree on something for the first time…*, in [The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md): [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), [Emil Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/emil-toranescu.md), [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when level ≥ 8: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), [Emil Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/emil-toranescu.md), Zuleika ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), 3 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (5000 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**, when level ≥ 7: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), [Emil Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/emil-toranescu.md), Zuleika ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), 2 × [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), 2 × [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (4300 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))
> - **[The Werewolf Den](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-werewolf-den.md)**: [Kiril Stoyanovich](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/kiril-stoyanovich.md), [Emil Toranescu](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/emil-toranescu.md), Zuleika ([Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md)), [Werewolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/werewolf.md), [Dire Wolf](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/dire-wolf.md) (3400 XP; loot: 30 gp, [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing))

## Quests and lore

- [Grandda's Trail](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/granddas-trail.md): Thistle was raised in the deep woods by a trapper called Fen Burley. He followed a wolf the size of a pony into a wall of fog and never…
- [The Children in the Pen](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-children-in-the-pen.md): Five children taken from the farms below Krezk, kept in a pen in the werewolves' den until their first moon.
- [The Destined Ally](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-destined-ally.md): Madam Eva's fourth card named the one who will stand with us against the devil.
- [The Pack in the Hills](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-pack-in-the-hills.md): A pack of werewolves dens in the hills above Lake Zarovich. Its leader serves the castle, and its old leader hangs in chains for refusing…