# The Winery Cellars

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

> [!infobox]
> ![loc wizard of wines cellar 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-wizard-of-wines-cellar-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Wizard of Wines](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-wizard-of-wines.md) · level 6
> **Resting:** no
> **Light:** dark
> **Getting here:** [The Winery](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery.md)

## Overview

Vaulted cellars under the winery: racks of casks, a side vault of old vintages, and at the far end a wall the druids have broken through, where their blights are digging up the floor.

Cold, and the right kind of cold: the cellar air holds the smell of oak and a hundred years of wine. Somewhere at the far end, something is digging.

**Resting:** no Not with the digging at the far end. Not with the dark this patient.

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

## Getting here

### Ways in

- **From [The Winery](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery.md):** Stairs down to the cellar

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stairs up to the winery | [The Winery](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery.md) |  |

## Map

![wizard of wines cellar](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/wizard-of-wines-cellar.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 wizard of wines cellar spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-wizard-of-wines-cellar-spot1.webp)
*a cask that sounds hollow*

![loc wizard of wines cellar spot2](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-wizard-of-wines-cellar-spot2.webp)
*the rack of old vintages*

![loc wizard of wines cellar spot3](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-wizard-of-wines-cellar-spot3.webp)
*a stave in the founder's cask that opens*

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | a cask that sounds hollow | [Pouch](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#pouch), 9 gp | open it |
| 3 | the rack of old vintages | [Glass Bottle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#glass-bottle) ×2, [Jug](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#jug) | open it |
| 4 | a druid's pack | [Potion of Healing](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#potion-of-healing), [Shovel](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#shovel), [Lamp](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/equipment.md#lamp), 10 gp | open it; only when cellar dig cleared |
| 5 | a stave in the founder's cask that opens (hidden) | [Alchemy Jug](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#alchemy-jug) | Search: Investigation DC 14 |

**Tarokka treasure spots.** If the reading hid one of the treasures here, it's in: Wizard of Wines Cellar (dry_cask)

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 6 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 blights lie where they fell, dead brush in heaps around their holes. Only the druid with the lantern is…*, in [The Winery Cellars](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery-cellars.md): [Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md), [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md). Scales with your level.
> [!example]- By party level (the first line your party fits is the fight you get)
> - **[The Winery Cellars](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery-cellars.md)**, when not cellar dig cleared and gulthias tree burned: Druid overseer ([Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md)) (450 XP)
> - **[The Winery Cellars](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery-cellars.md)**, when not cellar dig cleared and level ≥ 7: Druid overseer ([Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md)), 6 × [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), 8 × [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md), 4 × Druid of Yester Hill ([Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md)) (3250 XP)
> - **[The Winery Cellars](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery-cellars.md)**, when not cellar dig cleared and level ≥ 6: Druid overseer ([Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md)), 5 × [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), 6 × [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md), 4 × Druid of Yester Hill ([Druid](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/druid.md)) (3050 XP)
> - **[The Winery Cellars](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-winery-cellars.md)**, when not cellar dig cleared: [Vine Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/vine-blight.md), 4 × [Needle Blight](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/needle-blight.md) (300 XP)