Basilisk's Den

The Basilisk's Den opens in the middle of Caerlin Woods, right next to the entrance to the Wolf Lair, so it's easy to walk into the wrong cave. You go in from the south, and the place is short: one main fight and two spots worth looting.

The basilisk Dreadcoil of the Deep lies in the north-western corner, and it's the main reason to come here. It drops the Ring of Spellpower, and right beside its spot sits a chest with the Mace of Stars and the Recipe: Warblood Tonic, so both rewards come from one stop.

In the south-east of the cave, tough rubble covers a dead miner's camp. Behind it are a Staff of Thunder, Golden Ore, a Pickaxe and a Skull, with gold veins visible in the northern and eastern walls. Tough rubble needs the reinforced pickaxe from the trader in the dwarven camp, so this is probably a return trip a chapter later. The gold veins also call for a chisel from the same trader; we have neither how it's obtained nor the exact mining procedure confirmed, so don't assume a pickaxe is enough for the gold.