It is unique in the fact that it eschews exploration for pure combat - When you enter, you are pitted against a constant stream of monsters, new ones coming in to take the place of the old. The Farmstead is a new location that is introduced in the Color of Madness DLC.

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The only reason why this new source of evil and corruption have not infected the Estate is because of the Enchanted Warding Stones on the perimeter of the Farmstead keep this new Evil contained, but like all things, it is only a matter of time before the barrier is pierced by this Terror from the Stars. Even the stars above the Farmstead are not right none of the recognizable constellations can be seen in the night sky, and the Northern Star is in the wrong position, as if these night skies are not from this time and place. As if the natural flow of time has been distorted beyond recognition, once fertile fields are a lifeless wasteland where only crystallized wheat and mutated pumpkins can grow, and the acres are littered with the fossilized remains of people, livestock, and petrified crops, as if they have aged uncountable years in a blink of an eye. There has been no word from the farm in a fortnight, save for the unearthly groaning that echoes from the ruin of the mill…Įver since the Comet struck the Old Windmill, the Farmstead and its surrounding acres of land have been severely altered by the otherworldly corruption.

Some hateful shard of alien origin has streaked through the night sky, crashing into the old Miller’s farm on the outskirts of the Hamlet! Those unfortunate enough to witness the Comet’s arrival have been blinded by what they can only describe as a shifting, ephemeral hue of damnably abrasive intensity. Lands that have, in past years, yielded rich harvests are now sown with a new and terrifying seed-an unrelenting crystalline consumption that inches outward from the mill with each passing season.” “Some blazing malevolence from beyond the stars has crashed upon the Miller’s farm. One of the loading screens of the Farmstead

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