Derelict Distillery

The Derelict Distillery is an abandoned warehouse that was used as a Distillery before being transformed into a gunpowder barrel factory.

The rooms and hallways are filled with stacks of barrels and giant bottles, which can be assumed to contain alcohol, are hanging by chains from the ceilings. Large machines can be seen in the background, their function unknown. The warehouse is in a state of disrepair, its walls having been damaged by blasts from the explosive barrels found throughout the facility. Like everywhere else on the Island, the malaise has had its way with this place, as the people that once worked here have been turned into mutated monsters that still roam the halls.

Access and exit
The Derelict Distillery is only accessible after meeting the Hand of the King once, and can be reached via the Clock Room or Guardian's Haven biomes. The exit is blocked by a locked door that needs the Distillery Key, which can be found after a winding hallway with bouncing barrels. Behind the locked door is a room containing a single Infected Worker above the entrance, as well as a damaged wall. You must bait the worker into chucking a barrel at the wall to destroy it, allowing you to leave (Alternatively, you could also use a Barrel Launcher to escape). This exit only leads to the Throne Room, where the Hand of the King awaits.

Exploding barrels and Damaged Walls
The Distillery is riddled with obstacles and puzzles that revolve around bouncy exploding barrels. These barrels can be knocked around by hitting them with any ranged or melee weapons, as well as shields. Normally, these barrels have an orange glow, and will explode upon contact with the player, but if the player strikes one, it will bounce forward, and glow white instead of orange. In this state, they are unable to harm the player and can only damage enemies. Damaged walls are quite common throughout the biome and can be destroyed using an explosive barrel, either your own, fired from the Barrel Launcher, one fired by an enemy, or dropped from traps. Some examples of the dangers that can be found are listed below:


 * The start of the level is blocked off by an exploding wall, with a chute dropping exploding barrels which you need to hit to bounce them into the wall.
 * A set of two ladders, each having chutes dropping barrels from above in a staggered pattern that can be dodged by jumping between the ladders.
 * An area featuring a set of switchback hallways that have barrels bouncing from one side to another.
 * Chutes that drop exploding barrels from the ceiling.
 * Barrels can be found simply laying on the ground, waiting to be knocked around by the slightest touch. These do not explode unless struck by the player.

A colorless Barrel Launcher can always be found in a room at the end of one of the routes within the level. It can be useful for helping make your way through the area because it can smash damaged walls.

Scrolls
Derelict Distillery contains 2 Power scrolls, and 2 Dual-Stat scrolls. When 3 Boss Stem Cells are active, this biome has 1 guaranteed Scroll Fragment, and when 4/5 Boss Stem Cells are active, this biome has 2 guaranteed Scroll Fragments. These cannot spawn in areas requiring the use of any runes.

Shops

 * 1 guaranteed Weapon Shop
 * 1 guaranteed Skills Shop

Chests and loot

 * 1 guaranteed Treasure Chest behind Spider rune
 * 1 guaranteed Treasure Chest behind Ram rune
 * 1 guaranteed item requiring Ram rune
 * 1 guaranteed item requiring Teleport rune

Exclusive blueprints
The blueprint for the Tesla Coil and Barrel Launcher can be looted from Living Barrels and Infected Workers, respectively.

Enemies
In the Derelict Distillery, there are two unique enemies: Living Barrels and Infected Workers.

The table below lists which enemies are present in the Derelict Distillery on each difficulty level and which blueprints each may drop. When applicable, the minimum difficulty level for blueprint acquisition is specified.

Barrel Dispenser
Giant room with a barrel dispenser protruding from the ceiling above a track that was used to transport barrels. Two giant red and yellow colored banners with the distillery logo hang on both sides of the room. There is a scribbled note that can be read. It is unknown who has written the note.

"Dispenser out of order"

"One of the engineers was so happy with his new prototype that he went straight to the barrel dispenser to test it..."

"This level of stupidity would have got him fired if he didn't die in the process."

Signed: The Management

Broken distillery
A mash tun fed from a barrel contains an unknown substance that flows into a what looks like a silo and then ends up in a set of giant bottles. The tubes connecting all the containers glow a light blue, which could be from the substance inside them.

A drunk dead worker... or maybe just dead.
Next to the device a dead worker can be found along with several empty bottles. The Beheaded muses on the scene before him.

"Someone tried to drink directly from the barrel?"

"..."

"Old habits die hard."