Derelict Distillery

The Derelict Distillery is a sixth level biome that can only be visited after defeating The Hand of the King for the first time.

The Distillery is an abandoned warehouse that was once used to produce liquor before being converted into a gunpowder factory. The rooms and hallways are filled with stacks of barrels and giant bottles, which can be assumed to contain alcohol, that are hanging by chains from the ceilings. Large machines can be seen in the background, their function unknown. The walls themselves often appear to be covered in pipes and electronic devices that were once used to keep the distillery operational, but now many walls have been visibly 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 path to the exit is blocked by a locked door that needs the Distillery Key, which can be found after a winding hallway with bouncing barrels. Before the actual exit to the level there will be a damaged wall that is blocking your path, as well as a nearby Infected Worker. 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, Dispensers, and Damaged Walls
The Distillery is riddled with obstacles and puzzles that revolve around bouncy, exploding barrels. These barrels are most commonly fired from dispensers, either on the ceiling, or sideways on walls, but barrels can also occasionally be found sitting on the ground. They are also thrown and placed by Infected Workers. These barrels can be knocked around by hitting them with any ranged or melee weapons, as well as shields. Normally, 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. These walls work similarly to Destroyable Ground, in that they create debris that can damage enemies on the other side of the wall.

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 dispenser dropping exploding barrels which you need to hit to bounce them into the wall.
 * A set of two ladders, each having dispensers 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 as they are fired from a dispenser at the end of the room.
 * A large room containing a set of three dispensers firing barrels from the ceiling, one after the other. To the sides of the dispensers are platforms containing enemies, which the player must jump between as the barrels fall.

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."