Hellstrom Ranch

Hellstrom Ranch
Area	West of the Mountains
Unlocked by	Revealed by Susie, if she's your pardner Digging up the loosely packed grave in the Plot #1 of Reboot Hill Possibly revealed by using disposable binoculars in Fort Memoriam Wandering in region E

Hellstrom Ranch is a location in West of Loathing, south of the Old Railroad Camp. It is revealed when you talk to your pardner once you cross the mountains, or when you wander in this area.

Items

• A needle, in the haystack of course.
• Hagar's Agave can be harvested (requires Foragin' 2).
• A lucky horseshoe is hanging on the right burned barn.

Barnyard (Cow Punchers only)

"This barn is in remarkably good shape, considering the rest of the ranch."

• This barn is used for the Cow Puncher specific crafting skill Leatherworkery
• A needle in the haystack at the left.
• A burned leatherworking manual on a burnt bookshelf in the middle.

Bad Guys

Hellcow fight
Bad guys	1-4 of a hellcow (muscular) a hellcow (mystical) a spitting cow skull (moxious)
XP (kill)	40 - 43 x number of cows
Drops	50 - 80 meat (x cows) and 1 of tainted beefsteak roasted cow tongue and/or 1 of infernal soul fragment cow's blood tainted milk putrid cow bile and/or 1 of brass bull ring infernal soul fragment

• Ringing the cowbell next to the portal summons an infernal cow for you to fight (an excellent source of XP).
  • The drops given depend on the cow types included in the combat—if muscular cows were present you receive 50 - 80 meat per cow and a tainted beefsteak or roasted cow tongue, if mystical cows were there then you can get one of infernal soul fragment, cow's blood, tainted milk, or putrid cow bile, and if moxious cows were fought then either a brass bull ring or an infernal soul fragment.
  • Your first 2 fights are against a single cow. More cows are added in further fights:
    • On your 3rd fight you have a chance of fighting 2 cows.
    • On your 4th fight you will fight 2 cows.
    • On your 5th fight you have a chance of fighting 3 cows.
    • On your 6th and 7th fight you will fight 3 cows.
    • On your 8th fight you have a chance of fighting 4 cows.
    • On your 9th and later fights you will fight 4 cows.

Notes

• A barnyard will exist if you are playing as Cow Puncher; it will be destroyed if played as other class.
• If you hit the gong with an infernal mallet, then the infernal sadist, Duke Bovicus, a three-horned cow-like being appears and says "WHO DARES SUMMON DUKE BOVICUS?".
  • If you did not previously sprinkle cowsbane, he says "OH, IT WAS YOU. NOT COOL. BOVICUS WAS PARTYING." and you are beaten up, waking in your bed.
  • If you previously sprinkled cowsbane, he will be trapped. You then have options to leave him there, release him, or release him in exchange for the Boon of Duke Bovicus.