Whimsyshire

2014-05-20T09:52:18Z

Mads Vonger: /* Upgrading the Staff */

Whimsyshire is the Diablo III Secret Level, a humorous area that's a direct homage to the Diablo II [[Secret Cow Level]].

The information and images on this page are spoilers. If you want to see the secret level with your own eyes, beware.

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[[File:Easter-whimsyshire-enter.jpg|thumb|500px|The entrance to Whimsyshire.]]

==Whimsyshire Overview==

The secret level is a fully-playable area of the game. There are monsters (cute ones), gold and item drops, health orbs (which look like giant pink cupcakes), random and elite bosses, and even an amazing, baby's-blanket looking minimap.

Though the area is accessed through Act One, the difficulty is balanced to be equivalent to late Act Four. Thus a low level character will be slaughtered instantly, even in the normal difficulty version of Whimsyshire.

The secret level is not going to be a major portion of the gameplay; it's a fun treat and an amusement, but the developers didn't want to recreate the Diablo II Secret Cow Level, which was literally the most profitable area to play in during some early game patches.

===Items found in Whimsyshire===
Presents - Often empty, seem to have less of a drop rate for items than [[chest]]s.
Pot o' Gold - A golden pot that, when clicked, drops gold and possibly other items.
Smiling Couds - When clicked on, your character does an animation that appears to be a fist bump to the air above your head, and the clouds drop items and bounce with bigger smiles on their faces. They also giggle.
Pinata - the Whimsyshire version of a [[Resplendent Chest]]. Random spawn chance.

===Monsters===
Twinkleroot - Killer flowers on a rampage. Do not underestimate them. They cannot be knocked back and have no special animation on death.
Cuddle Bear - Pink teddy bears, also out to kill you. They die in a much messier way than a Twinkleroot.
Chubby Pink/Purple Unicorns - Unicorns, typically pink but also occurring in purple, that charge and attempt to trample you. They are the largest beings in Whimsyshire, and are also the messiest when they die.

All these... horrors can spawn in elite packs. There are a few special unique bosses that can spawn that are similar in function to most other random purple-named monsters in the game.

===Drops===

Whimsyshire used to be one of the best farming places, but was heavily nerfed and is no longer considered to be a very good farming spot. It can, however, drop Spectrum across all difficulties, only in this area, with a fixed level of 30.

==How to Enter==

To gain access to Whimsyshire requires five special ingredients, and a [[Plan]] to teach the [[Blacksmith]] how to craft them into the [[Staff of Herding]]. This object must be taken to the [[Cow King's Ghost]], a spectral bovine located on [[Old Tristram Road]], near that pit with the mysterious red glow from within.

After the Cow King's Ghost conversation, the glow changes to a rainbow color and it becomes a clickable dungeon entrance. As was the case with the Diablo II Secret Cow Level, characters must have defeated that difficulty level to enter the secret level, which is balanced to be about as difficult as Act 4.

===Required Ingredients===

{{Staff of herding}}

==Diablo 3 Console Differences==

Whimsyshire works just the same for the [[Diablo 3 console]], but the materials required to gain entrance are different. [[Leoric's Shinbone]] and the [[Liquid Rainbow]] are not found in the console version and are not required to create the Staff of Herding.

Blizzard has not given an explanation for this simplification.

==Videos==

Two videos showing off the level in action.

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Video with cow king and whimsyshire play footage

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This video shows the Cow King's ghostly conversation, then footage of the early battles in the level.

==Screenshots==

Various screenshots showing off portions of Whimsyshire.

<gallery>
File:Easter-ghost-cow-king1.jpg|Ghost of the Cow King.
File:Easter-whimsyshire-enter.jpg|Rainbow lighted entrance.
File:Easter-whimsyshire01.JPG|Purple unicorns "trap" the entrance portal.
File:Easter-whimsyshire03.jpg|Happy Clouds are clickable objects that may drop items.
File:Easter-whimsyshire04.jpg|[[Cuddle Bear]]s are dangerous enemies.
File:Easter-whimsyshire05.jpg|Random Unicorn boss pack.
File:Easter-whimsyshire06.jpg|Pink cupcakes are [[health orbs]] in Whimsyshire.
File:Shinbone.jpg|Leoric's Shinbone in [[Leoric's Manor]]. Used to craft the staff of herding.
File:Mushroom.jpg|Black Mushroom from the [[Cathedral]] (level 1).
File:Wirts-bell01.jpg|Wirt's Bell for sale from Squirt.
File:Map_whimsyshire.jpg|Map of the area.
File:Whimsyshire_grave.jpg|Small easter egg in the area.
File:SoH_plan.jpg|The Staff of Herding plan dropped by Izual.
File:Superunique_chiltara.jpg|Chiltara, who drops the gibbering gemstone.
File:Cowmodel.jpg|An unused cow model with a large axe.
</gallery>

==Whimsyshire's Music==

The music played in the level is a famous piece of classical music for the piano, Ravel's ''Gaspard de la Nuit - Le Gibet''. (Video of [http://www.youtube.com/embed/3PQ-H1PjrWQ that composition here].) This was first revealed in the following video; the backwards playing begins around the 0:38 mark.

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