Backwoods

The Backwoods is the third main area of Misery of Magic.

Layout
Backwoods is reached from Western Top Level, where there is an entrance near the top left of the area.

Late in the area is a more open area. Shortly after this is a puzzle, the Frustrating Maze Room, followed by the Water Room, where a boss demon exists. The very end of the area is a sub-area called the Water Tunnel.

Cliffside
At the top left of the Backwoods, there is a tunnel leading to a bright area with a view of the ocean. This sub-area contains the Toxicity Star and the Tera Moss Den.

Research Station 0-Y
This is a single room off to the side of the "Water Room" (where the area's boss demon is) containing a computer. It can be interacted with to enable the electricity, which firstly triggers a dream sequence immediately and secondly shuts off the electricity in Research Station 3-Z and thus allows access to the Awakening.

Water Tunnel
The Water Tunnel is found at the very end of the area. It is dark with green bricks. It connects back to the Western Top Level. This sub-area has a room where Jaye has written on the walls. The Unfire can also be found here.

Appearance
The area is deep green and dotted with a variety of random flowers. The trees form a regular pattern in much of the area.

Items
The Cliffside has the Toxicity Star.

The Water Tunnel has the Unfire.

NPCs
The main NPC is Jaye Tera, who appears many times throughout the area.

The room with the Unfire has a nameless entity comprising several hovering eyes.

Hardcoded Encounters
The following Demons always appear in Backwoods:
 * Demon 16
 * Demon 17A
 * Demon 18 (x2)
 * Demon 19 (x6)
 * Demon 20
 * Demon 21A

Random Encounters
These demons can appear as random encounters. These only occur outside of sub-areas, however.


 * Demon 1C (x2) (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 14C (x3) (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 23 (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 24 (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 15 (x2) (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 1B (x3) (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 2B (x2) (1/8 chance)
 * Demon 2X (x2) (1/8 chance)

Trivia

 * The Backwoods was originally intended to be an area in Solar Shadow 3. It is one of many things in the game which was inspired by a dream.
 * All of the Backwoods is technically optional, because it is possible to go to the Underpath immediately after leaving Shade Hollow, although that is not recommended.