Desktop Hellfarmer

Desktop Hellfarmer is an idle ARPG that runs in a small window on top of your desktop. The hero moves through zones, fights monsters and collects loot automatically while you work, watch videos or play something else. You return to make decisions about skills, gear and upgrades.

Automatic combat

You do not control the hero directly: it chooses targets and attacks enemies around it. Skills include Whirlwind, which carries the hero through a crowd; Fire Cleave, which scorches the ground beneath enemies; and Seismic Leap, which stuns nearby enemies. Each new level gives you points to spend on skills.

Gear and loot

Gear has five slots, with more than 30 item types and 20 random properties. Most items get sold, but one of 14 legendaries can drop with its own special effect. You can compare a find with your equipped gear as soon as you pick it up.

As you progress, filter rules can sell items you do not need, leaving only items for your attention in Loot Review.

Gold and difficulty

You spend gold in the Gold Tree, which has 100 nodes across three branches: offense, survival and loot. The tree includes automation and offline progress. Once your build is ready, you can increase the difficulty through Normal, Nightmare and Hell, followed by ten permanent Agony ranks.

Zones and bosses

The game has five zones, each with its own map and a boss waiting in a separate arena:

• Rotten Fields: a zone with ruins, graves, lava and obstacles.
• Old Cemetery: a zone with ruins, graves, lava and obstacles.
• Sunken Crypt: a zone with ruins, graves, lava and obstacles.
• Ashen Chapel: a zone with ruins, graves, lava and obstacles.
• Black Pit: a zone with ruins, graves, lava and obstacles.

Desktop window

The game window stays on top and can snap to the edge of the screen. Transparency mode leaves only the battlefield visible. When you close the game, offline progress from the Gold Tree grants XP and gold for the time you were away.