The 1.1 update brought 4 alternative farm map layouts, each focusing on a different skill: whereas the standard farm focuses on farming, the forest farm focuses on foraging, the hill-top farm on mining, the riverside farm on fishing, and the wilderness farm on combat.
These alternate maps also provide other advantages compared to the standard farm in exchange for farming space, such as being able to fish on the farm what you'd normally have to go to town for, or unique weeds and ores. However, I can't seem to find a unique advantage for the wilderness map, which not only has less space for farming, but also has monsters spawn during the night.
Is there any advantage to the wilderness farm, or is it meant to be some kind of "hard mode"?
Best Answer
The monsters are the advantage. Just like you don't need to leave your farm to fish for the riverside farm, you don't need to leave your farm to fight for the wilderness farm. You get loot + exp the same way you get fish + exp.