diff --git a/src/components/Farmhand/Farmhand.context.js b/src/components/Farmhand/Farmhand.context.js
index 2e3701d0..f0b700f7 100644
--- a/src/components/Farmhand/Farmhand.context.js
+++ b/src/components/Farmhand/Farmhand.context.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { createContext } from 'react'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 import uiEventHandlers from '../../handlers/ui-events.js'
+import { generateCow } from '../../utils/index.js'
 
 /**
  * @type {import('react').Context<{
@@ -26,9 +27,102 @@ import uiEventHandlers from '../../handlers/ui-events.js'
  *   handlers: uiEventHandlers & { debounced: uiEventHandlers }
  * }>}
  */
-// @ts-expect-error
 const FarmhandContext = createContext({
-  gameState: {},
+  /** @type {farmhand.state} */
+  gameState: {
+    activePlayers: null,
+    allowCustomPeerCowNames: false,
+    cellarInventory: [],
+    currentDialogView: '',
+    completedAchievements: {},
+    cowForSale: generateCow(),
+    cowBreedingPen: {
+      cowId1: null,
+      cowId2: null,
+      daysUntilBirth: 0,
+    },
+    cowInventory: [],
+    cowColorsPurchased: {},
+    cowIdOfferedForTrade: '',
+    cowsSold: {},
+    cowsTraded: 0,
+    cowTradeTimeoutId: null,
+    cropsHarvested: {},
+    dayCount: 0,
+    experience: 0,
+    farmName: '',
+    field: [[]],
+    forest: [[]],
+    fieldMode: 'default',
+    getCowAccept: () => {},
+    getCowReject: () => {},
+    getCowTradeRequest: () => {},
+    getPeerMetadata: () => {},
+    hasBooted: true,
+    heartbeatTimeoutId: null,
+    historicalDailyLosses: [],
+    historicalDailyRevenue: [],
+    historicalValueAdjustments: [], // empty array for now
+    hoveredPlotRangeSize: 0,
+    id: '',
+    inventory: [{ id: '', quantity: 0 }],
+    inventoryLimit: -1,
+    isAwaitingCowTradeRequest: false,
+    isAwaitingNetworkRequest: false,
+    isCombineEnabled: true,
+    isMenuOpen: false,
+    itemsSold: {},
+    cellarItemsSold: {},
+    isChatOpen: false,
+    isDialogViewOpen: false,
+    isOnline: true,
+    isWaitingForDayToCompleteIncrementing: false,
+    learnedRecipes: {},
+    loanBalance: 0,
+    loansTakenOut: 0,
+    money: 0,
+    latestNotification: null,
+    newDayNotifications: [],
+    notificationLog: [],
+    peers: {}, // empty object for now
+    peerRoom: null,
+    pendingPeerMessages: [],
+    latestPeerMessages: [],
+    sendCowAccept: () => {},
+    sendCowReject: () => {},
+    sendCowTradeRequest: () => {},
+    sendPeerMetadata: () => {},
+    selectedCowId: '',
+    selectedItemId: '',
+    priceCrashes: {},
+    priceSurges: {},
+    purchasedCombine: 0,
+    purchasedComposter: 0,
+    purchasedCowPen: 0,
+    purchasedCellar: 0,
+    purchasedField: 0,
+    purchasedForest: 0,
+    purchasedSmelter: 0,
+    profitabilityStreak: 0,
+    record7dayProfitAverage: 0,
+    recordProfitabilityStreak: 0,
+    recordSingleDayProfit: 0,
+    revenue: 0,
+    redirect: '',
+    room: '',
+    showHomeScreen: true,
+    showNotifications: true,
+    stageFocus: 'default',
+    todaysLosses: -0.01, // always negative
+    todaysPurchases: {},
+    todaysRevenue: 10.01, // always positive
+    todaysStartingInventory: {},
+    toolLevels: {}, // empty object for now
+    valueAdjustments: {},
+    version: '1.0.0',
+    todaysNotifications: [],
+    useAlternateEndDayButtonPosition: false,
+  },
   handlers: {},
 })