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Six boxes will be added to the cave where certain types of [[Foraging|mushrooms]] will randomly grow. Five different types will appear, including all four that are required to craft the [[Life Elixir]].  Even though [[Common Mushroom]]s, [[Morel]]s, and [[Chanterelle]]s are the ones that most commonly appear, this is still the best way to craft the elixir as often as possible. This makes the Mushroom option a great one for those who love to go into [[The Mines]], especially since most mushrooms can be hard to find otherwise. This is also a good choice for players that have grown, or plan to grow, fruit trees and do not need the extra [[Fruits|fruit]] provided by the fruit bats.

Six boxes will be added to the cave where certain types of [[Foraging|mushrooms]] will randomly grow. Five different types will appear, including all four that are required to craft the [[Life Elixir]].  Even though [[Common Mushroom]]s, [[Morel]]s, and [[Chanterelle]]s are the ones that most commonly appear, this is still the best way to craft the elixir as often as possible. This makes the Mushroom option a great one for those who love to go into [[The Mines]], especially since most mushrooms can be hard to find otherwise. This is also a good choice for players that have grown, or plan to grow, fruit trees and do not need the extra [[Fruits|fruit]] provided by the fruit bats.

Cave mushroom production takes one to two days.  Unlike other processing, the time when mushrooms are ready for harvest depends upon the time when the player goes to sleep: processing is faster if the player goes to sleep later.<ref name="mushroomtime" /> The earliest mushrooms can be ready is 12:40pm, if the player goes to sleep at 2am.  If the player goes to sleep at or before 6pm, mushrooms will not be ready until two days later, resulting in a missed day of production.  These processing times apply both to newly-placed mushroom boxes and to existing ones that were just harvested.

Cave mushroom boxes produce every day.<ref name="mushroomtime" /> Mushrooms grown in the cave are always of normal quality, even if the [[Foraging#Foraging Skill|Botanist Profession]] is chosen.  Harvesting mushrooms from the Cave does not award the player with any [[Foraging]] experience points.

 

Mushrooms grown in the cave are always of normal quality, even if the [[Foraging#Foraging Skill|Botanist Profession]] is chosen.  Harvesting mushrooms from the Cave does not award the player with any [[Foraging]] experience points, however the [[Foraging#Foraging Skill|Gatherer]] Profession does award double mushrooms but this could be a bug.

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     <ref name="fruitchances">Fruit spawning is controlled in the game code by <tt>FarmCave::DayUpdate</tt>. The code loops repeatedly, with a 34% chance of the loop terminating on each iteration.  Otherwise, the spawn location is randomly selected from one of 90 tiles.  Fruit only spawns if the selected tile is a valid location. 40 of the tiles are never valid (in the cave walls); existing fruit, equipment, or flooring in the cave will also make tiles invalid.</ref>

     <ref name="fruitchances">Fruit spawning is controlled in the game code by <tt>FarmCave::DayUpdate</tt>. The code loops repeatedly, with a 34% chance of the loop terminating on each iteration.  Otherwise, the spawn location is randomly selected from one of 90 tiles.  Fruit only spawns if the selected tile is a valid location. 40 of the tiles are never valid (in the cave walls); existing fruit, equipment, or flooring in the cave will also make tiles invalid.</ref>

     <ref name="mushroomchances">See <tt>Object::DayUpdate</tt> in the game code.</ref>

     <ref name="mushroomchances">See <tt>Object::DayUpdate</tt> in the game code.</ref>

     <ref name="mushroomtime">The mushroom processing times are controlled by the game code in <tt>Object::DayUpdate</tt> <tt>case 128</tt>. For any empty mushroom box, the processing time is set to <tt>3000 - Game1.timeOfDay</tt> minutes. Because this code is triggered when the player goes to sleep, <tt>Game1.timeOfDay</tt> ends up being the time when the player goes to sleep (e.g., going to sleep at 1:30 am (2530) means processing takes 3000-2530=470 minutes).  However, no processing happens during the first night (the code handles all overnight-processing updates before calling <tt>Object::DayUpdate</tt>), meaning the processing start time is 6am the next morning.</ref>

     <ref name="mushroomtime">Mushroom processing times are controlled by the game code in <tt>Object::DayUpdate</tt> <tt>case 128</tt>.</ref>

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