Red Mushroom

Red Mushroom
A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.
Information
Source	Foraging • The Farm Cave • Mushroom Tree • Mushroom Log
Location	Secret Woods • The Mines • Dangerous Mines
Season	Summer
XP	Foraging: 7 Foraging XP The Farm Cave: 5 Foraging XP Mushroom Trees: 0
Energy / Health	−50 0 −70 0 −90 0 −130 0
Sell Price	75g 93g 112g 150g

The Red Mushroom is a type of mushroom obtainable by:

• Foraging in the Mines on Mushroom Floors (starting at floor 81).
• Found on levels 21-69 of the Mines while the Shrine of Challenge is enabled, or the Danger in The Deep quest is active.
• In the Secret Woods during Summer and (more rarely) Fall.
• In the Forest Farm during Fall.
• Inside of the Ginger Island mushroom cave.
• Searching Garbage Cans during any season.
• Collected from the mushroom bins in the Cave if the mushroom option was chosen.
• By tapping a Mushroom Tree.
• Collected from a Mushroom Log.
• By cutting down a Mushroom Tree with the Shaving enchantment.
• Purchased at the Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="75"225–1,000g.

Red Mushrooms and Truffles are the only mushrooms that cannot be placed into a Dehydrator.

Bundles

• Red Mushroom is used in the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board.
• Red Mushroom is one of the options for the Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room.

Recipes

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Energy / Health	Recipe Source(s)	Sell Price
	Life Elixir	Restores health to full.	Red Mushroom (1) Purple Mushroom (1) Morel (1) Chanterelle (1)	0 100%	Combat Level 2	data-sort-value="250">250g

Tailoring

Red Mushroom is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Spotted Headscarf. It can also be used as a red dye color at the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, located at 2 Willow Lane.

Quests

• The Red Mushroom may be randomly requested during any season at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of data-sort-value="225">225g and 150 Friendship points.
• 2-3 Red Mushrooms may be requested by Catfish, Spook Fish, or Woodskip in a Fish Pond quest to increase the capacity of the pond from 3 to 5.

Bugs

While playing local co-op on the Nintendo Switch, if the player or a farmhand has had exhaustion the previous day and consumes a poisonous item that reduces their energy to zero (or below), the game will soft-lock.

History

• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests.
• 1.5: Can be found in the Ginger Island mushroom cave.
• 1.6: Can now be produced by a Mushroom Log. Mushrooms from the Farm Cave now give 5 Foraging XP each.
• 1.6.4: Can now be obtained from chopping down Mushroom Trees with the Shaving enchantment.