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[[File:Cave Entrance.png|thumb|right|200px|The entrance to the cave near the [[Greenhouse]].]]

[[File:Cave Entrance.png|thumb|right|200px|The entrance to the cave near the [[Greenhouse]].]]

'''The Farm Cave''' is an underground location accessed through a passage near the northern edge of [[The Farm]].  Initially it is just a small empty cave.  After [[The Player|the player]] accumulates {{price|25000}} in total earnings, [[Demetrius]] will visit the farm in the morning and inform the player that he would like to use the cave to set up research specimens. He'll give the player the option to choose between fruit bats (which leave [[Fruits|fruit]] in the cave) or [[Foraging|mushrooms]]. This choice is permanent and cannot be reversed.

'''The Farm Cave''' is an underground location accessed through a passage near the northern edge of [[The Farm]].  Initially, it is just a small empty cave.  After [[The Player|the player]] accumulates {{price|25000}} in total earnings, [[Demetrius]] will visit the farm in the morning and inform the player that he would like to use the cave to set up research specimens. He'll give the player the option to choose between fruit bats (which leave [[Fruits|fruit]] in the cave) or [[Foraging|mushrooms]]. This choice is permanent and cannot be reversed.

==Fruit bats==

==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. After the [[Seed Maker]] recipe is unlocked, the Common Mushrooms can also be processed into [[Fall Seeds]], and then crafted into [[Tea Sapling]]s to either plant or sell.

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. After the [[Seed Maker]] recipe is unlocked, the Common Mushrooms can also be processed into [[Fall Seeds]], and then crafted into [[Tea Sapling]]s to either plant or sell.

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.

Cave mushroom boxes produce every second day.<ref name="mushroomtime" /> Mushrooms grown in the cave are always of normal quality, even if the [[Foraging#Foraging Skill|Botanist Profession]] is chosen.  Each mushroom collected awards the player with 5 [[Foraging]] experience points.

 

The mushroom cave comes with a free [[Dehydrator]].

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==History==

==History==

{{History|1.5|Fixed bug where mushroom box processing time was dependent on time of day when the player went to sleep.}}

{{History|1.5|Fixed bug where mushroom box processing time was dependent on time of day when the player went to sleep.}}

<!--{{History|1.6|Fixed unintended behavior where mushroom boxes were harvestable every day. Now are harvestable every other day.}}-->

{{History|1.6|Fixed unintended behavior where mushroom boxes were harvestable every day. Now are harvestable every other day. The mushroom cave now comes with a free dehydrator. Mushrooms now give 5 foraging experience each.}}

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