The Cave

The entrance to the cave near the Greenhouse.

After you accumulate data-sort-value="25000">25,000g in total earnings, Demetrius will visit the Farm in the morning and inform you that he would like to use the cave to set up research specimens. He'll give you the option to choose between fruit bats (which leave fruit in the cave) or mushrooms. This choice is permanent and cannot be reversed.

Fruit bats

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Interior of the cave showing a Pomegranate left by fruit bats.

Fruit bats leave various fruit in the Cave on your farm. This is a great option for making Artisan Goods as it gives you a slow but steady supply of fruit even out of season. It also helps complete the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry in the first year or two, before you have enough money to buy all the necessary Fruit Trees.

Fruit Tree fruits make excellent gifts for villagers because they are universal likes, readily accessible early in the game, and do not require a kitchen. Gifting may be the best late-game use for fruit, other than making Artisan Goods, Shipping them, finishing the Bundles, or eating them for extra energy (even though they don't replenish very much health).

Fruit found in the cave can be of any quality (normal, silver, or gold). If the Botanist Profession is chosen, the fruit will be iridium quality. Each fruit picked up from the floor of the Cave will give the player 7 Foraging experience points.

Image	Name	Description	Also Found	Revenue	Recovers	Used In	Chance
	Cherry	It's popular, and ripens sooner than most other fruits.	Cherry Tree (Spring)	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly	3.6%
	Pomegranate	Within the fruit are clusters of juicy seeds.	Pomegranate Tree (Fall)	data-sort-value="140" 140g 175g 210g 280g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Enchanter's Bundle Wine Jelly	3.6%
	Peach	It's almost fuzzy to the touch.	Peach Tree (Summer)	data-sort-value="140" 140g 175g 210g 280g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly	3.6%
	Apple	A crisp fruit used for juice and cider.	Apple Tree (Fall)	data-sort-value="140" 140g 175g 210g 280g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly Cranberry Candy Fodder Bundle	2%
	Orange	Juicy, tangy, and bursting with sweet summer aroma.	Orange Tree (Summer)	data-sort-value="100" 100g 125g 150g 200g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly	3.6%
	Spice Berry	It fills the air with a pungent aroma.	Foraging (Summer) Summer Seeds	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	Template:Qualityenergy	Summer Foraging Bundle Summer Seeds Wine Jelly	20%
	Apricot	A tender little fruit with a rock-hard pit.	Apricot Tree (Spring)	data-sort-value="50" 50g 62g 75g 100g	Template:Qualityenergy	Artisan Bundle Fruit Salad Wine Jelly	3.6%
	Wild Plum	Tart and juicy with a pungent aroma.	Foraging (Fall) Fall Seeds	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	Template:Qualityenergy	Fall Foraging Bundle Fall Seeds Plum Pudding Wine Jelly	20%
	Blackberry	An early-fall treat.	Foraging (Fall) Fall Seeds	data-sort-value="20" 20g 25g 30g 40g	Template:Qualityenergy	Fall Foraging Bundle Fall Seeds Blackberry Cobbler Wine Jelly	20%
	Salmonberry	A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest.	Foraging (Spring)	data-sort-value="5" 5g 6g 7g 10g	Template:Qualityenergy	Wine Jelly	20%

Mushrooms

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Mushroom plots in the cave.

Six plots will be added to the cave where certain types of mushrooms will randomly grow. Five different types will appear, including all four that are required to craft the Life Elixir. Even though Common Mushrooms, Morels, and Chanterelles 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 fruit provided by the fruit bats.

Cave mushrooms can be harvested daily, but never more than once a day. The six plots begin generating them the morning after Demetrius sets them up, and again every morning after a harvest. Apparent growth time is 10 hours (needs verification), so new mushrooms will not be available until after 4 PM. Like crops, mushrooms that are ready for harvest remain unspoiled until they are harvested. If the player harvests existing mushrooms before 7 AM, there will still be no more available until 4 PM the following day. Thus, if the player goes to bed without harvesting mushrooms that are ready, one day's production is missed.

Mushrooms grown in the cave are always of normal quality, even if the Botanist Profession is chosen. Harvesting mushrooms from the Cave does not award the player with any Foraging experience points, and the Gatherer Profession does not award double mushrooms.

Image	Name	Description	Also Found	Profits	Recovers	Used In	Chance
	Common Mushroom	Slightly nutty, with good texture.	Foraging (Fall) Fall Seeds Secret Woods (Spring & Fall) Tapping a Mushroom Tree (Spring, Summer & Fall)	data-sort-value="40" 40g 50g 60g 80g	Template:Qualityenergy	Fall Foraging Bundle Fried Mushroom Tom Kha Soup Stir Fry Fall Seeds	69.8%
	Red Mushroom	A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves.	The Mines Tapping or chopping a Mushroom Tree (Spring, Summer & Fall) Secret Woods (Summer & Fall)	data-sort-value="75" 75g 93g 112g 150g	Template:Qualityenergy	Dye Bundle Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir	12.3%
	Purple Mushroom	A rare mushroom found deep in caves.	The Mines Tapping or chopping a Mushroom Tree (Spring, Summer & Fall)	data-sort-value="250" 250g 312g 375g 500g	Template:Qualityenergy	Exotic Foraging Bundle Field Research Bundle Life Elixir	2.5%
	Chanterelle	A tasty mushroom with a fruity smell and slightly peppery flavor.	Secret Woods (Fall)	data-sort-value="160" 160g 200g 240g 320g	Template:Qualityenergy	Life Elixir	7.3%
	Morel	Sought after for its unique nutty flavor.	Secret Woods (Spring)	data-sort-value="150" 150g 187g 225g 300g	Template:Qualityenergy	Fried Mushroom Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir	8.1%

Trivia

Although the Wild Plum is classified as "Forage" rather than "Fruit" in German, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian-Portugese, Russian, and Chinese, it will still spawn in the Cave, the same as if playing the game in any other language, where the Wild Plum is a "Fruit."