The Cave

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 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

Interior of the Fruit Bat cave

Fruit bats leave various fruit in the Cave on your farm overnight. 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).

Every night, there is a chance of new fruit spawning. If the cave is empty, there is a 48% chance of no new fruit; 25% chance of 1 fruit; 13% chance of 2 fruit; 7% chance of 3 fruit; 7% chance of 4 or more fruit. The average spawn rate is 1.06 fruit per night. There is no hard limit on the maximum number of fruit in one night, other than the available floor space (50 tiles).

Fruit spawned in the cave always remains there until the player collects it (the cave contents are never automatically reset, even at the end of the week or the end of the month). Uncollected fruit reduces the space available for new fruit to spawn. For example, ten uncollected fruit increases the chances of no new fruit from 48% to 54%. Placing equipment or craftable flooring in the cave also reduces the space available for fruit.

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. The Gatherer profession gives the player a chance of obtaining two fruit. Each fruit obtained from the cave gives the player 7 Foraging experience points.

Image	Name	Description	Also Found	Sell Price	Restores	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	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	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	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Artisan Bundle Enchanter's Bundle Wine Jelly Elliott (Loved gift)	3.6%
	Peach	It's almost fuzzy to the touch.	Peach Tree (Summer)	data-sort-value="140" 140g 175g 210g 280g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly Robin (Loved gift)	3.6%
	Apple	A crisp fruit used for juice and cider.	Apple Tree (Fall)	data-sort-value="100" 100g 125g 150g 200g	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	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	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	Artisan Bundle Wine Jelly Gus (Loved gift)	3.6%
	Spice Berry	It fills the air with a pungent aroma.	Foraging (Summer) Summer Seeds	data-sort-value="80" 80g 100g 120g 160g	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	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	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	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	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	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	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	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	data-sort-value="10" 25 11 35 15 45 20 65 29	Wine Jelly	20%

Mushrooms

Mushrooms in the cave.

Six boxes 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 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. 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.

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	Sell Price	Restores	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	data-sort-value="15" 38 17 53 23 68 30 98 44	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	data-sort-value="-20" −50 0 −70 0 −90 0 −130 0	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	data-sort-value="50" 125 56 175 78 225 101 325 146	Exotic Foraging Bundle Field Research Bundle Life Elixir Wizard (Loved gift)	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	data-sort-value="30" 75 33 105 47 135 60 195 87	Life Elixir	7.3%
	Morel	Sought after for its unique nutty flavor.	Secret Woods (Spring)	data-sort-value="150" 150g 187g 225g 300g	data-sort-value="8" 20 9 28 12 36 16 52 23	Fried Mushroom Exotic Foraging Bundle Life Elixir	8.1%