Mushroom Farming

Mushroom Farming
300px The specialized skill of growing mushrooms in grow-boxes.
Skill Type:	Trade Skill
Max Level:	60
Requirements:	Mycology 60
Skill Trainers:	Hemmit Magmagrip

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The specialized skill of growing mushrooms in grow-boxes.

Mushroom Farming Overview

Mushroom Farming is a skill introduced July 2017. This skill requires Mycology of 60 to learn.

In-Game Description

The specialized skill of growing mushrooms in grow-boxes.

Training Mushroom Farming

• Hemmit Magmagrip will teach Mushroom Farming at Friends.
• Hemmit Magmagrip unlocks Levels 51-60 Mushroom Farming at Like Family.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:

• None.

Secondary Skills:

• Mycology - Mycology is the Parent skill of Mushroom Farming.
• Carpentry - Carpentry is needed to make the mushroom grow-boxes
• Alchemy - Mushroom suspensions made by alchemy are needed to make the mushroom grow-boxes

Related Skills:

• Myconic - Myconic is another Mushroom related skill.

Mushroom Farming Complete Recipe List

Click "Expand" on the box below to view a complete list of Recipes for the Mushroom Farming skill.

Lvl	Name	First-Time XP	XP	Ingredients	Results	Description	Source
0	Mushroom Box	50	10	Oak Mushroom Box Frame x1 Parasol Mushroom Suspension x1	Mushroom Box x1 Empty Bottle x1	When placed in a damp cave, this box can be used to grow a crop of mushrooms.	Leveling
0	Mushroom Substrate: Dirt	80	10	Strange Dirt x1 Grass x1	Mushroom Substrate (Dirt) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
1	Lucky Mushroom Box	30	6	Oak Mushroom Box Frame x1 Mycena Mushroom Suspension x1	Lucky Mushroom Box x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can be used to grow a crop of mushrooms. Chance for Second Mushroom Type: 33%	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
3	Mushroom Substrate: Bone	120	15	Bone Meal x3	Mushroom Substrate (Bone) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
3	Practice Mushroom Box (12 Hour)	45	9	Oak Mushroom Box Frame x1 Parasol Mushroom Suspension x1	Practice Mushroom Box (12 Hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 12 hours Grow Time: 25% slower per crop XP: +33% more per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
6	Lucky Mushroom Box (12 hour)	65	13	Oak Mushroom Box Frame x1 Field Mushroom Suspension x1	Lucky Mushroom Box (12 hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 12 hours Chance for Second Mushroom Type: 33% per crop	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
7	Mushroom Substrate: Meat	160	20	Meat x1 Meat x1 Meat x1	Mushroom Substrate (Meat) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
11	Mushroom Substrate: Organs	200	25	Body Organ x1 Body Organ x1 Body Organ x1	Mushroom Substrate (Organs) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
15	Mushroom Substrate: Limbs	240	30	Limb or Extremity x1 Limb or Extremity x1 Limb or Extremity x1	Mushroom Substrate (Limbs) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
18	Practice Mushroom Box (24 Hour)	150	30	Oak Mushroom Box Frame x1 Blusher Mushroom Suspension x1	Practice Mushroom Box (24 Hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 24 hours Grow Time: 25% slower per crop XP: +33% more per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
19	Mushroom Substrate: Exotic (Type A)	280	35	Evil Grass x1 Worm Tooth x1 Giant Hairball x1	Mushroom Substrate (Exotic) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
24	Mushroom Substrate: Exotic (Type B)	320	40	Ectoplasm x1 Lac x1 Fulgurite x1	Mushroom Substrate (Exotic) x1	Create fertilizer for a mushroom grow-box.	Leveling
25	Epic Crop Mushroom Box	200	40	Maple Mushroom Box Frame x2 Blusher Mushroom Suspension x2	Epic Crop Mushroom Box x1 Empty Bottle x2	When placed in a damp cave, this box can be used to grow a large crop of mushrooms. Grow Time: 100% slower than normal Yield: +200% more mushrooms than normal Note: this box requires 2 doses of substrate	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
25	Fast Mushroom Box	200	40	Maple Mushroom Box Frame x1 Field Mushroom Suspension x1	Fast Mushroom Box x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can be used to grow a crop of mushrooms. Grow Time: 20% faster than normal XP Penalty: -50% XP per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
26	Lucky Mushroom Box (24 hour)	205	41	Maple Mushroom Box Frame x1 Blusher Mushroom Suspension x1	Lucky Mushroom Box (24 hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 24 hours Chance for Second Mushroom Type: 33% per crop	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
30	High-Yield Mushroom Box (48 hours)	235	47	Maple Mushroom Box Frame x1 Blood Mushroom Suspension x1 Strange Dirt x1	High-Yield Mushroom Box (48 hours) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 48 hours Grow Time: 50% slower for each crop Yield: +100% mushrooms per crop Chance for Second Mushroom Type: 15% per crop Note: this box requires 2 doses of substrate	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
33	Practice Mushroom Box (48 Hour)	255	51	Maple Mushroom Box Frame x1 Blood Mushroom Suspension x1	Practice Mushroom Box (48 Hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 48 hours Grow Time: 25% slower per crop XP: +33% more per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
44	Lucky Mushroom Box (48 hour)	335	67	Cedar Mushroom Box Frame x1 Coral Mushroom Suspension x1	Lucky Mushroom Box (48 hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 48 hours Chance for Second Mushroom Type: 33% per crop	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
45	Very Fast Mushroom Box	340	68	Cedar Mushroom Box Frame x1 Blood Mushroom Suspension x1	Very Fast Mushroom Box x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can be used to grow a crop of mushrooms. Grow Time: 40% faster than normal XP Penalty: -50% XP per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip
50	Practice Mushroom Box (72 Hour)	375	75	Cedar Mushroom Box Frame x1 Groxmax Mushroom Suspension x1	Practice Mushroom Box (72 Hour) x1 Empty Bottle x1	This box can grow multiple crops of mushrooms. Box Duration: 72 hours Grow Time: 25% slower per crop XP: +33% more per mushroom	Training: Hemmit Magmagrip

Mushroom Farming Mechanics

Substrates

Each mushroom grows better in a specific substrate. It grows adequately in one of the low level substrates (Dirt, Bone or Meat), and very well in one of the high level substrates (Organs, Limbs or Exotic).

Some substrates can be produced from any item with a certain keyword:

• Meat Substrate: Category:Items/Meat
• Organ Substrate: Category:Items/BodyOrgan
• Limb Substrate: Category:Items/CorpseLimb

Some higher level mushroom boxes require multiple doses of substrate, instead of just one.

Moon Phases

Mushrooms also grow robustly if harvested during two (specific to the mushroom) out of the eight moon phases, and poorly in two others. Moon phase in game matches real life, based on GMT time zone. The current moon phase can be checked with the Moon Phase Check Lore recipe.

Mushroom Boxes

Mushroom boxes are made with Carpentry and Mushroom Farming recipes. Lucky boxes have a 33% chance for harvesting a second type of mushroom and can last once, 12 hours or 24 hours. Practice boxes have a slower grow time, but yield more XP per mushroom. Fast boxes grow mushrooms 20% faster than normal, but have a -50% XP penalty per mushroom.

Box Duration and Clearing Boxes

Some mushroom boxes have a duration (other boxes typically grow only a single crop). For these boxes, the player will be able to start a new cycle as long as there is any time left on the box. If this new cycle uses up the remaining time on the box, the in-game interface will inform you that this will be the last crop this box will be fit to grow.

At any time, the player may opt to clean out a mushroom box. For a box with duration remaining, a new crop may then be started, requiring a new starter mushroom, and a new dose of substrate (or multiple doses, depending on box type).

Number of Boxes

A number of boxes can be placed simultaneously, depending on Mushroom Farming level:

• Two boxes to start
• Three boxes at Level 41

Locations

• Some locations where mushrooms can be farmed: Crystal Cavern, Myconian Cave, Brain Bug Cave, New Prestonbule Cave, Wolf Cave, Serbule Hills Spider Cave.
• Some locations where mushrooms cannot be farmed: Rahu Sewer, Yeti Cave

Growing Time

The table below summarizes the best substrates, appropriate moon phases and normal growing time for all mushrooms. Mycology requirement is the level required to seed a box; attempting to seed a box with an unharvestable mushroom variety yields a warning in the user interface: "Error: Picking a <Fly Amanita> requires Mycology <77>, and your skill is only <64>. You wouldn't be able to pick the mushrooms you grew!"

Or click the thumbnail to the right for a chart of the moon phases.

Mushroom	Mycology Req	Growing Time	Adequate in	Very well in	Moon phase (robustly)	Moon phase (poorly)
Parasol Mushroom	???	2 hrs	Dirt	Organs	Full Moon, Waning Crescent Moon	New Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon
Mycena Mushroom	???	3 hrs	Bone	Limbs	Waxing Crescent Moon, First-Quarter Moon	Waning Gibbous Moon, Last-Quarter Moon
Boletus Mushroom	???	4 hrs	Meat	Exotic	New Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon	Waxing Crescent Moon, Full Moon
Field Mushroom	???	5 hrs	Bone	Organs	Waxing Gibbous Moon, Last-Quarter Moon	First-Quarter Moon, Waning Crescent Moon
Goblin Puffball	???	5 hrs	Dirt	Exotic	New Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon	Full Moon, Waning Crescent Moon
Blusher Mushroom	???	6 hrs	Meat	Exotic	New Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon	Waxing Crescent Moon, Full Moon
Milk Cap Mushroom	???	7 hrs	Dirt	Organs	Full Moon, Waning Crescent Moon	New Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon
Blastcap Mushroom	???	8 hrs	Meat	Organs	Full Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon	New Moon, Waxing Crescent Moon
Blood Mushroom	???	8 hrs	Dirt	Limbs	Waxing Crescent Moon, Last-Quarter Moon	First-Quarter Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon
Coral Mushroom	???	9 hrs	Meat	Limbs	First-Quarter Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon	Last-Quarter Moon, Waning Crescent Moon
Iocaine Mushroom	???	10 hrs	Bone	Limbs	Waxing Crescent Moon, First-Quarter Moon	Waning Gibbous Moon, Last-Quarter Moon
Groxmax Mushroom	???	11 hrs	Bone	Organs	Waxing Gibbous Moon, Last-Quarter Moon	First-Quarter Moon, Waning Crescent Moon
False Agaric	???	12 hrs	Bone	Limbs	Waning Crescent Moon, Last-Quarter Moon	First-Quarter Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon
Porcini Mushroom	???	12 hrs	Meat	Exotic	Full Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon	New Moon, Waxing Crescent Moon
Black Foot Morel	64	13 hrs	Dirt	Exotic	New Moon, Waning Crescent Moon	Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon
Pixie's Parasol	70	14 hrs	Meat	Organs	First-Quarter Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon	Last-Quarter Moon, Waning Crescent Moon
Fly Amanita	77	15 hrs	Bone	Organs	Waxing Crescent Moon, Full Moon	New Moon, Waning Gibbous Moon
Wizard's Mushroom	75	16 hrs	Bone	Organs	Waxing Crescent Moon, First-Quarter Moon	Waxing Gibbous Moon, Last-Quarter Moon
Charged Mycelium	85	16 hrs	Meat	Exotic	New Moon, Waxing Gibbous Moon	Waning Crescent Moon, Full Moon

Example

I head to New Prestonbule Cave, and remove some

 

Maple Wood

from storage. I use a Carpentry recipe to produce two

 

Maple Mushroom Box Frame

. I also remove some

 

Blood Mushroom Powder

from storage and along with the water and dirt in my inventory, i'm able to produce the other intermediate ingredients and finally two

 

High-Yield Mushroom Box (48 hours)

. Having already checked that it is the Full Moon (and consulted an online reference so I know it will still be the Full Moon at harvest time when it counts), I plan to grow

 

Fly Amanita

, as these grow robustly during the Full Moon. They grow best in

 

Mushroom Substrate (Organs)

, so I pull a stack of that out of storage, along with a couple of Fly Amanitas to get the boxes started.

I choose a location a little out of the way near a wall, where I will remember where my boxes are. I deploy both boxes, adding one mushroom to each, along with the two doses of substrate the interface informs me each box requires. I can now see that the boxes have 48 hours remaining and that this crop will be done in 22.5 hours (the 15 hour base * 150% because High Yield Boxes have 50% slower growth).

I make a note of the time window. I need to come back after 22.5 hours so the crop will be ready, but ideally with another 22.5 hours still "on the clock". From the 48 hour total, this gives me 28 - 2 * 22.5 = a 3 hour window. If I make it back in time, i'll be able to grow a second crop, and then a third if I again harvest that second crop before the 48 hours has expired. If I harvest the first crop after 25.5 hours, there will be less than 22.5 hours left, and I will only be able to produce one more crop of Fly Amanita with these boxes.

Mushroom Farming Level Up Rewards

Level	Reward
0	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Dirt
1	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Box
3	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Bone
7	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Meat
11	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Organs
15	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Limbs
19	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Exotic (Type A)
24	Learn Recipe: Mushroom Substrate: Exotic (Type B)
41	+1 Max Active Mushroom Boxes (total 3)

Mushroom Farming Experience Table

Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Mushroom Farming

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Trivia

• Mushroom Farming was actually one of the first skills planned for the game, at Skill ID #7.
• There is a bug upon first learning the skill. Two recipes, Mushroom Box and Mushroom Substrate: Dirt, are supposed to be added to the player's arsenal. But Mushroom Substrate: Dirt recipe is not added (in many players' experiences). After quitting and restarting the game, the recipe appears normally.

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