Dried Mushrooms

Dried Mushrooms

Type	Artisan Good
Machine	Dehydrator
Ingredients	Any positive energy mushrooms (5)
Time	1750m (≈1d)
Sell Price	(7.5 × mushroom Base Price) + 25

Dried Mushrooms are what the Dehydrator makes from a stack of edible mushrooms. Five mushrooms of the same kind and quality go in, and one package comes out the next morning. The package takes its name, colour and price from the mushroom used, so Dried Magma Caps are worth many times more than dried Common Mushrooms. Drying suits farms with a mushroom cave, where mushrooms pile up faster than they can be used. The Raccoon at the Giant Stump asks for a package in his third request.

Making

The Dehydrator recipe is bought from Pierre's General Store. Crafting the machine then takes Wood, Clay and one Fire Quartz.

Only mushrooms that restore energy can be dried. The Red Mushroom drains energy, so the Dehydrator turns it away. Common Mushrooms, Chanterelles, Morels, Purple Mushrooms and Magma Caps all work.

All five mushrooms in a load must match in kind and in quality. The package that comes out is always normal quality.

The farm cave is the easiest supply. When Demetrius asks to use the cave, choosing mushrooms fills it with a regular crop, including rare Purple Mushrooms.

A package restores three times the energy and health of one plain mushroom of the same kind.

Prices

Each package sells for seven and a half times the base price of one mushroom, plus 25g. Per mushroom, that comes to one and a half times the base price, plus 5g. With the Artisan profession, each mushroom inside earns a little over twice its base price, plus 7g.

The price looks only at the mushroom's base value. Normal mushrooms gain the most from drying. Gold mushrooms add only about 5g each without Artisan, and iridium mushrooms usually sell for more fresh than dried. Sorting the cave harvest by quality and drying only the plain ones keeps every stack profitable.

The kind of mushroom matters even more than its quality. A package of Common Mushrooms sells for a modest sum, while Purple Mushrooms and Magma Caps make packages worth around two thousand or more. Morels and Chanterelles sit in between.

Gifts

The Raccoon at the Giant Stump asks for one Dried Mushrooms as part of his third request. From the sixth request onwards, he may ask for another.

Most villagers like Dried Mushrooms, from Abigail and Elliott to Krobus, Marnie and the Wizard. Jas, Sebastian and Vincent hate a package of Dried Mushrooms.

Notes

A Preserves Jar can pickle a single mushroom instead, at twice its base price plus 50g. That jar always pays more per mushroom than drying does. Drying wins on speed, because one Dehydrator finishes five mushrooms overnight.

All Artisan Goods

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Machine	Time
Aged Roe		Preserves Jar	4000m (3-4 days)
Beer		Keg	1750m (≈29h)
Cask Productivity	-	-	-
Caviar		Preserves Jar	6000m (4 days)
Cheese		Cheese Press	200min (3.3h)
Cloth		Loom	240m (≈4h)
Coffee		Keg	120m (2h)
Dinosaur Mayonnaise		Mayonnaise Machine	3h
Dried Fruit		Dehydrator	1750m (≈1d)
Dried Mushrooms		Dehydrator	1750m (≈1d)
Duck Mayonnaise		Mayonnaise Machine	3h
Goat Cheese		Cheese Press	200m (≈3h)
Green Tea		Keg	180m (3h)
Honey		Bee House	6100m (≈4d)
Jellies and Pickles	-	-	-
Juice		Keg	6000m (≈4d)
Keg Productivity	-	-	-
Maple Syrup		Tapper; Heavy Tapper	9 or 4 days
Mayonnaise		Mayonnaise Machine	3h
Mead		Keg	10h
Mystic Syrup		Tapper; Heavy Tapper	7 or 3 days
Oak Resin		Tapper; Heavy Tapper	7 or 3 days
Oil		Oil Maker	Varies by ingredient
Pale Ale		Keg	2250m (37.5h)
Pine Tar		Tapper; Heavy Tapper	5 or 2 days
Preserves Jar Productivity	-	-	-
Raisins		Dehydrator	1750m (≈29h)
Smoked Fish		Fish Smoker	50m
Truffle Oil		Oil Maker	360m (6h)
Void Mayonnaise		Mayonnaise Machine	3h
Wine		Keg	10,000m (≈7d)