Magma Cap

Magma Cap

Type	Forage
Location	Foraging; False Magma Cap; Stingray Fish Pond
Sell Price	400g

The Magma Cap is a rare magenta mushroom that grows inside the Volcano Dungeon on Ginger Island. It is the most valuable mushroom a farmer can forage, and one of the priciest forage items of any kind. It doubles as a strong healing snack during a volcano run. Its most important use is trade: the Island Trader sells Pineapple Seeds for Magma Caps. A monster called the False Magma Cap looks exactly like it, so a mushroom on the dungeon floor is never quite safe to grab.

Location

Magma Caps grow on the floors of the Volcano Dungeon, close to the pools of magma. They can be found there all year.

Some of the mushrooms in the dungeon are not mushrooms at all. A False Magma Cap looks identical to the real one, but it is a monster. Defeating it almost always drops a real Magma Cap, so the fight is still worthwhile.

A Stingray Fish Pond is the other source. Once a pond holds at least four Stingrays, it has a small daily chance to produce a Magma Cap. That turns the pond into a slow but steady supply that needs no trips into the volcano.

Prices

A raw Magma Cap sells for a high price, and the price doubles at the highest quality. A Preserves Jar turns it into pickles worth roughly twice as much again. A Dehydrator can also dry it.

Even so, many Magma Caps are better traded than sold. Pineapple Seeds grow a crop that keeps producing fruit after its first harvest, so one trade pays back over and over.

Uses

On the north side of Ginger Island, the Island Trader gives one packet of Pineapple Seeds for one Magma Cap. Each run through the volcano can therefore turn into a row of new Pineapple plants.

Eating a Magma Cap restores a large amount of energy and health. A few in the backpack work as emergency food when a volcano run goes badly.

In tailoring, a Magma Cap in the Sewing Machine makes the Magenta Shirt. Its colour comes only from this mushroom. A Magma Cap also counts as a purple dye in the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house.

Gifts

Harvey, Leah, Linus and Maru like Magma Caps.

Pierre and Willy dislike Magma Cap. The marriage candidates Elliott, Haley, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike them as well, as do the older residents Caroline and Jodi. So do Jas, Leo and Vincent. The Dwarf, Krobus and the Wizard dislike them too.

A liked gift is a poor return for such a valuable item. Cheaper forage pleases the same villagers just as much.

Enter the Volcano Dungeon armed and ready to fight. Any Magma Cap on the ground might be a False Magma Cap waiting for someone to come close.

All Foraging

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Season	Price
Blackberry	Fall	-
Cave Carrot	All	25g
Chanterelle	Fall	160g
Coconut	All	100g
Common Mushroom	Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave)	40g
Coral	All	80g
Crocus	Winter	-
Crystal Fruit	Winter	150g
Daffodil	Spring	30g
Dandelion	Spring	40g
Fiddlehead Fern	Summer; All on Ginger Island Jungle, Skull Cavern and Dangerous Mines	-
Ginger	All	60g
Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Hazelnut	Fall	90g
Holly	Winter	80g
Leek	Spring	60g
Magma Cap	-	400g
Morel	Spring	150g
Nautilus Shell	All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Winter (The Beach)	120g
Purple Mushroom	All	250g
Rainbow Shell	All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Summer (The Beach)	300g
Red Mushroom	Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other)	75g
Salmonberry	15-18 Spring (bushes); All (the Farm Cave)	-
Sap	-	2g
Sea Urchin	All	160g
Seaweed	All	20g
Snow Yam	Winter	100g
Spice Berry	Summer; All (The Farm Cave)	80g
Spring Onion	Spring	-
Sweet Pea	Summer	-
Truffle	Spring; Summer; Fall	625g
Weeds	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Wild Horseradish	Spring	50g
Wild Plum	Fall	80g
Winter Root	Winter	70g