Mushroom Log
| Mushroom Log | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Foraging (Level 4) |
| Produces | Chanterelle; Common Mushroom; Morel; Red Mushroom; Purple Mushroom |
The Mushroom Log is a mossy stump that grows a fresh batch of mushrooms every few days, all year round. It turns any patch of woodland on the farm into a small mushroom farm, with no planting, watering or seasons to worry about. The trees standing around it decide both how many mushrooms appear and which kinds they are. Oaks bring Morels, pines bring Chanterelles, and Mystic Trees bring Purple Mushrooms, so a well-planned grove can supply every mushroom a Life Elixir needs. The recipe comes early in the Foraging skill, which makes the log one of the cheapest passive earners in the game.
Recipe
Reaching Foraging level 4 teaches the recipe. Each log needs Hardwood and Moss in equal amounts. Hardwood comes from Large Stumps, Large Logs and Mahogany Trees, and the Secret Woods in Cindersap Forest hold a group of stumps that grow back every day. Moss grows as a green coat on ordinary Oak, Maple and Pine Trees in Spring, Summer and Fall. Striking a mossy tree with any tool knocks the Moss off without cutting the tree down.
The Prize Machine in the Mayor's Manor can also pay out a set of four logs at once.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood | 
|
10 |
| Moss | 
|
10 |
Use
A placed log works on its own. It produces a batch of mushrooms every four days, and rain shortens the wait by a day. The log keeps going in Winter too, when little else on the farm grows outdoors. Harvesting a batch gives a small amount of Foraging experience as well.
The number of mushrooms depends on the wild trees close by. The log counts the non-fruit trees in a square of tiles around it. A lone log in an open field gives the smallest batches. A log surrounded by trees can produce up to five mushrooms at a time.
The type of mushroom depends on the kind of tree. With no special trees nearby, most batches are Common Mushrooms, with a smaller share of Red Mushrooms and the odd Purple Mushroom. Each fully grown tree nearby adds a chance for its own mushroom. Oak Trees add Morels and Pine Trees add Chanterelles. Maple Trees raise the odds of Red Mushrooms, and Mystic Trees raise the odds of Purple Mushrooms. The log always picks at random, so a single type of tree tilts the odds strongly but never guarantees one kind.
Notes
A good layout places logs on alternating tiles with trees planted in the gaps and behind them. Every log then sits inside a dense block of trees, and many logs can share the same trees. Planting one kind of tree around a group of logs pushes them toward that tree's mushroom.
The log changes the choice of farm cave. Before logs, the Mushroom Cave was the usual way to collect all four mushrooms for the Life Elixir. A grove of logs near oaks and pines now covers Morels and Chanterelles, while the log's base odds still bring the odd Red and Purple Mushroom. That leaves the Fruit Bat cave as a strong alternative.
The mushrooms have plenty of uses. Morels and Common Mushrooms go into Fried Mushroom, and the four rarer kinds go into the Life Elixir. Purple Mushrooms are among the most valuable to sell. Spare mushrooms can also go into a Preserves Jar or a Dehydrator for extra value.
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