Purple Mushroom
| Purple Mushroom | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging; The Farm Cave; Mushroom Tree; Mushroom Log |
| Season | All |
| Sell Price | 250g |
The Purple Mushroom is a rare mushroom found deep in The Mines and in Skull Cavern. It is one of the most valuable mushrooms in the game and one of the best raw foods a farmer can forage. It appears in three bundles, including the Field Research Bundle and the Exotic Foraging Bundle. It is one of the four ingredients of Life Elixir. The Wizard loves it, so it doubles as one of his best gifts.
The in-game description reads: A rare mushroom found deep in caves.
Location
In The Mines, Purple Mushrooms grow on special mushroom floors below floor 80. Skull Cavern can also hold them.
Mushroom Trees are a farm source. These giant mushrooms can replace an ordinary tree on the farm in Fall. Chopping one down can drop Red or Purple Mushrooms. A Tapper on a Mushroom Tree gives Common, Red or Purple Mushrooms over time.
The Farm Cave produces Purple Mushrooms once the mushroom option is chosen, though only rarely. It is the least common result of the cave's boxes, but the boxes work in every season. A Mushroom Log can also grow one.
On the Forest Farm, Purple Mushrooms can spawn on the farm itself in Fall.
Gifts can bring one too. The Wizard sometimes mails a Purple Mushroom once he is friendly. At the Feast of the Winter Star, the gift the farmer receives can also be one.
Prices
A raw Purple Mushroom sells for a high price, and the highest quality doubles it. A Preserves Jar turns it into pickles worth more than twice the raw value. A Dehydrator can dry it as well.
As food, it restores a large amount of energy and health. A high-quality Purple Mushroom is one of the strongest raw snacks for a long mining trip.
Uses
The Field Research Bundle on the Bulletin Board needs one Purple Mushroom. Nautilus Shell, Chub and Frozen Geode are the other items in it.
The Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room also accepts a Purple Mushroom as one of its options. With Remixed Bundles, the Wild Medicine Bundle can ask for several.
Cooking a Purple Mushroom with a Red Mushroom, a Morel and a Chanterelle makes Life Elixir. The recipe unlocks at Combat level 2. Life Elixir restores health to full, which makes it a lifesaver deep in Skull Cavern.
In tailoring, a Purple Mushroom in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a shirt. Emily and Haley's house has dye pots, and a Purple Mushroom fills the purple one.
Crafting Purple Mushroom with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Life Elixir | 
|
Red Mushroom (1), Purple Mushroom (1), Morel (1), Chanterelle (1) |
Gifts
The Wizard loves Purple Mushrooms.
Demetrius, Harvey, Leah, Linus and Maru like them.
Caroline, the Dwarf, Elliott, Haley, Jas, Jodi, Krobus, Leo, Penny, Pierre, Sam, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent and Willy dislike them.
A loved gift gives a large friendship boost. A spare Purple Mushroom from the Farm Cave or the deep Mines is well spent on the Wizard.
These villagers love receiving Purple Mushroom as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Wizard | 
|
Save at least two Purple Mushrooms before selling any. The Field Research Bundle needs one, and Life Elixir needs another.
All Foraging
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | 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 |