How to Find and Farm Mushrooms in 7 Days to Die

Navezgane has plenty of loot waiting in its ruined buildings, but a few resources still make survivors curse the apocalypse. Mushrooms sit firmly in that category. They blend into the ground, hide in places you do not want to camp, and refuse to spawn when you actually need them. The good news is that once you understand where they grow and how to cultivate your own supply, the shortage problem solves itself.

Where Mushrooms Grow

The Burnt Forest biome is the main hunting ground for wild Mushrooms. Burnt trunks, ash, and patches of charred ground make these fungi tough to spot, so move slowly and scan the floor instead of the horizon. Caves are a secondary source, though spawns there are inconsistent enough that few survivors rely on them as a primary route. Even with friends sweeping the map on a 7 Days to Die server, foraging on foot tends to burn more time than it returns.

Why You Should Farm Them Instead

Eating a raw Mushroom by itself restores 2 Fullness and 1 Health, which is fine for a snack but a poor return on a rare drop. The smarter use is converting them into a Mushroom Spore Seed, planting that seed in fertile soil, and harvesting Mushroom Clumps on a steady cycle. One trip out, one indoor garden, and you stop relying on RNG forever.

The Spore Seed recipe is locked behind reading 16 copies of Southern Farming. Once unlocked, each seed costs 5 Mushrooms and 2 Clay Soil, with no workstation needed.

Every Recipe That Uses Mushrooms

Mushrooms feed into a wide range of cooking and medical recipes, from biome buffs to high-tier meals. Here is the full list.

Burnt Smoothie

• Unlock: None
• Effect: +10% running speed in the Burnt Forest and blocks smoke choking inside the biome
• Materials: 5x Coal, 20x Plant Fibers, 5x Mushrooms, 1x Water
• Workstation: None

Note: The running speed bonus was added in Update 2.0.

Grandpa's Awesome Sauce

• Unlock: 60x Home Cooking Weekly and Master Chef skill
• Effect: +20% bartering
• Materials: 50x Duke's Casino Token, 5x Jar of Honey, 5x Mushrooms, 10x Gas Can, 1x Ear of Super Corn
• Workstation: Campfire with Cooking Pot

Herbal Antibiotics

• Unlock: 30x Medical Journal
• Effect: Reduces Infection by 10% and cures it once Infection hits 0%
• Materials (Cooking Pot): 5x Blueberries, 3x Mushrooms, 3x Chrysanthemum Flower, 3x Nitrate Powder, 1x Water
• Materials (Chemistry Station): 2x Blueberries, 1x Mushrooms, 1x Chrysanthemum Flower, 1x Nitrate Powder, 1x Water
• Workstation: Campfire with Cooking Pot or Chemistry Station

Mushroom Spore Seed

• Unlock: 16x Southern Farming
• Effect: Plant to grow Mushroom Clumps
• Materials: 5x Mushrooms, 2x Clay Soil
• Workstation: None

Oasis Smoothie

• Unlock: None
• Effect: +10% running speed in the Desert
• Materials: 5x Aloe Vera Leaf, 5x Oil Shale, 5x Mushrooms, 1x Water
• Workstation: None

Spaghetti

• Unlock: 90x Home Cooking Weekly and Master Chef skill
• Effect: +122 Fullness, +40 max Stamina, +61 Health
• Materials: 1x Large Beef Ration, 1x Can of Pasta, 1x Mushrooms, 3x Animal Fat, 1x Water
• Workstation: Campfire with Cooking Pot

Steak and Potato Meal

• Unlock: 26x Home Cooking Weekly and Master Chef skill
• Effect: +50 Fullness, +20 max Stamina, +25 Health
• Materials: 5x Raw Meat, 2x Potato, 2x Mushrooms, 1x Animal Fat
• Workstation: Campfire with Cooking Grill

Vegetable Stew

• Unlock: 22x Home Cooking Weekly
• Effect: +31 Fullness, +20 Hydration, +20 max Stamina, +15 Health
• Materials: 2x Potato, 2x Ear of Corn, 2x Mushrooms, 1x Water
• Workstation: Campfire with Cooking Pot