Core Keeper: How to Make a Mushroom Farm

The Core Keeper Mushroom Farm is one of the best in the game. If you’re just starting out in this sandbox adventure game or already have dozens of hours, it’s possible you might be struggling with food production and spending too much time trying to keep things running. That’s when you’ll need to shift to this solution to last you even into the mid-game. 

Unlike regular farms that need to be re-planted and re-watered constantly, the Core Keeper Mushroom Farm takes care of itself and provides a constant stream of needed nutrition.

How to Build a Mushroom Farm

Mushroom Farm Step 1

To create a simple but effective Mushroom Farm in Core Keeper, start by digging out a decently-sized area and putting walls around it. Mushrooms take a while to grow, so don’t make the area too small.

Leave a one-tile gap and put up a wooden door to close the room off, keeping Mushroom Monsters from entering your base (more on that below). 

Mushroom Farm Step 2

Next, find some wild Mushrooms in Dirt Caves. You’ll notice how the floor tile is different from the regular dirt. Dig up the Mushroom to get Fungal Soil.

Keep digging these Fungal Soil tiles up until you have enough to fill your prepared room. 

Return to your base with the Fungal Soil and start putting them down in the farm area. Once the entire room is filled, place a torch in the middle.

Mushroom Monsters Explained

You now have a functional Mushroom Farm. Over time, Mushrooms will grow, and you can dig them up whenever you’re back at base. However, Mushroom Monsters will also spawn, drastically increasing the time it will take you to farm — and they’re the reason why you placed a door and walls on your farm.

To combat this — and get some free Shrooms — craft and place a spike trap in front of the door. If you made a large Mushroom Farm, you might want to place a couple of traps at random places further inside the room as well. 

The Mushroom Monsters will unalive themselves while you’re off doing other things and leave ready-to-eat shrooms lying around.

You now have a semi-automatic Mushroom Farm to solve all your food problems in Core Keeper. No more wasting time on watering and re-planting seeds. Go out and explore, mine, and battle to your heart’s content. Make sure to check out the rest of our Core Keeper guides here on GameSkinny, such as how to make a Boat or how to find Giant Mushrooms.