How to Farm Mushrooms

Quick answer

• Mushrooms spread at light level 12 or lower.
• On Mycelium or Podzol they grow in any light.
• Bone meal turns a mushroom into a huge mushroom if there's room.

Mushrooms are an easy food source that you can farm underground with almost no effort.

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Light rules

• Mushrooms can't spread to spots with light level 13 or more.
• On mycelium, podzol and nylium they're fine in full light.

How they spread

Mushrooms randomly spread to nearby blocks. They stop when there are already 5 of the same type close by, so harvest regularly to keep them spreading.

Huge mushrooms

1. Plant a red or Brown mushroom on dirt, grass, mycelium or podzol.
2. Clear a big space above it, about 7×7 wide and 8 tall to be safe.
3. Use bone meal. It grows into a huge mushroom.

Break the caps for loads of mushrooms at once.

What to make

Craft a red mushroom, a brown mushroom and a bowl into Mushroom stew. Or find mooshrooms on mushroom fields and milk them with a bowl for free stew.

Cheat sheet

• Light 12 or lower to spread
• Any light on mycelium or podzol
• Bone meal = huge mushroom
• Red + brown + bowl = stew