Hunting and gathering
Identify Edible Forest Mushrooms
Foraging can add food during a wilderness trip, provided you identify each mushroom rather than treating every pickup as safe.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Identify Edible Forest Mushrooms
Forest and mountain ground cover while traveling on foot.
Before you go
- Inventory room for gathered mushrooms.
- A way to identify the species before consumption.
- Other food available so you are not pressured to eat an unknown find.
Farming steps
- Travel on foot through forest or mountain ground cover and scan the ground for mushroom pickups.
- Collect a mushroom only if you have room to keep it separate from known safe food.
- Check its species against the in-game identification information available to you before eating.
- Use recognized edible species such as Boletus edulis or Cantharellus cibarius as food.
- Keep Amanita and other species identified as poisonous out of your meal inventory.
- Store known edible mushrooms with food and leave dangerous or unidentified specimens unused.
- Continue scanning as you travel, then review the collected items before consuming them.
- Do not use a mystery mushroom as a test meal; poisonous species can cause serious harm.
- Separate identified food from unknown finds so a hurried meal does not include the wrong item.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat during wilderness travel whenever mushrooms are present. Availability and species are variable, so foraging is a supplement rather than a guaranteed food route.
Common mistakes
- Eating an unidentified mushroom risks poisoning; verify the species first.
- Assuming all mushrooms are edible ignores the poisonous species; use only known safe finds.
- Mixing unknown finds with food can lead to an accidental meal; keep them separate or discard them.
When to stop or switch
Stop eating gathered mushrooms if you cannot identify them or if your inventory is full; rely on known food until a safe find is confirmed.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.