Overview[]
A brown mushroom (VV1).
A brown mushroom (VV2-5).
Mushrooms appear sporadically throughout all Virtual Villager games. Mushrooms appear randomly along with Collectibles. They will appear at one of several predetermined spawn points throughout the village area. To harvest mushrooms, drag a child to it. Adults will not collect mushrooms. They disappear if not collected within a short period of time. When harvested, another mushroom will appear in three minutes. This will repeat for a total of up to four mushrooms. Most mushrooms are brown and provide 8 food. Rarely, red mushrooms appear, which provide 45 food if collected.
A red mushroom (VV1).
A red mushroom (VV2-5).
Mushrooms can be a useful source of food when you are running low. Mushrooms may become the only food source if the initial source of food is gone before other sources are unlocked. In Virtual Villagers 1: A New Home, your berry bush might be used up before farming and fishing becomes available. In Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children, the water could get polluted and the coconut trees might be used up before you can grow crops and clear the algae.
Note: You cannot see mushrooms in Map view (Overview Map where you can see the entire village).
Virtual Villagers 5: New Believers[]
In Virtual Villagers 5, you can use Hand of Bloom God Power (150 energy), which makes mushrooms bloom on that area. This is also good for collecting rare mushrooms.
Glitch[]
There is a glitch where if you place two (or more if you are very lucky) children on one mushroom, each one will pick up a mushroom, despite there only being one mushroom. This can be very useful when you are low on food.
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