Rare Mushroom
You feel lightheaded after just touching this. Ingesting it would be dangerous.
Details
- Category
- Resource
- Games
- ASE + ASA
- Expansion
- Base
- Loot crates
- 100 crates
- Item ID
- 247
Engram
How you unlock it
- Required level
- None
- Engram points
- 0
- How to unlock
- Resource (Not an Engram)
Maps
Found on 9 maps
Video guides: search YouTube for Rare Mushroom guides
How to get Rare Mushroom
Rare Mushroom is found in 100 loot crates.
Loot crates
100 crates
- Aberration BlueAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Blue BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration GreenAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Green BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration Surface BlueAberration · ASA
- Aberration Surface Blue BonusAberration · ASA
- Aberration WhiteAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Aberration White BonusAberration and Valguero · ASA
- Astraeos Beaver DamAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos BlueAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert BlueAstraeos · ASA
Show all 100 crates
- Astraeos Desert Blue BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Desert Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Orbital EasyAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Orbital MediumAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos PurpleAstraeos · ASA
- Astraeos Purple BonusAstraeos · ASA
- Beaver DamThe Island, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
- Beaver DenRagnarok · ASE
- Big Beaver DamFjordur · ASE
- Extinction Orbital EasyExtinction · ASA
- Extinction Orbital MediumExtinction · ASA
- Fishing Items (Net)The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Fishing Items (Pole)The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA / ASE
- Genesis BlueGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis CyanGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis GreenGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis OrangeGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis PurpleGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis RedGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis WhiteGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Genesis YellowGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Giant Beaver DenRagnarok · ASA
- Island BlueThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island Blue BonusThe Island, The Center, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Island PurpleThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Island Purple BonusThe Island, The Center, and Ragnarok · ASA
- Large Beaver DamRagnarok · ASA / ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Bulbdog Fetch' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Circuit Chase' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Ferox Cull' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Maewing Poach' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Paracer Roundup' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Shadowmane Prowl' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slide and Glide' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Slipstream Sweep' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Starwing Strike' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Team Downriver Run' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' EasyGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' HardGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Mission 'Velonasaur Stalk' MediumGenesis Part 2 · ASE
- Orbital Drop EasyExtinction · ASE
- Orbital Drop MediumExtinction · ASE
- Quake Biolum 1Aberration · ASA / ASE
- Quake Biolum 2Aberration · ASA / ASE
- Raptor Claus GiftThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Genesis Part 2, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, and Fjordur · ASE
- Scorched BlueScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Blue BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Buried WhiteThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched PurpleScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Scorched Purple BonusScorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Small Beaver DamFjordur · ASE
- Thrall ArcherThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall DeadeyeThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall DemolisherThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall EnforcerThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall GunslingerThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall HeraldThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall MarauderThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall PiercerThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall ScattershotThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall SnarerThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Thrall WardenThe Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok, and Valguero · ASA
- Valguero PurpleValguero · ASA
- Valguero Purple BonusValguero · ASA
Rare Mushroom — Detailed Guide
A mushroom best left uneaten
Rare Mushroom is a fungus in ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended that survivors collect as an ingredient for several consumables and kibble. Its item text explains why eating it is risky: "You feel lightheaded after just touching this. Ingesting it would be dangerous."
Where to gather it
The ARK Wiki points to two good sources of large amounts: chopping mangrove trees in the swamp, and 
Giant Beaver Dams. Mining Crystal also yields one now and then. On Scorched Earth, Crystals are a source as well, and using a 
Whip, a 
Morellatops or an 
Ankylosaurus on purple flowers rarely turns some up. On Aberration, the 
Roll Rat gathers them in large quantities from Hallucinogen mushrooms.
Loot is another option: 100 crate types can contain Rare Mushrooms, for example Aberration Blue, Aberration Green and Aberration Surface Blue.
Recipes that call for it
Our recipe data counts 5 uses in ASA and 7 in ASE. These five appear in both games:
- 20 for a
Mindwipe Tonic - 10 for a
Lesser Antidote - 2 for
Shadow Steak Saute - 2 for
Superior Kibble - 1 for
Re-Fertilizer
The ASE data adds 
Superior Augmented Kibble and the Alchemy Table, at 1 mushroom each.
Taming and emergency food
It is the favorite food of the 
Procoptodon, and the wiki recommends it for taming one. Survivors can eat it too: a mushroom gives 25 Food, but the Hallucinogenic Spores effect that follows darkens your vision for 10 seconds. With a 
Tek Helmet in scan mode that becomes an advantage, since the scan is unaffected and the dimmed view makes targets stand out. Next to 
Cooked Meat, a mushroom restores 5 more hunger points at once rather than over time and needs no cooking, but it weighs twice as much and turns up less often. Cave crystals yield it as well, so the wiki treats it as a backup meal for caves where no campfire is at hand; just let the spores wear off before moving on.
Weight and shelf life
A mushroom weighs 0.2 and stacks to 100, so a full stack weighs 20. It spoils after 72 hours, which is 3 days. Our records list it on 9 maps: The Island, Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Ragnarok and Valguero.