Yellow Mushroom in Valheim: Stats, Locations, and Regrowth Rules
Eaten raw, a Yellow Mushroom adds 10 health and 30 stamina for 600 seconds — 10 minutes — with 1 hp healed per tick. The wiki's item description calls it, verbatim, "An energetic glowing mushroom." It's a Food-type forage item weighing 0.1 with a stack size of 50, and it's teleportable, meaning a full stack can go through a portal without a boat run. This guide covers the full stat block, exactly where it spawns, the respawn mechanic that makes it unusual among underground loot, and what it's used for beyond eating it on the spot.
Yellow Mushroom at a Glance
The item's ID in the game's data is MushroomYellow, filed under Food, with a listed usage of Crafting, Eating. The full stat block from the infobox:
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Health | +10 |
| Stamina | +30 |
| Duration | 600 seconds (10 minutes) |
| Healing | 1 hp per tick |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Stack size | 50 |
| Teleportable | Yes |
The buy/sell price fields and the "materials"/"effect" fields are all blank in the source infobox — there's no confirmed trader value for this item, and no secondary status effect beyond the health/stamina/healing numbers already listed. Both should be treated as undocumented rather than assumed to be zero.
Where to Find Yellow Mushrooms
The source states it plainly: "Yellow mushrooms are commonly found in Burial Chambers or Troll Caves in the Black Forest, and Sunken Crypts in the Swamp." That gives three named locations across two biomes:
- Burial Chambers — Black Forest
- Troll Cave — Black Forest
- Sunken Crypts — Swamp
All three are underground/dungeon-style structures rather than open-world spawns, so finding one means clearing (or at least entering) the relevant chamber or crypt first. The source doesn't list any additional biome or above-ground spawn point beyond these three, so treat the list as the full documented set rather than a partial sample.
Regrowth and Foraging Behavior
The source describes a genuinely unusual mechanic for a dungeon item: "As with most plants, these regrow naturally after being picked up. Picked mushrooms will respawn after 240 minutes... They are the only part of an underground chamber that regenerates." Converted to seconds for anyone tracking it against an in-game timer: 240 minutes × 60 = 14,400 seconds, which matches the source's own {{duration|14400}} figure exactly.
That "only part of an underground chamber that regenerates" line matters practically — everything else inside a Burial Chamber, Troll Cave, or Sunken Crypt (loot chests, one-time pickups) is a single grab, but the mushroom patches themselves are a renewable resource if a player revisits the same chamber roughly four hours later.
The source adds one more specific behavioral note: "Boars will not eat yellow mushrooms." No other creature's feeding behavior toward this item is documented in this source, so any claim beyond boars specifically would be unconfirmed.
Eating Raw and Crafting Uses
The source confirms two uses: "They can be eaten raw, or used in a Mead ketill for crafting." Eaten raw, it delivers the full stat line above — no cooking station required, making it a viable emergency food straight out of a dungeon.
As a crafting ingredient, the source's Usage section lists it as a component in three Mead base recipes, all made at a Mead ketill:
- Mead base: Minor stamina
- Mead base: Medium stamina
- Mead base: Berserkir
The source doesn't give the exact quantity of Yellow Mushroom (or the rest of each recipe's ingredient list) required for any of those three mead bases — only that it's a listed component of each. Treat the precise recipe amounts as undocumented here rather than assumed from the item names.
Practical tips
- +10 health, +30 stamina, 600 seconds (10 min), 1 hp/tick — the full raw-eating stat line from the infobox.
- Find it in Burial Chambers or Troll Caves (Black Forest) and Sunken Crypts (Swamp) — the only three locations this source documents.
- Picked patches respawn after 240 minutes (240 × 60 = 14,400 seconds) — the only part of an underground chamber that regenerates.
- Boars will not eat yellow mushrooms, per the source; no other creature's behavior toward it is documented here.
- It feeds three Mead base recipes (Minor stamina, Medium stamina, Berserkir) at a Mead ketill, though exact quantities per recipe aren't listed in this source.
- Buy/sell price and any secondary effect are blank in the infobox — undocumented, not zero.
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Conclusion
The Yellow Mushroom is a Food-type forage item — +10 health, +30 stamina, 600 seconds (10 minutes), 1 hp/tick when eaten raw, at 0.1 weight and a 50-item stack, and fully teleportable. It spawns in Burial Chambers, Troll Caves (both Black Forest), and Sunken Crypts (Swamp), and picked patches regrow after 240 minutes (240 × 60 = 14,400 seconds) — the only regenerating loot inside an underground chamber. Beyond eating it raw, it's an ingredient in three Mead ketill recipes: Mead base: Minor stamina, Medium stamina, and Berserkir, though this source doesn't specify the exact quantities those recipes need. Buy/sell pricing and any secondary effect remain undocumented.
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