Bats or Mushrooms? Which Farm Cave is Best? Stardew Valley Update 1.6
We’ll be comparing the fruit bat cave and the mushroom cave to see which is the best choice on the stardew valley farm.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Bats or Mushrooms Background
1:04 First Cave Setup
2:02 Fruit Bat Numbers
3:08 Mushroom Numbers
4:00 Foraging / Perks / Uses
6:18 Alternatives
8:12 Final Thoughts
8:52 Outro
9:16 …
12 Comments
first! congrats on 1k, you deserve it! <3
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Lmao the into
i like fruit cave, not tryna waste my time checking the cave every other day. bonus it helps with cc
I can see why mushroom cave production was halved if it’s still worth more than fruit production.
I always went fruit before 1.6, but that free early dehydrator is a nice perk.
Thanks for the video!
Congratulations on the subs! Can't wait to see it roll over to 5,000!
Yay, congrats on 1k! I usually go fruit cave cause I like bats. But I did do the mushroom cave for wild seeds route on a buy no seeds playthrough, and it was great for that. That was pre-1. 6 though and the mushroom logs definitely make it less of an exciting option. Free dehydrator is nice though …
I chose the mushroom cave. I definitely didn’t harvest every other day and didn’t make the best use of the dehydrator. While I don’t regret my choice, I definitely like the free dehydrator. I didn’t really have an issue befriending everyone. Granted, I didn’t focus much on that until the start of Year 2, so I had plenty of resources for gifts.
I think the biggest factor in the choice is what kind of run you’re doing. Different challenge runs might benefit more from a specific cave.
I think you undersold the gifting value of the fruit bat cave a little as planted fruit trees take years to match the star quality potential of the bat cave. Oranges, peaches and pomegranates are loved gifts and all six are universal likes for everyone so you can get easy presents for anyone whose other preferences are too much effort.
With the mod "automate" you can lay down some paths between the boxes and a chest next to the dehydrated. The mushrooms will automatically be transferred to the chest and with the exception of the red and purple mushrooms they will automatically cycle thru the dehydrator
I think I once heard a streamer say that mushrooms were better (not sure now if they were joking) so I stuck with that for ages, but now I always go with bats for the cc.
I do the mushrooms because I like mushrooms. And the old fruit that was handled by bats sounds like a recipe for ebola.