How the quest chains fit together
Mushrooming contains 87 quests split across 11 distinct chains. Progression begins in Fernhollow Village with Pip Mossley, right next to the spawn point. The village story acts as both your introduction to the game mechanics and the structural prerequisite for later questlines. Completing village steps introduces you to vendors, teaches tool usage, and prompts you to pay the Toll Bridge into Amber Glade.
As you advance your character level and open new map zones, regional NPCs offer independent storylines. Some chains focus on wilderness exploration, such as Rook's night hunts or Garrick Ashby's crystal knapping. Later chains, including Gloamwood and The Rootways, introduce deep multi-step objectives that require specific gear from /gear and unlocked territories from /map.
| Chain | Quests | Key Villagers | Location | How it unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The village story | 19 | Pip Mossley, Hobb Mossley, Sorrel Vane, Ysolde Crane | Fernhollow Village, Emberwick, Azure Peak | Available from level 1 at spawn |
| The Hunter | 4 | Rook | Birch Meadow | Meet Rook during early foraging |
| The Quiet Acre | 2 | Tobias Pell, Finch Dray | The Quiet Acre | Mid-game village progression |
| Forty Winters | 6 | Maribel Pell, Tobias Pell, Ivo Wick, Hobb Mossley | Fernhollow Village, The Wellspring | After unlocking the Toll Bridge |
| The Glimmerstone | 2 | Garrick Ashby | Pinewood Ridge, Fernhollow Village | Cross the Toll Bridge ($1,500) |
| Lost in the Hush | 7 | Tobias Pell, Garrick Ashby, Hobb Mossley, Ysolde Crane, Sorrel Vane, Finch Dray, Wren Hollis | Across Whisperwood & The Rootways | Reach level 45 |
| Gloamwood | 15 | Ambrose Vell | Gloamwood | Reach level 45 and pass the Mourners' Cut |
| Echoes | 4 | Ambrose Vell | Gloamwood | Reach level 45 and acquire the Hushlight |
| Down the Well | 6 | Pip Mossley, Rook, Sorrel Vane, Aster Holloway, Ysolde Crane | The Rootways | Reach level 60 to ride the well bucket |
| Odo | 14 | Odo Fennick | The Rootways | Reach level 60 to enter the Wellspring |
| Lantern Wake | 8 | Ivo Wick, Pip Mossley, Hetty Marrow, Sorrel Vane, Tobias Pell, Finch Dray, Brannoc Ember, Rook | Fernhollow Village & Emberwick | Seasonal Halloween event |
The village story chain
The village story chain contains 19 sequential quests that guide your first hours through Whisperwood. Completing each step awards lump-sum XP and coins, leading directly up to level 20 and the summit of Azure Peak.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Full Basket | Pip Mossley | • Pick mushrooms (5) • Sell them to the Merchant (5) |
40 XP, $60 |
| Clean Hands | Pip Mossley | • Find a dirty mushroom • Wash a dirty mushroom |
50 XP, $80 |
| A Better Edge | Pip Mossley | • Buy the Pocket Knife • Cut perfectly, on the gold (3) |
70 XP, $120 |
| Room to Carry | Pip Mossley | • Buy the Canvas Sack | 60 XP, $80 |
| Before Dark | Pip Mossley | • Buy the Tin Lantern • Find a Glowing Mycena at night |
90 XP, $150 |
| Names in the Grass | Pip Mossley → Hobb Mossley | • Find kinds of mushroom (10) | 120 XP, $200 |
| Pages in the Meadow | Hobb Mossley | • Torn page by the Lily Pond • Torn page in the Fairy Ring • Torn page under the Old Oak • Torn page at the Sunstone Circle |
160 XP, $300 |
| The Toll | Hobb Mossley → Finch Dray | • Pay the Bridge Keeper's toll | 120 XP, $150 |
| A Letter for Emberwick | Finch Dray → Sorrel Vane | • Give the Herbalist the letter • Fill an order on her Wanted board |
200 XP, $400 |
| Keep the Fire | Sorrel Vane → Brannoc Ember | • Bring Foxfire (2) | 260 XP, $500 |
| A Second Stall | Brannoc Ember → Maribel Pell | • Say hello to the Trader • Sell mushrooms (12) |
400 XP, $800 |
| Just in Case | Sorrel Vane | • Bring Lion's Mane • Bring Wood Blewit (2) |
600 XP, $1,500 |
| Where the Pines Keep Watch | Sorrel Vane → Aster Holloway | • Bring the Amberwright Sorrel's herbs • Find a Saffron Milkcap • Find a Cauliflower Fungus |
800 XP, $2,000 |
| Amber Memories | Aster Holloway | • Bring a Frostcap (Ridge, at night) • Bring a Deadly Webcap |
1,200 XP, $4,000 |
| Names of the Old Woods | Aster Holloway → Hobb Mossley | • Find kinds of mushroom (35) | 1,000 XP, $3,000 |
| Pages in the Wood | Hobb Mossley | • Torn page by the old bridge stones • Torn page at the Pine Lookout • Torn page in Emberwick • Torn page at the Woodcutter's Lodge |
1,500 XP, $5,000 |
| The Warden's Watch | Hobb Mossley → Ysolde Crane | • Reach level 20 (20) • Tell the Mountain Warden who sent you |
1,500 XP, $5,000 |
| Blue Light | Ysolde Crane | • Bring a Skybell • Bring an Azure Glowcap • Bring a Starlight Veil (at night) |
2,500 XP, $9,000 |
| The Oldest Tree | Ysolde Crane | • Find an Elder Cap • Find a Moonlit Morel (at night) |
4,000 XP, $15,000 |
Completing quest 19 finishes the main tutorial arc and provides sufficient coin to fund your first mid-tier pack and knife upgrades. For advice on clearing your opening hour without getting lost, see /guides/beginner-guide.
Area and story chains after the village
Once you pass the initial village progression, ten additional quest chains become available across Whisperwood and its underground extensions.
Gloamwood (15 quests)
Given by Ambrose Vell near the Mourners' Cut once you reach level 45. This chain requires investigating the barrows, collecting regional flora, exploring behind Veil Falls, and scaling the Hollow Giant.
Five late-game steps in this chain have their rewards hidden by the game until you complete them.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Quiet Acre | Ambrose Vell | • Read Hana Pell's stone • Read Rosalind Dray's stone • Look at the stone with no name |
2,500 XP, $6,000 |
| The Mourners' Stone | Ambrose Vell | • Reach level 45 (45) • Roll the Mourners' Stone aside |
3,500 XP, $9,000 |
| Under the Pass | Ambrose Vell | • Walk down the Lantern Stair • Find kinds of Gloamwood mushroom (5) |
5,000 XP, $15,000 |
| Eight Who Rest | Ambrose Vell | • Find the barrows in Barrow Downs (8) | 6,000 XP, $20,000 |
| Ask the Families | Ambrose Vell | • Ask the Merchant about the Pells • Ask the Toolsmith about the Ashbys • Ask the Old Forager about the Mossleys • Ask the Mountain Warden about the Cranes • Ask the Herbalist about the Vanes • Ask the Bridge Keeper about the Drays • Ask the Packsmith about the Hollises |
8,000 XP, $25,000 |
| Flowers for the Stones | Ambrose Vell | • Bring Mourning Veils (3) • Bring Gravemoss (5) |
7,000 XP, $25,000 |
| Behind the Water | Ambrose Vell | • Find the cave behind Veil Falls • Find a Veilfall Cap |
11,000 XP, $40,000 |
| Seals of the Founders | Ambrose Vell | • Find seals at the barrows (4) | Hidden by the game |
| Still Water | Ambrose Vell | • Find a Stillwater Cup • Find a Fen Lantern (Stillmere's shore) • Find a Duskglass Cap |
9,000 XP, $35,000 |
| The Hollow Giant | Ambrose Vell | • Climb the Hollow Giant • Find a Canopy Crown at its top |
11,000 XP, $40,000 |
| Names of the Gloaming | Ambrose Vell | • Find kinds of Gloamwood mushroom (25) | 16,000 XP, $60,000 |
| All Eight | Ambrose Vell | • Find all the seals (8) | Hidden by the game |
| The Door in the Hill | Ambrose Vell | • Open the Founders' Door | Hidden by the game |
| The Long Hall | Ambrose Vell | • Go into the Long Hall • Read the Crossing Roll |
Hidden by the game |
| Who Keeps the Light | Ambrose Vell | • Find a Hallowroot • Take up the ??? (Level 70) |
Hidden by the game |
Odo (14 quests)
Given by Odo Fennick inside The Rootways once you reach level 60. The chain covers mapping subterranean landmarks, finding signs of the Murmur, navigating the Rootmaze, and tuning crystal beams.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Mapmaker's Welcome | Odo Fennick | • Find places in the Rootways (4) | 2,500 XP, $6,000 |
| Words in the Caps | Odo Fennick | • Hear three words of the Murmur: pick kinds you haven't heard yet (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| Mothlight | Odo Fennick | • Buy the Mothlight Lantern at Lamp & Chalk (Level 64) • Find the glow moths |
4,000 XP, $9,000 |
| The Middle of Everything | Odo Fennick | • Find the Maze Heart • Search dead ends of the maze (5) |
4,500 XP, $10,000 |
| Out the Far Side | Odo Fennick | • Find what lies behind the Rootmaze | 5,000 XP, $12,000 |
| Where the Crystal Grows | Odo Fennick | • Find a Shimmergill (Glimmer Grottos) • Find a Crystal Bonnet (Glimmer Grottos) |
5,000 XP, $12,000 |
| A Beam to Nowhere | Odo Fennick | • Send the sun stone's beam to all three crystal seeds | 6,000 XP, $15,000 |
| The Door That Listens | Odo Fennick | • Open the Echo Door | 6,000 XP, $15,000 |
| Small Neighbours | Odo Fennick | • Find kinds of creature in the Rootways (4) | 6,000 XP, $14,000 |
| Say It Back | Odo Fennick | • Speak a saying at the listening altar in the temple | 7,000 XP, $18,000 |
| Half the Words | Odo Fennick | • Read signs of the Murmur (12) | 8,000 XP, $22,000 |
| All the Ways | Odo Fennick | • Find places in the Rootways (14) | 9,000 XP, $26,000 |
| Seven Seals | Odo Fennick | • Speak the seven sayings at the altar (7) • Go into the Sanctum |
12,000 XP, $40,000 |
| Every Word | Odo Fennick | • Take up the Deepglass Lantern (Glimmer Treasury, Level 72) • Read every sign of the Murmur (24) |
15,000 XP, $60,000 |
Lantern Wake (8 quests)
A seasonal event questline taking place across Fernhollow Village and Emberwick during Halloween. Villagers ask for carved pumpkins, trick-or-treating at night, cauldron ingredients, and foraging under the Ember Moon.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Pumpkin on Every Step | Ivo Wick | • Get a pumpkin from the Pumpkin Farmer • Carve it at a Carving Table • Set it on the Lamplighter's step |
120 XP, 150 Candy |
| Trick or Treat! | Pip Mossley | • Knock on doors at night (5) | 100 XP, 120 Candy |
| What the Pumpkins Know | Hetty Marrow | • Bring Gourdcaps (6) • Bring Cobweb Webcaps (3) • Bring a Hollowgrin (at night) |
200 XP, 200 Candy |
| Sorrel's Cauldron | Sorrel Vane | • Bring Witch's Hats (2) • Bring Batwing Oysters (at night) (2) • Bring Glimmergills (at night) (3) |
250 XP, 200 Candy, Sorrel's cauldron opens for you, and a free brew |
| Two on the Square | Tobias Pell | • Set two carved pumpkins by the Merchant's stall (2) | 300 XP, 250 Candy |
| The Hook Across the River | Finch Dray | • Hang a carved pumpkin on the old hook across the river | 350 XP, 300 Candy |
| Lit From the Hearth | Brannoc Ember | • Carve a Grinning face • Set a carved pumpkin by Emberwick's hearth |
400 XP, 350 Candy |
| Under the Ember Moon | Rook | • Pick mushrooms under the Ember Moon (5) • Pick a Moonstruck mushroom |
600 XP, 400 Candy, the Wakekeeper title, the Ember Moon Sickle |
Lost in the Hush (7 quests)
Unlocked after reaching level 45. Seven village families have heirlooms scattered deep inside the Rootways. Each quest asks you to recover three lost personal items belonging to a specific family line.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pells' Things | Tobias Pell | • Find the Pells' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Ashbys' Things | Garrick Ashby | • Find the Ashbys' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Mossleys' Things | Hobb Mossley | • Find the Mossleys' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Cranes' Things | Ysolde Crane | • Find the Cranes' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Vanes' Things | Sorrel Vane | • Find the Vanes' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Drays' Things | Finch Dray | • Find the Drays' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
| The Hollises' Things | Wren Hollis | • Find the Hollises' three lost things in the Rootways (3) | 3,000 XP, $7,000 |
Forty Winters (6 quests)
An investigative chain dealing with the Pell family history and the old well. Handed out between Ivo Wick, Tobias Pell, and Maribel Pell.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Well at Dawn | Ivo Wick → Tobias Pell | • Ride the bucket down the well on the square • Find the crates stamped T • Ask the Merchant about the crates |
3,000 XP, $8,000 |
| A Third of Everything | Tobias Pell | • Give mushrooms to the old basin by the lake (3) | 3,500 XP, $9,000 |
| Letters in a Tin | Maribel Pell | • Find a dented tin in the Wellspring | 4,000 XP, $10,000 |
| Forty Winters | Maribel Pell → Tobias Pell | • Tell the Merchant what Maribel said | 4,500 XP, $12,000 |
| Pages by the Water | Hobb Mossley | • Find the torn pages (Mirror Lake dock, the Undergrove) (2) | 5,000 XP, $14,000 |
| Given, and Answered | Tobias Pell | • Speak the Wellspring's saying at the listening altar | 8,000 XP, $25,000 |
Down the Well (6 quests)
Begins with Pip Mossley at level 60, asking you to bring a Root Button before sending you underground to report observations back to Rook, Sorrel Vane, Aster Holloway, and Ysolde Crane.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down the Well? | Pip Mossley | • Bring Pip a Root Button | 1,500 XP, $3,000 |
| Tracks Underground | Rook | • Find a blind salamander • Find a cave frog |
3,500 XP, $8,000 |
| The Big Moth | Rook | • Find the Moth Mother on her flower | 4,000 XP, $9,000 |
| Moth Parasols | Sorrel Vane | • Bring Moth Parasols (the Mothwood) (3) | 5,000 XP, $12,000 |
| Older Than Amber | Aster Holloway | • Find the Great Geode • Bring a Crystal Bonnet |
6,000 XP, $15,000 |
| Stars Below | Ysolde Crane | • Find a Starroot Cap (under the Mothwood's spore sky) | 7,000 XP, $20,000 |
The Hunter (4 quests)
Offered by Rook in Birch Meadow. Focuses on night foraging, tracking nocturnal species, obtaining a knife capable of cutting Secret mushrooms, and catching a Glowfoot.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night Eyes | Rook | • Find a Foxfire (at night) • Find a Jack-o'-Lantern (at night) • Find a Ghost Fungus (at night) |
500 XP, $1,200 |
| Where the Lights Go | Rook | • Find a Frostcap (Ridge, at night) • Find Devil's Fingers (Elderdeep, at night) |
1,200 XP, $4,000 |
| A Blade Worth Following | Rook | • Own a knife that can cut a Secret (7) | 3,000 XP, $8,000 |
| Following the Lights | Rook | • Catch a Glowfoot | 6,000 XP, $20,000 |
Echoes (4 quests)
Offered by Ambrose Vell in Gloamwood. Requires holding the Hushlight (acquired with Candy during the Lantern Wake) to reveal spectral echoes across Gloamwood barrows and ancient trees. All four quests have their rewards hidden by the game.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the Hush Took | Ambrose Vell | • Buy the Hushlight at the Waystation (Candy) • Find Echoes in Gloamwood (in the Hushlight) (2) |
Hidden by the game |
| The Founders' Echoes | Ambrose Vell | • Find a Founder's Bonnet (Barrow Downs) • Find a Hearthcap (First Camp) |
Hidden by the game |
| Older Than Names | Ambrose Vell | • Find a Firstroot (Giants' Grove) • Find a Starwhisper (the top of the Hollow Giant) |
Hidden by the game |
| Every Night for Forty Years | Ambrose Vell | • Find all eight Echoes (8) | Hidden by the game |
The Quiet Acre (2 quests)
A short memorial questline at The Quiet Acre cemetery. Tobias Pell and Finch Dray each ask you to place memorial mushrooms on graves.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Hana | Tobias Pell | • Lay a Mourning Veil on Hana's stone | 4,000 XP, $10,000 |
| Across the River | Finch Dray | • Lay a Silverreed Cap on Rosalind's stone | 4,000 XP, $10,000 |
The Glimmerstone (2 quests)
Offered by Garrick Ashby after crossing the Toll Bridge into Pinewood Ridge. Requires collecting Glimmerstone shards and knapping the Glimmerstone Knife at level 60.
| Quest | From | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapped, Not Forged | Garrick Ashby | • Find the three Glimmerstone shards (3) | 4,000 XP, $10,000 |
| A Crystal Edge | Garrick Ashby | • Have Garrick knap the Glimmerstone Knife (Level 60) • Find a Saltglass Bolete (Glimmer Grottos) |
8,000 XP, $25,000 |
What to do when a quest will not finish
If a quest objective seems complete but the quest refuses to clear, use these troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue:
- Check the quest tracker HUD. The panel on the left edge of your screen lists your active quest and exact remaining requirements. Ensure all secondary tasks (such as washing a dirty mushroom or visiting a specific landmark) are marked complete.
- Follow the floating compass marker. Once all items are gathered, a navigational compass appears on your screen pointing toward the target NPC for turn-in. Note that multi-stage quests often require turning in items to a different villager than the one who handed you the assignment.
- Keep turn-in items in your backpack. Quest hand-ins require the physical mushrooms to remain in your pack. If you accidentally sell them to the Merchant, eat them for temporary buffs, or wash them away, the counter resets and you must pick new specimens.
- Exhaust villager dialogue. Certain story hand-ins require reading through two or three lines of dialogue. Speak to the NPC a second time to ensure the conversation finishes and the reward triggers.
- Switch servers if objectives desynchronize. If an interaction prompt fails to appear or a harvest does not count toward your active total, rejoining a new server refreshes NPC states and fixes desynchronized quest triggers.