It's best to keep frogs with genetics that lean strongly in one direction, making them the most or least of something. Pay close attention to your frogs' Umbrage and Saturation specifically, as you'll find these to be the most common alterations.

Mushrooms will not grow outside their general environment, so you'll need to have access to each of these locations in case they appear.

Using the genetic keys of the new species you create you can unlock the paths between the waking and dreaming worlds, explore the land of those still hibernating, and embark on a journey to help restore the lost populations and find out what happened.

In the demo there’s only a few mushrooms just to ease people into the trait modifications, but there's a lot more strange mushrooms to find in the full-game with some challenging modifications to master!

#action + #roguelike + #dungeoncrawler Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering + breeding frogs!

Using the genetic keys of the new species you create you can unlock the paths between the waking and dreaming worlds, explore the land of those still hibernating, and embark on a journey to help restore the lost populations and find out what happened.

Mushrooms are the key component to changing the traits of the frogs you're breeding as you pass through generations by way of the magic muds you include in the nursery with the frogspawn eggs, so if you need to change a specific trait, be sure you've got the right kind of magic mud in as the tadpoles form. If not, you'll need to try again with a new bunch of frogborne eggs and a new batch of mud.

Now that you’ve had a taste of the new demo’s bugs, here’s what you'll discover in the full game!

It has since turned into a spiritual successor of sorts to APICO, with a similar menu system and 'collect them all' style gameplay - however Mudborne instead focuses on genetic manipulation and generational puzzles to create and discover all sorts of frog species, who's genetic keys unlock paths between the waking and dreaming worlds...

Use Composters To Encourage Spore Growth If you're not willing to wait for nature to take its course and spawn a few odd mushrooms around the world, you can always use cultivators around the map to grow mushrooms when conditions are right.

In the mud on cold nights, with a Heater and a high Umbrage frog as well as a Dehydratior with a low Saturation frog nearby.

There are a couple ways to get mushrooms to spawn in Mudborne, but you'll need to understand where they grow first before you can try to force them to appear.

In the grass on sunny days, with a Heater and a high Umbrage frog, as well as a Hydrator and a high Saturation frog.

When you spot them, Mudborne Game mushrooms need to grow from spores before you can collect them, which takes a bit of in-game time. This can be frustrating as the weather conditions change, so look for new mushrooms right when the weather changes, since you may have a relatively small window to find them.

There’s other bits that I don’t want to spoil, but I think that should give you a good idea of what to expect!