SoS: FoMT Matsutake Foraging Guide (All Locations)

by Kal S.

Matsutake
Season	Autumn
Location	Bamboo Thicket, Church Forest
Sell Price	500 G
Food Buffs	+20 STA
Special Uses	Food, Recipes

Matsutake is a special type of mushroom you can only find during Autumn in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. They’re the main ingredient for some recipes, and many villagers love to receive them as gifts.

Where To Find Matsutakes

Matsutake are only forageable during Autumn.

The most common place to find Matsutake is near the Bamboo Thicket, directly behind the large boulder. To access this location, you must break the boulder with a Level 3 (Gold) or higher Hammer.

Note: you can only find one Matsutake here at a time.

The player destroys the boulder on Mother’s Hill using a Mythic Hammer.

But here’s a list of both locations where you can forage Matsutakes, and we’ve marked them on the town map below:

Bamboo Thicket – behind the large boulder south of the lake
Church Forest – behind Carter’s secret door in Mineral Church (unlocked after 8 friendship notes with Carter)

Interface of the Town Map with the forageable locations highlighted.

New Matsutake will respawn every couple of days during Autumn, so make sure to visit whenever you’re in the area.

Matsutake Uses

As Food

Matsutake can be consumed to restore a moderate amount of stamina. However, it does not offer any fatigue recovery.

Stamina Recovery	Fatigue Recovery
+20 STA	-0 FAT

In Recipes

The farmer cooks Matsutake Rice in the kitchen.

Dish	Ingredients	Equipment Needed
Matsutake Rice	Oil, Matsutake, Green Pepper, Onion, Potato	Matsutake, Onigiri
Mushroom Gratin	Milk, Cheese, Butter, Mushroom, Matsutake	Seasoning Set, Oven

Gifting Matsutake

The farmer gives Brandon a Matsutake.

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Villager	Birthday	Type of Gift	Friendship/Love Points Earned
Marriage Candidates
Brandon	Autumn 7th	Favorite	+9 FP, +800 LP
Marie	Winter 20th	Loved	+9 FP, +500 LP
Villagers
Lillia	Spring 19th	Loved	+9 FP
Basil	Summer 11th
Gotts	Autumn 2nd
Manna	Autumn 11th
Ellen	Winter 13th
Mugi	Spring 17th	Liked	+3 FP
Thomas	Summer 25th
Zack	Summer 29th
Dudley	Winter 11th
Duke	Winter 15th
Jeff	Winter 29th
Lou	–
Nature Sprites
Plum	Spring 4th	Liked	+3 FP
Blueberry	Spring 15th
Sunny	Autumn 10th
Cherry	Autumn 14th
Pumpkin	Winter 22nd

Selling Matsutakes

Matsutake can be sold to either Zack or Huang for around 500 G.

So these are one of the best forageables to collect for a tidy profit.

Shipping Bin

To sell Matsutake to Zack, simply drop the item into the Shipping Bin and wait for him to pick it up at 5:00 PM every day.

The farmer drops a Matsutake into the Shipping Bin.

Selling Matsutake via the Shipping Bin will count towards the list of shippable items you need to achieve for full completion.

This is important because shipping all possible items is a requirement for marrying either Kappa or the Harvest Goddess. You can track your progress by checking the Shipping List on your bookshelf.

Huang’s Shop

You can also choose to bring your Matsutake over to Huang.

To sell to Huang, hold the item in your hands and interact with him over the counter.

The farmer sells Matsutake to Huang.

He will actually pay you a higher price for forageables that are not in season. For Autumn forageables, you’ll get an additional 12.5% during Spring and 10% in the Summer and Winter.