Honestly I stumbled across this weird mushroom chunk on my last playthrough and just shoved it in the camp chest for ages. Figured it was junk loot until I accidentally used it right yesterday. Here’s exactly what went down step-by-step:
First Attempt: Total Fail
Went back to camp after fighting those creepy mushroom dudes. Saw “Lump of Myconid Flesh” in my bag looking like nasty jerky. Tried right-clicking it first – nada. Options were “Drop” or “Examine” only. Pissed me off because vendor wouldn’t even buy it.
Thought maybe eating it would do something crazy. Selected my tank character Gale and hit “Consume”. Guy just made a disgusted noise animation. Got “Badly Poisoned” status for 5 turns. Absolute waste of healing potions.
The Messy Experiments
Next rest cycle, I threw it on the damn camp floor. Kicked it around like a soccer ball with Shadowheart. Nothing. Tried chucking it into campfire – turned into burnt crap instantly.
- Failed throwing at other party members
- Failed combining with alchemy ingredients
- Failed leaving it in rotten food barrel for days
How It Actually Works (Total Accident)
Fighting phase spiders later. Party health was low but didn’t wanna rest yet. Saw “Lump of Myconid Flesh” glowing weirdly in inventory mid-battle. On pure instinct I dragged it onto my poisoned character’s portrait. Boom!
Whole party suddenly got green swirly animation. Status screen showed “Symbiotic Healing: Regenerating 1d6 HP per turn“. Lasted until next long rest. Freaking doubled our survivability for that dungeon crawl!
Turns out it’s not an “item” to use but a freaking BUFF tool. Just drag-dropping onto any party member activates it globally. Who designs this crap without tooltips? Still feel dumb but now I always carry two lumps for boss fights.