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About midway into Act 3 of Path of Exile 2, you may come throughout some otherwise coloured mushrooms as loot drops. These mushrooms are highlighted in inexperienced, so you already know they’re for some sort of quest, however the recreation does not clarify within the slightest tips on how to use them or the place to deliver them.
Fortuitously, the mushrooms do have a definite objective in Path of Exile 2. You additionally need not journey far to seek out what they’re used for, which affords a candy reward after every little thing is claimed and finished. Nonetheless, issues aren’t so simple as they appear, as it is advisable to discover greater than only a single mushroom they usually’re not too frequent of a drop.
How to get Mushrooms in Path of Exile 2
Mushrooms are available in three separate colours, they usually’re all completely different loot drops. The three colours of mushrooms are blue, inexperienced, and crimson. After they drop on the bottom, you’ll see what shade they’re earlier than including them to your stock. Don’t be concerned, although, as when you accumulate one shade of mushroom, it will not drop once more, providing you with a greater probability to seek out the opposite colours you are lacking.
You’ll be able to solely discover mushrooms as loot drops within the Apex of Filth area in Act 3. You must journey right here anyway for the primary story in Path of Exile 2 and it has a stage requirement of 41. The Apex of Filth is positioned on the high of the pyramid on the Act 3 map.

Sadly, when you get to the Apex of Filth, there aren’t any methods to enhance your odds of getting mushrooms as drops. They drop randomly from killing enemies, opening chests, and defeating bosses within the space. You may be on both Regular or Merciless problem when looking for the mushrooms, however gamers have reported they drop extra regularly on Merciless problem.
No matter your problem stage, you would spend hours looking for all three colours of mushrooms within the Apex of Filth. There isn’t any assured timeframe for once they’ll drop so you would kill each enemy on the map and nonetheless not have the mushrooms. If you happen to really do kill each enemy and you are still lacking some mushrooms, you may need to create a brand new occasion so the map will get refreshed. To create a brand new occasion, observe the steps beneath:
- Go to any Waypoint and choose the map you need to reset
- Click on the map’s icon and on controller, maintain A/X to deliver up the occasion supervisor. On keyboard, press Ctrl + Left Click on to get to the occasion supervisor
- From the occasion supervisor, observe the prompts to create a brand new occasion of the map
- This respawns at you firstly of the map, clears any map progress you made, and respawns all enemies and managers
You may need to hold resetting the Apex of Filth map till you discover one blue, inexperienced, and crimson mushroom.
What to do with the Mushrooms in Path of Exile 2
When you will have all three mushrooms in your stock, it is time to use them. Fortunately, you do not have to journey outdoors the Apex of Filth to seek out out what the mushrooms are used for.
In the Apex of Filth, it is advisable to discover a small space that has a cauldron and the Cauldron Keeper NPC. That is positioned proper close to a checkpoint and is often off to the aspect of the map.
As soon as you discover the world, click on the cauldron itself and your character ought to say: “Right here is every little thing you want.” When your character says that line, wait a number of seconds and the cauldron will begin to engulf with flames. You may must click on on the cauldron once more for the consequences to work.
After a number of seconds, the cauldron textual content will disappear from the display and you will be left with one Mana Flask and one Life Flask as a reward. Often, these flasks are large in dimension and of uncommon high quality. In our case, we obtained a Superior Gargantuan Mana and Life Flask, however your outcomes will fluctuate, particularly relying on what problem you are enjoying.
Once you obtain your flasks, this hidden quest is over. There isn’t any motive to speak to the Cauldron Keeper, however they do promote some gadgets for those who’re curious. You may as well promote any unneeded gear to make some room in your stock.