Does Aerate help mushroom or fungus crops?

Soil quality affects root and tree categories primarily. Mushroom plots use humidity and spore mechanics — pair Worm with Spore Frog or Shroomie for fungus builds, not Aerate alone.

How long until Aerate shows results?

Soil quality builds over in-game hours while Worm remains deployed. Short sessions under one hour rarely show measurable sell differences.

Worm

Soil quality gates hidden yield bonuses — Worm Aerate nudges that stat upward passively, making it a quiet partner for long-growth tree and root crops.

Tier DSmallcommon

Quick stats

Hatch weight: 0.2 kg
Weight at age 50: 1.09 kg
Weight at age 100: 2.00 kg

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Playstyle

Place Worm on plots running multi-hour crops where soil quality modifiers have time to accumulate effect. Aerate does not speed early-game lettuce rotations meaningfully — target pumpkin patches, tree groves, or anything Koala Eucalyptus will later amplify. Worm pairs conceptually with compost bin activity.

Weight & trading

0.2 kg hatch weight is the lowest common baseline in the roster. Tier D reflects weak scaling, but Aerate's soil buff applies globally at mature ages regardless of placement on some patches. Weight investment has poor ROI — age to 15–20 then replace.

Aerate improves soil quality slightly — a background stat that affects yield size and occasionally mutation eligibility on root-category crops. Effect stacks mildly with consumable soil items. Does not water, fertilize heavily, or apply mutations directly.

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Soil stat mechanics

Soil quality sits behind yield size rolls on harvest. Aerate increments that stat slowly over time while Worm is active in the garden. Benefits appear on long timers where yield size matters more than harvest frequency.

Community testing shows Aerate impact below 2% sell value increase on fast crops — meaningful only on high-base-value slow crops where yield size multipliers dominate.

Transition to Koala

Koala Eucalyptus adds bonus growth on tree-category crops — a clearer version of Worm's niche. Once Koala hatches, retire Worm unless you need soil stacking for experimental yield builds.

Worm trades at bulk common rates. Mention Aerate soil buff only when selling to collectors completing common sets.

Common questions

Does Aerate help mushroom or fungus crops?: Soil quality affects root and tree categories primarily. Mushroom plots use humidity and spore mechanics — pair Worm with Spore Frog or Shroomie for fungus builds, not Aerate alone.
How long until Aerate shows results?: Soil quality builds over in-game hours while Worm remains deployed. Short sessions under one hour rarely show measurable sell differences.