Mycofields survival: fire hazards, fungal enemies, and safe resource routes

Location and access

Mycofields is located in Anteverse 2-B: a hot portal world with flowing lava, caves, cliffs, rock ledges, and jump pads. Access is through a portal discovered during progression through the later sectors.

Environment type: Extreme heat, lava flows, and spore-producing fungal life. Standard survival gear is not appropriate here.

Required protection

This is the most important thing to verify before entering:

Fire resistance: You need either:

• Fire Proximity Suit (+3 heat resistance against the ambient temperature), OR
• A combined loadout providing +3 or higher heat resistance

Radiation protection, cold resistance, and standard Hazmat gear provide no benefit against Mycofields heat damage. Do not enter without confirmed fire protection.

Count the combined resistance of the equipped loadout rather than looking for a single armor piece with +3. The Fire Proximity Suit uses the full-body suit slot. Heat resistance addresses the surrounding temperature; keep lava out of your route even when that resistance is sufficient.

Spore protection: Wear a mask with the Airtight Seal property to block fungal spores. Spore exposure can cause Spore Infection, which makes you sneeze occasionally and alerts nearby enemies.

Treat this infection as a detection problem when planning a quiet approach. Keep it separate from health lost to ambient heat, lava, or enemy attacks; those hazards still need their own protection and recovery plan.

Enemies

All enemies are manageable with combat preparation. Exors drop their standard loot table here: see the Exor farming guide for Exor drop details.

Water inside Mycofields

Water is scarce in Mycofields but available:

Bowl-shaped plants scattered through the environment contain Antejuice. Antejuice functions like clean water: it is safe to drink and provides double the thirst fill compared to standard water. Harvesting from bowl plants is your primary water source for extended runs.

Do not rely on carried water alone for long Mycofields sessions. Identify bowl plant locations early in each run.

Key drops and resources

Collectible: Exor figurine: located on the floor at the corner of the huge filing cabinet at the GATE outpost within Mycofields. Do not treat the location as proof that the collectible is permanently one-time. In a September 2024 community guide, JHord1985 describes repeatedly collecting this green Mycofields figurine after portal resource resets. That is an attributed community observation, not a guarantee for every current build or sandbox configuration. After an eligible reset, check the same floor corner before adding a collectible trip to your farming plan; if it is absent, do not assume a promised copy is waiting elsewhere or keep fighting solely for it.

Navigation notes

Mycofields has vertical terrain with cliffs and ledges. Jump pads are scattered through the environment and provide upward traversal. Unlike Voussoir, an unsafe fall in Mycofields can also land you in lava, which is a separate hazard from ambient temperature. Identify jump pad locations before committing to vertical routes.

There is a portal at the top of the world for exit after full exploration. No shortcut unlocked upon completion.

Route segmentation

Split Mycofields into route segments instead of treating it as one open farming space.

The segment model is useful because heat pressure, enemies, and vertical terrain stack together. One clear objective per segment keeps the run recoverable.

Summit route checkpoint sheet

Use this sheet for a completion trip, not as a promise that every resource detour leads directly to the exit. The landmark order comes from TechRaptor's illustrated Mycofields walkthrough, published December 24, 2025 and reread on October 12, 2026. The checks and detour boundaries below are our route worksheet; they are not new unlock requirements, measured travel times, or a scale map.

Keep a simple progress note: last landmark reached / next landmark seen / optional haul already secured / supplies left for the climb. That note is more useful than recording only how much Gel is in your bag. A material quota can be complete while the summit route is still unfinished.

If a planned landing or the onward plant is not visible, pause on the current platform and reorient before another jump. This is a planning recommendation, not a guarantee that an arbitrary platform is free of enemies. Do not try to repair a navigation mistake by dropping toward lava. Recheck the most recent recognizable checkpoint, and keep the documented upward exit route funded unless you have already verified a different return method in your own save.

The fungal-enemy cave and research-camp collectible are optional collection branches, not required proofs that the climb is complete. Finish learning the main sequence before attaching those branches to a repeat harvest. For a failed heat or spore preparation check, use the separate Mycofields protection diagnosis; this sheet solves orientation after that protection is ready.

Pre-entry checklist

Before entering Mycofields:

1. Confirm you have Fire Proximity Suit OR armor with +3 or higher heat resistance
2. Confirm you have a mask with Airtight Seal property
3. Know your planned route: lava areas require route awareness before you're in them
4. Carry at least one healing item beyond what you'd normally bring: environmental damage compounds with enemy damage here
5. Note the exit portal location on entry. It is at the top of the world

Mycofields as a farming destination vs. other portals

For this guide's material route, Mycofields receives our highest environmental-preparation priority: heat protection, spore protection, lava avoidance, and the upward exit route all need separate checks. This is an editorial planning assessment, not a measured difficulty ranking covering every Portal World, difficulty setting, or loadout. The Mycofields location description establishes those hazards and recommends collecting Gel and Carapace here.

Mycofields is a useful combined source of Anteverse Gel, Carapace, and Carbuncle Mushrooms during this progression stage, not their only source. The Gel and Carapace pages also name Village Den da'ko Yeer; Carbuncle Mushrooms also come from Mushroom Farms. Compare the sources you have actually reached rather than treating this route as a universal production ranking. The practical trade-off is:

• If you need the Gel, Carapace, or fungal harvests listed above, Mycofields offers a route for those specific materials; the wider category of Anteverse materials is not exclusive to this world
• If you don't need those specific materials, there is no reason to go there over easier alternatives
• Mycofields is not a substitute for Rise (healing), Night Realm (Night Essence), or Flathill (Power Cells/food)

Plan visits when your material need specifically requires Mycofields drops. Don't farm here by default.

What to bring back first

On the first successful material route, prioritize information and repeatable materials over risky deep exploration.

1. Record the closest Antejuice bowl plant.
2. Collect the target material nearest the entry route.
3. Avoid high-risk combat unless the run is explicitly focused on combat.
4. Leave with enough health to repeat the path.

This makes the second run faster without requiring a full map clear on the first visit.

Resource yield expectations

Planning guide for Mycofields farming sessions:

These qualitative yields are planning estimates, not measured drop rates or guaranteed totals. In particular, an environmental gel route does not require killing Exors, and a mushroom route needs fungal enemy harvests unless you use a separate Mushroom Farm. Stop a route when its actual encounters exceed your healing margin rather than trying to meet the estimate at any cost.

Plan your run around which resource you need. Collect Anteverse Gel from the glowing deposits along the route. For Carapace, crouch toward a Scuttlebug and harvest it before it hides; if it retreats, wait for it to reemerge rather than treating it as an attacking Exor. Carbuncle Mushrooms require harvesting the fungal enemies here, so budget weapon durability and healing for that objective. Factor in the fire resistance gear cost when evaluating whether a Mycofields run is worth it for your current material need.

Common Mistakes

The two-healing-item retreat rule is an editorial reserve, not a game trigger. The Antejuice page confirms that the liquid can be carried in Liquid Containers. The bowl check therefore adds a local fallback to carried supplies; it does not establish an exclusive source or a guaranteed replenishment schedule inside Mycofields. For the completion route, look for the sequence of natural jump pads and Rope Plants leading upward. The final jump pad at the summit reaches the exit portal, which returns you to the Labs entry room. Keep that climb separate from a short resource scout; reaching a deposit does not mean you have already reached the completion exit or received Medi-Shroom.

An entry test is a preparation check, not a guaranteed instant return through the arrival point. Unless you have checked a backtrack or prepared a usable teleporter, plan enough supplies for the full summit route to the documented exit rather than counting on an untested early escape.

See also

• Far Garden Early Access
• Exor Farming Guide
• Radiation and Hazmat Protection