Overview[1]
Puffshrooms are passive entities that spawn naturally on the 15th and the 45th minute of the hour in a random field except Hive Hub and Challenge Fields (Ant and Retro Swarm Challenge Fields); they may also spawn in the players' planters with their base level depending on the planter. Puffshrooms receive damage by collecting pollen around its vicinity, filling up the required pollen in the pollen meter will defeat the puffshroom, drop loot, and may release 0 to 4 spores that generates puffshrooms.
Variants/Rarities
Common/Normal (Soft/Pale Brown Cap, Beige Yellow Stem, common). Rare (Silver/Gray Cap, Gray Stem, rare). Epic (Gold/Yellow Cap, Pale Yellow Stem, very rare). Legendary (Light/Pale Blue Cap, Baby Blue Stem, extremely rare). Mythic (Purple Cap, Pale Purple Stem, exceptionally rare). Once spawned, the first (or the main) Puffshroom will last 5 minutes before naturally despawning — a timer is shown above the pushroom that displays the time left to defeat it. Players are required to collect a certain amount of pollen (indicated by the pollen meter) within its vicinity until the meter is full. When the Puffshroom is defeated, it drops loot and turns into concentrated spores to spread to different fields. The loot is separate for all players, meaning that one player will not have the same as the other. The quality of the loot depends on the type, level, and the damage dealt to the Puffshroom before its defeat — if the player has not dealt enough damage to it, it will only drop treats and honey. Puffshrooms have a unique way of leveling up, as it heavily depends on the generation. The Puffshroom gains chances of leveling up when the field it goes by has not been touched by its ancestor; if an ancestor Puffshroom has touched the field, it will have a chance of its levels decreasing instead. The effect lasts up to 8 generations, and this effect will not be effective when it has reached more than 8 generations until it has been done again. If the Puffshroom reaches certain levels, it starts to have a chance of spawning a rarer variant.
Spawning
In the game, Puffshrooms are guaranteed to appear in random fields, except for Hive Hub and Challenge Fields, at the 15th and 45th minute of every hour (e.g. 9:15, 9:45, etc) (note that you might be using the time of a clock that is either delayed or advanced compared to the clock in-game). You can use the clock on the side of the Mountain Top Shop showing how long until Mondo Chick spawns; they spawn when the timer reaches 45:00 or 15:00. Similarly, during Beesmas, the timer of Bee Bear's Catalog can be used to determine the time. A planter that reaches 95% growth has a chance of spawning a Puffshroom: A planter that will spawn a Puffshroom is indicated by clouds of brown smoke emitting from the planter.
Drops
Puffshrooms have daily loot limits, similarly to Wild Windy Bee. The loot drops decrease the more you get and resets every day. They have their own specific loot, specific to each player, meaning loot cannot be stolen from other players. Puffshroom loot is also determined based on how much the player has contributed to defeating the Puffshroom. If a Puffshroom has been defeated and the player has not contributed to its pollen meter, it will only drop Honey tokens and Treats. On the contrary, however, more plentiful and rare rewards will be given the more the player contributes to the Puffshroom's pollen meter. All abilities that can collect tokens except for Token Link and Target Practice can collect Puffshroom loot. Not all items dropped by the Puffshroom can be dropped by all types; some of them can only be dropped by a specific rarity. (Increased with Honey From Tokens and rarity). Treats (Increments are based on the level). The types and quality of the drops depend on the rarity, level, and the damage dealt to the Puffshroom. The drops also degrade the more loot you collect from them. Treat and Honey are always dropped by a Puffshroom, with the amounts scaling from the level and damage dealt.
Strategies
The clouds of spores indicate where the Puffshrooms will go next. Having a large team of players can help with collecting the required pollen faster. Activating as many buffs as possible will help collection become optimal. If the player has many materials, but does not wish to use more expensive ones like the Super Smoothie, the recommended materials are: Oil, Tropical Drink, Blue Extract and Red Extract. Using the Red Field Booster, Blue Field Booster, Mountain Top Field Booster, and the Coconut Dispenser. Using Glitter or Field Dice in fields where they spawn in can increase efficiency. When the Coconut Clogs or Gummy Boots are equipped, using Coconuts will grant Coconut Haste and an additional stack of Haste, which helps when following spore clouds. Using Windy Bee's Tornado Ability can help collect heavy amounts of pollen from large groups of Puffshrooms. Setting up Sprinklers near the Puffshrooms helps the flowers near the Puffshroom to regrow faster. Puffshrooms that go to fields where the previous eight "generations" of that Puffshroom didn't travel to has a greater chance to level up. Using Whirligigs can allow players to reach certain fields with Puffshrooms quicker, especially ones located at the Starter Zone. Using an or increases movement speed, though the latter isn't recommended due to it's rarity. Targeting higher level Puffshrooms can increase your chance of better rarities. Listening to the spawn sounds of different rarities of Puffshrooms will help you identify them if you can't spot them.
Trivia
Its name is similar to the plant "Puff-shroom" in the Plants vs. Zombies (game) series, possibly being a reference to said franchise. Puffshrooms are based on a real-life mushroom called Calvatia gigantea, which usually sport a similar structure and spread rapidly through spores. Despite having a Level system, there is no way to "miss" a Puffshroom, unlike with most mobs. Puffshrooms emit faint, unique brown smoke particles, which are meant to be spores. After completing the quest "Puffshrooms for Presents", Bee Bear mentions that Puffshrooms are an invasive species, implying Dapper Bear might have accidentally brought Puffshrooms to the game, similar to how Sun Bear accidentally brought in the Bean Bugs and Chicks during the Egg Hunt events and how Spirit Bear brought the Coconut Crab. This is the only mob that is not based on an animal and the only one that requires pollen to defeat — Sprouts do not count as a mob. Harvesting planters can bypass the usual level restrictions for certain rarities. For example, a level 5 Legendary Puffshroom can spawn when harvesting a Blue Clay Planter, despite that their minimum level is level 10. Defeating higher-tier Puffshrooms counts toward quests which require specific types of Puffshrooms to be defeated. For example, defeating a Mythic Puffshroom would count towards a quest that requires a player to defeat a Common, Rare, Epic, or Legendary Puffshroom as well. Puffshroom rarities have an increased chance of spawning if it is a higher level. All rarities of Puffshrooms have their own specific spawn sounds.
