Mycelarium Resources: Food, Water & Points Explained

Mycelarium, the Steam game by PLAN KAPKAN, is a resource-minded incremental game: you spend water to grow hyphae, gather food, and eventually spend points on upgrades. Verified This page maps the four HUD numbers to what official screenshots actually show, quotes the rain tutorial line, and separates verified art from Demo-only behavior. Start with the beginner guide if you need step order.

What are the four numbers at the top of the screen?

Left to right after the speed chevrons, official UI art uses an apple-shaped food icon, a large distance readout in centimeters, a water drop, and a four-point star. Verified They are independent meters at a moment in time—not a recipe you can derive from one row of numbers.

Those five rows are straight readings from five official Steam screenshots at different moments (late network, surface spores, mid aim, opening-style state, rainy tip screen). They are not a formula table. Verified

Distance is how far your run has extended horizontally; stars likely pair with the POINTS label on the upgrade tree screen, though PLAN KAPKAN has not documented the link in prose we can cite. Inferred

How much water does a hyphae shot cost?

Hyphae growth is aimed slingshot-style. Verified While lining up a shot, official screenshot ss2 displays 91 cm -3 WATER next to the arrow—so at least that shot would cost three water units for ninety-one centimeters of reach. Verified We do not know a general rule like “every centimeter costs X” because no source publishes one. Not announced

Check the label before you commit when water is tight—a practical habit, not an official tip. Inferred Hyphae upgrades such as Shot Range, Shot Width, Water Efficiency, and Node Efficiency sit on the tree; see Hyphae upgrades for node names without invented stats.

How does rain change the water cost?

Rain triggers an explicit tutorial string on screen: Hyphae shots don’t cost any water during the rain. Verified That matches third-party Demo footage where players shot more freely during storms. Observed in Demo

Whether you should wait for rain is personal: the official copy mentions no hard fail state, and no efficiency score has been announced. Verified More context sits in early-game tips.

Where does food come from?

Steam feature text lists underground food pockets and water reservoirs, plus improvements to range, width, water efficiency, node cost, budding chance, and soil penetration. Verified World flavor adds decaying leaves that become food and wandering hedgehogs on the surface. Verified

Underground, gray glowing pebbles in screenshots look like collectible pockets; we treat that as inferred until PLAN KAPKAN names them in UI text beyond “food pockets.” Inferred Demo footage reports each water pocket pays once, food pockets grant food, and placing one mushroom cost twenty food in an older Demo build—balance may differ after Demo 2.0. Observed in Demo Predator Mushrooms catching flies or bees for food appears in the same footage. Observed in Demo Credit: Demo observations paraphrased from Gloworm, not copied narration.

What are Points and how do you earn them?

The upgrade overlay reads UPGRADES with POINTS and a integer (official screenshot shows POINTS 1). Verified HUD stars read 0, 1, or 2 on various shots and plausibly track the same currency. Inferred How you earn points is not announced—no quest list, no confirmed “one star per X cm” rule. Not announced

Red numbers beside some locked nodes (2 on Shot Range, 3 on Predator Mushroom in official art) are unexplained; do not treat them as verified prices. Verified

Which upgrades touch water and food?

Official marketing mentions water efficiency and node cost; the tree labels those nodes Water Efficiency and Node Efficiency. Inferred Fruiting Bodies branches cover mushrooms that automate production, including Predator and Tree lines with names like Tree Water Yield—effects unpublished. Verified

Use the full upgrade tree guide to browse Hyphae, Fruiting Bodies, Enzymes, and the locked Symbiosis node without assuming numeric payouts.