Green Hell is a survival game set in the Amazon jungle, and the plants growing there are a big part of staying alive. Some fill your stomach, some can be turned into bandages or remedies, and a few will make you sick if you eat them the wrong way. Knowing what each plant does and how to prepare it saves a lot of trouble on your first trips into the jungle.
Type
Food Plants
Cassava
Its starchy bulb is a strong food source, but cook it before eating.
- Plant Type
- Root crop
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for one Cassava Bulb; harvest that bulb for two Cassava Roots.
- Food Effects
- The bulb gives 60 carbohydrates when cooked; eating it raw causes 3 food-poisoning stacks. Cassava Soup gives 50 carbohydrates and 10 energy.
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Malanga
Cook its starchy bulb before eating to avoid food poisoning.
- Plant Type
- Root crop
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for one Malanga Bulb; harvesting that bulb gives two Malanga Roots.
- Food Effects
- The raw bulb gives 50 carbohydrates and 3 food-poisoning stacks. Cooking gives 50 carbohydrates and 5 energy; Malanga Soup gives 40 carbohydrates and 10 energy.
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Monstera Deliciosa
Leave its flower to ripen into a nutrient-rich fruit, or dry it to replant.
- Plant Type
- Fruit plant
- Where to Find It
- Areas with dense vegetation.
- What It Gives
- The plant grows one flower. Leave it on the plant to ripen into fruit, or collect and dry the flower to grow another Monstera.
- Food Effects
- The flower causes food poisoning. The fruit gives 25 carbohydrates, 15 protein, 10 energy and 3 sanity, and does not spoil.
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Soursop Plant
Its fruit restores carbohydrates and water while clearing parasites.
- Plant Type
- Fruit plant
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- A plant bears three Guanabana fruits; collecting the fruit can provide Guanabana Seeds.
- Food Effects
- Each fresh fruit gives 16 carbohydrates and 8 hydration and removes 2 parasites.
- Medicine and Crafting
- The fruit helps clear parasites.
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Unknown Fruit Plant
Its orange fruit provides carbohydrates and water, and can supply planting seeds.
- Plant Type
- Fruit plant
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Each plant bears three orange fruits; the fruit can be harvested for Cocona Seeds.
- Food Effects
- Each fruit gives 6 carbohydrates and 8 hydration. Cocona brew gives 5 carbohydrates, 10 hydration and 2 sanity.
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Type
Medicinal Herbs
Molineria
Its leaves make the basic bandage, and its dried flower can grow another plant.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for Molineria Leaves; harvesting a leaf gives a flower and fiber.
- Food Effects
- Molineria brew gives 10 hydration and causes 3 food-poisoning stacks.
- Medicine and Crafting
- A Molineria Leaf makes the basic Leaf Bandage.
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Plantain Lily
Its large leaf treats venom and is the ingredient for Lily Dressing.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for a Plantain Lily Leaf and flower; harvesting the leaf gives fiber.
- Food Effects
- The leaf gives 2 carbohydrates and removes 2 venom. Its brew gives 10 hydration and removes 4 venom.
- Medicine and Crafting
- The leaf combines with Leaf Bandage to make Lily Dressing, which treats venom and insect bites.
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Psychotria Viridis
Its berries are an Ayahuasca ingredient in the Story ritual brew.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for one Psychotria Leaf Pile; harvesting the pile gives three berries.
- Food Effects
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- Medicine and Crafting
- One of the main Ayahuasca ingredients; Psychotria brew has strong sanity and food-poisoning effects.
- Mode
- Story and Spirits of Amazonia: used in mode-specific rituals; Story pages reveal the plant’s name.
Quassia Amara
Its flowers can be brewed to lower fever or dried to grow another bush.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cut the bush for two Quassia Amara Flowers.
- Food Effects
- Quassia Amara Infusion reduces fever by 15.
- Medicine and Crafting
- Brew a flower infusion to lower fever.
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Tobacco Plant
Its leaves make Tobacco Dressing and a brew that treats venom.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for three Tobacco Leaves and one Tobacco Flower.
- Food Effects
- Tobacco brew gives 10 hydration and removes 4 venom.
- Medicine and Crafting
- Tobacco Leaf combines with Leaf Bandage to make Tobacco Dressing; the brew also treats venom.
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Unknown Herb Plant 2
Its leaves cure food poisoning, while its flower causes it.
- Plant Type
- Medicinal herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest floor.
- What It Gives
- Cut the plant for Unknown Herb A leaves and Unknown Herb B flowers.
- Food Effects
- A leaf removes 2 food-poisoning stacks; a flower causes 1 stack.
- Medicine and Crafting
- The leaves are a food-poisoning remedy.
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Type
Mushrooms
Indigo Blue Leptonia
This blue-white mushroom restores energy and clears parasites.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On exposed roots around large trees.
- What It Gives
- Collect the blue-white mushroom from roots.
- Food Effects
- Gives 2 carbohydrates and 10 energy and removes 2 parasites.
- Medicine and Crafting
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- Mode
- Its species name is revealed in Story mode.
Unknown Mushroom 1
This orange cup mushroom restores carbohydrates and clears one parasite.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On fallen logs.
- What It Gives
- Collect the orange, cup-shaped mushroom from logs.
- Food Effects
- Gives 5 carbohydrates and removes 1 parasite.
- Medicine and Crafting
- Can be used as trap bait.
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Unknown Mushroom 2
This veiled mushroom is dangerous raw but can be dried or made into soup.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On shaded rainforest ground.
- What It Gives
- Collect the large white mushroom with a brown cap and net-like veil.
- Food Effects
- Raw: 15 carbohydrates and 3 food-poisoning stacks. Dried: 8 carbohydrates; mushroom soup: 15 carbohydrates.
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Unknown Mushroom 4
The yellow mushroom glows at night and restores energy.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On fallen logs; its yellow cap glows at night.
- What It Gives
- Collect the yellow mushroom from logs.
- Food Effects
- Gives 5 carbohydrates and 2 energy.
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Unknown Mushroom 5
This yellow mushroom restores carbohydrates and a little sanity.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On fallen logs.
- What It Gives
- Collect the small yellow mushroom from logs.
- Food Effects
- Gives 5 carbohydrates and 1 sanity.
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Unknown Mushroom 6
This green fungus is a mode-specific find with little food value.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- Cave locations, including 33W 30S.
- What It Gives
- Collect the unusual green fungus.
- Food Effects
- It has little food value and causes food poisoning raw or in soup.
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- Mode
- Story and Spirits of Amazonia; the achievement for finding it requires Story mode.
Unknown Mushroom 7
This cave mushroom lowers fever but can drain water quickly.
- Plant Type
- Mushroom
- Where to Find It
- On exposed roots in caves.
- What It Gives
- Collect the red-and-white mushroom from cave roots.
- Food Effects
- The fresh mushroom gives 5 carbohydrates and 2 energy, reduces fever, and removes 15 hydration; the dried form removes 40 hydration.
- Medicine and Crafting
- Its fever-reducing effect comes with a strong hydration loss.
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Type
Trees
Bamboo
Its hollow stems supply building pieces and bamboo tool recipes.
- Plant Type
- Bamboo
- Where to Find It
- Bamboo groves.
- What It Gives
- A large stem gives 3 Bamboo Logs. A cluster gives 4 Long Bamboo Sticks and 2 Bamboo Sticks with an axe, or 5 Long Bamboo Sticks with a blade.
- Food Effects
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- Medicine and Crafting
- Bamboo substitutes for wood in many building recipes and is used in bamboo tools, the Bamboo Blowpipe and Pottery Table.
- Mode
- Spirits of Amazonia also has bamboo structures that can be broken down for materials.
Banana Plant
It feeds you fruit and can be replanted from its seeds.
- Plant Type
- Tree-like herb
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- A bunch usually has 2 to 5 bananas. Cutting the plant gives Banana Leaves; older plants can also give dry leaves.
- Food Effects
- Each banana gives 25 carbohydrates.
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Brazil Nut Tree
Brazil nuts at its base provide fats and can be planted.
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Where to Find It
- Large rainforest trees; nuts appear at the base.
- What It Gives
- Usually 3 to 4 Brazil Nuts can be collected from a tree base.
- Food Effects
- Each Brazil Nut gives 1 carbohydrate, 35 fat, 2 protein and 2 sanity.
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Spike Tree
Its poisonous spikes hurt while it is chopped, but a thrown axe can fell it safely.
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cut the tree for logs; the stump can be cut without taking spike damage.
- Food Effects
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- Medicine and Crafting
- Its poisonous spikes can inflict a venom wound while chopping. A thrown axe fells it safely; armor blocks the injury but loses durability.
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Type
Palms
Coconut Palm Tree
Its coconuts provide food, water, bowls and a portable bidon.
- Plant Type
- Palm
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest; coconuts grow in the fronds and can fall to the ground.
- What It Gives
- A tree can carry up to 4 coconuts at once. Cutting it gives 4 logs and 12 palm leaves; cutting the stump gives another log.
- Food Effects
- Each coconut has water with 15 hydration and two flesh portions; each portion gives 5 carbohydrates and 10 fat. Cooking the flesh adds 2 energy and 2 sanity.
- Medicine and Crafting
- The shells work as cooking vessels and rain catchers, or can be made into a Coconut Bidon.
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Fan Leaf Palm
Cut it for palm leaves, then cut the trunk for a log and fibers.
- Plant Type
- Palm
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cutting the leafy tree gives 10 Palm Leaves; cutting the trunk gives 1 Log and 3 Fibers.
- Food Effects
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- Medicine and Crafting
- Palm Leaves are used in shelters and beds.
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Raffia Palm
It provides palm leaves, dry tinder and occasional fat-rich nuts.
- Plant Type
- Palm
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest; Unknown Nuts sometimes appear by the trunk.
- What It Gives
- Cut the palm for Palm Leaves and Dry Leaves; Dry Leaves can be picked up as tinder.
- Food Effects
- An Unknown Nut gives 15 fat and can spoil after about 3 days.
- Medicine and Crafting
- Palm Leaves are used in shelters and beds; Dry Leaves can start fires.
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Young Palm Tree
Cut it for a Heart of Palm, a strong source of carbohydrates and protein.
- Plant Type
- Palm
- Where to Find It
- Rainforest.
- What It Gives
- Cut the palm to collect its Heart of Palm.
- Food Effects
- Heart of Palm gives 45 carbohydrates and 2 protein; its brew gives 40 carbohydrates and 10 energy.
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Type
Story Plants
Banisteriopsis Vine
This vine grows on Brazil Nut Trees and is used in Ayahuasca.
- Plant Type
- Vine
- Where to Find It
- Growing on Brazil Nut Tree trunks.
- What It Gives
- Collect the vine from the tree trunk.
- Food Effects
- Banisteriopsis brew lowers sanity by 10.
- Medicine and Crafting
- One of the main ingredients in Ayahuasca.
- Mode
- Story: Ayahuasca ingredient. Survival: harvestable, with no specific use.
Ficus Leaf
This rare village leaf can be brewed to cure food poisoning.
- Plant Type
- Story item
- Where to Find It
- On the ground around the living quarters at Main Village.
- What It Gives
- Pick up the loose leaf; no Ficus plant drops it.
- Food Effects
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- Medicine and Crafting
- Ficus Leaf Brew cures food poisoning.
- Mode
- Story mode; found at Main Village.
Type
Aquatic Plants
Water Lily
Its flowers provide carbohydrates and cure food poisoning.
- Plant Type
- Aquatic plant
- Where to Find It
- Freshwater pools and waterways.
- What It Gives
- Collect the flowers from water; several may grow together.
- Food Effects
- The flower gives 5 carbohydrates and removes 2 food-poisoning stacks. Its brew gives 10 hydration and removes 5 stacks.
- Medicine and Crafting
- A raw flower or infusion treats food poisoning.
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Edible Plants, Trees and Palms: Carbs, Water and Fat
Food plants cover different needs, so it helps to know what each one gives you. Cassava, bananas and heart of palm are all good sources of carbs. Bananas grow in bunches of two to five, and heart of palm comes from cutting a Young Palm Tree. Cocona, an orange fruit, gives you carbs and water at the same time.
For fat, look to trees and palms. Brazil nuts, which grow on the huge trees in the jungle, are the big fat source. Coconuts add fat too, and so do the Unknown Nuts from raffia palms.
Cooking Plants and Curing Food Poisoning
Some plants make you sick when eaten raw. Cassava causes food poisoning raw, but once it's cooked or boiled, it's safe to eat. Unknown Mushroom 2, the veiled one, does the same raw, but it's fine dried or cooked into soup.
If you do get food poisoning, a water lily flower cures it, and the leaves of Unknown Herb Plant 2 help too.
Medicinal Herbs for Venom and Fever
Medicinal herbs are what you reach for when something goes wrong. Venom from snakes and scorpions drains your health until it's removed, so it needs fast action. Tobacco is the herb to learn first, since it can be bandaged or stewed to pull the venom out. Plantain lily also treats venom when eaten, bandaged or stewed, and Molineria leaves become leaf bandages for wounds.
Fever is a different problem. Sleeping in a bed helps you get through a mild one, a Quassia Amara infusion brings it down, and Unknown Mushroom 7, a red and white mushroom from the caves, brings a fever down. It costs a lot of hydration, though, so keep some water on hand.
Mushrooms for Parasites, Energy and Sanity
Mushrooms grow in different places, from logs and tree roots to caves, so it pays to know where to look. Parasites are one reason to hunt for them. They raise how much food you use up, so you get hungry much faster.
Indigo Blue Leptonia, a blue-white mushroom that grows on the roots of big trees, clears parasites and restores energy. Unknown Mushroom 1, an orange cup that grows on logs, clears a parasite as well. Unknown Mushroom 5 is small and yellow, and it gives a little sanity. Unknown Mushroom 6, a green fungus from caves, is tied to both Story mode and Spirits of Amazonia.
Story Plants: Psychotria and Banisteriopsis
Psychotria and Banisteriopsis are Ayahuasca ingredients in Story mode, so they're worth keeping an eye out for as you explore.
Growing Plants at Camp
Growing plants at camp takes some of the pressure off hunting for wild fruit. Seeds come from fruit you find in the wild, and herbs like tobacco, Molineria and plantain lily grow from a dried flower. Plant them in a planting box or a small planting box and keep them watered.
Which Plants Matter Most
If you only learn a few, start with venom and parasites. Venom drains your health until it's removed, and parasites make you burn through food, so these threats hit the hardest. Tobacco and plantain lily cover venom, while Indigo Blue Leptonia and Unknown Mushroom 1 deal with parasites. After those, cassava and Brazil nuts are the foods worth knowing.
FAQ
How much fat does a Brazil nut give in Green Hell?
Each Brazil nut gives 35 fat, so a few of them make a real difference when you're short on fat.
Is a tobacco bandage better than tobacco stew?
For a wound, yes. A bandage removes the venom and also heals the wound over time, while a stew only removes the venom.
Does any mushroom glow in Green Hell?
Yes, Unknown Mushroom 4. It's yellow and glows at night, so it's easy to spot after dark.
Is it better to stew water lily flowers?
Yes. Eating one cures food poisoning, but stewing it works better.