diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mushroom.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mushroom.dm
index bbd5accf7e4..355e7624b0a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mushroom.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mushroom.dm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 	mouse_opacity = 1
 	speed = 1
 	ventcrawler = 2
+	robust_searching = 1
 	var/powerlevel = 0 //Tracks our general strength level gained from eating other shrooms
 	var/bruised = 0 //If someone tries to cheat the system by attacking a shroom to lower its health, punish them so that it wont award levels to shrooms that eat it
 	var/recovery_cooldown = 0 //So you can't repeatedly revive it during a fight