Cactus

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Three types of cactus generate, in areas warmer than default temperate zones. Saguaro is a source of fruit nutrition .

Worldgen conditions

Variant	Minimum annual average temperature	Minimum rain	Maximum rain	Minimum forestation	Maximum forestation
Saguaro	22	0	0.25	0	1
Barrel	20	0	0.25	0	1
Silver torch	20	0	0.29	0	1

Saguaro cactus

Saguaro is the most common cactus, usually standing alone. Patches of 3-9 cacti in a cluster are relatively rare: alone chance 0.4, patch chance 0.1.

You can break a saguaro segment by hand, or faster with tools that grant a speed bonus against plants. However, you will not obtain the cactus block segments. A chisel has no effect on making a saguaro obtainable. Breaking the bottom segment will cause all other segments to break and disappear. Any ripe fruits will fall to the ground.

Harvesting

Only the top segments of saguaro cacti produce fruit. If orange-colored fruits are visible, hold rightclick with a tool or empty hand to harvest them. Alternatively, you can break a block that the Block Info Overlay identifies as "saguaro cactus tip with fruits" Either way, you obtain 1-3 saguaro fruits. The quantity harvested from a saguaro is affected by class traits that modify "foraging." If you break a "saguaro cactus with flowers" you receive no fruit.

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  Inedible

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  Not yet harvestable

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  Harvestable

Cultivation

Saguaro are apparently intended to be cultivable; comments in the code say:

       // - Grows up to 3 blocks tall
       // - Each broken segment can be planted (but not placed on top of)
       // - Slowly regrows
       // - Rarely a flower on the 4th block

Barrel cactus

Barrel cactus usually generates in patches of 4-12 cacti in a cluster. Single barrel cactus are relatively rare: alone chance 0.015, patch chance 0.0375.

Barrel cactus
Material	Plant
Stackable	64
Drops	itself
Blocks

You can break a barrel cactus by hand, or faster with tools that grant a speed bonus against plants.

There is currently no use other than decorative. Touching a barrel cactus causes no damage, and it cannot be eaten.

Silver torch cactus

Silver torch cactus generates on mountains. Starting at Y 0.2 it generates alone, and starting at Y 0.25 it sometimes in patches of 6-18 cacti in a cluster: alone chance 0.3, patch chance 0.3.

Silver cactus
Material	Glass
Stackable	64
Drops	itself
Blocks

You can break a silver cactus by hand. Its material type is glass.

Colliding with a silver cactus causes 0.18 piercing damage to the player.

It cannot be eaten.

Notes

It's unclear whether flowers become ripe fruit, and whether flowers can reform after fruit is harvested.

See also

• Foraging for food