Minecraft:Cactus

Template:For Template:Infobox block Template:Relevant tutorial A cactus is a Minecraft:plant block found in Minecraft:deserts and Minecraft:badlands. It grows over time and can sprout Minecraft:cactus flowers. It damages Minecraft:mobs and destroys Minecraft:minecarts and dropped items that touch it.

Obtaining

Breaking

A cactus can be mined by hand without taking damage. The Minecraft:tool used to mine the cactus does not affect mining speed.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:Breaking row If a cactus becomes unsupported (e.g., due to a Minecraft:block being placed next to it or its base removed), it breaks and drops as an Minecraft:item.

A cactus also removes and drops itself as an item if a Minecraft:piston tries to push it, or moves a block into its space. Trying to pull it with a sticky piston does nothing.

Using a Minecraft:sign on the side of a cactus causes both the sign and the cactus to drop as items.

Natural generation

Cacti naturally generate in Minecraft:desert and Minecraft:badlands biomes (twice more common in desert than in badlands). They generate as one (Template:Frac chance), two (Template:Frac chance), or three (Template:Frac chance) blocks tall. Rarely taller cacti can be found if generation chooses to generate another on top of one already generated (although not as commonly as Minecraft:sugar cane).

A Minecraft:potted cactus can also be found in an Minecraft:igloo with a basement. Potted cacti and 3 block cactus can also be found in some desert village buildings.

Cacti also have a Template:Frac (22.2%) chance to generate in the entrance chamber of Minecraft:trial chambers.

Mob loot

Minecraft:Endermen can pick up cacti. If an enderman is holding a cactus when it dies, the cactus will be dropped.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 1 cactus for 3 Minecraft:emeralds. Template:Trade sources

Mob loot

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 1 cactus when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Usage

A cactus block can be placed only on Minecraft:sand, Minecraft:red sand, Minecraft:suspicious sand, or another cactus block. A cactus breaks itself (and drops as an item) if any Minecraft:block with the Minecraft:legacy solid property, or Minecraft:lava, occupies any of the 4 horizontally adjacent blocks. It also breaks if on the sand and the block above is Minecraft:water or lava.

When most Minecraft:entities, including Minecraft:players and Minecraft:mobs, touch a cactus while moving, it deals Template:Hp Minecraft:damage every 10 ticks. Damage from touching a cactus is reduced by Minecraft:armor, and touching it also damages the armor. Mobs do not avoid cactus when they pathfind. Notably, Minecraft:armor stands are exempt from this.

A cactus destroys any Minecraft:items that come into contact with it, including other cactus in item form. Minecraft:Falling blocks such as Minecraft:sand and Minecraft:gravel are not destroyed when falling onto cactus; instead, they are transformed into item form (as happens when it falls into any block with a hitbox that has a height less than 1, such as Minecraft:slabs or Minecraft:buttons). The item created in this case is sometimes (though not always) destroyed by the cactus. The conversion to an item applies even when the falling block is a cactus (which is possible with Template:Cmd).

When a Minecraft:minecart hits a cactus block, the minecart drops as an item and is often destroyed, although a Minecraft:hopper can pick it up faster.

A cactus can also be placed in a Minecraft:flower pot, where it is harmless.

A cactus (excluding its spikes) is Template:Frac of a block in width (the same as Minecraft:chests) and a full block in height, however the collision box is Template:Frac of a block high.

Farming

Cacti naturally grow to a height of three blocks, adding a block of height when the top cactus block has received 16 random Minecraft:ticks (i.e. on average every 18 minutes, but the actual rate can vary very widely). Minecraft:Bone meal does not work on cacti to speed their growth.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref> A cactus does not need Minecraft:light to grow and is non-flammable. If a cactus has space directly above it, it grows even if the newly-grown block would immediately break due to adjacent blocks.

A cactus also has a chance to grow a Minecraft:cactus flower at any height. This happens after a cactus block has received exactly 9 random Minecraft:ticks (i.e. earlier than growing another cactus block)Template:Verify. If the cactus is 1 or 2 blocks tall the chance is 10%, at 3 or more blocks tall the chance is 25%. A cactus flower can only grow if there are no blocks in any cardinal direction adjacent to it. A cactus with a cactus flower can no longer grow. When the cactus flower is broken by a player, the cactus may grow taller but can't generate another cactus flower until it has grown at least 1 cactus block.

Smelting ingredient

Cactus provides the highest Minecraft:smelting XP of any farmable block in Java Edition. Template:Smelting Template:Smelting

Breeding

Cacti can be used to breed Minecraft:camels and reduce the remaining growth duration of baby camels by 10%. Camels also follow a player holding a cactus.

Composting

Placing a cactus into a Minecraft:composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Data values

ID

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History

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• Until Minecraft:Beta 1.8, cacti were somewhat larger than other Minecraft:blocks when Minecraft:dropped.
  Until Minecraft:Beta 1.8, cacti were somewhat larger than other Minecraft:blocks when Minecraft:dropped.
• In older versions, Minecraft:endermen could place cacti on any block.
  In older versions, Minecraft:endermen could place cacti on any block.
• A cactus can survive in unusual locations using Template:Cmd). However, this no longer works since Minecraft:1.16.Template:Verify
  A cactus can survive in unusual locations using Template:Cmd). However, this no longer works since Minecraft:1.16.Template:Verify

Trivia

• Cacti can be placed in 1 block deep Minecraft:water, provided they are placed on Minecraft:sand, and they grow if they break the surface.
• Cacti can be placed next to Minecraft:saplings, but the cactus breaks when the Minecraft:tree grows.
• Minecraft:Endermen could move and place cacti. Thus, they can increase the cactus population in Minecraft:deserts by moving cactus blocks as they grow.
• Minecraft:Signs and Minecraft:paintings can be placed on the sides of cacti and behave as non-blocks, making them cause damage even though they are covering cacti.
• It is possible for cacti to generate on blocks other than sand due to terrain generation; refer to the gallery for examples.
• Cactus can be used in the desert to see if the Minecraft:player is in a newly generated area. If most of the cacti around the player is only one block high, then it is most likely new land.
• Dying from touching a cactus displays "[playername] was pricked to death" in the chat messages.
• Minecraft:Blocks can be placed on top of a cactus, including other cactus blocks.
• It is possible to place Minecraft:redstone next to a cactus block without destroying it.
• A 20 block tall cactus can be found on the seed 43931985876593125 at coordinates (-9711824 , ~ , 7726416) and more recently a 22 block tall one on seed 11343195073417814 at coordinates (14955936 , ~ , -3750655) and even a 23 block tall one on the seed 184693195438010998 and coordinates (16274576 ~ 10230656). All these seeds, found by the Minecraft@home research project, work on Java Edition 1.14.4.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Top snow can be placed next to cacti without breaking the cacti, no matter how many top snow layers stack.

Gallery

Screenshots

• Naturally generated cacti.
  Naturally generated cacti.
• Naturally occurring cacti in a badlands biome.
  Naturally occurring cacti in a badlands biome.
• The bottom of a cactus seen with the "floating cactus" bug.
  The bottom of a cactus seen with the "floating cactus" bug.
• Cacti floating in village garden.
  Cacti floating in village garden.
• A natural one block tall cactus.
  A natural one block tall cactus.
• A natural two block tall cactus.
  A natural two block tall cactus.
• A naturally occurring unusual four-block tall cactus.
  A naturally occurring unusual four-block tall cactus.
• A natural five block tall cactus.
  A natural five block tall cactus.
• A naturally occurring rare six-block tall cactus.
  A naturally occurring rare six-block tall cactus.
• A natural eight block tall cactus, extremely rare.
  A natural eight block tall cactus, extremely rare.
• A twelve-block tall cactus, extraordinarily rare.
  A twelve-block tall cactus, extraordinarily rare.
• A natural nineteen-block tall cactus.<ref>Template:Reddit2</ref>
  A natural nineteen-block tall cactus.<ref>Template:Reddit2</ref>
• A natural twenty block tall cactus.<ref>Template:Reddit2</ref>
  A natural twenty block tall cactus.<ref>Template:Reddit2</ref>
• A natural twenty-two block tall cactus, the second tallest known cactus.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
  A natural twenty-two block tall cactus, the second tallest known cactus.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Mojang screenshots

• A village surrounded by cacti.
  A village surrounded by cacti.
• Another five block cactus.
  Another five block cactus.

In other media

• A Minecraft:LEGO Cactus Knight minifigure.
  A Minecraft:LEGO Cactus Knight minifigure.
• Unique cacti in Minecraft:15 Year Journey
  Unique cacti in Minecraft:15 Year Journey
• A cactus ball as it appears in Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event
  A cactus ball as it appears in Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event
• Cacti as it appears in Minecraft:Ghast in the Machine!
  Cacti as it appears in Minecraft:Ghast in the Machine!

External links

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