

Neither the plant nor the placed item deal contact damage to any entity, although it used to before 1.1.The Cactus plant is designed after the saguaro, a cactus species found in North America noted for its "arms" and exceptional overall size.The naturally occurring cactus plant will begin to break at random intervals when submerged in liquid.Because of the -1 range attribute on the Copper Pickaxe, the Cactus Pickaxe becomes a viable early-game alternative since it does not have this drawback and, due to the availability of cacti, is also quick and easy to obtain.Moreover, new plants will continue to appear among saved ones thus increasing farm's "production power" over time. This can be very helpful when farming cactus. Unlike trees, new cacti appear not fully grown but as 1-block plants, and chopping a cactus not entirely but leaving a "stump" above the ground will let the plant regrow from it.Because of how easy it is to get massive amounts of Cacti, crafting Cactus Swords until obtaining one with the Legendary modifier is easy, lucrative, and very useful in the early game.The most effective way of selling Cactus is to craft it into Cactus Swords.There are fewer than 4 Cactus tiles and more than 10 Sand Blocks (or Ebon-, Crim-, or Pearlsand Blocks all variants are added together) within a 13×5-tile rectangle centered on the tile above the target Sand Block.Ĭacti that are spawned after world generation will first always consist of a single stub and slowly extend over time.

The tile above the target block is not filled with any liquid.The tiles above and to both sides of the target Sand Block (only the directly adjacent ones) are open space.not in the zone where the Ocean biome is usually located. The target block is more than 378 tiles away from the lateral edges of the world, i.e.The target Sand Block is above 0 ft and is not actuated or sloped in any way.Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow cacti will all drop the same Cactus items when harvested.Ĭacti will sometimes grow Pink Prickly Pears on their tops.Ĭactus plants cannot be planted and will only grow on a target Sand Block under the following conditions: Putting a sand block up to one of the stems, right under it, and then cutting the main cactus body, will make the branch a new cactus. On the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, mining or hammering the Sand Block the cactus plant grows on will harvest the cactus, while on the Desktop version, Console version, and Mobile version the Sand Block the cactus plant grows on is unbreakable and not affected by gravity. Cactus plants can be harvested using an axe or chainsaw, which causes Cactus items to drop. The cactus plant grows in Desert biomes on all types of Sand. Pink Prickly Pear atop a Corrupted cactus prior 1.4.
