Cactus

Cactus

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Statistics

Rarity	00*

Cactus refers to a Desert plant, as well as the item which drops from that plant when it is harvested. Skip to the plant or to the item below.

Cactus plant

Cactus plant Statistics Placeable ✔️ Rarity 00* Internal Tile ID: 80

Cacti growing on Sand, Ebonsand, Pearlsand, and Crimsand.

Pink Prickly Pear atop a Corrupted cactus.

The cactus plant grows in Desert biomes on all types of Sand. Cactus plants can be harvested using an axe or chainsaw, which causes Cactus items to drop. Mining or hammering a Sand Block beneath a cactus plant will destroy the entire plant and yield all possible Cactus items. 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. Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow cacti will all drop the same Cactus items when harvested.

Cacti will sometimes grow Pink Prickly Pears on their tops.

Conditions

Cactus plants cannot be planted and will only grow on a target Sand Block under the following conditions:

1. The target Sand Block is above 0 ft and is not actuated or sloped in any way.
2. The target block is more than 378 tiles away from the lateral edges of the world, i.e. not in the zone where the Ocean biome is usually located.
3. The tiles above and to both sides of the target Sand Block (only the directly adjacent ones) are open space.
4. The tile above the target block is not filled with any liquid.
5. There are less 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.

Cacti that are spawned after world generation will first always consist of a single stub and slowly extend over time.

Cactus item

Cactus

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Statistics

Type	BlockCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	2
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 276
• Internal Tile ID: 188

Cactus is a crafting material obtained by harvesting Cactus plants, in the same manner as trees. It can also be harvested by mining or hammering a Sand Block below the base of the cactus. In addition to crafting, Cactus can be used as a building material.

Crafting

It takes 258 Cactus to craft all items.

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Cactus	Cactus Platform2	By Hand
	Pumpkin	Shimmer Transmutation
	Cactus Wall4	Work Bench
only: Cactus	Cactus Platform2

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Cactus Platform 2	Cactus	By Hand
Cactus Work Bench	Cactus10
Rolling Cactus	Cactus6	Heavy Work Bench and Ecto Mist
only: Cactus Chandelier	Cactus4 Torch4 Chain	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Swiftness Potion	Bottled Water Blinkroot Cactus	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table
only: Thorns Potion	Bottled Water Deathweed Cactus Worm Tooth Stinger
only: Thorns Potion	Bottled Water Deathweed Cactus
only: Cactus Bathtub	Cactus14	Sawmill
only: Cactus Bed	Cactus15 Silk5
only: Cactus Bookcase	Cactus20 Book10
only: Cactus Clock	Any Iron Bar3 Glass6 Cactus10
only: Cactus Dresser	Cactus16
only: Cactus Piano	Bone4 Cactus15 Book
Cactus Sofa	Cactus5 Silk2
Cactus Toilet	Cactus6
Pumpkin	Cactus	Shimmer Transmutation
only: Cactus Bathtub	Cactus14	Work Bench
only: Cactus Bed	Cactus15 Silk5
only: Cactus Bookcase	Cactus20 Book10
Cactus Breastplate	Cactus30
Cactus Candelabra	Cactus5 Torch3
Cactus Candle	Cactus4 Torch
Cactus Chair	Cactus4
only: Cactus Chandelier	Cactus4 Torch4 Chain
Cactus Chest	Cactus8 Any Iron Bar2
only: Cactus Clock	Any Iron Bar3 Glass6 Cactus10
Cactus Door	Cactus6
only: Cactus Dresser	Cactus16
Cactus Helmet	Cactus20
Cactus Lamp	Torch Cactus3
Cactus Lantern	Cactus6 Torch
Cactus Leggings	Cactus25
only: Cactus Piano	Bone4 Cactus15 Book
Cactus Pickaxe	Cactus15
only: Cactus Platform 2	Cactus
Cactus Sink	Cactus6 Water Bucket
Cactus Sword	Cactus10
Cactus Table	Cactus8
Cactus Wall 4	Cactus

Tips

• The most effective way of selling Cactus is to craft it into Cactus Swords.
• 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.
• 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.

Trivia

• The Terraria cactus is designed after the saguaro, a cactus species found in North America noted for its "arms" and exceptional overall size.
• Neither the plant nor the placed item deal contact damage to any entity, although it used to before 1.1.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added Cactus Sink.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Added Cactus Table and Platform.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Added Cactus Chest, Clock, Dresser, Piano, and Sofa.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Added more cactus variations.
  • Added Cactus Bathtub, Bed, Bookcase, Candle, Candelabra, Chandelier, Lamp, and Lantern.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Added Cactus armor, Pickaxe, Sword, Wall, Work Bench, Chair, and Door.
  • New Pink Prickly Pears will grow on the top of cacti.
  • Can now be placed and used as a building material.
  • Stack limit was increased from 250 to 999.

• Desktop 1.1: No longer damages players (used to cause 10 damage).

• Desktop 1.0.6: No longer causes knockback when damaging players and no longer destroys blocks above when growing.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced with recipes for Swiftness and Thorns Potion.