Cactus

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
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. 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 are not planted and will only grow under the following conditions overtime:


 * 1) There needs to be at least one layer of sand below it.
 * 2) The cactus requires one space of open ground to either side. A raised tile will block growth, but a lower tile will not.
 * 3) The sand it grows on needs to be above zero depth.
 * 4) They only grow at least 378 blocks away from the edges of the world, i.e. not in the zone where the Ocean biome can be generated.

Cactus item
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.

Tips

 * The most effective way of selling Cactus is to make 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, 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.

History
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