Rolling Cactus



The Rolling Cactus is a placeable object that behaves similarly to the Boulder. It is stationary when placed, and begins to move when hit by projectiles, pickaxes, or drills, or when the blocks under it are mined or hammered. Its roll direction is determined by whether its horizontal position in the world is an odd or even number, regardless of the slope of the surface it is on (unless it is blocked on one side by blocks, in which case it rolls in the other direction).

When both blocks under a Rolling Cactus are removed or hammered into a half-block, it will drop vertically until it hits a surface, then bounce and roll.

A Rolling Cactus projectile pierces an unlimited number of entities. When a Rolling Cactus that has already started rolling falls onto a lower surface, it maintains its forward momentum while bouncing back up, releasing 2–4 Rolling Cactus Spikes that travel in random directions. Hitting a vertical obstacle also releases Spikes, but destroys the Rolling Cactus. A Rolling Cactus' movement is affected by liquids, and it can roll uphill.

A stationary Rolling Cactus deals 21–29 damage when a player touches it. A Rolling Cactus projectile deals 76–104 / /  damage to players (38–52 damage to NPCs, enemies, and critters) and deals a knockback of 10  on contact. Each Rolling Cactus Spike deals 51–69 / /  damage to players (26–34 damage to NPCs, enemies, and critters), deals a knockback of 2, pierces entities, and breaks on contact with blocks.

Trivia

 * The tooltip is a reference to the opening lyrics of the song by American rapper, "They see me rollin', they hatin'..."
 * Once the Rolling Cactus has reached top speed, it completes a full rotation approximately once every quarter of a second.