A cactus is a plant block that generates naturally in dry areas and causes damage. Show Obtaining[]Breaking[]A cactus can be mined by hand without taking damage. The tool used to mine the cactus does not affect mining speed.
When the spot a cactus is placed in becomes unsuitable, such as when a solid block is placed next to it or its supporting block is removed, the cactus block uproots and drops as an item. A cactus also removes and drops itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space. Using a sign on the side of a cactus causes both the sign and the cactus to drop as items. Natural generation[]Cacti naturally occur in desert and badlands biomes (twice more common in desert than in badlands). They generate as one (11⁄18 chance), two (5⁄18 chance), or three (2⁄18 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 sugar cane). A potted cactus can also be found in an igloo with a basement. Potted cacti and 3 block cactus can also be found in some desert village buildings. Chest loot[]
Trading[]Wandering traders can sell a cactus for three emeralds. Usage[]A cactus block may be placed only on sand, red sand or another cactus block. A cactus breaks itself (and drops as an item) if any block with a solid material, or lava, occupies any of the 4 horizontally adjacent blocks. It also breaks if on the sand and the block above is water or lava. When any entity, including players and mobs, touches a cactus, 1 damage is taken every 0.5 seconds. Damage from touching a cactus is reduced by armor, but touching it also damages the armor. Mobs do not avoid cacti when they pathfind. A cactus destroys any item that come into contact with it, including other cactus in item form. Falling blocks such as
sand and 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 slabs). The item created in this case will
sometimes (though not always) be destroyed by the cactus. The conversion to an item applies even when the falling block is a cactus (which is possible with When a minecart hits a cactus block, the minecart drops as an item and is often destroyed, although a hopper can pick it up faster. A cactus can also be placed in a flower pot, where it is rendered harmless. A cactus (excluding its spikes) is 7⁄8 of a block in width (the same as chests) and a full block in height, however the collision box is 15⁄16 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 ticks (i.e. on average every 18 minutes, but the actual rate can vary widely). Bone meal does not work on cacti to speed their growth.[1] A cactus does not need 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. Smelting ingredient[]
Breeding[]Cacti can be used to breed camels and reduce the remaining growth duration of baby camels by 10%. Camels also follow a player holding a cactus.[upcoming: JE 1.20 & BE 1.20] Composting[]Placing a cactus into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1. Sounds[]Java Edition:
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Can u grow cactus in Minecraft?Minecraft Cactus Farming. Cactus is one of the farmable items that can grow potentially infinitely. While cactus will only grow up to 3 blocks tall, you can grow an entire cactus farm out of one block of cactus. This common desert plant can be used for dyes, mob grinders, and or even planted in a flower pot.
How do you get cactus seeds in Minecraft?Cactus seeds are an item that can be obtained by sifting sand, and when used (right-click) on sand or a cactus, places a cactus block on top of the selected block.
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