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Cactus

Blocks

Cactus — block.

Obtaining

A cactus naturally generates in desert and badlands terrain. Natural patches are one to three blocks tall, and cactus can also appear in desert village structures and loot. Breaking the block gives a cactus item.

Loot tableCactusDetailed drops are not published yet.
Data: Obtaining
Natural biomesDesert, badlands
Natural height1–3 blocks
DropCactus

Breaking

Cactus has no special tool requirement. Its block properties use a 0.4 strength, destroy push reaction and the cactus damage source affects entities that occupy the block.

Data: Breaking
Hardness0.4
Blast resistance0.4
Correct toolNone
Push reactionDestroy
Damage source`minecraft:cactus`

Natural generation

Cactus can be supported by sand-family blocks and grows without light. It requires open space on its sides; a solid neighbor or lava causes the plant to lose support and break.

Data: Natural generation
SupportSand-family block or another cactus
Light requirementNone
Side clearanceSolid blocks and lava are not allowed

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

Contact with a cactus deals 1 damage to most entities every tick and can destroy dropped items. Cactus also breaks minecarts that touch it. It can be smelted into green dye and placed in a flower pot as a harmless decorative plant.

Data: Usage
ShapeFull cube
RenderingIsometric preview
Contact damage1 per tick
Smelting resultGreen dye
Smelting experience1 XP

Sounds

The cactus block uses the wool sound family, while the flower has its own cactus-flower sound family.

Data: Sounds
Cactus sound family`block.wool.*`
Flower sound family`block.cactus_flower.*`

Behavior

The plant advances its age from 0 to 15 through random ticks. At age 15 it can grow another cactus block until the column reaches three blocks. At age 8 it can instead grow a cactus flower: the chance is 10% for a short cactus and 25% for a column at least three blocks tall.

Data: Behavior
Stack size64
Solid blockYes
Map colorplant
State count1
Age property0–15
Maximum column height3 blocks
Flower chance10% or 25%

Data values

Data: Data values
Identifierminecraft:cactus
VersionMinecraft 26.2
Blockstateassets/minecraft/blockstates/cactus.json
Loot tableCactusLoot table
Block IDCactuscactus
State propertyage: 0–15
Shape width14/16 of a block
Collision height15/16 of a block
Hardness0.4
EditionJava
Public version26.2

History

Cactus has always been a desert plant and damage source. Modern versions added cactus flowers while keeping the compact farming cycle and three-block natural growth limit.

  1. 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Cactus block image — Cactus
Cactus · Local Minecraft asset
Cactus block image — Side texture
Side texture · Local Minecraft asset
Cactus block image — Top texture
Top texture · Local Minecraft asset
Cactus block image — Potted cactus
Potted cactus · Local Minecraft asset
Cactus flower model
Cactus flower · Local Minecraft asset

References

The growth, collision, support, damage and flower chance details come from the local Java block implementations, block properties, placement feature and support tags.

Data: References
SourceValidated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest6f56ff901b85024720367551e3aec49716d24c85496a0314e389af274919c98a
Cactus implementation`net/minecraft/world/level/block/CactusBlock.java`
Flower implementation`net/minecraft/world/level/block/CactusFlowerBlock.java`
Block properties`net/minecraft/world/level/block/Blocks.java`
Cactus feature`data/minecraft/worldgen/configured_feature/cactus.json`
Placement`data/minecraft/worldgen/placed_feature/patch_cactus.json`
Support tags`data/minecraft/tags/block/supports_cactus.json`

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Data and provenance

minecraft:cactus

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Data source6f56ff901b85024720367551e3aec49716d24c85496a0314e389af274919c98a

Provenance and publication

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Snapshot
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Source set
918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier
minecraft:cactus
Digest
6f56ff901b85024720367551e3aec49716d24c85496a0314e389af274919c98a
Missing locales
ru, en