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Cactus

16Block states
1Properties
YesItem form

The cactus is a block that grows through several stages. When it is broken, it drops itself as an item that can be collected.

Players use the cactus as an ingredient in one crafting recipe. Because it drops itself, harvesting a grown cactus is the way to get more of it.

Contents (5)
  1. Data values
  2. Block states
  3. Natural generation
  4. History
  5. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:cactus
Numeric default state ID8599
Block states16
State properties1
Item formYes

Block states

1 property combine into 16 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
age00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Growth stage.

Natural generation

Biomes whose own feature list places this block, followed from worldgen/biome through placed_feature to feature. Blocks that the terrain itself is made of (stone, dirt, deepslate) come from the surface rules instead and are not listed here.

Placed by the worldgen feature cactus.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also