Cactus farming is the systematic planting and subsequent harvesting of cacti. Cactus farms are useful for acquiring green dye by smelting the cactus blocks or for storing experience in a furnace due to its high XP output when smelted, though it does not produce nearly as much XP when smelted in Bedrock Edition. Efficient, productive, and interesting farm configurations can be achieved with the creative placement of water source blocks and sand. Show Manual designs[]Manual cactus farms can be a great start to farming cactus. Manual designs are generally cheaper, easier to build, and more lag efficient than automatic designs. However, manual farms are also less efficient and much slower than automatic designs. If you do not need a large amount of cacti, manual farms should be enough. Cactus rows[]This design is probably the simplest next to looting a desert biome. To build it, simply place cactus in rows 1 space apart from each other. It may be desirable to space rows 2 blocks apart to make harvesting easier without getting pricked. If you are not careful, there may be some loss from the cactus being destroyed. Diagonal rows[]This method of cactus farming allows for the player to harvest cacti without taking damage. It uses a platform and a water canal to collect the cacti. Wait for the cactus to grow and break the upper block while standing on the pedestal. It is not the most efficient nor compact design, but it could do for smaller farms. It has about a 15% loss rate.
Piston harvester[]Generally speaking, the use of pistons in a cactus farm is a very laggy and noncompact way of harvesting. However, in a manual design, the use of pistons can be beneficial as they allow the cactus to be more tightly packed and make it easier to harvest without being damaged. Additionally, since all the cactus are broken at once, there is less for broken cactus to be destroyed. The schematic shows an efficient way of building a farm like this. The redstone and pistons should be built 1 block beneath the sand. Cacti should be placed on every sand block. A block will need to be placed on the pistons or they will not push up high enough to break the cacti. If you are lacking in slime, gravel or another falling block can be used instead of sticky pistons. Notice how each cactus is only next to 1 piston and each piston except on the edges is next to 4 cacti. When building, make sure it is same if you want to use the least pistons. The first time you build this, it may be helpful to place the sand and pistons first. You could do this on a level surface, digging an extra block lower for each piston. When you are satisfied that the placement of the pistons is correct, remove the sand and ground where the redstone goes. Automatic designs[]Automatic cactus farms work on the principle that if there is space available above a cactus, but there is a block next to where the new cactus block will be, then the cactus will grow and immediately break off. This principle can be used to create massive yet lag efficient designs. Note that any adjacent block will break a cactus, not just a full block. Efficient design[]The design of a cactus farm is critical to its efficiency. These points can help you to design farms with greater yields than you could otherwise obtain.
Advanced designs[]Additional complexity permits more compact (higher yield per space) designs.
Standard automatic[]Another common design A common design, replace the vines with string A standard cacti farm usually looks something like this. Designs like these are not very efficient, however, when built on a large scale, they can produce thousands of cacti per hour. Usually water streams are placed at the bottom to wash the cacti into hoppers. Xisumavoid design[]
The basis of the modified Xisumavoid design This design uses efficient design principles to get higher output per block. Note that the iron bar in the schematic could be replaced with a fence post or glass pane. To construct this design, first create a large square out of slabs. Next, place sand blocks every other block. Finally, place in water streams so that all the cacti flow into hoppers. Repeat this process above the bottom to stack the farm. As there are no pictures, it will probably be helpful to see the design in the video. "Modified Xisumavoid design" Video[]
How do you make cactus grow faster in Minecraft?The only way to make cactus grow faster in Minecraft is a zero tick farm. Basically, you shuffle the block under the cactus super fast and the cactus grows ridiculously fast. The amount of cactus you can get is up to 2000 an hour.
Does cactus grow faster on sand Minecraft?Red sand makes cactus grow a bit faster, and podzol around farms will make the crops grow faster.
How do you grow cactus in Minecraft PE?One of the simplest ways to grow cacti in Minecraft is to place the plants in rows on sand. Separate the cactus blocks one block apart, giving them room to grow and harvest.
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