Potato cactus

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Potato cactus
Release	7 September 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 303 Sacrifice: 1,212
Weight	0.5 kg
Examine
How am I supposed to eat that? Used in Herblore(76), Summoning(25).
Grand Exchange
Exchange	2,021 coins (info)
Buy limit	10,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	3138
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A potato cactus is a cactus fruit harvested from a potato cactus planted in a cactus patch, requiring level 86 Farming. Three potato cacti can be harvested from a cactus patch at a time.

Potato cacti are required for making super magic potions and spirit kalphite pouches.

Farmers will watch over a planted potato cactus for 10 watermelons (8 with master farmer set bonus).

Farmers will watch over a planted dragonfruit seed in exchange for eight potato cacti.

Ironmen:
Needed to obtain a death talisman from Thorgel. The alternative is receiving the talisman as a drop from dark beasts requiring 90 Slayer

Farming

Potato cacti can be harvested from potato cacti grown within a cactus patch. A fully grown potato cactus can grow up to three potato cacti at a time. Each potato cactus, when picked, gives 92 Farming experience. Once all three potato cacti have been picked, the cactus will slowly produce more potato cacti. However, the potato cacti may be picked individually provided that at least one appears on the bush.

The yield of potato cacti increases from 3 to 6 with the completion of the hard Desert achievements

Patch locations

Patch	Location	Amount	Requirements
Cactus patch	Al Kharid	1	None
Cactus patch	Imperial District of Menaphos	1	Partial completion of The Jack of Spades
Cactus patch	Northern Anachronia	1	None

Products

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Spirit kalphite pouch (pouch creation)	25	51 × Spirit shards 1 × Pouch 1 × Blue charm 1 × Potato cactus	3,523
Super magic potion (3)	76	1 × Lantadyme potion (unf) 1 × Potato cactus	8,094

Drop sources

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Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Ancient warrior	103	1 (noted)	Rare
Blood reaver	108; 124	1 (noted)	Common
Cadarn magus	122	4 (noted)	769/6641
Camel Warrior	132	5–15 (noted)	Common
Corrupted scarab	101	3 (noted)	Uncommon
Crystal Shapeshifter	112	4 (noted)	8/128
Desert strykewyrm	103	3; 5–18 (noted)	Common
Dung kalphite	N/A	1	Rare	N/A
Exiled Kalphite Queen	356	10–15 (noted)	Uncommon
Exiled kalphite worker	75	1	Uncommon
Fungal mage	81	8 (noted)	Common
Infested axe	105	1 (noted)	Uncommon
Kalphite Guardian	72	2; 4 (noted)	Uncommon
Kalphite Queen	333	10–15 (noted)	Common
Kalphite Soldier	65	1–2 (noted)	Uncommon
Kalphite Worker	58	1 (noted)	Uncommon
Menaphite gift offering (large)	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Menaphite gift offering (medium)	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Menaphite gift offering (small)	N/A	1	133/1469	N/A
Scarab akh	122	6 (noted)	Common
Soul Wars/Rewards	N/A	18–19 (noted)	Unknown	N/A
Spirit impling jar	N/A	1	Unknown	N/A
Spirit impling	54	1	Unknown	N/A
Vinecrawler	140	5–9 (noted)	Common
Winter Weekends (2012)	N/A	2 (noted)	Common	N/A

Locations

Respawns

Location	Amount	Requirements	Additional notes
Kalphite Hive - First Level	3 potato cacti	None	These spawn in the south-west room where the Kalphite Soldiers are found.
Kalphite Hive - Second Level	7 potato cacti	None	These spawn on the west wall next to the Kalphite Queen.
Kalphite Hive - Third Level	3 potato cacti	None	These spawn in each of the corners of the room. This part of the Kalphite Hive is accessible only after the Do No Evil quest by climbing down a hole in the second level next to the Kalphite Queen, or by taking a hidden entrance south of the desert entrance.

Other

Source	Requirements	Members	Additional notes
Box of summoning ingredients	None		Members may receive potato cacti from opening a box of summoning ingredients, a possible reward from the Familiarisation Distraction and Diversion.

Event	Requirements	Members	Reset time/minimum wait period	Reward/profit
20 noted potato cacti from the Weird Old Man	Completion of all medium Desert achievements		24 hours, resets at 00:00 UTC	20 potato cacti (worth 40,420) (all noted).
30 noted potato cacti from the Weird Old Man	Completion of all hard Desert achievements		24 hours, resets at 00:00 UTC	30 potato cacti (worth 60,630) (all noted).
40 noted potato cacti from the Weird Old Man	Completion of all elite Desert achievements		24 hours, resets at 00:00 UTC	40 potato cacti (worth 80,840) (all noted).

Money making

Claiming potato cacti from the Weird Old Man

Profit	Skill requirements	Other requirements	Experience
80,840	None	A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen recommended Completed the elite Desert Tasks	None

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Food and herbs
Disassembly XP	2.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  0.8% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 0.8% 1 34 0.8 2 49 0.8 3 64 0.8 4 69 0.8 5 78 0.8 6 83 0.8 7 91 0.7 8 95 0.7 9 105 0.7
Possible materials
Often
Organic parts	89/100
Sometimes
Crafted parts	8/100
Rarely
Living components	1/100
Healthy components	1/100
Enhancing components	1/100

Gallery

Trivia

• The potato cacti's appearances resemble those of the brittle pricklypears (Opuntia fragilis) found in dry western regions of North America.

Update history

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• patch 9 April 2018 (Update):
  • Harvesting Potato Cactus should now correctly add to farming urns
• patch 15 January 2018 (Update):
  • The Farming skill cape perk now gives the correct amount of potato cactus.

• update 7 September 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.