Prickly pear seed

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Prickly pear seed
Release																				20 May 2013 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				A prickly pear seed - plant in a cactus patch. Harvesting this plant will grant experience in Defence.
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 248 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				248 coins (info)
Buy limit																				1,000
Volume																				106,397
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Advanced data
Item ID																				28259
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A prickly pear seed is a Farming seed from which prickly pears can be grown by players with level 76 Farming. It is planted in a cactus patch. Harvesting prickly pears gives Defence experience instead of a crop item.

It can be protected by paying a farmer 15 jangerberries, although this is unnecessary for the Al Kharid patch if the player has completed the hard Desert achievements.

The seed can be found by pickpocketing from gnomes at level 75 Thieving, from elves at level 85 Thieving, or from dwarf traders at level 90 Thieving. They can also be gained through hunting in the Herblore Habitat or purchased for 3,000 points per seed at Vinesweeper.

Farming

Requirements				Growth
Farming level		Patch		Growing		Grown
76		Cactus patch		Prickly pear cactus		Prickly pear cactus
Seed
Item		Seed per plant		Price per seed		Price per plant
	Prickly pear seed	1		248		248
Farming experience
Pot		Plant		Check		Harvest
N/A		170 XP		2,250 XP		50 XP per action
Protection of disease (any of the following options)
Item				Price/Requirement
	15 × Jangerberries			10,995
	Desert amulet 3			Hard Desert achievements
Growth time
Cycles		Cycle length		Total time		Regrowth per item
7		80 minutes		9 hours 20 minutes
Max harvest actions		Yield per harvest		Growth potion		Rapid Growth
1		1		Leafy
Produce
Item		Quantity		Price		Total
Defence experience		Varies		N/A		N/A

Growth stages

Stage	Healthy	Diseased	Dead
1		N/A	N/A
2
3
4
5
6
7
8		N/A	N/A

Defence Experience table

The amount of Defence experience received on harvesting the plant appears to be dependent on both the Defence level and the Farming level of the player when harvesting. It also appears to be possible to only successfully eat some of the three fruits on the plant, which would give only a proportion (i.e. 1/3 or 2/3) of the possible experience.

The table below gives an indication of the Defence experience gained at different Defence levels. For the cases where there are three numbers (or sets of numbers), the first number is the amount of experience gained for eating one fruit, the second for eating two fruits, and the third for eating three fruits.

Defence level	Experience received
53	7,416
54	7,593
55	7,758
56	7,988
57	8,161.5?
58	8,335.5?
59	8,512 - 8,514?
60	8,695.5?
61	8,879-8,885
62	9,072-9,075
63	9,266-9,268
64	9,463-9,473
72	11,572
78	12,340-12,586
79	12,578
80	13,085
82	14,690
83	13,608
85	4,726
86	4,807; 9,612 - 9,613; 14,420
87	14,341
89	14,884-14,910
90	5,157; 10,317; 15,199-15,471
91	5,252; 10,503-10,506; 15,513
92	5,347; 10,695; 16,038-16,233
93	16,093.5-16,523
94	11,128; 16,641-16,723
95	5,671-5672; 11,345-11,359; 16,674-17,187
96	5,783-5,790; 11569-11581; 17341-17489
97	5,887-5,892; 11,776-11,784; 17,662-17,867
98	5,991; 11,985
99	6,092-6,101; 12,196-12,204; 18,276-18,624

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Amphibious jadinko	77; 87	1	~26/2129
Aquatic jadinko	76; 86	1	~21/2221
Camouflaged jadinko	79; 89	1	~18/1805
Cannibal jadinko	75; 85	1	~14/1312
Carrion jadinko	78; 88	1	~107/6360
Common jadinko	70; 80	1	~45/3480
Diseased jadinko	78; 88	1	~4/15761
Draconic jadinko	80; 90	1	~101/6343
Elf	85	1	Uncommon
Gnome child	75	1	Rare
Gnome woman	75	1	Rare
Gnome		1	Rare
Guthix jadinko	81	1	~21/1064
Igneous jadinko	74; 84	1	~104/7034
Saradomin jadinko	81	1	~42/2616
Trader	90	1	Common
Zamorak jadinko	81	1	~13/1010

Store locations

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Prickly pear seed. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Mrs Winkin's World of Seeds	Winkin Farm	3,000	Vinesweeper points	∞
Lord Marshal Brogan's reward shop †	Mobilising Armies	15,000	Reward credits	∞

Disassembly

Prickly pear seed
Disassembly category	Seeds
Disassembly XP	2.2
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  3.8% 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 3.8% 1 34 3.8 2 49 3.7 3 64 3.7 4 69 3.6 5 78 3.5 6 83 3.4 7 91 3.3 8 95 3.2 9 105 3.1
Common materials
Organic parts	99/100
Rare materials
Living components	1/100

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 31 March 2014 (Update):
  • Non-farming XP rewards from harvesting sunchoke, fly trap, barberry bush and prickly pear plants will now be more predictable.

• update 20 May 2013 (Update):
  • Added to game.