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
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 60 Sacrifice: 240
Weight	0 kg
Examine
A prickly pear seed - plant in a cactus patch. Harvesting this plant will grant experience in Defence.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	401 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	28259
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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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

Prickly pear seed
Farming level	76
Patch	Cactus
Payment	15 jangerberries
Time	560 minutes (7x80 minutes)
Seeds per	1 seed
Experience
Planting	170
Checking	2,250
Harvesting	50
Stages
Seed	Prickly pear seed
Plant	Prickly pear cactus
Produce
Crop	Defence experience
Chance to save	? (edit)

Growth stages

Healthy prickly pear cactus
Stage	Description	Image
1	A prickly pear seed has been planted in this patch.
2	The prickly pear cactus grows larger.
3	The prickly pear cactus grows larger.
4	The prickly pear cactus grows larger and a bud appears at the top.
5	A second bud appears, and the first bud grows into a branch.
6	The prickly pear cactus grows larger.
7	The prickly pear cactus grows larger.
8	The prickly pear cactus is fully grown. Harvesting this plant will grant experience in Defence.
9	{{{stage9}}}	N/A
10	{{{stage10}}}	N/A
11	{{{stage11}}}	N/A
12	{{{stage12}}}	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 (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Amphibious jadinko	77; 87	1	21/2046
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	45/3402
Diseased jadinko	78; 88	1	2/15461
Draconic jadinko	80; 90	1	101/6343
Elf		1	Uncommon
Gnome child		1	Rare
Gnome woman		1	Rare
Gnome		1	Rare
Guthix jadinko	81	1	21/1064
Igneous jadinko	74; 84	1	100/6793
Saradomin jadinko	81	1	42/2616
Trader		1	Common
Zamorak jadinko	81	1	13/1010

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For help, see the FAQ.

† 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.