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Cactus
Grow a Garden · Crops · Rarity: Mythical
About Cactus
The Cactus is a non-exclusive mythical crop obtainable in the Seed Shop . The Cactus is classified as a Prickly and Safari type crop, meaning it will be affected by items targeted at that specific crop type.
How Cactus compares
Figures below are calculated from Cactus's own stats and compared against the Mythical crops on this site. They update whenever the underlying data does.
- Return per harvest
- 0.23×
- Yield per minute of growth
- ¢58.62
- Sell-price rank
- #74 of 82 Mythical crops
- vs. cohort median
- 0.05× median
sells for ¢3.4K, seed costs ¢15K — below break-even
over a 58-minute grow time
median is ¢67.08K
Cactus — In-Depth Analysis
The Cactus is a non-exclusive Mythical crop stocked in the Seed Shop, which makes it one of the more accessible high-tier earners. Mythical ranks well above commons and rares, so its base sell value is strong, and because it is permanently purchasable you can build a repeatable rotation around it instead of hoarding a single fruit. That reliability is exactly what makes it a dependable mid-to-late income source rather than a gamble.
What sets the Cactus apart is its dual Prickly and Safari typing. Most crops belong to one type, but the Cactus answers to two booster categories at once, so any pet or item targeting either Prickly or Safari crops will buff it. That doubles your chances of finding a synergy that already fits your garden and lets you layer type bonuses other crops simply cannot access.
For profit, pair that typing advantage with Gold or Rainbow plus a weather mutation to push a Mythical base toward premium sale prices. In progression, the Cactus is a smart pickup once you can comfortably afford Mythical seeds: it scales with volume, rewards Prickly/Safari-focused setups, and keeps paying out long after event crops vanish.