- Minecraft Snapshot 25W06A brings a new addition to the flora collection, known as the Cactus flower.
- The Cactus flowers grow on top of the Cactuses found in the Desert and Badlands biomes.
- These flowers can be used to get pink dyes, lure and breed bees, and get bone meal by using them up in the composter.
The latest Minecraft Snapshot brings in new additions to expand the game’s flora collection. Followed by Eyeblossoms and Wildflowers, Mojang has come up with new pink-colored Cactus flowers this time. Not only will you find them in specific biomes, but they grow under some specific conditions as well. So, without further ado, let’s dive right in and talk about the Cactus Flower in Minecraft and everything about it!
Note: This feature is currently in its beta testing phase and is playable only in Minecraft Snapshot 25W06A. We will update this page as soon as Mojang releases a stable version.
How to Get Cactus Flowers in Minecraft
The Cactus Flowers can be found in these four biomes of Minecraft. These are Deserts, Badlands, Eroded Badlands, and Wooded Badlands. You will find this flower block wherever the Cactus plant grows. The flower will grow on top of the Cactuses, and its spawn rate will increase with the plant’s height.
If a Cactus is one or two blocks high, the flowers will have a 10% chance of spawning if the plant doesn’t grow any further. Similarly, if the Cactus is three blocks high, the flowers will have a 25% chance of spawning. Moreover, the flowers will appear only when there are no blocks on any of its four sides.
Just like any other flower in Minecraft, you can pick them up by simply breaking them with your hand or any other tool. These flowers will drop when you break the cactus blocks as well. This way, you can use a piston, an observer, and some building blocks to make an automated Cactus flower farm. However, you cannot use bone meal on these flowers to reproduce them.
Once you get some Cactus flowers, you can place them on any block with center support. This can include building blocks, copper rods, end rods, anvils, vases, etc.
Minecraft Cactus Flowers Uses
One of the prime uses of Cactus flowers is making Minecraft dyes. Like all Minecraft flowers, placing a Cactus flower on a crafting table will give you a pink dye.
Placing such flowers near your base will add a pop of color to your surroundings. You may also use the Cactus flowers to attract bees and breed them. Bees can try pollinating with the Cactus flowers. However, they can get harmed once they get close to the prickly cactuses. Lastly, feeding a Cactus flower to a baby bee can speed up its growth.
The final use of Cactus flowers is throwing them into the Minecraft composter. When you throw a flower in it, there will be a 30% chance to fill up one layer of the composter. This way, you can get approximately 2-3 bone meals from a full stack of Cactus flowers.
And that’s everything about the Minecraft Cactus flowers. What do you think about the new additions to the latest snapshot, including the Chicken variants? Let us know in the comments below!
