Saguaro cactus

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Saguaro cactus

Saguaro cactus

A large cactus native to arid Earth environments. Though it is not a tree, it yields a small amount of fibrous material that can be used like wood.

Base Stats

Type
PlantTree
Beauty
0 (1)
HP
130
Flammability
80%
Path Cost
42 (24%)

Building

Minifiable
False
Passability
pass through only
Cover Effectiveness
35%
Blocks Wind
True

Ingestion

Nutrition
2

Plant Stats

Time to grow
5 days (9.23 days)
Lifespan
200 days
Work to Sow
4,000 ticks (1.11 mins)
Work to Harvest
300 ticks (5 secs)
Base Harvest Yield
15 Wood
Min Skill
6 Plants
Min Fertility
5%
Fertility Sensitivity
0%
Min light to grow
50%
Technical
sowTags
Ground


Saguaro cacti, are a tree-like plant. The description says "it is not a tree", and Tree connection Meme doesn’t penalize cutting them, but they still produce wood. They naturally occur in arid shrublands, deserts, and extreme deserts. Saguaro cacti require Plants skill level 6 to sow. A mature saguaro cactus yields Wood 15 Wood.

Growing

Saguaro cacti have a base growing time of 5 days, need a minimum soil fertility of 5%, and have a fertility sensitivity rating of 0%. The following table details how long it takes for saguaro cacti to grow in each growable ground type, factoring in the plant resting time and being in ideal growing conditions:

  • Ground Type Gravel Soil Rich Soil Hydroponics
    Fertility (%) 70 100 140 280
    Real Grow Time (days)[1] 9.23 9.23 9.23 N/A
    Base Yield/day[2] 1.63 1.63 1.63 N/A
    1. Actual days to grow, taking into account rest time.
    2. Per plant, assuming Crop Yield Multiplier of 1.0.
      Note that Difficulty settings change the Crop Yield Multiplier.
  • Saguaro cacti surprisingly have the highest wood yield per day out of all wood-yielding plants (except the singular Gauranlen tree) in all soils. But on the other hand looking at wood per work it's one of the worst wood-yielding plants, especially in fertile soil.

    Saguaro cacti are the only product-yielding plant that can grow in sand, but this only occurs naturally since it is not possible to create growing zones on sand. For farming purposes you must sow the cacti in the other supported ground types.

    Food production

    Unlike in real life, saguaro cacti don't yield any human-edible products in RimWorld.

    Economy

    The saguaro cactus' raw product is wood, which has a market value of 1.4 silver. The refined product with the largest profit margin is a grand sculpture, having a 51.25%[1] profit margin. The following table details silver per day, per plant. It only factors in the 50% selling markdown; the market value of the products; and the yield per day:

  • Ground Type Sand Gravel Soil Rich Soil Hydroponics
    Raw 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.81 -
    Refined 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.23 -
    1. 110% sell price multiplier and assuming normal quality. Your mileage may vary; see quality for more information on skill level's impact on the average market value of produced goods.

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