Saguaro cactus
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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
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
- Min Skill
- 6 Plants
- Min Fertility
- 5%
- Fertility Sensitivity
- 0%
- Min light to grow
- 50%
- sowTags
- Ground
Saguaro cacti, despite their name, are a tree that naturally occurs in arid shrublands, deserts, and extreme deserts. Saguaro cacti require Plants skill level 6 to sow. A mature saguaro cactus yields 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 |
- ↑ Actual days to grow, taking into account rest time.
- ↑ 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 also unique in the respect that they are the only product-yielding plant that can grow in sand.
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 | - |
- Domesticated plants
- Cocoa tree • Corn plant • Cotton plant • Devilstrand mushroom • Haygrass • Healroot • Hop plant • Potato plant • Psychoid plant • Rice plant • Smokeleaf plant • Strawberry plant • Tinctoria • Fibercorn
• Gauranlen pod • Nutrifungus • Toxipotato plant 
- Decorative plants
- Dandelions • Daylily • Rose • Bonsai tree
- Wild plants
- Agarilux • Agave • Alocasia • Ambrosia bush • Astragalus • Berry bush • Brambles • Bryolux • Bush • Chokevine • Clivia • Giant rafflesia • Glowstool • Grass • Low shrubs • Moss • Pincushion cactus • Tall grass • Wild healroot • Anima grass
• Gauranlen moss - Trees
- Bamboo tree • Birch tree • Cecropia tree • Cypress tree • Drago tree • Maple tree • Oak tree • Palm tree • Pine tree • Poplar tree • Saguaro cactus • Teak tree • Willow tree • Anima tree • Gauranlen tree • Timbershroom • Gray pine tree • Pebble cactus • Polux tree • Rat palm tree • Witchwood tree
- Tree stumps
- Burned stump • Chopped stump (Gauranlen , Anima , Polux ) • Smashed stump (Gauranlen , Anima , Polux )