Echinocactus

The subject of this article is from the Origins update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 9 November, 2020.

Echinocactus

Category	Base Building
Type	Plantable Seed
Updated	Origins

Echinocactus is a farmable agricultural product.

Summary[ | ]

Echinocactus is a drought-resistant succulent, whose seeds can be acquired from a hired Farmer, or purchased from the Construction Research Station in the Space Anomaly for 3 Salvaged Data.

Game description[ | ]

Native to barren biomes and capable of withstanding long periods of drought, Echinocactus is an edible succulent that responds well to cultivation, yielding a large but occasional harvest.

Suitable for hydroponic indoor planting. Ensure Barren climate before planting outdoors.

Approximate growing time: 16 hours

Build[ | ]

Echinocactus can be built using a blueprint and the following ingredients:

Cactus Flesh ×50 + Pyrite ×25 → Echinocactus

Additional information[ | ]

Farming the plant will produce 100 Cactus Flesh in roughly 16 hours of real-world time.
The original name for Echinocactus, Cucrassula, likely comes from the real-world Crassula genus of succulent plants.

Release history[ | ]

Foundation - Added as a product.
Atlas Rises - Renamed from Cucrassula to Echinocactus.
NEXT - Blueprint changed, formerly used Thamium9, Carbon and Cactus Flesh.
NEXT 1.55 - Growing time changed, formerly it was 120 minutes.
NEXT 1.58 - Blueprint changed, formerly used Chromatic Metal and Pyrite.
Beyond - Growing time fixed in the game description. Harvested quantity increased from 100 to 156.
ExoMech - Harvested quantity decreased, was 156.