Potato cactus
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| Release date | 7 September 2004 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | Yes |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alch | 0 coins |
| Low Alch | 0 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | Not sold |
| Examine | How am I supposed to eat that?! |
| Weight | 0.5 kg |
Potato cactus is a members-only item that currently has the following uses with two member skills:
- Herblore – as a secondary ingredient when creating magic potions.<ref group="fn">Using a vial of water, making this potion by mixing Lantadyme and Potato cactus requires an Herblore level of at least 76.</ref><ref group="fn">When consumed, one dose of Magic potion temporarily boosts the player's Magic level by 5.</ref>
- Summoning – as a binding component when infusing spirit kalphite pouches.<ref group="fn">Making this pouch requires a Summoning level of at least 25.</ref>
- Gathering potato cacti is a good way to make money, but sometimes can be difficult to sell on the Grand Exchange.
Dropping monsters
Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity Desert strykewyrm 130 5–10 (noted) Common Ancient warrior 148 1 (noted) Rare Blood reaver 147 1 Uncommon Infested axe 41 1(noted) Uncommon Fungal mage 120 8(noted) Common
Obtaining
Kalphite Hive
There are a total of 14 spawns in the Kalphite Hive:
- 1st level – 3 spawn in the south-west room where the Kalphite Soldiers are found.
- 2nd level – 7 spawn on the west wall next to the lethal Kalphite Queen.
- 3rd level – 4 spawn, one in each of the corners of the room. This part of the Kalphite Hive is accessible only after the Do No Evil quest by climbing down a hole in the 2nd level next to the Kalphite Queen, or by taking a hidden entrance south of the desert entrance.
Note: Prior to a player entering the Kalphite Hive, it is highly recommended they bring along a few antipoison potions or alternatively, an Anti-Poison Totem, as Kalphite Soldiers and Kalphite Guardians are poisonous. Kalphite workers and the Kalphite Queen, however, are not poisonous - but be warned that the Kalphite Queen is level 333.<ref group="fn">For this reason, buying Potato cactus as opposed to collecting, will prove expensive when purchased from the Grand Exchange.</ref>
Soul Wars
Potato cactus can be randomly obtained as a reward by gambling two zeal points in the Soul Wars activity.
Puro-Puro
Potato cacti are possible loot from Spirit implings.
Familiarization
Noted potato cacti can be obtained as one of two random rewards from the Box of summoning ingredients, a possible reward from the Familiarisation Distraction and Diversion.
Slayer
Some of the monsters within the Polypore Dungeon drop noted potato cacti.
Trivia
- The Potato cacti's appearances resemble those of the brittle pricklypears (Opuntia fragilis) found in dry western regions of North America.<ref>PLANTS Profile for Opuntia fragilis (brittle pricklypear). Retrieved 2009-04-07.</ref>
Footnotes
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