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Resourceful Cacti

by Grodomir

Resourceful Cacti adds a cactus crop with tiered varieties to NeoForge for 1.21.1, letting players grow cacti that yield more resources than the vanilla plant.

NeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.1

What it does

Resourceful Cacti introduces special cacti that players craft and plant on a farm, so a cactus farm can produce resource cacti instead of plain ones. The author describes the tier system as a slight rework, and the balance has been adjusted after player feedback. Right-clicking a cactus with shears removes its spikes, which is how a player handles the plant safely during harvesting.

The mod runs on NeoForge 1.21.1 and is published under the MIT License, so its source code is open. Client and server both need it, so the server and every player install it. Compatibility notes in the author text mention JEI and recipe support, and the mod is described as able to work with custom resource cacti created by other mods.

Key features

  1. Resource cactus crops

    Craftable resource cacti can be planted, so a farm can produce them instead of ordinary cactus.

  2. Tiered varieties

    Cacti are grouped into tiers with different outputs, and the author has reworked the tier system.

  3. Spike removal

    Right-clicking a cactus with shears removes its spikes before harvest.

  4. Recipe viewer support

    Recipes for the new cacti and spikes are shown in JEI, according to the author notes.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.21.1-2.0.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Cactus farms

A player building a cactus farm can switch to resource cacti to expand what the farm produces.

Who it’s for: Players who run cactus farms in NeoForge 1.21.1 worlds, and server owners who want a crop that goes beyond vanilla cacti.

Questions

Does Resourceful Cacti need to be installed on the server?

Yes. It is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it installed.

Which loader does Resourceful Cacti support?

It is published for NeoForge only, and the latest file is 1.21.1-2.0.1 for 1.21.1.

Can other mods add their own resource cacti?

The author notes say the mod supports custom resource cacti created by other mods, and the author states it works with Utilitarian's sand and ore processing.

In the catalog

Resourceful Cacti is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

Decoration mods12,078NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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What the author says

Have you ever looked at a growing cactus and thought to yourself "I wish I could grow resources like that"? COME AND SEE THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF RESOURCEFUL CACTI!
Grodomir, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Grodomir
Published
2026-02-16
Updated on Modrinth
2026-04-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

DecorationUtility
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