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  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
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Giant Cactus Fruit

Giant Cactus Fruit

A bulbous fruit that used to top Saguaro cacti.

Weight75 gMax stack100Food100 calCompostableCrop

Notes

Giant Cactus Fruit is a raw food harvested from Saguaro Cacti, providing 100 calories and a modest vitamin total but zero protein, making it unbalanced on its own. It serves as an ingredient in several dishes like Charred Cactus Fruit, Fruit Muffin, and Agriculture Research Papers, so processing it into recipes improves its dietary value. For best skill-point gain, combine this fruit with protein-rich foods to balance your four nutrients, or compost it if you have a surplus.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories100Shelf life96 h
Carbs2
Protein0
Fat2
Vitamins4

Diet & XP

Eating doesn't change a food's calories or nutrition — those are fixed. What your diet changes is your skill-gain rate (XP). This estimates the rate this food's nutrients contribute. ≈ estimate; set your diet in the ⚙ Character panel.

Nutrient total8Balanced-diet ××0.5Variety ××1Tastiness ××1Skill-gain rate16

Base: this food alone (+12 base gain). Craving & dinner-party bonuses are situational (assumed ×1).

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Categories

Found in the wild

Used in

Bakery Oven
Campfire
Fiber Scutching Station
Fish Rack
Research Table

See also