Well, whenever you hear of the word Minecraft, you  always get reminded of some great farms and designs that you have also come across on social media. Those eye-catching designs  and structures are a real delight to  watch. If you  do  have those settlements and farm on  your  gameplay then it gets real fun to explore and add the things in there. It also gets really interesting to reveal those beautiful creations to your friends. 

The other means of having a cactus farm right  at  your disposal in Minecraft, is to have an everlasting supply of cactus. So from there on  you would not have an acute shortage of the cactus in your Minecraft gameplay. You will be able to pull out the cactus from your own grown farm too on the exact moment when  you need it. 

How to build a cactus farm in Minecraft

You can easily add a cactus farm to your gameplay in Minecraft by following some simple steps given below in the process that  we are going to follow. 

So, let’s begin the process of creating a cactus  farm in Minecraft. 

Before we move to the actual process of creating a cactus farm, let us consider the editions  of  Minecraft  that  really  do support  this process. 

It is really nice to know the editions before moving onto the process. So that you don’t really have to go  through the whole process and regret at the end of the process knowing that the due process doesn’t work in your edition of Minecraft. 

The  editions that support the process of creating a cactus in Minecraft are;

Java Edition 

Pocket Edition

Xbox 360

Xbox One

PS3

PS4

Wii U

Nintendo Switch

Windows 10  Edition

Education Edition

So this was the list of editions that support  the process that  we are going to follow below. 

Now that we have known the editions that support the process of creating a cactus. 

Let us now also consider the items that  you will be needing successfully building a cactus in your gameplay. 

You certainly would be needing various items for creating a cactus farm step by step.

The items required to create a cactus farm in Minecraft gameplay are;

• 4 sand
• 4  Cactuses
• 78 glass
• 4  nether brick walls
• 8 cobblestones
• 1 water bucket
• 6 hoppers 
• 6  chests

So, these were the required items  that you will be needing in the below given process. 

Creating a cactus farm

1. Add glass to  build a structure

First of all, you will need to locate the area on your gameplay in Minecraft, where you need to build a cactus farm. 

As you cannot simply build a cactus farm somewhere in between, you also need to confine  the cactus  farm in an area  that is covered from  all the four sides. Though you can also cover the farm from boundaries and blocks afterwards. But it is really good to build  a cactus farm at some place that has a covered surface. 

After that you have selected the surface,  where you wish to build a cactus farm in Minecraft. You need to build a structure for making a cactus farm there. 

Here, you need to build the structure by placing the glass blocks to create a structure that has length equal to that of 8 glass, width equal  to  that of 7 glass, and height equal to that of 3  glass. 

• Place 8 glass blocks along the two opposite facing directions in three levels.

Hereby, you will cover the two faces of the structure. 

• Place 7 glass blocks  along the  remaining two sides in three levels, in a way that it connects the other two sides as well to form a definite structure. 

Here, you have covered  the other  two sides of the  structures as well. 

Thus, forming a definite structure that  covers  all  the four sides, forming a rectangular three dimensional structure of  length 8 glass blocks, width 7 glass blocks, and height 3 glass blocks. 

2.  Digging the required area

Now that you have constructed the structure, you need  to dig out the mud from the area that is adjacent to the side that has length of 8 glass blocks. 

You need to select the area to be dug out from any side of the structure that has 8 lengths equal to that of 8 glass blocks. 

After that you have considered the area for digging it out, you need to follow the steps given below:

• Dig out the area from the side that has length equal to that of 8 glass blocks.  You need to clear the area such that it has a  width of 6 blocks and length of 8 blocks. 

Here, you have cleared the area from the side of the structure. 

Now,moving onto the next step of the process of  creating a cactus farm in Minecraft, we have placed the chests. 

3.  Placing the chests

After digging out the area from the side of the structure that has a length of 8 glass. You now need to begin the process of placing cactus inside the structure that you have built in the above steps. So the another step in reaching the process of creating a cactus  farm is to place the chests and hoppers inside the empty  area that you have dug out in the last step. 

• First of all place 6 chests inside  the  empty area alongside the edge that has a length of 8 glass blocks. 

• Then place 6 hoppers on the respective 6 chests inside the empty area. 

Here you have covered the side of the empty area that you dug out by using the chests.

4.  Adding water

 Now that you have added chests and hoppers inside the dug out area, another step is  to fill water inside the structure that we built in the  first step by using the glass blocks. 

Follow the  below given steps for  adding water inside the structure;

• Select the water bucket from the bar given below on your Minecraft screen. 
• Move to the built glass block structure, where you will be planting the cactus. 
• Add the water from the water bucket inside the glass block structure. 

Here, you finish adding water to the structure that you have built. 

5. Add cobblestone

Now that you have filled water inside the structure  that you have built in the above step, it’s time that you add the cobblestones on the water inside that  structure. 

These cobblestones will be the place where you will be placing the cactus plants in the  below given steps. 

Follow the simple steps given below for adding the cobblestones inside the structure;

• You need to place the cobblestone on the water, adjacent to one of the sides of  the glass structure. 

The cobblestone should be placed  in such a  way that it should not be at the end of the side, or at the middle of the side. 

• Place the cobblestone by leaving two  glass blocks from the end of that side. 

After you have added the cobblestone at the last step. You need to cut the cobblestone  that is lying close to the side of the glass structure. 

• Break  the cobblestone from  the  side of  the  structure. 

Here, you have placed the cobblestone correctly on the water in Minecraft. 

Now, you need to repeat  the similar process for about three times more. 

By placing three other cobblestones on the water inside the glass structure. 

At the end you will have  four cobblestones lying on the water inside the glass  structure  that we have  built in the above process. 

Here, you have  successfully obtained four floating cobblestones. 

6.  Adding cactus 

In this step, you need to add cactus and sand on the cobblestone that we have placed inside the glass structure in the previous step. 

Follow the steps given below for adding cactus on the cobblestone;

• Place the sand on the cobblestone by selecting the sand from inside the bar, present on the bottom of the  Minecraft screen. 

Follow  this step for about three times more, so as to place the sand on the four cobblestones  that you have added in the previous step. 

Now that you have added the sand on the cobblestone, it’s time to add the cactus on the sand. 

• Select the cactus from the below given bar, present on the Minecraft screen. Place the cactus on the sand that you  have added before. 

Similarly, place the three more cactuses in the sand inside the glass. 

Here, you  have finally placed the  sand  and then cactus on the cobblestone inside  the  glass structure. 

7. Separating the cactuses

Now, that you have added cactuses inside the glass structure or your future cactus farm. It’s time to separate the cactuses that you have  added inside the glass structure. 

Here, you need to place neither brick wall  between the cactuses. 

Follow the steps given below for adding the  nether brick walls in between the cactuses placed inside the glass structure;

You cannot simply place the nether brick walls  in between the cactuses. 

So, you need to place the  nether brick walls  on top of the cactus first and then on the empty space in between the cactuses. 

• Select the nether brick walk from the bar, present on the bottom of the Minecraft screen. 
• Add the nether brick wall on  the cactus  that  you have placed in  the previous step. 
• Now add the nether brick wall on the  empty space lying between the two cactuses present inside the structure. 

Thereafter, you need to break the nether brick walls that are lying on the cactuses. So that  the nether brick walls that are lying on the empty space only remain. 

• Break the nether brick walls that are  on the cactus. 

Here, you have successfully placed the nether brick walls on the empty space in between the cactuses on one side of the glass structure. 

Repeat the same process that you have followed above to add the nether brick walls  in between the cactuses on the other side as  well. 

In this way, you will separate  the  cactuses inside the glass structure by using the nether brick walls. 

Here you have completed the process of  creating a cactus farm in Minecraft. 

Now, your cactus farm is all set to produce cactuses and  fill up  the requirements of your  cactus needs  in Minecraft gameplay. 

Now that we have created a cactus farm in Minecraft, let us know  the process  of  working of the cactus farms that you have created. 

Working of Cactus 

So let us get a look at  the cactus farm’s working and see the result of the process that  we have followed above. 

Inside the glass structure, the cactus will grow on the sand  that  you  have placed in there. As  time pases, the cactus  will also grow  in  length. The cactus leaves will fall  into  the  water present below the structure, as  they reach a certain length. 

The broken cactus leaves will then fall into chests that  you  have placed  alongside the length of the glass structure. 

Thereby, you can collect the cactus leaves from  inside the chests present in the empty space alongside the glass structure. 

This way you will be able to get a regular  supply of cactus from your cactus  farm in Minecraft gameplay. 

So that was all about creating a cactus farm in Minecraft. 

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