Cactus

Cactus

Statistics

Type:

Automatic

Quality:

Magazine Size:

1000

Max Ammo:

1000

DPS:

25.0

Damage:

2.5

Fire Rate:

0.10

Shot Speed:

60

Range:

1,000

Force:

1

Spread:

7°

Class:

SHITTY

Sell Creep Price:

21

Ammonomicon Entry

1000 Needles!

Low damage, high rate of fire. Spiny!

Remnants of Gun Cacti can be found throughout the Gungeon, but no one is certain as to their source. Perhaps they hail from a yet undiscovered Chamber? Regardless, their impressive needle capacity is a boon to any Gungeoneer.

Cactus is a gun that appears in Enter the Gungeon and Exit the Gungeon. It rapidly fires low-damage needles. Its high ammo, fast rate of fire, and infinite range make it a good room clearer, especially for earlier floors.

Synergies ^ETG

• Cactus Flower - If the player has Broccoli or Orange, Cactus has a chance to fire a prickly pear that bounces off walls and fires needles in all directions.
  • The chance to fire a prickly pear also applies to guns Duct Taped to Cactus with the synergy.
• Vegetables - If the player also has Broccoli, Cactus's damage is tripled, needle size is doubled, and needles pierce enemies and bounce off obstacles.
• Pea Cannon - If the player has Pea Shooter, its shots become larger, deal more damage, and explode.
• Succulent DOOM - If the player has Starpew, every Cactus shot fires a spread of 5 needles.
• Thorn Bath, ooh! - If the player has Armor of Thorns, Cactus's damage is increased by 30%. While holding Cactus, nails are periodically fired in all directions.

Item Interactions

• Lich's Eye Bullets - Cactus with all its synergies combined is infamously powerful, being a reliable weapon far into the later chambers- even more so than most other weapons with all their synergies.
• Remote Bullets + Cactus Flower/ Succulent DOOM/ Thorn Bath, ooh!/ Lich's Eye Bullets - The sheer number of projectiles created by the cactus with its synergies makes Remote Bullets very potent. The ability to redirect all the countless cactus needles towards a single target results in massive damage.

Other Appearances

• The Cactus is shown among other guns on an official Enter the Gungeon tote bag, illustrated by Joseph Harmon.
• The same illustration of the Cactus used for the tote bag appears on disc 3 of the 2022 special edition vinyl release of the Enter the Gungeon soundtrack.

Notes

• "1000 Needles!" is a reference to a move used by the Cactuar, a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series, who resembles a walking cactus.
• "Succulent DOOM" may possibly be a reference to the album Special Herbs by MF DOOM.
• The "undiscovered Chamber" in the Cactus' description may be the unused Old West floor.

Gallery

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  The Cactus's appearance with the Cactus Flower synergy.
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  The Cactus on an official ETG tote bag

See also

• Guns