Pricks 'n' Planks
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Pricks 'n' Planks
🌵 Pricks 'n' Planks
Pricks 'n' Planks is a lightweight, desert-themed Minecraft mod that introduces a full cactus wood set, complete with signs, boats, fences, and a custom pottery sherd — all designed to blend seamlessly into the vanilla experience. Whether you're expanding your desert village, building a prickly outpost, or just love green-toned builds, this mod adds just the right amount of content to feel natural, immersive, and useful without overcomplicating gameplay.
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🪵 Cactus Wood Set
Pricks 'n' Planks adds a brand-new wood type made from cactus, featuring all the block types you'd expect from a full wood family:
- Cactus Signs and Hanging Signs - Cactus Signs and Hanging Signs - Cactus Signs and Hanging Signs - Cactus Signs and Hanging Signs
🌿 The color palette pairs especially well with bamboo blocks, particularly bamboo blocks — perfect for builders who enjoy warm, natural tones and complementary block sets.
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🥣 Cactus Stew
- Brew up a bowl of Thorny effect, a hearty new food that grants the custom Thorny effect — causing attackers to take damage, just like the *Thorns* enchantment. Great for tanks, pranksters, or anyone who likes a little passive-aggressive defense.
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🏺 Desert Archaeology
- Dig deeper into the sands with a new archaeology at desert wells, found via archaeology at desert wells. Combine it with other sherds to create beautifully decorated pots with a unique prickly pattern.
- Unearth new secrets buried in the sand! desert pyramid chests now yield the desert pyramid chests through archaeology — combine it with others to craft decorated pots featuring a unique cactus pattern. And if you're lucky, you might also discover the rare desert pyramid chests, found in desert pyramid chests and desert pyramid chests, perfect for adding a sharp, cactus-inspired flair to your gear.
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💥 Throwable Cactus & Cactus TNT
Spice up your survival gameplay with some pointy new firepower:
- 🌵 Cactus TNT – A reusable, ranged weapon that deals a burst of prickly damage - 💣 Cactus TNT – Explodes *without terrain damage*, launching a scatter of throwable cacti in all directions — great for crowd control or desert defense!
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🎵 New Music Disc – "Thorns"
A prickly, atmospheric track inspired by the desert oases. Found exclusively in desert pyramids, it's a fitting reward for brave explorers.
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✅ Compatibility
- ✅ Requires Fabric API - ✅ Requires Fabric API and Requires Fabric API - ✅ Requires Fabric API
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Pricks 'n' Planks (and a few prickles) to your builds with Pricks 'n' Planks — a small but stylish expansion that gives cactus the love it deserves!