Barrel Cactus Fruit

The barrel cactus fruit is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Barrel cactus fruit is found on barrel cactus, which appears as spherical cacti that can be encountered while wandering the Mojave Wasteland. They usually form in groups, with one large barrel cactus that contains the fruit surrounded by several smaller cacti. Like all other Mojave Wasteland plants, fruit-bearing barrel cacti will eventually grow back after being picked.

It is one of three components used to craft desert salad, and in the Honest Hearts add-on, homebrewed Nuka-Cola and blood shield.

Crafting
This item can be crafted by the player character.

Creation requirements

Variants

 * Irr. barrel cactus

Locations

 * 8 can be bought or stolen from the Westside Co-op.
 * Thirteen cacti can be found around El Dorado dry lake, making it one of the most abundant sources.
 * There are 4 or so plants by the Brooks tumbleweed ranch, if the Courier ventures behind the ranch, up against the mountains.
 * There are 3 plants outside the western wall of Ranger station Bravo.
 * They can sometimes be found in refrigerators.
 * 2 are in the mess hall within the Nellis Air Force Base. Must be stolen.
 * Sometimes sold by traveling merchants.
 * Farm patches inside and outside Westside contain a few of these cacti.
 * One can be acquired every 3 in-game days after the completion of Field Research, once the Courier has upgraded the Biological research station.
 * Dried version, one of the items converted from the seed package near the Dionaea Muscipula.

Behind the scenes
The barrel cactus is based on the real world equivalent Barrel cactus, native to the deserts of Southwestern North America, with the largest specimens found in the Mojave Desert. The fruit of these plants were collected by Native Americans for use during extreme drought conditions.

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