Upright ribbed columns with stubby arms, like a cactus.

Cactoida

Ribbed upright columns with stubby arms, like a cactus.

Species

5,363

Finds logged

300 m

Between samples

2022-10-13

First logged

Cactoida stand upright as ribbed columns with short arms, much like a desert cactus. They grow on rocky and metal-rich worlds with thin carbon dioxide, ammonia or water atmospheres.

Vermis, found in thin water and sulphur dioxide atmospheres, is one of the most valuable species there is.

Species

Where each species was found. The ranges are those of its finds, not limits the game sets; a body that fits every line of one row can carry it.

Cactoida Lapis

2.48M CR

1,436 finds logged · first 2022-10-31 · last 2026-08-29

Atmosphere	Body	Gravity	Temperature	Pressure	Volcanism	Bodies
Ammonia	Rocky	0.04–0.28 g	160–177 K	0.00075–0.013 atm	none	660
Ammonia	High metal content	0.04–0.28 g	160–175 K	0.00095–0.0035 atm	none	271

ColoursYellow · F starTeal · G starAmethyst · M starGreen · A starMauve · L starSage · N starOrange · T star

Most found in Inner Orion Spur (918), Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm (180), Galactic Centre (131), Hawking's Gap (103) and 7 more

Cactoida Cortexum

3.67M CR

1,515 finds logged · first 2022-10-13 · last 2026-10-06

Atmosphere	Body	Gravity	Temperature	Pressure	Volcanism	Bodies
Carbon dioxide	Rocky	0.04–0.24 g	180–196 K	0.025–0.10 atm	none	604
Carbon dioxide	High metal content	0.11–0.27 g	180–196 K	0.027–0.100 atm	none	175

ColoursYellow · F starTeal · G starAmethyst · M starGreen · A starMauve · L star

Most found in Inner Orion Spur (1,085), Galactic Centre (145), Outer Orion Spur (104), Odin's Hold (93) and 9 more

Cactoida Vermis

16.2M CR

1,136 finds logged · first 2022-10-13 · last 2026-08-21

Atmosphere	Body	Gravity	Temperature	Pressure	Volcanism	Bodies
Water	Rocky	0.04–0.06 g	394–451 K	0.057–0.100 atm	none	376
Water	High metal content	0.05–0.06 g	397–451 K	0.054–0.099 atm	none	155
Sulphur dioxide	Rocky	0.27–0.27 g	162–208 K	0.0011–0.0016 atm	any	4

ColoursYellow · F starTeal · G starGreen · A starMauve · L starAmethyst · M starSage · N star

Most found in Inner Orion Spur (586), Norma Expanse (59), Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm (59), Norma Arm (55) and 28 more

Cactoida Peperatis

2.48M CR

679 finds logged · first 2022-11-10 · last 2026-08-15

Atmosphere	Body	Gravity	Temperature	Pressure	Volcanism	Bodies
Ammonia	Rocky	0.04–0.28 g	160–177 K	0.00074–0.014 atm	none	377
Ammonia	High metal content	0.11–0.27 g	160–175 K	0.00096–0.0034 atm	none	92

ColoursYellow · F starTeal · G starAmethyst · M starGreen · A starMauve · L star

Most found in Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm (182), Norma Expanse (165), Galactic Centre (139), Odin's Hold (80) and 6 more

Cactoida Pullulanta

3.67M CR

597 finds logged · first 2023-04-06 · last 2026-10-14

Atmosphere	Body	Gravity	Temperature	Pressure	Volcanism	Bodies
Carbon dioxide	Rocky	0.04–0.24 g	180–195 K	0.026–0.099 atm	none	309
Carbon dioxide	High metal content	0.15–0.27 g	180–195 K	0.028–0.100 atm	none	102

ColoursYellow · F starTeal · G starAmethyst · M starSage · N starRed · TTS star

Most found in Galactic Centre (153), Elysian Shore (147), Sanguineous Rim (116), Ryker's Hope (78) and 8 more

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