Cacti Club

Community builds that use it

• ApprenticeLevel-ups give every damage stat, so hybrid weapons pay off: Plank, Lightning Shiv and Cacti Club, or SMG/Double Barrel Shotgun and Slingshot for ranged. Take Luck to reach the higher Max HP level-ups.
• DiverMelee crit with Precise weapons: Knife or Scissors to start, with Thief Dagger and Shuriken as options. Guides report a slow early game; one guide recommends moving to Cacti Club, Spear or SMG once found.
• ExplorerEngineering avoids the -40% Damage penalty, with Pocket Factory the key item; Cacti Club spines also cut down the extra trees. Shredder explosion builds and Sticks are other recommended starts.
• GeneralistPair three melee and three ranged weapons that scale with flat damage, such as Cacti Club or Spear with Slingshot, SMG or Javelin, and favour items that give both Melee and Ranged Damage. Ghost weapon and crit (Knife/Shuriken) combinations are also reported.
• SickUse fast or multi-hit weapons so Life Steal outpaces the 1 HP-per-second drain: SMG, Slingshot or Lightning Shiv, with Bandana and other piercing items. Never buy Weird Ghost.
• VagabondEach weapon counts toward every weapon class you hold, so get six different melee weapons with as many classes as possible; Cacti Club, Spear, Quarterstaff and Lightning Shiv starts are recommended. Ghost weapons and chasing Luck/Harvesting are discouraged.

Stats by tier

1. Tier I Common

   Damage

   15 (+80% Melee Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.66s

   Crit

   x2 (3% chance)

   Range

   200

2. Tier II Uncommon

   Damage

   20 (+85% Melee Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.58s

   Crit

   x2 (3% chance)

   Range

   200

3. Tier III Rare

   Damage

   35 (+90% Melee Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.51s

   Crit

   x2 (3% chance)

   Range

   200

4. Tier IV Legendary

   Damage

   60 (+100% Melee Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.36s

   Crit

   x2 (3% chance)

   Range

   200

Damage in brackets is added from your stats before %Damage multiplies the total; see the damage formula or the calculator.

DPS at tier IV

45.4 DPS with no stats, 60.6 at 20 Melee Damage and 83.3 at 50 (single target, every projectile hits, crits averaged): #33 of 58 weapons that scale with Melee Damage. Full ranking or your own stats.

Characters that can start with it

• Apprentice
• Archaeologist
• Buccaneer
• Caveman
• Chef
• Chunky
• Creature
• Cryptid
• Curious
• Druid
• Explorer
• Generalist
• Gladiator
• Golem
• Hunter
• Knight
• Loud
• Masochist
• Multitasker
• Mutant
• Ogre
• One-Armed
• Poacher
• Romantic
• Saver
• Sick
• Streamer
• Survivor
• Vagabond
• Well-Rounded
• Wildling
• Wounded

Class set bonuses

Heavy

• 2 weapons: +5% Damage
• 3 weapons: +10% Damage
• 4 weapons: +15% Damage
• 5 weapons: +20% Damage
• 6 or more: +25% Damage

Primitive

• 2 weapons: +3 Max HP
• 3 weapons: +6 Max HP
• 4 weapons: +9 Max HP
• 5 weapons: +12 Max HP
• 6 or more: +15 Max HP

Each step replaces the previous one. All class bonuses.

Other Heavy and Primitive weapons

• AnchorHeavy, Naval
• FlailMedieval, Primitive
• HammerBlunt, Heavy
• HatchetPrimitive
• MaceHeavy, Medieval
• QuarterstaffMedieval, Primitive
• RockBlunt, Primitive
• Sharp ToothPrecise, Primitive
• SpearPrimitive
• StickPrimitive
• TorchElemental, Primitive
• WhipPrimitive
• BlowgunPrecise, Primitive
• BoomerangPrimitive
• FlamethrowerElemental, Heavy
• Gatling LaserHeavy, Legendary
• Grenade LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• JavelinPrimitive
• Machine GunGun, Heavy
• MinigunGun, Heavy
• Nuclear LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• ObliteratorGun, Heavy
• Particle AcceleratorElemental, Heavy
• Rail GunGun, Heavy
• Rocket LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• SlingshotPrimitive

Source

Brotato Wiki, Cacti Club, generated from the game files. The 12 November 2026 patch changed no weapon numbers. Reviewed 12 November 2026.