Dungeons:Cacti Canyon

Cacti Canyon

Part of	Mainland
Boss (arcade)	Giant Cave Spider
Minimum difficulty	II
Unlock predecessor	Creeper Woods
Raid captains	Can very rarely have all six captains
Daily trials	Can have daily trials
LOST IN A SEA OF SAND Those who wish to reach the desert have to traverse the winding paths and trails of Cacti Canyon. A complex network of tunnels, chasms, and caves have led even the most level-headed adventurers astray. Those who wish to survive this sandy labyrinth must rely on their wits.

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Cacti Canyon is the seventh mainland mission in Minecraft Dungeons. It is unlocked after the completion of Creeper Woods, and completing Cacti Canyon unlocks Desert Temple. It contains the captured luxury merchant.

Appearance and description

Cacti Canyon is an expansive, dusty landscape made up of a jagged canyon and a desert. The canyon portion features uneven terrain and a mix of grass and coarse dirt, while the desert portion is composed of flatter terrain and a mix of sand and coarse dirt. Despite the steep terrain and dry conditions, cows and sheep can still be found roaming here. In the desert portion of this mission, husks wander around and fossils made of quartz are encountered as the hero approaches the temple in the distance. Halfway through the mission, a blue locked gateway must be unlocked using a diamond key golem guarded by an ambush found to the south-west. Near the diamond key golem, a hidden button can be activated to reveal the entrance door of Cacti Canyon Rune Room^{[note 1]}. Upon unlocking the gateway to the north-east using the diamond key golem, a gold key golem can be found that must be brought back to the yellow locked gateway at the center of the area. Near the end of the mission, an ambush must be defeated to reach the distant temple. The mission ends upon opening the entrance of the temple.

Locations

Name Level ID	Resource pack ID	Is required	Is DLC exclusive	Contains scroll	Contains rune room	Contains eye of ender	Screenshot
Cacti Canyon cacticanyon	cacticanyon	✔	✖	✖	✔	✖
Undercroft Undercroft Right Crypt Undercroft Left Crypt Undercroft Storage Room Undercroft Endersent Crypt cacticanyon_es cacticanyon_es_u	cacticanyon	✖	Echoing Void	✖	✖	✔
Cacti Canyon Rune Room RuneRoom	cacticanyon	✖	✖	✖	N/A	✖

Objectives

THE DISTANT TEMPLE

1. POWER THE BEACON
2. FIND THE TEMPLE
3. POWER THE BEACONS X/5
4. FIND THE TEMPLE
5. SURVIVE THE AMBUSH!
6. FIND THE GOLDEN KEY
7. FIND THE GOLDEN KEY

ROAD GO EVEN ON...

1. OPEN THE GOLD GATE

THE DISTANT TEMPLE

1. FIND THE TEMPLE
2. SURVIVE THE AMBUSH!
3. ENTER THE TEMPLE

Voiceovers

Mobs and entities

In Minecraft Dungeons

Mob	Difficulty
	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Non-attackable
Luxury Merchant	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vulture	Yes	Yes	Yes
Passive
Cow	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
Diamond Key Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes
Key Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piggy Bank	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sheep	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
Hostile
Baby Zombie	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
Creeper	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enchanter	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 3]
Geomancer	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
Husk	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 3]
Necromancer	No	Yes[note 3]	Yes[note 3]
Pillager	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]	Yes[note 2]
Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vindicator	Yes	Yes	Yes
Watchling	Endersent[note 4]	Endersent[note 4]	Endersent[note 4]
Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes
Powerful
Enderman	Sometimes[note 5]	Sometimes[note 5]	Sometimes[note 5]
Endersent	Yes	Yes	Yes
Raid Captain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Redstone Golem	No	No	Sometimes[note 5]
Skeleton Horseman	Sometimes[note 5]	Sometimes[note 5]	Sometimes[note 5]
Special
Binding Eye	Yes	Yes	Yes

Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

Mob
Hostile
Baby Zombie
Cave Spider
Geomancer
Pillager
Slime
Spider
Vindicator
Zombie
Bosses
Giant Cave Spider

Items

Item	Difficulty
	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Armor
Champion's Armor	No	No	Yes
Grim Armor	Daily Trials Only	Daily Trials Only	Daily Trials Only
Guard's Armor	Daily Trials Only	Daily Trials Only	Daily Trials Only
Mercenary Armor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spelunker Armor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Artifacts
Corrupted Beacon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Soul Lantern	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totem of Shielding	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wind Horn	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wonderful Wheat	Yes	Yes	Yes
Melee Gear
Cutlass	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gauntlets	No	Yes	Yes
Ranged Gear
Crossbow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Heavy Crossbow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Longbow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shortbow	No	Yes	Yes
Trickbow	Yes	Yes	Yes

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Built On Sand, Set in Stone	Complete Redstone Mines and .	—	50G	Silver
	Hot-Footed Hero	Complete Cacti Canyon in under 5 minutes.	—	50G	Bronze

History

Trivia

• According to a line of unused text in the game files, the desert portion of Cacti Canyon is called the Blazelands.
• Vultures can be heard in Cacti Canyon's opening cinematic music, The Maze.
• During development, Cacti Canyon went through several iterations, as the developers knew they wanted it to contain large vistas and deep canyons that looked like they formed naturally.^[1]

Music

OST

Ambient

Cinematic

Ambush

In-game

Gallery

Progression

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  Cacti Canyon Luxury Merchant

Screenshots

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  A zoomed out image of one of the randomly generated maps.
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  The captured luxury merchant.
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  Cacti Canyon as seen from the map.

References

Navigation

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Missions Mainland Camp Creeper Woods Desert Temple Fiery Forge Highblock Halls Obsidian Pinnacle Pumpkin Pastures Redstone Mines Soggy Swamp Squid Coast The Stronghold The Tower Island realms Gauntlet of Gales Treetop Tangle Jungle Awakens Dingy Jungle Overgrown Temple Creeping Winter Frosted Fjord Lone Fortress Howling Peaks Gale Sanctum Windswept Peaks Hidden Depths Abyssal Monument Coral Rise Other dimensions Ancient Hunt Flames of the Nether Basalt Deltas Nether Wastes Warped Forest Echoing Void Broken Citadel End Wilds Unused Andesite Hills Slimy Sewers
Secret missions Mainland Arch Haven Creepy Crypt Lower Temple Soggy Cave Underhalls ??? Island realms Jungle Awakens Panda Plateau Creeping Winter Lost Settlement Howling Peaks Colossal Rampart Hidden Depths Radiant Ravine Other dimensions Flames of the Nether Crimson Forest Nether Fortress Soul Sand Valley
Sub-missions Other dimensions Basalt Deltas Sub-mission Creeper Woods Sub-mission Crimson Forest Sub-mission Desert Temple Sub-mission Nether Fortress Sub-mission Nether Wastes Sub-mission Soul Sand Valley Sub-mission Spider Cave Warped Forest Sub-mission Woodland Mansion Woodland Prison
Sub dungeons Mainland Required Abandoned Cellar Arch Haven Cave Crypt Entrance Crypt Exit False Soggy Cave Fiery Forge Outside Forgotten Halls Forgotten Prison Soggier Cave The Lost Ruins The Lost Ruins Left Ambush The Lost Ruins Right Ambush The Lost Ruins Treasury Rune rooms Cellar Tower floors Abyssal Monument Combat Floor Ancient Guardian Boss Floor Basalt Deltas Combat Floor Boss Floor Broken Citadel Combat Floor Cacti Canyon Combat Floor Combat Floor Creepy Crypt Combat Floor Desert Temple Combat Floor Empty Floor End Wilds Combat Floor Fiery Forge Combat Floor Frosted Fjord Combat Floor Gale Sanctum Combat Floor Gildsmith Merchant Floor Highblock Halls Combat Floor Lone Fortress Combat Floor Lost Settlement Combat Floor Overgrown Temple Combat Floor Powersmith Merchant Floor Pumpkin Pastures Combat Floor Soggy Swamp Combat Floor Tempest Golem Boss Floor The Stronghold Combat Floor Top Floor Uniquesmith Merchant Floor Windswept Peaks Combat Floor Optional Creeper Room Creeper Woods Crypt Dusk Pit Forge Cave Forge Cave Chest Room Forge Cellar Home Lighthouse Lower Levels Moo Room Mystery Ship Nether Room Open Woods Crypt Outer Wall Pumpkin Pastures Crypt Reward Room Secret Cave Secret Chest Room Secret Room Single Crypt Small Ship The Inn Tower Secret Well Underground Upstairs Vault Rune rooms Cacti Canyon Rune Room Creeper Woods Rune Room Desert Temple Rune Room Fiery Forge Rune Room Great Hall Highblock Halls Rune Room Pumpkin Pastures Rune Room Redstone Mines Rune Room Soggy Swamp Rune Room Endersent dungeons Dark Descent Deepwood Brook Entry Elevator Exit Elevator Highblock Hideaway Old Town Hall Old Town Hall Shelter Sinister Shrine Sunken Watchtower Terrific Tunnel Tunnel Terminal Wrecked Workshop Undercroft Undercroft Endersent Crypt Undercroft Left Crypt Undercroft Right Crypt Undercroft Storage Room Island realms Required Corrupted Tree Corrupted Tree Middle Corrupted Tree Top Final Climb The Web Jungle Awakens Required Panda Plateau Cave Optional Bamboo Cabin Booby Trapped Tunnel Creeper Pit Creeper Pit Hole Dank Cave Flooded Temple Flooded Treasure Room Fossil Canyon Hidden Panda Hideout Hidden Rock Pool Jungle Hut Jungle Hut Backroom Lava Cave Panda Nest Panda Temple Panda Temple Statuary Spider Nest Steamy Chamber Temple Tunnels The Ancient Tree The Treasure Room Treasure Cave Underground River Creeping Winter Required Frosted Fjord Cave Optional Bailey Battlements Dining Hall Frozen Ship Gloomy Cave Gloomy Cave Ambush Gloomy Cave Icefall Higher Outpost Room Ice Cabin Ice Cabin Backroom Ice Cave Ice Dungeon Igloo Igloo Cave Iron Mine Light Cave Lookout Lookout Room Lower Outpost Room Outpost Retlehs River Lock River Lock Bilge River Lock Docks Royal Hallway Royal Quarters Royal Quarters Backroom Shelter Shrine Staff Howling Peaks Required Grand Hallway Gauntlet Higher Gauntlet Lower Gauntlet Mountain Cave Ominous Outpost Ominous Outpost Blue Floor Ominous Outpost Red Floor Ominous Outpost Yellow Floor The Garrison Optional Golem Workshop Llama Lock-in Misty Vista Mountain Cabin Mountain Cabin Basement Ravine Ruins Skyroom Stable Workshop Hidden Depths Required Sunken Megalith The Abyss Optional Dry Dry Dungeon Hydrothermal Vent Lower Pyramid Point Molten Monument Perilous Pathway Primal Oil Sect Pufferfish Panic Pyramid Point Sequestered Space Shrouded Stairway The Bilge The Crater Tropical Slime Scramble Twilight Cavern Upper Pyramid Point Other dimensions Required The Roof Woodland Mansion Outside Woodland Prison Outside Optional Gold Room Ancient dungeons ????? Ancient Dungeon Abominable Weaver Ancient Dungeon Abyssal Eye Ancient Dungeon Ancient Terror Ancient Dungeon Barrage Ancient Dungeon Cursed Presence Ancient Dungeon First Enchanter Ancient Dungeon Frostwarden Ancient Dungeon Grim Guardian Ancient Dungeon Haunted Caller Ancient Dungeon Oozing Menace Ancient Dungeon Pestilent Conjurer Ancient Dungeon Scuttling Torment Ancient Dungeon Solemn Giant Ancient Dungeon The Seeking Flame Ancient Dungeon The Swarm Ancient Dungeon The Tiny Scourge Ancient Dungeon The Tower Ancient Dungeon The Unending Ancient Dungeon Thundering Growth Ancient Dungeon Unbreakable One Ancient Dungeon Unstoppable Tusk Ancient Dungeon Vengeful Mariner Ancient Dungeon Vigilant Scoundrel Ancient Dungeon Watcher of the End Ancient Dungeon Windbeard Ancient Dungeon Flames of the Nether Required Nether Fortress Inner Left Nether Fortress Inner Right Steppe Optional Humus-Sifting Nether Cellar Nether Stairs Echoing Void Required End City Obsidian Gate Tower Obsidian Gate Tower First Challenge Obsidian Gate Tower Second Challenge Obsidian Gate Tower Third Challenge Optional Astray Archipelago End Ship End Shrine End Tower Mountainside Cavern Obsidian Cavern Unused Required Creeper Woods Combat Floor Crimson Forest Combat Floor Dingy Jungle Combat Floor Nether Fortress Combat Floor Optional Basement Gauntlet Gales Quest Giver Room Sandstone Ruins Small House Underground Puzzle