For other uses, see Sculk (disambiguation).
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Sculk
| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | |
| Hardness | |
| Luminant |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
Sculk is a decorative block found in the creative inventory, and created by the sculk catalyst.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Sculk blocks can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the quickest. It drops 1 experience [more information needed]if mined without silk touch.
| Block | Sculk | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | ? | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | ? | |
| Wooden | ? | |
| Stone | ? | |
| Iron | ? | |
| Diamond | ? | |
| Netherite | ? | |
| Golden | ? | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Sculk Catalyst[]
Sculk blocks generate when a sculk catalyst is in range of where a mob dies, replacing any grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, stone, deepslate, andesite, diorite and granite in the area.
Usage[]
Sculk blocks are currently used as decorative blocks, but are also a good source of extra xp from mob kills, being usable in mob farms.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break.sculk | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | step.sculk | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.sculk | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | step.sculk | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | step.sculk | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Walking on the block | step.sculk | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place.sculk | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculk | sculk | 713 | Block & Item | tile.sculk.name |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |  Sculk blocks are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2020 |  The sculk has a new texture in a tweet from Brandon Pearce. | ||||
| April 26, 2021 | Kingbdogz states that sculk features aren't coming in 1.17. | ||||
| October 16, 2021 | Sculk features were delayed to 1.19. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.30 | beta 1.17.30.22 | "Sculk" was mentioned in Bedrock Beta documentation. | |||
| beta 1.17.30.23 |  Sculk texture was shown in internal Caves & Cliffs textures. | ||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.22 | Added sculk blocks behind the "Vanilla Experiments" toggle. | |||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.21 | Moved the sculk blocks to the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. | |||
Gallery[]
Concept art[]
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Sculk" or "Sculk Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References[]
