| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
0.2 |
| Hardness |
0.6 |
| Luminant |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
Sculk is a block found in the deep dark biome, or created by the sculk catalyst. The block bears glowing spots that do not illuminate the surroundings.
Obtaining[]
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Sculk | Ancient City | Chest | 4–10 | 23.2% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Sculk | Ancient City | Chest | 4–10 | 23.2% |
Breaking[]
Sculk blocks can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the quickest. It always drops 1 experience if mined without Silk Touch.
| Block | Sculk | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.6 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 0.9 | |
| Wooden | 0.45 | |
| Stone | 0.25 | |
| Iron | 0.15 | |
| Diamond | 0.15 | |
| Netherite | 0.1 | |
| Golden | 0.1 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[]
Sculk are generated in patch formations within the deep dark biome.
Post-generation[]
Sculk blocks generate when a mob dies within 8 blocks of a sculk catalyst, replacing any blocks with the sculk_replaceable tag in the area.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.sculk.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sculk bubbles | Blocks | Sculk charges | block.sculk.charge | subtitles.block.sculk.charge | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.sculk.fall | None[sound 1] | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.sculk.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.sculk.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sculk spreads | Blocks | When the sculk spreads | block.sculk.spread | subtitles.block.sculk.spread | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.sculk.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 |
| 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 | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sculk | sculk | Block & Item | block.minecraft.sculk |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculk | sculk | 713 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.sculk.name |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |  Sculk blocks are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2020 |  In a tweet, Brandon Pearce revealed that sculk had gotten a new texture. | ||||
| April 26, 2021 | Kingbdogz stated in another tweet that sculk features aren't coming in 1.17. | ||||
| October 16, 2021 | Sculk blocks are shown again at Minecraft Live 2021. | ||||
| Sculk features were delayed to 1.19. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Added sculk.
| |||
Sculk is now a member of the skip_occlude_vibration_when_above block tag. | |||||
| 22w11a | Sculk no longer prevents vibration occlusion from wool being placed on their top side. | ||||
Sculk is no longer a member of the skip_occlude_vibration_when_above block tag. | |||||
| 22w17a | Lowered blast resistance of sculk from 0.6 to 0.2. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.30 | beta 1.17.30.22 | "Sculk" was mentioned in Bedrock Beta documentation. | |||
| beta 1.17.30.23 |  The texture of sculk was shown in internal Caves & Cliffs textures. | ||||
| Vanilla Experiments (experimental) | beta 1.18.0.22 | Added sculk blocks behind the "Vanilla Experiments" toggle. | |||
| Wild Update (Experimental) | beta 1.18.10.21 | Moved sculk blocks to the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. | |||
| 1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.20 | Sculk are now available without enabling experimental gameplay. | |||
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
The teaser image for Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1, featuring sculk. click here to see all teaser parts.
Development images[]
Images are sorted by their approximate creation date.
An early trypophobia version of the Sculk.[1]
A version of Sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden.[2]
Sculk concept art with a rust theme.
Sculk concept art with a bone theme.
Sculk concept art with a void theme.
Sculk concept art with a corruption theme.
Sculk concept art with a hallow theme.
Sculk concept art with a flesh (trypophobia) theme.
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Sculk" or "Sculk Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- "Sculk" is derived from the word "skulk," meaning "keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive".[4]
References[]
- ↑ "When we went the typophobia route for the Warden, this is what Sculk was going to look like at one point Keep in mind these were textures I made myself, so the art team hadn't touched these yet!" – @kingbdogz on Twitter, January 22, 2022
- ↑ "A version of sculk blocks with similar textures to soul sand" – @kingbdogz on Twitter, January 22, 2022
- ↑ "That Sculk with a version of the Stalker" – @kingbdogz on Twitter, January 22, 2022
- ↑ "While not related, Sculk name was inspired by Jeb's process with naming the Shulkers - he liked the word "Lurker", but changed it around a bit to feel new. Sculk is one letter changed in Skulk, meaning 'keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive'" – @kingbdogz on Twitter, October 13, 2020
