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Sculk Catalyst
| Renewable |
No |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | |
| Hardness | |
| Luminant |
Yes (6) |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
A sculk catalyst is a block that generates Sculk features around it when a mob is killed nearby.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Sculk catalysts can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the quickest.
| Block | Sculk Catalyst | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Usage[]
Sculk catalyst activating
Sculk catalyst detection range
It turns the blocks around the dead Mob into Sculk or Sculk Vein.
When a sculk catalyst is in range of where a mob dies, it blooms, giving off soul particles and creates a patch of sculk with sculk veins around that location. Some of the blocks that the sculk catalyst can replace with sculk blocks are grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, stone, deepslate, andesite, diorite and granite.
Sounds[]
Generic[]
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break.sculk_catalyst | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | step.sculk_catalyst | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.sculk_catalyst | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | step.sculk_catalyst | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | step.sculk_catalyst | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Walking on the block | step.sculk_catalyst | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place.sculk_catalyst | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculk Catalyst | sculk_catalyst | 715 | Block & Item | tile.sculk_catalyst.name |
Block states[]
See also: Block state
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bloom | 0 | 01 | Whether the sculk catalyst is growing or not. |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |  Sculk catalysts are shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2020 | The sculk catalyst 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. | ||||
| New sculk catalyst functions was shown. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.17.30 | beta 1.17.30.22 | "Sculk Catalyst" was mentioned in Bedrock Beta documentation. | |||
| beta 1.17.30.23 |      Sculk Catalyst texture was shown in internal Caves & Cliffs textures. | ||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.22 | Added sculk catalysts behind the Vanilla experiments toggle. | |||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.21 | Moved skulk catalysts to the "The Wild Update" experimental toggle. | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Sculk Catalyst" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
