Soul Soil

Not to be confused with Soul Sand.

Soul Soil
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No, but burns indefinitely when manually ignited on the top side only, creating soul fire
Catches fire from lava	No

Soul soil is a block found abundantly in soul sand valleys. Unlike soul sand it does not slow down players or mobs that walk on it.

Obtaining

Breaking

Soul soil drops as an item when broken with any tool or by hand, but a shovel is the fastest way to break it.

A soul campfire, when broken without using a Silk Touch tool, drops a block of soul soil. Since soul campfires can be crafted with renewable soul sand, this makes soul soil renewable as well.

Block	Soul Soil
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

Natural generation

Soul soil generates naturally in the soul sand valley biome.

Usage

Unlike soul sand, soul soil does not slow mobs down, does not create bubble columns and does not allow items to fall through into a hopper.

Fire

Fire lit on soul soil becomes soul fire.

Withers

The wither build configuration (with soul soil).

4 blocks of soul soil (or soul sand) are used in the construction of a wither.

Basalt

Lava on top of soul soil and directly adjacent to blue ice turns into basalt. Re-producing basalt this way can comprise a "basalt generator."

A simple basalt generator.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Soul Campfire	Stick + Soul Soil + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
Soul Torch	Coal + Stick + Soul Soil	4

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.soul_soil.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.8	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.soul_soil.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.8	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.soul_soil.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.165	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.soul_soil.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.soul_soil.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.soul_soil	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.soul_soil	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.soul_soil	0.17	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.soul_soil	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.soul_soil	0.16	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.soul_soil	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.soul_soil	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Soul Soil	soul_soil	Block & Item	soul_fire_base_blocks soul_speed_blocks wither_summon_base_blocks mineable/shovel	soul_fire_base_blocks	block.minecraft.soul_soil

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
Soul Soil	soul_soil	491	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:soul_fire_base_blocks	tile.soul_soil.name

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019					Soul soil shown unnamed as part of soul sand valley biome at Minecon 2019.
1.16		20w06a			Added soul soil.
					Soul soil appears in the soul sand valley biome.
		20w07a			Soul soil can now be used to create a wither.
		20w09a			Soul soil can now be broken quickly using shovels.
		20w13a			Lava poured over soul soil next to blue ice can now generate basalt.
		20w15a			Soul soil now drops when breaking soul campfires, making it renewable.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Soul soil now generate as part of ancient city.
		22w13a			Soul soil no longer generates as part of ancient city.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added soul soil.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Lava poured over soul soil next to blue ice can now generate basalt.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Soul soil can now be broken quickly using shovels.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.54			Soul soil now drops when breaking soul campfires.

Issues

Issues relating to "Soul Soil" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

• 
  Naturally generated soul soil in a soul sand valley.
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  Soul fire on soul soil.

External links

• Block of the Week: Soul Soil – Minecraft.net on August 12, 2021