Sculk is a block found abundantly in the deep dark or converted from other blocks by a sculk catalyst. Like most of the rest of the sculk family it drops experience when broken by a tool that is not enchanted with Silk Touch.
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 | 0.2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 0.3 | |
| Wooden | 0.15 | |
| Stone | 0.1 | |
| Iron | 0.05 | |
| Diamond | 0.05 | |
| Netherite | 0.05 | |
| Golden | 0.05 | |
- ↑ 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 naturally 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 blocks in the area with the sculk_replaceable tag, which includes the surface materials of most biomes in all three dimensions.
Usage[]
Sculk blocks are primarily used for decoration. They have an animated texture that consists of glowing spots, but they do not illuminate the surroundings. It has a similar texture of an end portal viewed from above.
Sculk blocks near sculk catalyst are also used for sculk growth (click link for more details), which can produce more sculk blocks, sculk sensors and sculk shriekers.
Sounds[]
Generic[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | break | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block with fall damage | step | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Walking on the block | step | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Jumping from the block | step | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block without fall damage | step | 0.14 | 1.0 |
Unique[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculk bubbles | Blocks | While a sculk charge is moving | block | subtitles | 0.15-? | ? | 16 | |
| Sculk spreads | Blocks | When a sculk charge spreads to a block | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | While a sculk charge is moving | charge | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sculk charge spreads to a block | spread | 1.0 | 0.9 |
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. | |||
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".[1]
- During the prototype phase, sculk was much easier to trigger; simply stepping on in would make a lot of noise and attract the Warden. This ended up being deemed unfair, resulting in the creation of the Sculk Sensor.[2]
- The old trypophobia shrieker was a combination of the modern day shrieker and scrapped sculk jaw as it would both scream and show teeth[3]
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.
A version of Sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden.
An early trypophobia version of the Sculk.
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.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "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 X, October 13, 2020
- ↑ "The Secrets of Minecraft's Deep Dark" – Minecraft on YouTube
- ↑ "The old shreiker didn't have lights" – @CagilMartin on X, July 23, 2022