Calibrated Sculk Sensor

A calibrated sculk sensor is a craftable variant of sculk sensor. Similarly to its counterpart it detects vibrations, but with twice the range, and can detect multiple vibrations in quicker succession. It outputs a signal on all sides except for its input, which can receive power to make the sensor only listen to specific vibrations, depending on the input signal strength.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Calibrated sculk sensors can be broken with any tool, but can be broken faster with a hoe. They drop experience when broken. When broken by an item that is enchanted with Silk Touch, a calibrated sculk sensor drops itself.

Block	Calibrated Sculk Sensor
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	2.25
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Amethyst Shard + Sculk Sensor

Usage[]

Unlike regular sculk sensors, there are a few differences:

• Calibrated sculk sensors can detect vibrations up to 16 blocks away.
• Calibrated sculk sensors have a cooldown of 1 second instead of 2 seconds.
• Calibrated sculk sensors' "Sensor" could be disabled by a redstone signal onto its crystallized side.

Redstone[]

The same with the sculk sensor, one side of the calibrated sculk sensor can receive a redstone signal as an input, and the strength of that redstone signal is the only vibration frequency the sculk sensor will listen to. The following list showcases (in order) a list of frequencies that the calibrated sculk sensor can listen for.

1. Movement in any medium (land, water and air)
2. Landing on any surface (land or water)
3. Using an item (casting a fishing pole, throwing a snowball, etc.)
4. Gliding with an elytra or unique mob actions (Ravager roar, Wolf shaking, etc)
5. Dismounting a mob or equipping gear
6. Mounting a mob or interacting with a mob
7. Mobs and players getting damaged
8. Consuming items (drinking and eating)
9. Blocks 'deactivating' (door close, chest close, button unpress, etc)
10. Blocks 'activating' (door open, chest open, button press, etc)
11. Blocks changing (adding food to campfire, etc)
12. Non-wool blocks being destroyed
13. Non-wool blocks being placed
14. Mobs and players teleporting or spawning
15. Mobs and players dying or an explosion

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sculk_sensor.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.9	0.96	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sculk_sensor.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.8	0.96	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.sculk_sensor.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.sculk_sensor.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.sculk_sensor.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	break.sculk_sensor	0.8	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.sculk_sensor	0.8	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.sculk_sensor	0.35	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.sculk_sensor	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.sculk_sensor	0.17	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.sculk_sensor	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.sculk_sensor	0.14	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Sculk Sensor starts clicking	Blocks	When a calibrated sculk sensor detects a vibration	block.sculk_sensor.clicking	subtitles.block.sculk_sensor.clicking	0.73	0.8-1.0	16
	Sculk Sensor stops clicking	Blocks	When a calibrated sculk sensor deactivates	block.sculk_sensor.clicking_stop	subtitles.block.sculk_sensor.clicking_stop	0.62	0.8-1.0	16
	Amethyst resonates	Blocks	When an amethyst block re-emits a vibration	block.amethyst_block.resonate	subtitles.block.amethyst_block.resonate	1.0	varies[sound 1]	48

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a sculk sensor detects a vibration	power.on.sculk_sensor	0.73	0.8-1.2
	Blocks	When a sculk sensor deactivates	power.off.sculk_sensor	0.62	0.8-1.2
	Blocks	When an amethyst block re-emits a vibration	resonate.amethyst_block	3.0	varies[sound 1]
None	None	Undefined sound event	block.sculk_sensor.clicking	1.0	0.73
	None	Undefined sound event	block.sculk_sensor.clicking_stop	1.0	0.62

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Calibrated Sculk Sensor	calibrated_sculk_sensor	Block & Item	block.minecraft.calibrated_sculk_sensor

Name	Identifier
Block entity	calibrated_sculk_sensor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Calibrated Sculk Sensor	calibrated_sculk_sensor	-580	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.calibrated_sculk_sensor.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	CalibratedSculkSensor

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the calibrated sculk sensor's amethyst input is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the calibrated sculk sensor.
power	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	The calibrated sculk sensor's current power level.
sculk_sensor_phase	inactive	active cooldown inactive	Whether or not the calibrated sculk sensor is active.[more information needed]
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this calibrated sculk sensor.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
direction (Deprecated)	Not Supported	0	0 1 2 3	Unsupported	The direction the calibrated sculk sensor is facing. 0: facing south 1: facing west 2: facing north 3: facing east
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	south	east north south west	Unsupported	The direction the calibrated sculk sensor's amethyst input is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the calibrated sculk sensor.
sculk_sensor_phase	Not Supported	0	0 1 2	Unsupported	The calibrated sculk sensor phase.[more information needed]

Block data[]

A calibrated sculk sensor has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Calibrated Sculk Sensor/BE

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

History[]

October 12, 2020					Brandon Pearce mentioned adding "habituation" to the skulk sensor.
Java Edition
1.17		20w49a			Added unused textures for calibrated sculk sensor to the game files (specifically to the assets/minecraft/textures/blocks directory).
					The top texture is a translucent version of the block of amethyst texture, where the side texture is composed of the sculk sensor's side texture overlaid on the amethyst texture.
					The amethyst textures are based on those from 20w45a, despite these textures being added after the amethyst block textures were redone twice, implying these textures come from a scrapped functionality of the sculk sensor coupled with amethyst.
		21w13a			Removed texture files from the game files.[1]
1.20		23w12a			Added calibrated sculk sensors.
		23w14a			Calibrated sculk sensors now detect vibrations up to 16 blocks radius instead of 8 blocks.
					Calibrated sculk sensors now have 1 second active cooldown instead of 2 seconds.
					Calibrated sculk sensors now accept signals into the calibration input side more consistently with other Redstone components.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now be activated by sniffer digging.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now glow when they trigger, just like a regular sculk sensor.
					Default redstone output has been modified to be more reliable for distance calculations.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now strongly power the block they are placed on.
		23w16a			The model of the calibrated sculk sensor have been changed. The amethyst is now stretched to match the model of the amethyst cluster.
		23w17a			Now lasts 10 game ticks when in Active phase instead of 20.
					Now lasts 10 game ticks when in Cooldown phase instead of 1.
		23w18a			Landing or jumping on the edge of wool no longer triggers calibrated sculk sensors.[2]
					Walking on the edge of blocks now properly triggers sculk sensors.[3]
1.20.2		23w31a			Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect totems of undying activating.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect witches drinking a potion.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect turtles clearing away sand.
					Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect camels standing up, sitting down, or dashing.
		23w32a			Vibrations no longer risk being lost on simulation distance limit.
					Unequipping items emits a new unequip vibration of frequency 4.
					Chiseled bookshelves emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11 when receiving books from hoppers.
					Turtle eggs cracking emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11.
					Turtle eggs hatching emit a block_destroy vibration of frequency 12.
					Using bone meal emits an item_interact_finish vibration of frequency 3.
					Fire being doused by water potion emits a block_destroy vibration of frequency 12.
					Evokers evoking vexes or fangs emit an entity_place vibration of frequency 14.
					Carrots being eaten by rabbits emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11.
					Sweet berries being eaten by foxes emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11.
					Camels eating cactus emit an eat vibration of frequency 8.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.80		beta 1.19.80.22			Added calibrated sculk sensors.
1.20.10		beta 1.20.10.20			Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect the following events: Placing, rotating, or removing an item in an item frame or a glow item frame. Charging a respawn anchor. Scraping or applying wax to blocks of the copper block set. Switching a daylight detector to an inverted daylight detector or vice-versa. Adding food to a campfire. Adding or removing a music disc to a jukebox. Mud turning into clay. Harvesting sweet berries. Placing an eye of ender in an end portal frame. Bees entering or exiting a beehive or a bee nest. Interacting with composter. Attaching or detaching a lead from a fence. Attaching or detaching a lead from a mob. Dying a sheep. Picking glow berries. Farmland turning into dirt. Using a spawn egg on a monster spawner. Silverfish merging with blocks. Using a hoe on rooted dirt. Using a shovel to create dirt paths. Placing a door. Planting seeds in farmland.
1.20.30		beta 1.20.30.20			Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect the following events: Throwing an eye of ender. Minecarts, consistently when moving on rails while empty. Collecting fish, axolotls, and tadpoles with buckets. Cleaning items in cauldrons. Dying leather armor in cauldrons. Tipping arrows in cauldrons. Using dyes to change cauldrons' water color. Non-player actors event when equipping shields in their off-hand slot.
					Calibrated sculk sensors now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of direction.
		beta 1.20.30.21			Calibrated sculk sensors can now detect the following events: Applying a nametag. Evokers summoning vexes or fangs. Chickens, frogs, and turtles laying eggs. Using bone meal. Chiseled bookshelves when books are inserted into them using hoppers. Extinguishing fire. Mounting or dismounting a vehicle. Rabbits eating carrot crops. Foxes eating sweet berry bushes. Unequipping armor. Placing a banner, bamboo sapling, lily pad, or a head. Placing frogspawns. Placing or adding sea pickles. Adding/destroying a turtle egg. Turtle eggs cracking.

Gallery[]

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  One interpretation of how the old texture could have looked.

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  Another interpretation.

Issues[]

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