How do you get Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft?

Sculk Catalyst is obtained through mining, and Sculk Catalyst from natural world generation. No crafting recipe exists for Sculk Catalyst. The best odds are ancient city chests, about 17% per chest.

How many Sculk Catalyst can you stack?

A slot of Sculk Catalyst takes 64, and ancient city chests hand over 1 to 2 Sculk Catalyst at a time, so 64 Sculk Catalyst is at least 32 chests of searching.

How long does Sculk Catalyst take to break?

What Sculk Catalyst comes down to is 3 against a tool on Sculk Catalyst and 3 against a blast. Identical values are the game's way of saying Sculk Catalyst was not designed to stop anything hitting it. Use a hoe on Sculk Catalyst to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Light level 6 comes with Sculk Catalyst. Java 26.2 keeps Sculk Catalyst on file as printed, which is what Sculk Catalyst shows here.

Where do you find Sculk Catalyst in chests?

Sculk Catalyst is chest loot in one place and one only: ancient city chests (about 17%, 1 to 2 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists Sculk Catalyst, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Sculk Catalyst.

When was Sculk Catalyst added to Minecraft?

Sculk Catalyst was added in version 1.19.

Utility Blocks

Sculk Catalyst

A block from the deep dark that spreads sculk and sculk growths when a mob dies nearby, consuming the experience the mob would drop. It emits a small pulse of light when it spreads.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Overview

Sculk Catalyst is a block in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, obtained through mining and natural world generation. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Sculk Catalyst.

Sculk Catalyst is a 3-hardness block. Mining Sculk Catalyst and blowing it up both run into 3. Use a hoe on Sculk Catalyst to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Light level 6 comes off Sculk Catalyst without any help. Generated chests only ever hold Sculk Catalyst in one place: ancient city chests (about 17%, 1 to 2 at a time).

How to Obtain

Mining
Natural generation

Mobs That Drop Sculk Catalyst

1 per kill, and only Warden carries Sculk Catalyst at all.

Notes

Cannot be crafted. Only drops itself when mined with a Silk Touch tool. Generates in the deep dark biome.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft?
Sculk Catalyst is obtained through mining, and Sculk Catalyst from natural world generation. No crafting recipe exists for Sculk Catalyst. The best odds are ancient city chests, about 17% per chest.
What is Sculk Catalyst used for?
A block from the deep dark that spreads sculk and sculk growths when a mob dies nearby, consuming the experience the mob would drop. It emits a small pulse of light when it spreads.
How many Sculk Catalyst can you stack?
A slot of Sculk Catalyst takes 64, and ancient city chests hand over 1 to 2 Sculk Catalyst at a time, so 64 Sculk Catalyst is at least 32 chests of searching.
How long does Sculk Catalyst take to break?
What Sculk Catalyst comes down to is 3 against a tool on Sculk Catalyst and 3 against a blast. Identical values are the game's way of saying Sculk Catalyst was not designed to stop anything hitting it. Use a hoe on Sculk Catalyst to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Light level 6 comes with Sculk Catalyst. Java 26.2 keeps Sculk Catalyst on file as printed, which is what Sculk Catalyst shows here.
Where do you find Sculk Catalyst in chests?
Sculk Catalyst is chest loot in one place and one only: ancient city chests (about 17%, 1 to 2 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists Sculk Catalyst, so that structure is the only place worth searching for Sculk Catalyst.
When was Sculk Catalyst added to Minecraft?
Sculk Catalyst was added in version 1.19.
Which mobs drop Sculk Catalyst?
1 per kill, and only Warden carries Sculk Catalyst at all.