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Soul Campfire
Utility BlocksCraftable

Soul Campfire

A blue-flamed variant of the campfire that cooks food and emits dimmer light. It repels piglins and deals more damage than a normal campfire.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.16

Item ID

soul_campfire

Soul Campfire at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Soul Campfire: a block out of crafting. A slot of Soul Campfire holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

On the hardness scale Soul Campfire sits at 2. Lit, Soul Campfire gives off light level 10. An axe is the right tool for Soul Campfire, and any tier of it collects the block. Explosives face the same figure, which is why Soul Campfire is not a wall you rely on. It sits between Snow Block and Soul Lantern in Utility Blocks, number 290 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
StickStick
Soul SandSoul Sand
StickStick
Soul CampfireSoul Campfire

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Emits light level 10. Soul soil can be used in place of soul sand in the recipe.

Frequently asked questions about Soul Campfire

  1. Stick, Soul Sand, Log going into Soul Campfire, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Soul Campfire in Minecraft?

    Soul Campfire is crafted from Stick, Soul Sand, and Log at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. Soul Campfire coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.16

    When was Soul Campfire added to Minecraft?

    Soul Campfire was added in version 1.16.

  3. Soul Campfire as a block, next to the axe its 2 hardness asks for

    How long does Soul Campfire take to break?

    Hardness 2 is what the game stores for Soul Campfire, next to blast resistance 2 on it. That is the default pairing for Soul Campfire, and it means it has no special toughness either way. An axe is the right tool for Soul Campfire, and any tier of it collects the block. On top of that Soul Campfire emits 10 light in its lit state, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 spells Soul Campfire out this way, so nothing on it was guessed.

  4. 64 Soul Campfire drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Soul Campfire can you stack?

    64 Soul Campfire fills a slot, and that slot costs 192 Stick, 64 Soul Sand, and 192 Log, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.

  5. Soul Campfire on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Soul Campfire used for?

    A blue-flamed variant of the campfire that cooks food and emits dimmer light. It repels piglins and deals more damage than a normal campfire.

Building with it

A soul campfire is a campfire built on soul sand or soul soil, and it burns blue. It deals more damage than the ordinary kind, gives less light, and still cooks four items at once, and piglins avoid it, which is why Nether outposts use it for both cooking and defence.