How do you get Soul Sand in Minecraft?

Soul Sand is obtained through mining, and Soul Sand from natural world generation. There is no recipe for Soul Sand, but 2 recipes ask for it.

How many Soul Sand can you stack?

Soul Sand at 64 a slot, and Soul Campfire takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Soul Campfire with nothing left over. A shulker box of Soul Sand comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Where do you find Soul Sand in chests?

Soul Sand is chest loot in one place and one only: bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 2 to 7 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

What is Soul Sand used for?

Soul Sand is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Soul Campfire and Soul Torch.

When was Soul Sand added to Minecraft?

Soul Sand was added in the early Alpha development period.

How long does Soul Sand take to break?

The block data for Soul Sand holds 0.5 for hardness on it and 0.5 for blast resistance. The pair on Soul Sand being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. The game files it under a shovel, without a minimum tier attached to Soul Sand. Java 26.2 gives Soul Sand these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.

Utility Blocks

Soul Sand

A Nether block that slows entities walking on it and creates upward bubble columns underwater. It is required to grow nether wart and to summon the Wither.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Soul Sand at a glance

Soul Sand comes from mining and natural world generation, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. 64 Soul Sand fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Soul Sand additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Soul Campfire and Soul Torch. Hardness 0.5 is what Soul Sand is worth in the block data. The game files it under a shovel, without a minimum tier attached to Soul Sand. A creeper does to Soul Sand what a tool does, because both work against 0.5. Generated chests only ever hold Soul Sand in one place: bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 2 to 7 at a time). It sits between Soul Lantern and Soul Torch in Utility Blocks, number 292 of 340 there.

Used to craft

Follow Soul Sand forward and you land on 2 recipes: 2 in Utility Blocks, the rest spread over that one category, Soul Campfire through Soul Torch. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Soul Sand in it.

How to obtain

Mining
Natural generation

Notes

Generates in the Nether, especially in soul sand valleys. Used with wither skeleton skulls to build the Wither and to craft soul torches.

Frequently asked questions about Soul Sand

How do you get Soul Sand in Minecraft?
Soul Sand is obtained through mining, and Soul Sand from natural world generation. There is no recipe for Soul Sand, but 2 recipes ask for it.
How many Soul Sand can you stack?
Soul Sand at 64 a slot, and Soul Campfire takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Soul Campfire with nothing left over. A shulker box of Soul Sand comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
Where do you find Soul Sand in chests?
Soul Sand is chest loot in one place and one only: bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 2 to 7 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
What is Soul Sand used for?
Soul Sand is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Soul Campfire and Soul Torch.
When was Soul Sand added to Minecraft?
Soul Sand was added in the early Alpha development period.
How long does Soul Sand take to break?
The block data for Soul Sand holds 0.5 for hardness on it and 0.5 for blast resistance. The pair on Soul Sand being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. The game files it under a shovel, without a minimum tier attached to Soul Sand. Java 26.2 gives Soul Sand these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.

Building with it

Soul sand slows anything walking on it and creates an upward bubble column underwater, so it powers elevators and drops. It is also the block wither roses and nether wart grow on, and four of it plus three wither skeleton skulls summon the wither itself.

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