Soul Sand

Blocks

Soul Sand — block.

Obtaining

Loot tableSoul SandDetailed drops are not published yet.

Breaking

Soul sand drops itself through its explosion-protected block loot table. The

block has a fourteen-pixel collision height, so entities sink slightly into it.

Data: Breaking
Hardness	0.5
Blast resistance	0.5
Tool	ShovelTool
Drop	Soul sand
Collision height	14 pixels
Blast condition	Drops when the block survives an explosion

Soul SandBlock

Natural generation

Soul sand is most common in soul sand valleys and also occurs in the Nether wastes, bastions, and ancient cities.

Data: Natural generation
Soul sand valley	Main surface material
Nether ore pocket	12 attempts per chunk, from the bottom to Y 31
Bastion chest	2–7 blocks
Piglin barter	2–8 blocks

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

Soul sand slows entities, supports soul fire, and creates upward bubble columns.

Data: Usage
Shape	Full cube
Rendering	Isometric preview
Movement	Slows entities walking across it
Bubble column	Pushes water upward
Soul fire	Supports soul fire
Wither	Counts as a wither-summon base block
Nether wart	Supports nether wart

Sounds

Soul sand has a dedicated sound family for breaking, stepping, placing, falling,

and block hits.

Data: Sounds
Note block instrument	cow_bell
Break	block.soul_sand.break
Fall	block.soul_sand.fall
Hit	block.soul_sand.hit
Place	block.soul_sand.place
Step	block.soul_sand.step

Behavior

Data: Behavior
Stack size	64
Solid block	Yes
Map color	color_brown
Note block instrument	cow_bell
State count	1

Data values

The stable block identifier is `minecraft:soul_sand`. It has no blockstate

properties and is included in the soul-fire, soul-speed, wither-base, and

nether-wart support tags.

Data: Data values
Identifier	`minecraft:soul_sand`
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	`assets/minecraft/blockstates/soul_sand.json`
Loot table	Soul SandLoot table
Stack size	64
Tags	soul_fire_base_blocks, soul_speed_blocks, wither_summon_base_blocks

History

26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Gallery

Soul Sand block image — Soul sand — Soul sand · Local Minecraft asset

Soul Sand block image — Soul soil — Soul soil · Local Minecraft asset

Soul Sand block image — Soul fire — Soul fire · Local Minecraft asset

Soul Sand block image — Nether wart — Nether wart · Local Minecraft asset

References

The page follows the Nether surface rules, ore feature, tags, loot table and

block implementation that give soul sand its movement and fire behavior.

Data: References
Source	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	`df6a6d48109e022d9eba003736efb177f73b48183563db98144ab32ef2691acd`
Block registration	net/minecraft/world/level/block/Blocks.java
Block implementation	net/minecraft/world/level/block/SoulSandBlock.java
Loot table	Soul SandLoot table
Ore feature	data/minecraft/worldgen/configured_feature/ore_soul_sand.json
Ore placement	data/minecraft/worldgen/placed_feature/ore_soul_sand.json
Surface rules	net/minecraft/data/worldgen/SurfaceRuleData.java
Block tags	net/minecraft/data/tags/VanillaBlockTagsProvider.java

Data and provenance

minecraft:soul_sand

Snapshot digest verified.

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Provenance and publication

Readiness: Pending
Snapshot: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Source set: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier: minecraft:soul_sand
Digest: df6a6d48109e022d9eba003736efb177f73b48183563db98144ab32ef2691acd
Missing locales: ru, en