Minecraft:Sculk: Difference between revisions

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Sculk is a Minecraft:block found abundantly in the Minecraft:deep dark or converted from other blocks by a Minecraft:sculk catalyst. Like most of the rest of the Minecraft:sculk family, it drops Minecraft:experience when broken by a Minecraft:tool.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break sculk is any type of Minecraft:hoe. Template:Breaking row Sculk drops 1 Minecraft:experience when it's destroyed using a tool without Minecraft:Silk Touch.
Sculk drops itself when it's destroyed using a tool with Silk Touch.

Natural generation

Sculk naturally generates in patch formations in the Minecraft:deep dark biome or any Minecraft:sculk patches.

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Generated loot

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Post-generation

Sculk blocks generate when a mob dies within 8 blocks of a Minecraft:sculk catalyst, replacing blocks in the area with the sculk_replaceable Minecraft:tag, which includes the surface blocks of most biomes in all three dimensions:

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Usage

Sculk blocks are primarily used for decoration. They have an animated texture that consists of glowing spots, but they do not illuminate the surroundings. It has a similar texture of an end portal viewed from above.

Sculk spreading and growth

Sculk, when connected to sculk catalysts, is used to grow a patch of sculk. See Minecraft:sculk catalyst for more details.

Sounds

Generic

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Unique

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Data values

ID

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History

Issues

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Trivia

"Sculk" is derived from the word "skulk," meaning "keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive".<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
During the prototype phase, sculk was much easier to trigger; simply stepping on it would make a lot of noise and attract the Minecraft:warden. This ended up being deemed unfair.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

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Early concept of deep dark

Early concept of deep dark

Development images

Images are sorted by their approximate creation date.

A version of sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden

A version of sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden
An early iteration of the Minecraft:warden, referred to as the stalker, with both it and the sculk using brown textures similar to Minecraft:soul sand

An early iteration of the Minecraft:warden, referred to as the stalker, with both it and the sculk using brown textures similar to Minecraft:soul sand
An early trypophobia version of the sculk

An early trypophobia version of the sculk
A cave full of sculk with the first iterations of the sculk charge

A cave full of sculk with the first iterations of the sculk charge
A deeper cave full of sculk

A deeper cave full of sculk
A flooded cave full of sculk

A flooded cave full of sculk

Concept artwork

Sculk concept art with a rust theme

Sculk concept art with a rust theme
Sculk concept art with a bone theme

Sculk concept art with a bone theme
Sculk concept art with a void theme

Sculk concept art with a void theme
Sculk concept art with a corruption theme

Sculk concept art with a corruption theme
Sculk concept art with a hallow theme

Sculk concept art with a hallow theme
Sculk concept art with a flesh (trypophobia) theme

Sculk concept art with a flesh (trypophobia) theme

References

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Navigation

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-{{For|other variants|Sculk family}}
+{{For|other variants|Sculk (disambiguation)}}
 {{Infobox block
 | image = Sculk.gif
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 === Sculk spreading and growth ===
 Sculk, when connected to sculk catalysts, is used to grow a patch of sculk. See [[Minecraft:sculk catalyst]] for more details.
-=== Sulfur cube ===
-{{In development|drop=Chaos Cubed|section=1}}
-[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb sculk, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob when hitting it.{{only|Bedrock}}
 == Sounds ==
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 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of sculk from 0.6 to 0.2.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.40|dev=Preview 1.20.40.20|Sculk no longer drops experience in addition to itself when mined with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]].}}
-|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
 |{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb sculk, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.30|dev=Preview 26.30.20|Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 26.30.27|Sculk can no longer be absorbed by sulfur cubes.}}
 }}
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 <gallery>
 File:Tenth Image Leading To A Very Scary Snapshot.jpg|The teaser image for [[Minecraft:Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1]], featuring sculk. Click [[Minecraft::File:Tenth Image Leading To A Very Scary Snapshot.jpg|here]] to see all teaser parts.
-File:Deep dark concept 2.png|Early concept of deep dark.
+File:Deep dark concept 2.png|Early concept of deep dark
 </gallery>
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 Images are sorted by their approximate creation date.
 <gallery>
-File:The Stalker Version of The Sculk.jpg|A version of sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden.
+File:The Stalker Version of The Sculk.jpg|A version of sculk that went with the stalker iteration of the warden
-File:The Stalker Sculk With The Stalker Incarnation.jpg|An early iteration of the [[Minecraft:warden]], referred to as the stalker, with both it and the sculk using brown textures similar to [[Minecraft:soul sand]].
+File:The Stalker Sculk With The Stalker Incarnation.jpg|An early iteration of the [[Minecraft:warden]], referred to as the stalker, with both it and the sculk using brown textures similar to [[Minecraft:soul sand]]
-File:Trypophobia sculk.jpg|An early trypophobia version of the sculk.
+File:Trypophobia sculk.jpg|An early trypophobia version of the sculk
-File:Sculk Cave 1.jpg|A cave full of sculk with the first iterations of the sculk charge.
+File:Sculk Cave 1.jpg|A cave full of sculk with the first iterations of the sculk charge
-File:Sculk Cave 2.jpg|A deeper cave full of sculk.
+File:Sculk Cave 2.jpg|A deeper cave full of sculk
-File:Sculk Cave 3.jpg|A flooded cave full of sculk.
+File:Sculk Cave 3.jpg|A flooded cave full of sculk
 </gallery>
 === Concept artwork ===
 <gallery>
-File:Rust Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a rust theme.
+File:Rust Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a rust theme
-File:Bone Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a bone theme.
+File:Bone Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a bone theme
-File:Void Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a void theme.
+File:Void Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a void theme
-File:Corruption Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a corruption theme.
+File:Corruption Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a corruption theme
-File:Hollow Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a hallow theme.
+File:Hollow Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a hallow theme
-File:Flesh Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a flesh (trypophobia) theme.
+File:Flesh Sculk.png|Sculk concept art with a flesh (trypophobia) theme
 </gallery>