Potent Sulfur - minecraft.fandom.com
A potent sulfur is an upcoming sulfur variant that will soon be added in Chaos Cubed[upcoming]. It creates noxious gas when placed in and on top of water, inflicting players and mobs nausea for 3 seconds.
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Like any stone-related blocks, potent sulfur blocks can only be mined with any pickaxe, otherwise, it drops nothing.
| Block | Potent Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | ? | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | ? | |
| Wooden | ? | |
| Stone | ? | |
| Copper | ? | |
| Iron | ? | |
| Diamond | ? | |
| Netherite | ? | |
| Golden | ||
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potent Sulfur | Sulfur | [upcoming: Cubed] |
Natural generation[]
Potent sulfur blocks naturally generate in sulfur cave's sulfur pools and in sulfur springs.
Usage[]
Noxious gas[]
Potent sulfur blocks emit bubble column gas with yellow gas particles above the water. Players and mobs who get too close to or enter the water above the block will get inflicted with nausea for 3 seconds.
Geysers[]
A sulfur geyser, created by placing magma block under potent sulfur.
Geysers are created when a potent sulfur block has a magma block underneath. it creates an eruption, with the eruption's frequency and duration, and the geyser's size depends on how many water-source blocks placed above the potent sulfur.
Geysers only naturally generate in sulfur springs with potent sulfur on it, with magma block underneath. Geysers does not naturally generate in sulfur caves's sulfur pools, as sulfur pools only uses potent sulfur.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potent Sulfur | potent_sulfur | Block & Item | block.minecraft.potent_sulfur |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potent Sulfur | potent_sulfur | ? | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.potent_sulfur.name |
History[]
| March 21, 2026 | Potent sulfur blocks are announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upcoming Java Edition | ||||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | Added potent sulfur blocks. | ||||
They can be crafted back to sulfur blocks via this recipe.
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| snap3 | Potent sulfur blocks can no longer be crafted back into sulfur. | |||||
| snap5 | Potent sulfur blocks can now be used to create geysers. | |||||
| Geysers can be created by placing a potent sulfur block on top of a magma block amd under 1-4 water-source blocks. | ||||||
| snap7 | Geysers can now be triggered when a potent sulfur block has a lava-source block underneath. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||||
| 26.20 | beta 26.20.24 | Added potent sulfur blocks under "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle. | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | ||||||
| 26.30 | beta 26.30.20 | Potent sulfur blocks are now available during normal gameplay. | ||||
| beta 26.30.25 | Potent sulfur blocks can now be used to create geysers. | |||||
| Geysers can be created by placing a potent sulfur block on top of a magma block amd under 1-4 water-source blocks. | ||||||
| beta 26.30.28 | Geysers can now be triggered when a potent sulfur block has a lava-source block underneath. | |||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Potent Sulfur" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
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Potent sulfur in a sulfur pool showcased in Minecraft Live - March 2026. -
A warden being launched by a geyser.
