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Sulfur is a group of sickly yellowish-colored blocks added in Chaos Cubed. It consists of slab, stairs, and wall variants, and can be crafted into polished, bricks, and chiseled variants and potent sulfur.

Blocks[]

• Sulfur Stairs
• Sulfur Slab
• Sulfur Wall
• Polished Sulfur
  • Polished Sulfur Stairs
  • Polished Sulfur Slab
  • Polished Sulfur Wall
• Sulfur Bricks
  • Sulfur Brick Stairs
  • Sulfur Brick Slab
  • Sulfur Brick Wall
• Chiseled Sulfur
• Potent Sulfur

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Like any stone-related blocks, sulfur blocks and their variants can only be mined using a pickaxe, otherwise it drops nothing.

Block	Sulfur Sulfur Slab Sulfur Stairs Sulfur Wall	Polished Sulfur Polished Sulfur Slab Polished Sulfur Stairs Polished Sulfur Wall	Sulfur Bricks Sulfur Brick Slab Sulfur Brick Stairs Sulfur Brick Wall	Chiseled Sulfur Potent Sulfur
Hardness	1.5
Tool	Pickaxe
Breaking time
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Copper	0.45
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Crafting[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Sulfur	Sulfur Spike

Natural generation[]

Sulfur and potent sulfur generate naturally in sulfur caves alongside cinnabar blocks.

Usage[]

Its slabs, stairs, walls, polished, bricks, and chiseled variants can only be obtained by crafting and stonecutting.

Crafting[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Polished Sulfur	Sulfur	4
Potent Sulfur	Sulfur
Sulfur Slab	Sulfur	6
Sulfur Stairs	Sulfur	4
Sulfur Wall	Sulfur	6

Stonecutting[]

Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Description
Sulfur	222

Sulfur cubes[]

Sulfur cubes can only absorb full-sized sulfur blocks (including chiseled, polished, and brick variants), either picking it up or interacting with it, giving a slow bouncy effect when hit. Sulfur cubes cannot absorb potent sulfur blocks.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Sulfur	sulfur	Block & Item	block.minecraft.sulfur

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Sulfur	sulfur	?	Block & Giveable Item[i 1]	tile.sulfur.name

History[]

March 21, 2026					Sulfur block sets are announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026.
Java Edition
26.2		snap1			Added sulfur block set.
		snap3			Sulfur blocks can now be crafted with 4 sulfur spikes.
		snap6			Changed the effect when absorbed by sulfur cubes from regular/football to slow bouncy, like other stone-related blocks does.
Bedrock Edition
26.20		beta 26.20.24			Added sulfur block set under "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle.
26.30		beta 26.30.20			Sulfur block sets are now available during normal gameplay.
					Sulfur blocks can now be crafted with 4 sulfur spikes.
		beta 26.30.27			Changed the blast resistance from 3 to 6.
					Changed the effect when absorbed by sulfur cubes from regular/football to slow bouncy, like other stone-related blocks does.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Sulfur" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

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  Sulfur and cinnabar blocks showcased in Minecraft Live - March 2026.

See also[]

• Sulfur (element)
• Sulfur Caves
• Sulfur Cube