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A sulfur cube is a bucketable and passive slime-like mob added in Chaos Cubed. It turns into a bouncy cube when it sucks up the block, creating various effects depending on the block absorbed. It was announced during Minecraft Live - March 2026.

Spawning[]

Large sulfur cubes naturally spawn in sulfur caves. When they are killed, they split into two smaller sulfur cubes, which can then grow up into large sulfur cubes.

Behavior[]

Sulfur cubes jump around aimlessly, making it vulnerable to all sources of damage.

Sulfur cubes can climb through blocks that can be climbed such as ladders and vines. Launched sulfur cubes with absorbed blocks also has capable of climbing.

Splitting[]

Sulfur cubes has two sizes: small and large. When a large sulfur cube dies, it splits into two. However, unlike slimes and magma cubes, small sulfur cubes can grow into larger size.

Absorbing blocks[]

Large sulfur cubes have an ability to absorb blocks. In that state, it turns to a bouncy cube with various archetypes depending on the type of block absorbed.

Large sulfur cubes can absorb blocks that are dropped on the ground, and can also absorb blocks the player holds to. Dispensers can also absorb blocks when launched.

Here is the list of blocks that sulfur cubes can absorb by archetype:

Effect	Block	Description
			Bouncy (Rubber Ball)	Planks Bamboo Mosaic Logs Stripped Logs Wood Stripped Wood Block of Bamboo Block of Stripped Bamboo	Makes it very bouncy
Explosive	TNT	Explodes when ignited.
Fast Flat (Golf Ball)	Coral Blocks Dead Coral Blocks Sponge Wet Sponge Dried Kelp Block Moss Block Pale Moss Block Block of Resin Resin Bricks Chiseled Resin Bricks Pumpkin Melon Hay Bale Carved Pumpkin Jack o'Lantern Froglights	Less bouncy, slides more often.
Slow Flat (Medicine Ball)	Block of Iron Block of Gold Block of Raw Copper Block of Raw Gold Block of Raw Iron Gold Ore Nether Gold Ore Iron Ore Copper Ore Block of Netherite Ancient Debris Block of Copper Copper Bulb Cut Copper Chiseled Copper	Higher gravity, makes it heavy.
Fast Sliding (Hockey Puck)	Blue Ice Packed Ice Snow Block	Unable to bounce, able to slide.
Slow Sliding (Curling Stone)	Brown Mushroom Block Red Mushroom Block Mushroom Stem Mycelium Nether Wart Block Warped Wart Block Shroomlight	Unable to bounce, slides slow.
High Resistance	Soul Sand Soul Soil	Unable to bounce, very hard to push.
Hot	Magma Block	Makes nearby mobs or players take damage, similar when walking on magma block.
Light (Beach Ball)	Wool	Lower gravity, makes it float.
Slow Bouncy	Most stone-like blocks Block of Amethyst Andesite Basalt Blackstone Bricks Calcite Chiseled Cinnabar Chiseled Deepslate Chiseled Nether Bricks Chiseled Polished Blackstone Chiseled Quartz Block Chiseled Red Sandstone Chiseled Sandstone Chiseled Stone Bricks Chiseled Sulfur Chiseled Tuff Chiseled Tuff Bricks Cinnabar Cinnabar Bricks Cobbled Deepslate Cobblestone Cracked Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked Nether Bricks Cracked Polished‐ Blackstone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Crimson Nylium Crying Obsidian Cut Red Sandstone Cut Sandstone Dark Prismarine Deepslate Deepslate Bricks Deepslate Tiles Block of Diamond Diorite Dripstone Block Block of Emerald End Stone End Stone Bricks Gilded Blackstone Glowstone Granite Block of Lapis Lazuli Mossy Cobblestone Mossy Stone Bricks Mud Bricks Nether Bricks Netherrack Observer‌[until BE 26.40] Obsidian Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Cinnabar Polished Deepslate Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Sulfur Polished Tuff Prismarine Prismarine Bricks Purpur Block Purpur Pillar Block of Quartz Quartz Bricks Nether Quartz Ore Quartz Pillar Red Nether Bricks Red Sandstone Redstone Lamp‌[until BE 26.40] Sandstone Sea Lantern Smooth Basalt Smooth Quartz Smooth Red Sandstone Smooth Sandstone Smooth Stone Stone Stone Bricks Sulfur Sulfur Bricks Tuff Tuff Bricks Warped Nylium Concrete Coal Ore Deepslate Coal Ore Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate Redstone Ore Diamond Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Emerald Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Terracotta Stained Terracotta Glazed Terracotta	Can bounce, but very slow.
Sticky	Honeycomb Block	Unable to bounce or slide.
Regular (Football)	Concrete Powder Mud Muddy Mangrove Roots Packed Mud Block of Coal Dirt Coarse Dirt Rooted Dirt Podzol Grass Block Clay Bone Block	Able to bounce and slide often.

A sulfur cube dies with an absorbed block drops the block as an item, which can be absorbed by other sulfur cubes.

Sulfur cubes cannot absorb the following blocks:

Damage resistance[]

Sulfur cubes with a block absorbed in it becomes invulnerable to following types of damage:

• Melee attacks
• Projectiles
• Falling blocks (this includes anvils and stalactites)
• Explosions
• Fall damage (this includes falling to stalagmites)
• Freezing
• Cactus and sweet berry bushes

Fire, lava, suffocation, cramming‌^{[JE only]}, and warden's sonic boom still kills the sulfur cube, even it has an absorbed block in it.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Sulfur Cube	sulfur_cube	entity.minecraft.sulfur_cube

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Sulfur Cube	sulfur_cube	?	entity.sulfur_cube.name

History[]

March 21, 2026					Sulfur cubes are announced at Minecraft Live - March 2026.
Java Edition
26.2		snap1			Added sulfur cubes.
		snap5			Sulfur cubes can now absorb TNT blocks, giving a new explosion effect when ignited.
		snap6			Sulfur cubes can now absorb magma and stone blocks, giving new hot and slow bouncy effects respectively.
Bedrock Edition
26.20		beta 26.20.24			Added sulfur cubes under "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle.
26.30		beta 26.30.20			Sulfur cubes are now available during normal gameplay.
		beta 26.30.25			Sulfur cubes can now absorb TNT blocks, giving a new explosion effect when ignited.
		beta 26.30.27			Sulfur cubes can now absorb magma and stone blocks, giving new hot and slow bouncy effects respectively.
		beta 26.30.28			Now spawns in peaceful difficulty, like most passive mobs does.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.40		beta 26.40.22			No longer plays step sounds when moving around.
					No longer considered hostile.
		beta 26.40.26			No longer absorb redstone lamps and observers.
					Now deflects projectiles when it has an absorbed block.

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  Inner texture.
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  Outer texture in bedrock edition