Chiseled Sulfur

Chiseled Sulfur

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	18 COLOR_YELLOW
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Chiseled sulfur is a decorative chiseled variant of sulfur used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Chiseled sulfur drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Chiseled Sulfur
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Stone	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Sulfur Slab

Stonecutting

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Notes
Chiseled Sulfur	Sulfur
Chiseled Sulfur	Polished Sulfur or  Sulfur Bricks		‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Usage

Chiseled sulfur is used primarily for decoration. A chiseled sulfur block has the face of a sulfur cube engraved on it. See also Easter eggs#Mobs on chiseled blocks.

Sounds

Java Edition:

sulfur sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sulfur.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sulfur.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.sulfur.hit	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.sulfur.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.sulfur.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	1.0	10	16

Bedrock Edition:

sulfur sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sulfur.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sulfur.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.sulfur.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.5
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.sulfur.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	0.75
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.sulfur.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	block.sulfur.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.sulfur.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Chiseled Sulfur	chiseled_sulfur	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.chiseled_sulfur

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Chiseled Sulfur	chiseled_sulfur	1362	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1107)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.chiseled_sulfur.name

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Chiseled sulfur is announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026, named "Chiseled Sulfur Block".

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added chiseled sulfur.
			snap3				The texture of chiseled sulfur has been changed.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added chiseled sulfur.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Chiseled sulfur can now be crafted with sulfur slabs.
							Chiseled sulfur's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.
			Preview 26.30.29				The texture of chiseled sulfur has been changed to match Java Edition.

Issues

Issues relating to "Chiseled Sulfur" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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  A house featuring chiseled sulfur blocks, along with sulfur and cinnabar