Polished Sulfur

Polished 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

Polished sulfur is a decorative polished variant of sulfur.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Polished 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	4

Stonecutting

Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Sulfur

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Sulfur Slab	Polished Sulfur	6
Polished Sulfur Stairs	Polished Sulfur	4
Polished Sulfur Wall	Polished Sulfur	6
Sulfur Bricks	Polished Sulfur	4

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe	Notes
Polished Sulfur Slab or  Polished Sulfur Stairs or  Polished Sulfur Wall or  Sulfur Bricks or  Sulfur Brick Slab or  Sulfur Brick Stairs or  Sulfur Brick Wall	Polished Sulfur	22
Chiseled Sulfur	Polished Sulfur		‌[Bedrock Edition only]

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	Translation key
Polished Sulfur	polished_sulfur	Block & Item	block.minecraft.polished_sulfur

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Polished Sulfur	polished_sulfur	1352	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1097)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy	tile.polished_sulfur.name

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Polished sulfur block is announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added polished sulfur block.
			snap3				"Polished Sulfur Block" has been renamed to "Polished Sulfur" to match Bedrock Edition.
							The texture of polished 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 polished sulfur, using a new name.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Polished sulfur's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.
			Preview 26.30.29				The texture of polished sulfur has been changed to match Java Edition.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  A house featuring polished sulfur and polished cinnabar blocks
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  Polished sulfur showcased in the deep dig of Minecraft Live