Sulfur

For the element, see Element § Sulfur. For the item formerly named "Sulphur", see Gunpowder.

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

Sulfur is a block that naturally generates in sulfur caves alongside cinnabar, in sulfur pools, and as part of sulfur springs.

Obtaining

Breaking

Sulfur drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	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

Natural generation

Sulfur generates throughout sulfur caves and as part of sulfur springs.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Sulfur Spike

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Sulfur can be crafted into several decorative variants.

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

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Sulfur Slab or  Sulfur Stairs or  Sulfur Wall or  Polished Sulfur or  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 or  Chiseled Sulfur	Sulfur	222

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
Sulfur	sulfur	Block & Item	block.minecraft.sulfur

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Sulfur	sulfur	1347	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1092)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy	tile.sulfur.name

History

Announcement

March 21, 2026							Sulfur has been announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur.
							Sulfur can be crafted from potent sulfur. 4
			snap3				Sulfur can no longer be crafted back from potent sulfur.
							Sulfur can now be crafted from sulfur spikes, which makes sulfur renewable.
			snap6				Changed archetype from "football/regular" to "slow bouncy".

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Sulfur's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from "regular" to "slow bouncy".

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, sulfur (S) is non-metallic chemical element belonging to the chalcogen group. It is the tenth most abundant element by mass in the universe and the fifth most common on Earth, it is also used to make gunpowder (see next fact).
• Prior to the addition of sulfur as a separate material, gunpowder was initially referred to as "sulphur", before being renamed in Java Edition Beta 1.3.

Gallery

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  All sulfur block variants