Sulfur Bricks
| 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 |
| Note block instrument | Bass Drum |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Slow Bouncy |
Sulfur bricks are a decorative brick variant of sulfur.
Obtaining
Breaking
Sulfur bricks drop as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE) | |
| 1.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE) | ||
| 0.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE) | ||
| 0.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE) | ||
| 0.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE) | ||
| 0.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE) | ||
| 0.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE) | ||
| 0.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE) | ||
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
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Polished Sulfur |
Stonecutting
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
| Sulfur or Polished Sulfur |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfur Brick Slab | Sulfur Bricks | |
| Sulfur Brick Stairs | Sulfur Bricks | |
| Sulfur Brick Wall | Sulfur Bricks |
Stonecutting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Cutting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfur Brick Slab or Sulfur Brick Stairs or Sulfur Brick Wall |
Sulfur Bricks | ||
| Chiseled Sulfur | Sulfur Bricks | [Bedrock Edition only] |
Sounds
sulfur sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 10 | 16 | |
sulfur sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Something falls on a block | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.75 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Jumping from the block | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Data values
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
sulfur_bricks | Block | block |
History
Announcement
| March 21, 2026 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.2 | snap1 | ||||||
| snap3 | |||||||
| snap6 | Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | ||||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Preview 26.30.27 | Sulfur bricks' sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy. | ||||||
| Preview 26.30.29 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Sulfur Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.








