Sulfur Cube

Sulfur Cube

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Health points	Large: 8HP Small: 4HP
Behavior	Passive[note 1]
Mob type	Monster Animal
Attack strength	Magma Block: 1HP per half-second (10 ticks) TNT: Explosion varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Easy: 22.5HP × 11.25 Normal: 43HP × 21.5 Hard: 64.5HP × 32.25
Hitbox size	Large: Height: 0.98 blocks Width: 0.98 blocks Small: Height: 0.49 blocks Width: 0.49 blocks
Speed	Large: 0.4 Small: 0.3
Knockback resistance	Varies by archetype; see § Absorbing blocks for details
Spawn	Sulfur Caves
Usable items	Large: Absorbable blocks Shears (when it has absorbed a block) Bucket Lead (when it has absorbed a block) Small: Slimeball Golden Dandelion

A sulfur cube is a bucketable jumping passive mob that is found only in sulfur caves. It can absorb a full-sized block into itself, which immobilizes it and makes it receive higher knockback from most attacks instead of damage. The block type a sulfur cube absorbs affects its bounciness and behavior, and some blocks cannot be absorbed, such as slabs and stairs. Blocks can be extracted using shears, by replacing the block with a different one, or by killing the sulfur cube.

Small sulfur cubes spawn in groups of two when a large sulfur cube dies. They grow up over time similarly to babies, cannot absorb blocks and cannot be picked up by buckets.

Spawning

Large sulfur cubes spawn naturally in sulfur caves at any light level.

Two small sulfur cubes spawn when a large sulfur cube dies, which can then grow up into large sulfur cubes; see § Splitting below.

Sulfur Cube spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Sulfur Caves	100⁄315	31.75%	2–4	150	2–4

Drops

Upon death, large sulfur cubes drop the block they absorbed and 1-2 experience, while small sulfur cubes drop no experience.

Behavior

Sulfur cubes are passive mobs that, by default, jump around aimlessly. In this state, they are susceptible to all sources of damage.

If a sulfur cube pathfinds into a block that can be climbed, such as ladders or vines, the sulfur cube climbs the block. Sulfur cubes with absorbed blocks that are launched are also capable of climbing.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Splitting

Sulfur cubes come in two sizes: small and large. When a large sulfur cube dies, it splits into two small cubes, unless the death was caused by its own explosion. If a small sulfur cube dies, it does not split and drops nothing. When a named large sulfur cube is killed and splits, both small cubes retain the name as with other cube mobs.

Small sulfur cubes grow into large ones after 20 minutes, similarly to baby mobs. Slimeballs can be used to tempt and feed small sulfur cubes, which decreases their remaining growth time. They can also be fed a golden dandelion to prevent them from growing.

Bucketing

A large sulfur cube can be picked up by using an empty bucket on it to create a bucket of sulfur cube. If a named sulfur cube is bucketed, the name of the item becomes "Bucket of <name>" (the sulfur cube's name)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or only the cube's name‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

If the bucketed sulfur cube has an absorbed block, the bucket of sulfur cube item tooltip displays the name of the absorbed block.

A bucketed sulfur cube no longer counts toward the mob cap and does not despawn. However, if the bucketed sulfur cube is split into two small cubes, the small cubes can despawn.^[1]

Absorbing blocks

"Sulfur cube archetype" redirects here. For the definition of sulfur cube archetypes in data packs, see Sulfur cube archetype definition.

Large sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb some blocks, mostly full-sized ones. It can absorb a block dropped on the ground (unless /gamerule mob_griefing is set to false), and also can be fed a block by interacting with it. Sulfur cubes move toward absorbable blocks dropped on the ground, and they also follow players holding an applicable block in their hand. Small sulfur cubes cannot absorb blocks. A dispenser can also be used to feed a block to a sulfur cube if the cube's hitbox intersects the block space directly in front of the dispenser.

They can also absorb any block using commands.

Any method of feeding a block to a sulfur cube can also be done on a sulfur cube that has already absorbed a block, which changes the block inside it and drops its previously-absorbed block as an item.

When a sulfur cube has absorbed a block, it stops moving and its absorbed block is visible inside of it. The absorbed block can be removed from a sulfur cube by using shears on it, which drops the block as an item. Dispensers with shears can also be used to remove the block.

Absorbed blocks in sulfur cubes have the same visual properties as when placed down, including MERS textures with Vibrant Visuals. Froglights, for example, glow inside the sulfur cube, but they do not actually light the environment gameplay-wise. Throwing a splash potion of Invisibility on a sulfur cube causes it to show only the absorbed block.

Sulfur cubes can absorb named blocks; the block remains named if removed, but the name of the block is not displayed above the sulfur cube.

Sulfur cubes can absorb only the specific blocks listed below:

Archetype	Block	Description	Attribute values				Knockback modifiers		Floats in water
			Knockback resistance	Bounciness	Friction modifier	Air drag modifier	Horizontal	Vertical
Bouncy (Rubber Ball)	Planks Bamboo Mosaic Logs Stripped Logs Wood Stripped Wood Block of Bamboo Block of Stripped Bamboo	Fast speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag.	-2.0	0.9	0.3	0.01	0.4125	0.105	Yes
Explosive	TNT	Medium speed, medium bounciness, and medium ground friction like regular, but with high air drag. Allows to be ignited and explode. See § Special archetypes below.	-1.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4125	0.09	Yes
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	Fast speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag.	-1.0	0.5	0.2	0.01	0.9125	0.09	No
Fast Sliding (Hockey Puck)	Blue Ice Packed Ice Snow Block	Fast speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag.	0.5	0.1	0.05	0.01	0.6625	0.09	No
High Resistance	Soul Sand Soul Soil	Very slow, low drag with low bounce with high friction.	0.7	0.2	1	0.01	0.4125	0.09	No
Hot	Magma Block	Same properties as football, but damages entities on contact. See § Special archetypes below.	-1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4125	0.09	Yes
Light (Beach Ball)	Wool	Slow speed, high bounciness, medium ground friction and high air drag.	-1.0	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.4125	0.18	Yes
Regular (Football/Soccer Ball)	Concrete Powder Mud Muddy Mangrove Roots Packed Mud Block of Coal Dirt Coarse Dirt Rooted Dirt Podzol Grass Block Clay Bone Block	Medium speed, medium bounciness, medium ground friction and low air drag.	-1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4125	0.09	Yes
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 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 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	Slow speed, high bounciness, medium friction and medium air drag.	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.05	0.4125	0.24	No
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	Slow speed, low bounciness, medium ground friction and medium air drag.	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.4125	0.105	No
Slow Sliding (Curling Stone)	Brown Mushroom Block Red Mushroom Block Mushroom Stem Mycelium Nether Wart Block Warped Wart Block Shroomlight	Slow speed, no bounciness, low ground friction and low air drag.	0.8	0.1	0.05	0.01	0.4125	0.09	No
Sticky	Honeycomb Block	Fast speed and low air drag like fast flat, but sticks with extremely high ground friction and no bounce to simulate stickiness.	-2.0	0.0	2.0	0.01	0.4125	0.09	No

If a sulfur cube with a block dies, it drops the block as an item in addition to splitting.

In Java Edition, the items that can be absorbed by the sulfur cube are determined by the tag #sulfur_cube_swallowable, with the archetypes of the items determined by the tags: #sulfur_cube_archetype/bouncy, #sulfur_cube_archetype/regular, #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_flat, #sulfur_cube_archetype/fast_flat, #sulfur_cube_archetype/light, #sulfur_cube_archetype/fast_sliding, #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_sliding, #sulfur_cube_archetype/sticky, #sulfur_cube_archetype/high_resistance, #sulfur_cube_archetype/explosive, #sulfur_cube_archetype/hot, and #sulfur_cube_archetype/slow_bouncy

In Bedrock Edition, the items that can be absorbed by the sulfur cube as well as the archetypes they give the sulfur cube are determined by the #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_fast_flat, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_fast_sliding, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_high_resistance, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_light, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_regular, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_flat, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_sliding, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_sticky, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_explosive, #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_hot, and #minecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_slow_bouncy item tags.

Special archetypes

Sulfur cubes that have absorbed specific functional blocks can have those functions applied to them.

• TNT has the explosive archetype. When a sulfur cube with the explosive archetype is ignited manually, its fuse time is set to 120 game ticks (6 seconds). When ignited by another explosion, it is set to be a random number between 15 game ticks (0.75 seconds) and 44 game ticks (2.2 seconds), inclusive.
  • Sulfur cubes with ignited TNT cannot be damaged, be captured in a bucket, or have their absorbed block sheared. When the sulfur cube explodes, no small sulfur cubes are spawned.
  • Sulfur cubes with the explosive archetype can be ignited in the same ways that TNT can be activated and more, including:
    • direct usage of flint and steel by a player or dispenser, or usage of a fire charge by a player;
    • causing any fire damage to the sulfur cube (fire, lava, flaming projectile, campfire or magma block);
      • this works even if the mob has Fire Resistance on it;
    • being hit by a weapon with Fire Aspect;
    • any other explosion nearby, including explosions from other sulfur cubes;
    • a redstone signal. TNT activates if the center of sulfur cube's hitbox is in such a block that a TNT would be activated if it was a placed block instead.
      • TNT sulfur cubes are also primed if they occupy the same position as a redstone component that's currently emitting a signal (a comparator, for example), even though that position might not be necessarily powered.
• Magma blocks have the hot archetype. Sulfur cubes with the hot archetype damage nearby mobs, acting as if they touched magma.

Damage resistance

A sulfur cube that has absorbed a block is resistant to the following forms of damage:

• Melee attacks
• Projectiles
• Falling blocks, including anvils and stalactites
• Explosions, except their own
• Fall damage, including onto stalagmites
• Freezing
• Contact with cactus or sweet berry bushes
• Magma blocks and sulfur cubes with the hot archetype

Other sources of damage, such as fire, suffocation, cramming, or the damage effects, can damage or kill the sulfur cube as normal.

Some hostile mobs attack the sulfur cube even while it has absorbed a block, such as zoglins, the wither and wardens. Although the sulfur cube is immune to the warden's melee damage, they can be killed by its sonic boom. Additionally, tamed wolves attack a sulfur cube that their owner attacks.

Launching

When affected by knockback, the sulfur cube is launched and is affected by gravity and physics. This causes it to behave and bounce like a ball.

The direction and trajectory in which a sulfur cube is launched is the opposite of where on its body it is hit.

This diagram describes how hitting a sulfur cube on different portions of its body launches it.

Sulfur Cube Launching Portions

The force at which a sulfur cube is launched is based on the amount of damage the attack does. For example, hitting it with a diamond sword launches it farther than punching it without an item. The Knockback and Punch enchantments also apply additional power to the launch.

Sulfur cubes that are in the air can be knocked farther upward when launched. This is particularly notable in Java Edition, where this behavior differs from the usual airborne knockback mechanics.

Depending on the absorbed block, sulfur cubes exhibit different properties when hit.

Sounds

Mob

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Ball

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Sulfur Cube	sulfur_cube	cannot_be_pushed_onto_boats non_controlling_rider not_scary_for_pufferfish	entity.minecraft.sulfur_cube

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Sulfur Cube	sulfur_cube	153	sulfur_cube animal mob	entity.sulfur_cube.name

Entity data

Java Edition:

The absorbed block (if any) is stored in equipment.body.

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze
		Uh-oh.	Have a Sulfur Cube absorb a TNT block.	Specifically, you must press the use button to directly put the TNT into the Sulfur Cube, as dropping the TNT on the ground and having the Sulfur Cube absorb it itself does not trigger the achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Uh Oh	Have a Sulfur Cube absorb a TNT block	—

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

Videos

History

Announcements

March 19, 2026							Sulfur cubes are teased in a series of social media teasers.
March 21, 2026							Sulfur cubes are announced at Minecraft Live – March 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes. The texture is different by a few pixels compared with the one in Bedrock Edition.
			snap3				Sulfur cubes can no longer be picked up by boats.
							Light-emitting blocks contained inside sulfur cubes now glow in the dark.[2]
			snap4				The outer layer texture of the sulfur cube has been changed, namely the eyes and mouth.
							The size of naturally-spawned small sulfur cubes has been tweaked.
							Sulfur cubes can now spawn on Peaceful difficulty.
			snap5				Sulfur cubes with an absorbed block are now immune to explosive damage.
							Sulfur cubes can now absorb TNT, giving them the new explosive archetype.
			snap6				Sulfur cubes that have absorbed magma blocks now gain the new hot archetype.
							Many blocks that previously gave sulfur cubes the regular archetype now give the new slow bouncy archetype instead.
							Sulfur cubes can now absorb redstone lamps and observers, giving them the slow bouncy archetype.
							Sulfur cubes can no longer absorb sand, red sand, gravel, or blocks of redstone.
							The Knockback[3] and Punch enchantments now apply additional power to the launch of a sulfur cube with an absorbed block.
							Sulfur cubes that have absorbed TNT now ignite when hit with an item enchanted with Fire Aspect.[4]
			snap7				The slow bouncy archetype is no longer buoyant.
			snap8				Sulfur cubes containing a block inside are now immune to damage from magma blocks, as well as from other sulfur cubes that contain a magma block.
			pre1				The model and texture of the small sulfur cube has been changed.
							Small sulfur cubes now have sounds playing when being fed with slimeballs.
							Added unique hit and push sounds for each archetype.
							Removed generic hit () and push () sounds.
			pre3				The block inside a sulfur cube now aligns vertically with the block grid only when the sulfur cube is invisible.
							The squish animation no longer plays when a sulfur cube has a block inside.
			pre4				Now affected by the Knockback enchantment while a block is absorbed.
			pre5				The correct sound is now played when a bouncy archetype sulfur cube is hit.
26.3			snap1				Changed the sounds of the "regular" sulfur cube archetype.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which use the same texture as the ones shown at Minecraft LIVE.
							Added a unique texture for the small sulfur cube, but it is currently unused.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Sulfur cubes are now available without using the "Drop 2 of 2026" experimental toggle.
							The outer layer texture of the sulfur cube has been changed, namely the eyes and mouth.
							The maximum health of large sulfur cubes has been reduced from 9HP to 8HP.
							Added sounds for absorbing and ejecting blocks.
							Added unique hit and push sounds for each archetype.
							Removed generic hit () and push () sounds.
							Split jumping sounds () into distinct bouncing and landing sounds.
							Can now be knocked back based on the tap location when using a touch device input.
			Preview 26.30.25				Sulfur cubes can now absorb TNT, giving them the new explosive archetype.
							Small sulfur cubes no longer occasionally spawn from buckets of sulfur cube.
			Preview 26.30.27				Sulfur cubes that have absorbed magma blocks now gain the new hot archetype.
							Many blocks that previously gave the regular archetype now give the new slow bouncy archetype instead.
							Resin family blocks now give the fast flat archetype instead of the bouncy archetype to match Java Edition.
							Ancient debris now gives the slow flat archetype instead of the regular archetype to match Java Edition.
							Slime blocks, honey blocks, sculk, ice, bedrock, reinforced deepslate, sand, red sand, gravel, and blocks of redstone can no longer be absorbed by sulfur cubes to match Java Edition.
							Observers and redstone lamps can now be absorbed by sulfur cubes, giving them the slow bouncy archetype.
							Added unique hit and push sounds for the explosive and hot archetypes.
							Split small sulfur cube jumping sounds () into different and distinct bouncing and landing sounds.
							Updated landing subtitle from "subtitles.entity.sulfur_cube.landing" to "Sulfur cube bounces".
			Preview 26.30.28				The model and texture of the small sulfur cube has been changed.
							Sulfur cubes can now spawn in Peaceful difficulty.
							Sulfur cubes can no longer ride vehicles.
							Sulfur cubes with an absorbed block are now immune to damage from magma blocks.
							Sulfur cubes with absorbed TNT now ignite when hit with an item enchanted with Fire Aspect.
							Sulfur cubes with absorbed TNT now ignite when hit by a flaming arrow or a blaze fireball.
							The attack range of the hot archetype has been adjusted to be more aligned with Java Edition.
			Preview 26.30.29				Sulfur cubes now spawn in groups of two to four within sulfur caves, rather than always in groups of four, to match Java Edition.
							Sulfur cubes with an absorbed block are now immune to poison.
							Sulfur cubes with absorbed TNT now ignite when in contact with either a magma block or a sulfur cube that contains a magma block.
							The fast flat archetype is no longer buoyant to match Java Edition.
							The hot archetype now has the same physics properties as the regular archetype to match Java Edition.
26.40			Preview 26.40.26				Sulfur cubes no longer absorb observers or redstone lamps.
							Sulfur cubes now deflect projectiles while a block is absorbed.
			Preview 26.40.27				High levels of the Strength effect now correctly increase the distance at which a sulfur cube with an absorbed block is knocked back.
?							Changed the sounds of the "regular" sulfur cube archetype.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Prior to sulfur cubes, the idea of slimes being used as a ball appeared as a brief visual gag in Village & Pillage: Official Trailer.
• During Minecraft Live – March 2026, it was stated by Agnes Larsson that the face of the cube is meant to have an ambiguous expression.
• During the development of sulfur cubes, copper golems were used as placeholders.^[5]
• Sulfur cubes with custom sizes split into smaller sulfur cubes until they get to normal size.
• Sulfur cubes were "very inspired" by players using curled armadillos as a ball.^[5]

Gallery

Renders

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  A sulfur cube
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a grass block
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed an oak log
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a moss block
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed blue ice
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed soul sand
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed white wool
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a block of iron
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a red mushroom block
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a honeycomb block
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed TNT
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed stone
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a magma block
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a sulfur element (this state can be seen in-game only with commands)^{[note 2]}
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  A sulfur cube without its inner layer (this state can be seen in-game only with commands)^{[note 3]}
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  A sulfur cube without its outer layer (this state cannot be seen in-game)
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  A small sulfur cube.
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  A small sulfur cube without its inner layer (this state cannot be seen in-game)
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  A small sulfur cube without its outer layer (this state cannot be seen in-game)

Development renders in Java Edition

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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed an oak log (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a moss block (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed blue ice (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed soul sand (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed white wool (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a block of iron (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a red mushroom block (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a honeycomb block (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed stone (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)
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  A sulfur cube without its inner layer (texture used in Java Edition from 26.2 Snapshot 1 to 26.2 Snapshot 3)

Development renders in Bedrock Edition

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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed an oak log (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a moss block (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed ice (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed soul sand (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed white wool (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a block of iron (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a red mushroom block (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed a honeycomb block (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube that has absorbed stone (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  A sulfur cube without its inner layer (this state cannot be seen in-game) (texture used in Bedrock Edition from Preview 26.20.23 to Preview 26.20.28)
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  Small sulfur cube (this texture was unused at that time)
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  A small sulfur cube without its inner layer (this state cannot be seen in-game)

Textures

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  Inner texture
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  Outer texture
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  Small sulfur cube inner texture
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  Small sulfur cube outer texture
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  Inner TNT texture in Bedrock Edition. In Java Edition, sulfur cubes reference the same texture path used by the TNT block.

Screenshots

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  A bunch of TNT sulfur cubes being dropped on a village by a player riding on a happy ghast
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  A small sulfur cube with the stone texture. This is possible in-game only with commands
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  A naturally generated sulfur cube in a mineshaft within a sulfur cave

Mojang images

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  The sulfur cube in a picture with the slime and magma cube
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  Header art for the article announcing Chaos Cubed's release date on Minecraft.net
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  A sulfur cube that absorbed a TNT
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  A sulfur cube being launched by a geyser
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  A sulfur cube that absorbed a TNT in a sulfur cave
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  Artwork of Minecraft live

Minecraft Live screenshots

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  A sulfur cube jumping
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  A sulfur cube next to Kai
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  A sulfur cube with a pumpkin inside of it in mid air
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  A sulfur cube with a stone block inside of it
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  A sulfur cube with a crimson hyphae inside of it
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  A cage full of sulfur cubes
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  A sulfur cube with a verdant froglight inside of it
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  A sulfur cube with a birch log inside of it
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  A sulfur cube with jungle wood inside of it

In other media

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  Sulfur cubes on a promo for Project G.L.O.P.
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  A sulfur cube asking for TNT

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