Soul Sand

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Soul Sand
Soul Sand
StackableYes (64)
Hardness0.5
Blast resistance0.5
LuminousNo
Block ID88

Soul Sand is a Nether block that slows anything moving across it.

Obtaining

Breaking

Breaking soul sand drops it, whatever breaks it. No tool is effective against it, and a sword breaks it fastest.

Natural generation

In the Nether, about half of columns whose surface lies between y=60 and y=65 take soul sand as their top block and filler. See World Generation#The Nether.

Behaviour

An entity standing on soul sand sinks an eighth of a block into it. On every tick it touches the block, its horizontal speed is multiplied by 0.4. Players, mobs and dropped items are all slowed.

Soul sand does not fall.

Data values

  • Block ID: 88
  • Translation key: tile.hellsand