Chaos Cubed Update: Sulfur Cube, Sulfur Caves, and New Blocks
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The Minecraft update adds new features: the Sulfur Cube mob, the Sulfur Caves biome, the Sulfur Spring, the Potent Sulfur block, and two new sets of building blocks. All features are currently being tested.
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Sulfur Cube
The Sulfur Cube is a passive mob that spawns only in Sulfur Caves. It has two forms: large and small.
Main Properties
- A large cube can absorb blocks. A small cube cannot absorb blocks.
- When a large cube dies, it splits into two small cubes.
- Small cubes grow into large cubes after 20 minutes.
- A small cube can be fed slime to make it grow faster, or a golden dandelion to stop it from growing.
- The cube can be caught in a bucket.
- If shears are used on a cube that has absorbed a block, the block will drop and the cube will remain.
How Block Absorption Works
A large Sulfur Cube can pick up a block lying on the ground or receive a block from a player. When the cube absorbs a block, it stops moving, and the block becomes visible inside it. The type of absorbed block changes the cube’s physical properties.
Cube Protection
When the cube has absorbed a block, it gains protection from:
- Melee attacks
- Arrows and other projectiles
- Falling blocks, such as anvils and stalactites
- Explosions in Bedrock Edition
- Fall damage
- Freezing
- Cacti and sweet berry bushes
Other types of damage, such as fire, suffocation, and poison, affect the cube as usual.
Block Effects: Archetypes
The type of absorbed block determines how the cube moves.
| Effect Name | Cube Behavior | Blocks That Give This Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Bouncy Ball | Bounces very high | Planks, bamboo mosaic, logs, stripped logs, wood, stripped wood, block of bamboo, block of stripped bamboo, resin block, resin bricks, and chiseled resin bricks. |
| Fast Flat Ball | Bounces less and slides more often | Coral blocks, dead coral blocks, sponge, wet sponge, dried kelp block, moss, pale moss, resin block, resin bricks, chiseled resin bricks, pumpkin, melon, hay bale, carved pumpkin, jack o’lantern, froglight, slime block, honey block, and sculk. |
| Fast Sliding Puck | Slides but does not bounce | Blue ice, packed ice, snow block, and ice. |
| High Resistance | Difficult to move and does not bounce | Soul sand and soul soil. |
| Light Beach Ball | Falls slowly and floats in water | Wool. |
| Slow Flat Heavy Ball | Falls quickly and is heavy | Iron block, gold block, raw copper block, raw gold block, raw iron block, gold ore, Nether gold ore, iron ore, copper ore, Netherite block, ancient debris, copper block, copper bulb, and chiseled copper. |
| Slow Sliding Curling Stone | Slides slowly and does not bounce | Brown mushroom block, red mushroom block, mushroom stem, mycelium, Nether wart block, warped wart block, and shroomlight. |
| Sticky | Does not slide or bounce, and sticks to surfaces | Honeycomb block. |
| Normal Soccer Ball | Bounces and slides normally | All other compatible blocks: deepslate and its variants, Nether bricks, blackstone and its variants, quartz and its variants, sandstone and its variants, stone, cobblestone, tuff and its variants, cinnabar and its variants, sulfur and its variants, basalt and its variants, diorite, granite, andesite, calcite, dripstone block, mud and its variants, terracotta and its variants, concrete, concrete powder, ores, netherrack, Nether quartz ore, nylium, glowstone, prismarine, sea lantern, End stone, purpur, dirt, clay, gravel, sand, red sand, obsidian, crying obsidian, bone block, amethyst block, bricks, magma block, bedrock, and reinforced deepslate. |
Sulfur Caves and Sulfur Springs
Sulfur Caves are a new underground biome. They are distinguished by colorful blocks and the presence of water. Sulfur Cubes, new blocks, and hostile mobs can be found here.
Sulfur Springs are found on the surface of the world. They are located directly above Sulfur Caves. A spring can be recognized by bubbles in the water and a light mist above it.
Potent Sulfur
Potent Sulfur is a special block found in Sulfur Springs. When placed underwater, it creates bubbles and releases gas. The gas causes the Nausea effect: the image on the screen slightly sways, and controlling the character becomes more difficult. The effect applies to both players and mobs.
New Building Blocks
Two complete block sets have been added. Each block has variants: a regular block, slab, stairs, and wall.
Sulfur Set
- Sulfur Block
- Polished Sulfur
- Chiseled Sulfur
- Sulfur Bricks
Cinnabar Set
- Cinnabar Block
- Polished Cinnabar
- Chiseled Cinnabar
- Cinnabar Bricks
A new block called the Sulfur Spike has also been added. It is a dangerous spike that deals damage.
Other Changes
- The textures of some blocks and the cube may differ slightly in the final version.
- The colors of sulfur and cinnabar blocks were adjusted based on player feedback.
- Raw cinnabar received a more stone-like appearance.
- The chiseled cinnabar icon was changed.
- The outer texture of the Sulfur Cube received more detail.
Where to Find and How to Test
The new features are available in beta versions of the game. Experimental settings must be enabled to access them. All features are still in development. Details may change after feedback from players. Bugs can be reported on the official bug tracker.
Published by: Watermelon
