- Feed a Sulfur Cube with TNT blocks to turn it into an explosive Sulfur Cube in Minecraft.
- The explosive Sulfur Cubes can be activated using fire, redstone signals, or nearby explosions.
- These cubes can be used in traps, redstone builds, or chain explosions as well.
Minecraft has introduced another feature for the Sulfur Cube mob, bringing even more chaotic fun to the game. Exploring this creature is no longer just about curiosity, as an unattended Sulfur Cube can now turn into a walking bomb in seconds. This new behavior opens up plenty of possibilities for creative individuals, from deadly traps and custom mini-games to unique redstone contraptions. In this guide, learn how to get an explosive Sulfur Cube in Minecraft and check out the best ways to use it.
How to Get an Explosive Sulfur Cube in Minecraft
The Minecraft Chaos Cubed update introduces the Sulfur Cube mob and shows specific behaviour depending on the block they consume. So, you won’t find any Sulfur Cube that naturally spawns with the explosive variant in the Overworld.
Rather, you’ll need to explore the underground areas, find a Sulfur Cave in Minecraft, and pick a few naturally spawning Sulfur Cube mobs from that biome.
Exploring these caves can be dangerous due to the presence of Sulfur Spikes, as they deal damage if you fall on them accidentally.
Once you have a Sulfur Cube near you, or you’ve picked the mob using an empty bucket in Minecraft and spawned it above, you can feed it a TNT block to get an Explosive Sulfur Cube.
To get this Sulfur Cube in Minecraft, you need to either drop a TNT block on the ground or hold the TNT in your primary hand and interact with the cube while pointing towards it. This way, the Sulfur Cube consumes a TNT block and gains the explosive archetype.
In addition to the TNT block, there are a variety of blocks the Sulfur Cube mob can eat in Minecraft. Moreover, when you feed a TNT block to the Sulfur Cube, you also unlock the ‘Uh Oh‘ husbandry achievement in Minecraft.
With that said, here are some known properties of the Explosive Sulfur Cube in the game:
- Buoyancy: Yes
- Knockback Resistance: -1.0
- Bounciness: 0.5
- Ground Friction: 0.3
- Air Drag: 0.3
How to Trigger Explosive Sulfur Cube in Minecraft – Fuse Timings
After you have successfully transformed the Sulfur Cube into its explosive form, the next step is to activate the explosion. You can trigger the explosion using:
- Flint and Steel,
- Fire charges, or
- even manually through the dispensers.
Other environmental factors, such as lava, flaming projectiles, campfires, and even magma blocks, can ignite the Cube.
After Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 6, even Sulfur Cubes that have consumed Magma blocks can trigger the explosive ones when both of them come in contact with each other.
Even with a fire resistance status active, the explosive Sulfur Cube can be triggered with any fire blocks or flame effects discussed above. Another interesting method to trigger an explosive Sulfur Cube in Minecraft is using Redstone block signals.
Lastly, even nearby explosions can set off the explosive Sulfur Cubes with an even shorter fuse time. Here are the fuse timings for different methods used to set off the block:
Trigger Method Fuse Time (Game Ticks) Fuse Time (Seconds) Manual Ignition (Flint and Steel, Redstone, Fire, and more) 120 ticks 6 seconds Triggered by a nearby explosion 15-60 ticks 0.75-3 seconds
What are the Uses of Explosive Sulfur Cubes in Minecraft
Among all the Minecraft Sulfur Cube archetypes, the explosive one is a special variant that can deal damage to players. Once a Sulfur Cube has consumed a TNT block and has been primed, you cannot shear the TNT inside. Hence, it becomes a powerful damage-dealing tool, which most can use to grief other players’ bases.
Players have already started experimenting with Explosive Sulfur Cubes in the Overworld. One such instance is when tens and hundreds of explosive Sulfur Cube mobs are attached to a flying Happy Ghast using a leash, and then they’re dropped onto player bases from above as if they’re nuking the whole area.
Since the explosive Sulfur Cube can be triggered using redstone signals too, you can also integrate it into automated systems like dispensers or hidden traps. This can safeguard your base from hostile mobs and other players on the Minecraft PvP servers.
And these are the simple steps to get explosive Sulfur Cubes in Minecraft. So, have you tried the interaction of the explosive Sulfur Cubes and the magma ones? Tell us in the comments below.
Yes, but you can only remove a TNT block from Sulfur Cubes before they’re primed. Otherwise, they’ll be locked and blast off into pieces.
Yes, nearby explosions always activate other Sulfur Cube mobs that have consumed TNT blocks. However, the fuse time is much lower than that of manual triggers.
