What is Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft?
A sculk catalyst is a strange, living block that can spread sculk. It looks like a block of sculk with a bony, soul filled top. Its main purpose is to be the heart of a sculk infestation. When a mob that drops experience points dies within a certain range of a sculk catalyst, the catalyst will bloom and convert nearby blocks into sculk, sculk sensors, and sculk shriekers. This makes it a key block for farming sculk and its variants. It is a fascinating and slightly creepy block that allows players to harness the strange growth of the deep dark for their own purposes.
How to get Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft
There are two ways to get a sculk catalyst. The first way is to find it. Sculk catalysts generate naturally in the center of ancient cities, which are the large, spooky structures found in the deep dark biome. The second, and much more dangerous way, is to defeat the Warden. The Warden is a powerful, blind mob that is summoned by sculk shriekers. When you defeat the Warden, it will always drop one sculk catalyst. To collect the sculk catalyst block, you must mine it with a tool that has the Silk Touch enchantment. If you break it with a regular tool, it will just break and drop experience points.
How to use Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft
The main use for a sculk catalyst is to farm sculk blocks. To do this, you need to create a mob farm that funnels mobs to a killing chamber right next to the sculk catalyst. When the mobs die, the catalyst will activate and spread sculk over any nearby replaceable blocks, like stone or dirt. You can then mine this sculk for experience points, or collect it with a Silk Touch tool for building. This is a great way to create a renewable source of sculk blocks. As a decorative block, the sculk catalyst is very unique. Its strange, bony top and blooming animation make it a great centerpiece for a spooky or alien themed build.
How to craft Sculk Catalyst in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
What can Sculk Catalyst make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.