Soul Fire - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Soul Fire in Minecraft?

Soul fire is a magical, blue variant of regular fire. It is a non solid block that flickers with an eerie, turquoise flame. Its main purpose is to be a unique light source and a decorative element. Soul fire produces a slightly dimmer light than regular fire, but its spooky blue color makes it a favorite for builders creating magical or haunted structures. A very special property of soul fire is that it can only be placed on soul sand or soul soil. Unlike regular fire, soul fire will burn forever on these blocks, just like fire on netherrack.

How to get Soul Fire in Minecraft

You cannot obtain soul fire as an item in your inventory. It is a block that you must create in the world. The only way to create soul fire is to set a block of soul sand or soul soil on fire. You can find both of these blocks in the soul sand valley biome in the Nether. To set them on fire, you can use a flint and steel, a fire charge, or any other method that creates fire. When you light soul sand or soul soil on fire, it will produce the beautiful blue soul fire instead of regular orange fire.

How to use Soul Fire in Minecraft

The main use for soul fire is for decoration and lighting. Its spooky blue glow is perfect for creating a magical wizard's tower, a haunted dungeon, or for adding a touch of otherworldly atmosphere to a Nether base. It provides a light level of 10, which is enough to prevent most mobs from spawning. You can use it to craft soul torches and soul lanterns, which are portable versions of this blue light source that you can place anywhere. Soul fire also deals more damage than regular fire if you walk into it. It is a simple but very effective block for adding a lot of style and atmosphere to your builds.

How to craft Soul Fire in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Soul Fire make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

My Story

How This All Started

So basically, I was playing Minecraft one night after a long day doing deliveries, and I was trying to remember what drops what and how to craft certain things. Every website I went to was either dead slow, missing loads of stuff, or just looked terrible. I thought "bloody hell, surely I can do better than this?"

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That was probably a mistake.

A half finished story, oh well. I'll keep adding more as I go!

Learning the Hard Way

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Look, I'm not gonna lie this has been a right pain sometimes. I work full time doing deliveries, so most of this gets done late at night when I should probably be sleeping. I've had way too many energy drinks and definitely not enough sleep.

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Why I Keep Going

Honestly? Because every time someone uses this site or gives me feedback, it reminds me why I started. I love Minecraft, I love building things (both in game and apparently websites), and I love the community.

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