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

What is Soul Soil in Minecraft?

Soul soil is a brownish block found in the Nether that looks like swirling, tormented souls. It is a variant of soul sand. Its main purpose is to be a unique utility block with several special properties. Unlike soul sand, you can walk on soul soil at a normal speed. A very special property is that if you light soul soil on fire, it will burn with a spooky, blue soul fire. It is also a key block for summoning the Wither boss. It is a useful and atmospheric block that adds to the creepy vibe of the Nether.

How to get Soul Soil in Minecraft

The only way to get soul soil is to find it. It cannot be crafted. Soul soil generates naturally in large patches in the soul sand valley biome in the Nether. It is often found right next to patches of soul sand. To get to the Nether, you must build a Nether portal. Once you are there, look for the spooky soul sand valleys, which are filled with this block. You can break it with your hand, but a shovel is the fastest tool for the job.

How to use Soul Soil in Minecraft

Soul soil has several great uses. Its most unique use is for creating blue soul fire. If you use a flint and steel on soul soil, it will light with a beautiful blue flame that burns forever. This is great for decoration and for crafting soul torches and soul lanterns. You can also use soul soil to summon the Wither boss. To do this, you need to place four soul soil blocks in a T shape, and then place three wither skeleton skulls on top. This works just like it does with soul sand. Soul soil can also be used to craft basalt. If you place soul soil next to lava and have blue ice above it, the lava will turn into basalt.

How to craft Soul Soil in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Soul Soil 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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