How to Use a Sculk Catalyst and Where to Find Them

A Sculk Catalyst is a Mob block in Minecraft that can be found in the Deep Dark biome. It generates Sculk blocks when mobs that give XP die within a 7 block radius. Learn more about this block, how to get it, where to find it, and what the Sculk Catalyst does.

Sculk Catalyst Overview

Sculk Catalyst Basic Information

Sculk Catalyst
Category	Mobs
Block Material	Sculk

Block Characteristics

How to Mine a Sculk Catalyst

Tools to Mine the Block	Hoe

To mine Sculk Catalyst, you need to have the Silk Touch Enchantment on the appropriate tool. Mining this block without Silk Touch will result in the block being completely destroyed or dropping its constituent items.

How to Get a Sculk Catalyst

Found in Deep Dark Biomes

Sculk Catalysts can be found naturally generating in Deep Dark Biomes. They're generally located near large patches of Sculk blocks.

Found in Ancient City Chests

Sculk Catalysts can also be found in chests in Ancient Cities, together with other kinds of loot.

Dropped by Wardens

Killing a Warden causes it to drop a single Sculk Catalyst. However, this isn't the a recommended way to gather Sculk Catalysts due to the difficulty of killing Wardens and the low amount that's dropped.

How to Use a Sculk Catalyst

Generates Sculk Block Types When a Mob Dies Nearby

If a Mob that drops XP dies near a Sculk Catalyst, it can generate any kind of Sculk block type, though most commonly Sculk Veins and Sculk. Mobs do not have to be killed by the player for the Sculk Catalyst to work, any type of death will do. Player deaths will also cause the Sculk Catalyst to generate Sculk blocks as long as you have XP. If the Mob doesn't drop any XP, no effect will take place.

This makes it great for farming Sculk blocks and XP. Make sure to place them away from your main house since they can ruin a build if a mob accidentally dies nearby.

Has a 7 Blocks Detection Radius

Sculk Catalysts can detect mobs in a 7-Block spherical radius centered around the block. Though it can generate Sculk blocks much farther than this, the mob must die within the detection range.

Cannot Convert All Blocks to Sculk

A block can only turn into Sculk if it's a Dirt or Stone variant. Otherwise, the Sculk Catalyst will cover blocks in Sculk Veins until they reach a convertible block.

Related Guides

List of All Blocks

List of Block Categories

All Block Categories
Aquatic	Banner	Concrete	Creative
Dirt	End	Glass	Head
Light	Mineral	Mobs	Nether
Plant	Redstone	Stone	Terracotta
Utility	Wood	Wool	-

List of Mobs Blocks

List of Blocks
Bee Nest	Frogspawn	Spawner	Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
Infested Cobblestone	Infested Cracked Stone Bricks	Honeycomb Block	Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
Sculk	Sculk Catalyst	Sculk Shrieker	Sculk Vein
Infested Stone	Infested Stone Bricks