Dungeons:Soul Sand Valley

Soul Sand Valley is the second other dimensions secret mission in Minecraft Dungeons, and is part of the Flames of the Nether DLC. It is unlocked after completing Crimson Forest and collecting the scroll found there. Completing Soul Sand Valley does not unlock any missions.

Soul Sand Valley

Part of	Other Dimensions
Minimum difficulty	I
Unlock predecessor	Crimson Forest scroll Crimson Forest
Raid captains	Usually has all six captains but not always
Daily trials	Can have daily trials

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“	DARK DUNES – The Soul Sand Valley is a bone-chilling part of the Nether that even the boldest of warriors dread to tread. Gather your wits and hold your weapon close as you cross the shifting sands.	„
	— In-game story

Unlocking

Crimson Forest, the mission where Soul Sand Valley's scroll is found, always spawns the scroll during the following objective: "CRIMSON FOREST: RAISE THE GATE X/4"

Locations

Name Level ID	Resource pack ID	Is required	Is DLC exclusive	Contains scroll	Contains rune room	Contains eye of ender
Soul Sand Valley SoulsandValley	nether	✔	Flames of the Nether	✖	✖	✖

Objectives

SOUL SAND VALLEY

1. EXPLORE THE VALLEY
2. OPEN THE GATE!
3. EXPLORE THE VALLEY
4. SURVIVE THE AMBUSH!
5. SEARCH FOR AN EXIT
6. FIND THE KEY!
7. ESCAPE THE VALLEY!

Voiceovers

“	Deep within the twisted wilds of the Nether is a bone-chilling place when even heroes hesitate to go: The Soul Sand Valley. Will you be able to safely navigate the haunted sands?	„
	— Opening voiceover

Mobs and entities

Native

Mob	Difficulty
	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Passive
Key Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piggy Bank	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-attackable
Blue Nethershroom	Sometimes	Sometimes	Sometimes
Hostile
Blaze	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fungus Thrower	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hoglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin Hunter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton Archer	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wraith	Yes	Yes	Yes
Powerful
Enderman	Sometimes	Sometimes	Sometimes
Raid Captain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wildfire	Sometimes	Sometimes	Sometimes
Ghast	Sometimes	Sometimes	Sometimes

Items

Item	Difficulty
	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Armor
Grim Armor	No	No	Yes
Sprout Armor	No	Yes	Yes
Thief Armor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Artifacts
Boots of Swiftness	Yes	Yes	Yes
Harvester	Yes	Yes	Yes
Soul Lantern	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thundering Quiver	No	Yes	Yes
Consumables
Apple	Yes	Yes	Yes
Arrow Bundle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bread	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pork	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shadow Brew	Yes	Yes	Yes
Strength Potion	Yes	Yes	Yes
Swiftness Potion	Yes	Yes	Yes
TNT	Yes	Yes	Yes
Melee Gear
Boneclub	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ranged Gear
Scatter Crossbow	Yes	Yes	Yes

History

[hide]Minecraft Dungeons
February 12th, 2021							Soul Sand Valley is revealed in the Dev Diaries for Flames of the Nether.
1.8.0.0							Added Soul Sand Valley.
1.14.1.0							Soul Sand Valley can now spawn powerful mobs.

Trivia

• Unlike in Minecraft, soul sand in this mission does not slow down mobs or heroes.

Music

OST

Ambient

Rostislav Trifonov - "Soulsand Valley" (view on YouTube) [show]

Ambush

Eugnosis - "Metaluna" (view on YouTube) [show]

In-game

[hide]Ambient
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Soulsand Valley	D4_bgm_env_sovaMain-002.ogg
	Soulsand Valley Unused	D4_bgm_env_sovaMain-001.ogg

[hide]Ambush
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Metaluna	D4_bgm_env_wafoArena-001.ogg​ D4_bgm_env_wafoArenaEnd-001.ogg​