Soul Sand Valley

Soul Sand Valley

Structures	Nether fortress Nether fossil Bastion remnant Ruined portal
Features	Basalt pillar Glowstone blob Lava sea
Blocks	Standard Nether blocks plus: Gravel Soul Sand Soul Soil Basalt Bone Block Crimson Roots Soul Fire Dried Ghast​
Climate
Temperature	2.0
Downfall	0.0
Precipitation	No
Colors
Fog color	#1B4745
Grass color	#BFB755
Foliage color	#AEA42A
Water color	#3F76E4‌  #905957‌

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A soul sand valley is a dry biome located in the Nether. It is formed of large caverns with nether fossils and different blocks, mainly including soul sand and soul soil.

Description

The soul sand valley makes up around 17% of the Nether by volume. It can generate next to any other Nether biome except for the warped forest.

The soul sand valley is mostly composed of soul sand and soul soil, with gravel found on its coastlines. Soul fire is scattered throughout the biome and nether fossils poke out of the terrain. Near these fossils are dried ghasts.​ It lacks a diverse set of plants, with the only native vegetation being crimson roots and mushrooms, although crimson fungi and huge fungi may spawn where the biome borders a crimson forest. Its fog is cyan and the air particles are gray as the sounds of winds and the voices of ghosts fill the air. Giant columns of basalt called basalt pillars can be found stretching from the floor to the ceiling. Caverns, nether fortresses and even bastion remnants can also be found in the soul sand valley.

Glowstone blobs can be found in this biome, although they are significantly rarer than in other Nether biomes, since the ceiling of this biome is made of soul sand or soul soil below which glowstone blobs cannot generate; they can still occasionally generate in caves and canyons in this biome, because the ceiling is made of netherrack.

Mobs

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size	Charge	Budget
Monster category
Skeleton	20⁄71	5	0.7	0.15
Ghast	50⁄71	4	0.7	0.15
Enderman	1⁄71	4	0.7	0.15
Creature category
Strider	1	1–2	0.7	0.15

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Skeleton	80⁄126	1–2
Ghast	40⁄126	1
Enderman	6⁄126	1
Creature category
Strider	1	2–4

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the Soul Sand Valley.

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
so_below.ogg	Soul Sand Valley and Basalt Deltas	"So Below"	Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 3		7
nether1.ogg	The Nether	"Concrete Halls"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 7		1
nether2.ogg	The Nether	"Dead Voxel"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 3		1
nether3.ogg	The Nether	"Warmth"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 11		1
nether4.ogg	The Nether	"Ballad of the Cats"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 15		1

Ambience

Nether ambience plays while the player is in the Nether.

Name	Sound	Group
Soulsand Valley Ambience		Loop
Soulsand Valley Sand 1		Loop Additions
Soulsand Valley Sand 2
Soulsand Valley Sand 3
Soulsand Valley Voices 1
Soulsand Valley Voices 2
Soulsand Valley Voices 3
Soulsand Valley Voices 4
Soulsand Valley Voices 5
Soulsand Valley Whisper 1
Soulsand Valley Whisper 2
Soulsand Valley Whisper 3
Soulsand Valley Whisper 4
Soulsand Valley Whisper 5
Soulsand Valley Whisper 6
Soulsand Valley Whisper 7
Soulsand Valley Whisper 8
Soulsand Valley Wind 1
Soulsand Valley Wind 2
Soulsand Valley Wind 3
Soulsand Valley Wind 4
Soulsand Valley With 1
Soulsand Valley Mood 1		Mood
Soulsand Valley Mood 2
Soulsand Valley Mood 3
Soulsand Valley Mood 4

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Soul Sand Valley	soul_sand_valley	170	biome.minecraft.soul_sand_valley

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
Soul Sand Valley	soulsand_valley	178

History

September 28, 2019							The soul sand valley is announced at MINECON Live 2019.
[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w06a				Added the soul sand valley.
			20w10a				Added soul sand valley ambience.
			20w15a				Added the music track "So Below", which plays in the soul sand valley biome.
			20w18a				Mobs in soul sand valleys no longer spawn near each other.
			20w19a				Blobs of soul sand now generate in soul sand valleys at level of the lava ocean.
			Pre-release 4				The spawning weight of skeletons was changed from 2 to 10.
							Increased the overall amount of hostile mob spawns. Each mob's chance was changed from 0.08 to 0.15.
			Pre-release 7				The spawning weight of skeletons was changed from 10 to 20.
							The biome's total spawning energy was changed from 1.0 to 0.7.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.6			25w15a				Dried ghasts now generate in soul sand valleys near nether fossils.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added the soul sand valley.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Added ambience.
							Added music.
							Added Nether Fossils in the soul sand valley.
							Soul sand now generates below lava level in the soul sand valley.
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.80 Experiment Drop 2 2025			Preview 1.21.80.25				Dried ghasts now generate in soul sand valleys near nether fossils.

Issues

Issues relating to "Soul Sand Valley" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Despite its name, the soul sand valley isn’t actually a valley due to its cave-like generation.
• In the official artwork of theNether Update, a wither skeleton can be seen in the soul sand valley instead of normal skeletons, despite wither skeletons not naturally spawning there.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A soul sand valley in very early development.

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  A soul sand valley.

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  Nether fossils in a soul sand valley.

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  A bastion remnant which generated in a soul sand valley.

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  Overview of a soul sand valley with ghasts flying around.

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  A soul sand valley next to a warped forest.

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  A soul sand valley seen during MINECON Live 2019.

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  A soul sand valley seen during MINECON Live 2019.

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  Nether fossils in a soul sand valley.

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  Kingbdogz in a soul sand valley.

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  Ghasts in a soul sand valley.

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  Soul sand valley.

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  A ghast in a soul sand valley.

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  A soul sand valley single biome world before 1.18, in the Overworld.

External links

• Around the Block: Soul Sand Valley – Minecraft.net on July 23, 2020

See also

• Crimson Forest
• Warped Forest
• Nether Wastes
• Basalt Deltas