Soul Sand Valley
| Structures | |
|---|---|
| Features | |
| Blocks |
Standard Nether blocks plus: |
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Climate | |
| Temperature |
2.0 |
| Downfall |
0.0 |
| Precipitation |
No |
|
Colors | |
| Fog color |
|
| Grass color |
|
| Foliage color |
|
| Water color | |
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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,[1] 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,[2] because the ceiling is made of netherrack.
Mobs
The following mobs are naturally spawned here：
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size | Charge[note 1] | Budget[note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||||
 Skeleton | 20⁄71 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
 Ghast[note 2] | 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 |
- ↑ Jump up to: a b When spawning a mob with a budget, take the sum of the charge of each existing mob divided by the distance to that mob. If the total times the new mob's charge is greater than the new mob's budget, the spawn fails. See Mob spawning § Spawn costs for details.
- ↑ Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.
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| 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
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | [hide]Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Soul Sand Valley | soul_sand_valley | 170 | biome |
| 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. | ||||||
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| [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]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. | |||||||
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.
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References
External links
- Around the Block: Soul Sand Valley – Minecraft.net on July 23, 2020
See also
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