Soul Sand Valley
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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, making it the third most common biome in the dimension. 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 naturally spawn here:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size | Charge[note 1] | Budget[note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||||
 Skeleton | 20⁄71 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
 Ghast[note 2] | 50⁄71 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
 Enderman | 1⁄71 | 1–4 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
| Creature category | ||||
 Strider[note 3] | 1 | 2–4 | 0.7 | 0.15 |
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.
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| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| Skeleton | 80 | 1–2 |
| Ghast | 40 | 1 |
| Enderman | 6 | 1 |
| Creature category | ||
| Strider[note 1] | 1 | 2–4 |
- ↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to MCPE-236161.
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Sounds
Music
These music tracks play while the player is in the soul sand valley:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| So Below | 7 | 63.64% | 7 | 63.64% | |
| Ballad of the Cats | 1 | 9.09% | 1 | 9.09% | |
| Concrete Halls | 1 | 9.09% | 1 | 9.09% | |
| Dead Voxel | 1 | 9.09% | 1 | 9.09% | |
| Warmth | 1 | 9.09% | 1 | 9.09% | |
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 | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Soul Sand Valley | soul_sand_valley | 170 |
biome |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| Soul Sand Valley | soulsand_valley | 178 |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
 |  | Adventuring Time | Discover 17 biomes. | Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world. | 40 | Silver | |
 |  | Hot tourist destination | Visit all Nether biomes | Note: Can be completed if the player visits the biomes in different worlds. | 30 | Silver | |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Hot Tourist Destinations | Explore all Nether biomes | Visit all of the 5 following biomes: The advancement is only for Nether biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement. |
History
Announcement
| September 28, 2019 | The soul sand valley is announced at MINECON Live 2019. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| 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. | |||||||
| 1.21.6 | 25w15a | Dried ghasts now generate in soul sand valleys near Nether fossils. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| 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. | |||||||
| 1.21.80 Experiment | Preview 1.21.80.25 | Dried ghasts now generate in soul sand valleys near Nether fossils. | |||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 170. | |||||
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 the Nether 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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Nether fossils in a soul sand valley -
A huge ruined portal in a soul sand valley -
A higher area in a soul sand valley -
Nether fortress in a soul sand valley -
A ghast in a soul sand valley -
A hoglin stables bastion remnant which generated in a soul sand valley -
Mushrooms in the soul sand valley -
A short basalt pillar -
A soul sand valley single biome world in the Overworld
Historical screenshots
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A soul sand valley single biome world before 1.18
Mojang screenshots
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A soul sand valley in very early development. -
A soul sand valley next to a warped forest. This is no longer possible as the two biomes do not generate next to each other. -
A soul sand valley seen during MINECON Live 2019. -
A soul sand valley seen during MINECON Live 2019. Notice that Overworld fossils are used as a placeholder for Nether fossils. -
Kingbdogz in a soul sand valley. -
Ghasts in a soul sand valley.
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In other media
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The Soul Sand Valley as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons.
References
External links
- Around the Block: Soul Sand Valley – Minecraft.net on July 23, 2020
See also
Navigation
Sources
- Soul Sand Valley — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3707716.