Sculk Vein Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a sculk vein with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a sculk vein is a new item that was introduced in the Wild Update. A sculk vein is found on the edge of sculk patches in the Deep Dark biome. The spreading of sculk veins causes other blocks to be replaced by sculk and sculk veins can spread underwater. Similar to glow lichen, a sculk vein can be placed in any orientation.

A sculk vein is an item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead, you need to find and gather this item in the game.

Let’s explore how to add a sculk vein to your inventory.

Where to find a Sculk Vein in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a sculk vein in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19	Decoration Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Natural Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

How to get a Sculk Vein in Survival Mode

You can add a sculk vein to your inventory in Survival mode by mining a sculk vein with a tool that has been enchanted with Silk Touch. So let’s get started!

1. Find a Sculk Vein

First, you need to find a sculk vein in your Minecraft world. A sculk vein is usually found in the Deep Dark biome.

This is what a sculk vein looks like:

2. Hold a Tool with Silk Touch

To mine the sculk vein, you will need to use a tool that has been enchanted with Silk Touch such as hoe, pickaxe, shovel, or axe:

Hoe

 How to make a Diamond Hoe
 How to make a Golden Hoe
 How to make an Iron Hoe
 How to make a Stone Hoe
 How to make a Wooden Hoe
 How to make a Netherite Hoe

Pickaxe

 How to make a Diamond Pickaxe
 How to make a Golden Pickaxe
 How to make a Iron Pickaxe
 How to make a Stone Pickaxe
 How to make a Wooden Pickaxe
 How to make a Netherite Pickaxe

Shovel

 How to make a Diamond Shovel
 How to make a Golden Shovel
 How to make a Iron Shovel
 How to make a Stone Shovel
 How to make a Wooden Shovel
 How to make a Netherite Shovel

Axe

 How to make a Diamond Axe
 How to make a Golden Axe
 How to make a Iron Axe
 How to make a Stone Axe
 How to make a Wooden Axe
 How to make a Netherite Axe

The efficient tool for mining a sculk vein is the hoe. So in this example, we are going to use a diamond hoe that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

3. Mine the Sculk Vein

The game control to mine the sculk vein depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the sculk vein.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap and hold on the sculk vein.
• For Xbox One, press and hold the RT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS4, press and hold the R2 button on the PS controller.
• For Nintendo Switch, press and hold the ZR button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, left click and hold on the sculk vein.

The sculk vein will break and a smaller sculk vein will float on the ground.

TIP #1: If you break the sculk vein with a Silk Touch tool, the sculk vein will be dropped (but no XP).

TIP #2: If you break the sculk vein without a Silk Touch tool, XP will be dropped (but no sculk vein).

4. Pick up the Sculk Vein

Make sure you pick up the sculk vein before it disappears.

Once you pick up the sculk vein, it will appear in your hotbar.

The sculk vein should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a sculk vein has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Sculk Vein (minecraft:sculk_vein)		64	Java	1.19 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Sculk Vein

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Sculk Vein is:

/give @p sculk_vein 1

Other Sculk Items

Here are other sculk items in Minecraft such as:

 How to make a Sculk Sensor
How to make a Calibrated Sculk Sensor
How to make Sculk
 How to make a Sculk Catalyst
 How to make a Sculk Shrieker