{"id":136474,"date":"2026-06-08T04:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/sculk-expansion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:28:45","slug":"sculk-expansion","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/sculk-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculk Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This datapack\/server-side mod expands on gameplay involving sculk and the warden.<\/p>\n<p>### Warden<\/p>\n<p>The warden now spreads a modest amount of sculk along the ground wherever it walks. This can sometimes include sculk sensors and even active sculk shriekers. If you&#8217;re trying to contain a warden or bring one to the surface, be careful!<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, wardens now swim faster in water and can&#8217;t drown. Note that this does break drowning-based warden farms.<\/p>\n<p>### Recovery Compass<\/p>\n<p>The recovery compass has an additional use while holding it: every 2 seconds, it emits soul particles that point in the direction of the nearest mob or player within 32 blocks of you.<\/p>\n<p>### Gameplay<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sculk veins are now climbable, making ancient cities even more interesting to navigate. Note that due to the way the `climbable` tag works, walking over a sculk vein that&#8217;s on the floor will slow down your movement.<br \/>\n&#8211; Sculk blocks, sculk catalysts, and reinforced deepslate now indefinitely burn with soul fire when lit. Looks great for builds!<\/p>\n<p>### Recipes<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are four new recipes:<br \/>\n&#8211; You can craft four sculk veins into one sculk block, or vice versa.<br \/>\n&#8211; You can smoke one sculk block into one sculk vein and some experience, providing a way to extract experience from sculk that can be automated, as opposed to breaking it by hand or with a hoe.<br \/>\n&#8211; You can craft eight sculk blocks and one glass bottle into a bottle o&#8217; enchanting, providing a way of stockpiling them that doesn&#8217;t require villager trading.<\/p>\n<p>### Credits and License<\/p>\n<p>Credit to `rennen_rig` from the Stardust Labs discord for implementing the warden sculk spreading.<\/p>\n<p>You are free to use or modify this datapack as you wish, as long as you credit me and rennen and don&#8217;t profit off of it.<\/p>\n<p>### See Also<br \/>\nFeel free to check out my More Fossils mod, which adds fossils underground throughout the world, with an increased chance of finding one within the Deep Dark.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube showcase:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgT-TrJQogs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adds new recipes and other functionality for sculk blocks, items, and the warden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":136475,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"sculk-expansion","_minecraft_project_id":"UNlTQZ8V","_minecraft_author":"badooga","_minecraft_license":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","_minecraft_downloads":391882,"_minecraft_follows":258,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"sculk-expansion.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":219522,"_minecraft_version_count":23,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T17:14:21.101736Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-05-15T01:40:24.900665Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-03-18T18:41:54.946545Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/sculk-expansion","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":136475,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-08T01:28:45+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"2e866f81a543238bdbb166b78e53ca9a","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[84,88,97,104,89,137,158,98],"mod_loader":[86,99,106,160,100],"minecraft_version":[54,55,56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-136474","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-datapack","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-neoforge","mod_category-quilt","mod_loader-datapack","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-forge","mod_loader-neoforge","mod_loader-quilt","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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