Sulfur Chunk

This is the Matcha Flavoured version of Gunpowder, renamed or changed from vanilla Minecraft.

Sulfur Chunk

Type	Item
Replaces	Gunpowder
Stackable	Yes (64)
Resource location	minecraft:gunpowder
Defined in	sulfur_chunk_from_potent_sulfur.json

A sulfur chunk is a yellow mineral used for explosives, fire and alchemy. It replaces gunpowder: it is mined from sulfur ores as well as dropped by creepers, and it links to the sulfur blocks of the sulfur caves, which can be broken back down into chunks.

Obtaining

Mining

Sulfur chunks drop from the pack's sulfur ores: sulfur deposits and sulfurous hellstone, 1–2 each. Until 1.12.8-beta the sulfurous quartz deposit (vanilla redstone ore) also dropped 1 sulfur chunk along with quartz; that block is now the fossil, which drops bones. See Ores.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Recipe
Sulfur Chunk	Potent Sulfur	9
Sulfur Chunk	Sulfur

• A block of sulfur crafts into 1 sulfur chunk.
• A block of potent sulfur crafts into 9.

Mob loot

Creepers and ghasts drop sulfur chunks as they drop gunpowder in vanilla. Sulfur cubes, which drop nothing in vanilla, drop 1–2 sulfur chunks and 1–2 sulfur goo when killed by a player.

Other sources

Chance is the probability that a single chest, mob or catch yields at least one, assuming no Looting, Luck or Fortune.

Chest loot

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Abandoned camp common chest	2–4	27.5%
Abandoned mineshaft	4–9	31.5%
Desert pyramid	1–4	80.2%
Shipwreck supply	1–5	37.1%
Simple dungeon	1–8	70.4%
Woodland mansion	1–8	42.1%

Mob drops

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Creeper	0–2	66.7%
Elder guardian	3	24.9%	only in Sulfur Caves
Ghast	0–2	66.7%
Guardian	3	6.06%	only in Sulfur Caves
Sulfur cube	1–2	100%	player kill

Fishing

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Fishing	3	7.73%	only in Sulfur Caves

Archaeology

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Desert pyramid	1	12.5%

Decorated pots

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Abbey / common	2–4	8.08%

Block drops

Source	Stack size	Chance	Notes
Deepslate redstone ore	1–2	100%	without Silk Touch
Nether quartz ore	1–2	100%	without Silk Touch

Usage

Name	Ingredients	Recipe
Benzene	Glass Bottle + 3 × Hellspore + Sulfur Chunk
Fire Charge	Sulfur Chunk + Estus Ash + Coal or Charcoal	4
Green Dye	Potion + Raw Copper + Sulfur Chunk	2
Phosphor	Potion + Sulfur Chunk + 4 × Glow Lichen	8
Potent Sulfur	9 × Sulfur Chunk or Sulfur
Sulfur	4 × Sulfur Chunk	4
TNT	5 × Paper or Sand + 4 × Sulfur Chunk	2
Firework Rocket (vanilla recipe)	Sulfur Chunk + Paper	3

Sulfur chunks keep every use of gunpowder, and add several of their own:

• TNT: four sulfur chunks with five paper or sand make 2 TNT.
• Benzene: one sulfur chunk with a glass bottle and three hellspore.
• Phosphor: one sulfur chunk, a water bottle and four glow lichen make 8.
• Fire charges: a sulfur chunk, estus ash and coal or charcoal make 4.
• Green dye: a sulfur chunk, raw copper and a water bottle make 2.
• Sulfur blocks: four chunks make 4 blocks of sulfur, and nine chunks (or blocks of sulfur) make a block of potent sulfur.

Picking up a sulfur chunk unlocks the TNT, fire charge, green dye, sulfur and potent sulfur recipes; benzene and phosphor unlock from their other ingredients.

History

0.4-alpha	Sulfur was renamed sulfur chunk, with a slightly changed texture. Sulfur chunks work with the new vanilla sulfur blocks. Sulfurous quartz deposits drop both sulfur and quartz.
1.12.1-alpha	The witch loot table no longer drops sulfur chunks.
1.12.8-beta October 23, 2026	Redstone ore, the sulfurous quartz deposit, became the fossil and no longer drops sulfur chunks. Sulfur deposits became rarer.