Corrosive Sculk
by Hipposgrumm
Corrosive Sculk is a Hipposgrumm mod that makes sculk blocks drain health from players and mobs that touch them, with a potion to counter the effect.
What it does
Sculk blocks behave much like the Gloom blocks from the Zelda series: contact with them drains health over a period of time. Players and mobs take sculk damage on contact, and mobs themed around sculk are also affected. The corrosive effect is only healed by standing in natural skylight, and absorption hearts do little against it.
Sculk Resistance is a potion that can be brewed like other potions, using a Sculk Catalyst and an Awkward Potion. It grants temporary hearts that absorb sculk damage and regenerate without needing sunlight. Players who spend long periods in the Deep Dark are likely to brew it. The potion comes in three tiers, and each level adds one resistance heart.
The mod requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across five release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.4. It is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Optional companions are listed on its public pages.
Key features
Corrosive sculk blocks
Sculk blocks temporarily drain health from anything that touches them, including players and sculk-themed mobs.
Sculk Resistance potion
A potion brewed from a Sculk Catalyst and an Awkward Potion that grants temporary hearts against sculk damage.
Three potion tiers
Sculk Resistance comes in three levels, each adding one resistance heart.
Woven sculk crafting
A Sculk palette combines with wool to craft Woven Sculk blocks for building.
Sculk Veins variant
Sculk Veins look identical to their normal counterparts but deal damage, which suits building that should look ordinary.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
How it compares
Sculk Contagione is a Fabric-only mod for 1.20.4 – 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License and also client and server. Sculk And Jaw covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Disable Sculk XP is server-side only, NeoForge-only and not open source, so it touches sculk experience rather than sculk damage.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrosive Sculk | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-04-13 |
| Sculk Contagione | Fabric | 1.20.4 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-15 |
| Sculk And Jaw | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-29 |
| Disable Sculk XP | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-19 |
Questions
Does Corrosive Sculk need Fabric API?
Do both the server and players need the mod?
How can the sculk drain be healed?
In the catalog
Corrosive Sculk is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
More from Hipposgrumm
Similar mods
What the author says
This mod gives Sculk a corruptive property that will temporarily drain your health. Players and mobs will take sculk damage if making contact with sculk or if attacked by any sculk-themed mobs (e.g. the Warden). The only way to heal from the Corrosive Sculk effect is to bathe in natural skylight; and don't try using…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/corrosive-sculk
- Owner
- Hipposgrumm
- Published
- 2023-08-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15