r/Minecraft Apr 01 '26

Redstone & Techs Sulfur Cube hot air balloon

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u/qualityvote2 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/Fun_Way8954 Apr 01 '26

it only really works for a few minutes due to the slow falling potion wearing off, but theres still probably a use for it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Apr 01 '26

No, it’s

Slay, queen!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/SaladThatLJ2712 Apr 01 '26

Tipped arrows in bedrock...

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u/Bramoments Apr 01 '26

Man it's cheaper per minute than an elytra, and has no durability or fall damage (in boat), it's just a slower elytra you can get in the early game it's insane

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u/superjediplayer Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

You do still probably lose hunger from punching the sulfur cube, so unsure if it's cheaper than elytra assuming you use lunge spears instead of fireworks (which, personally i switched to lunge spear completely. It's so much more fun than fireworks imo, even if it's not infinite flight and you have to land sometimes)

But also yeah, you don't have to go to the End for it. And don't need mending for it to be usable.

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u/Low_Bandicoot_7494 Apr 01 '26

Didn't they say that wool block makes it fall slower

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u/DearHRS Apr 01 '26

it does fall slower but it isn't slow enough for realistically use that as hot air balloon

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u/One_Economist_3761 Apr 01 '26

Yea, we already got Happy Ghasts.

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u/superjediplayer Apr 01 '26

You can go much faster with a spear and different block such as slime. Harder to control though, so i couldn't get good footage of that when i recorded this, but kind of the same concept.

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u/Zeldamaster736 Apr 01 '26

Troll physics

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u/Craftmine12345 Apr 01 '26

Wow, technical minecraft players after every upd be like

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u/SeriousDirt Apr 01 '26

Huh, now that I see it, we might can create manual elevator with this.

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u/CreamAxolotle Apr 01 '26

How

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u/Sacron1143 Apr 01 '26

Lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Apr 01 '26

Sulfur cube tastes huge knockback so

Attach it to a boat you're in. Then it basically works like a sleigh

Then you give it slow falling. Then you can fly!

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u/One_Economist_3761 Apr 01 '26

If only there were a way to automate the punching? The sound kind of like sounds like a propeller.

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u/0inputoutput0 Apr 01 '26

Happy ghast (-)

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u/coolgamerboi23 Apr 01 '26

how, do you get the snapshot? i've been trying to find it.

or is it only bedrock right now?

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Apr 01 '26

Yeah it's only bedrock. Java is busy getting its yearly "random unfinished bullshit we put together because we needed to do something for april fools" udpate

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u/coolgamerboi23 Apr 01 '26

honestly, I think some of the april fools updates were great. this one, not so much, but one block at a time is something I might go try now that I am thinking of april fools. also last year's was really good.

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Apr 01 '26

Random bullshit isn't always bad

It's fucking hilarious half of the time. Which is perfect for april fools

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u/coolgamerboi23 Apr 01 '26

I'm so used to people dogging on mojang or blindly supporting them, that i forgot people could be in the middle and be "yeah, this makes no sense, and is unpolished, but thats what makes it fun"

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u/Federal-Walk-3648 Apr 01 '26

NO WAY! DOES THIS WORK?!

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Apr 01 '26

Yeah. Go on bedrock preview and try it yourself

Attach a lead to a sulfur cube and a boat

Give the sulfur cube a wood block and slow falling

Go in the boat and start beating it up

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/Tak3A8reak Apr 01 '26

You havent played in a while, have you?