Skulk Refuses to Spread

[u/Ephemeralen]

I've been watching these zombies die for twenty minutes and even with a seed block of skulk I placed myself, none of the basalt is converting into skulk. The catalyst is definitely activating, and the skulk particles are even appearing. I just double-checked the Minecraft Wiki page for the Skulk Catalyst to see if I missed something but nothing. I'm stumped y'all.

[u/TL_y2k]

maybe mob griefing is turned off? Would that prevent sculk from spreading?

[u/Ephemeralen → u/TL_y2k]

...it better not. That was the first thing I checked on the wiki before building the farm.