You hover above the void, breath held, because the island you need is a three-minute bridge away. I had one Ender Pearl and a wobble of hope. Then a Reddit clip turned the End into a moving sidewalk.
I watched the Reddit post from lumfdoesgaming and tested the setup in a Chaos Cubed preview world. You can recreate the whole thing with items available in the update: a Sulfur Cube mob, a boat with chest, a pig with a saddle, a leash, a wood block the cube can eat, a spear to hit the cube, and a potion of Slow Falling. I’ll walk you through exactly what happened and why this trick changes short-range travel in the End.
Most End islands are tiny and far from one another. The Sulfur Cube trick converts a mob’s bouncy hunger into forward motion so you can ride the air.
Here’s the short version of the setup: place a boat with a chest, get a pig to stand in it, saddle the pig, and attach a leash between you and a Sulfur Cube. Give both the Sulfur Cube and yourself a Slow Falling potion, hold a spear, and feed the cube a wooden block to trigger its bouncy state. When you hit the cube with the spear, it shoots forward; because it’s leashed to you, it drags you through the void.
The Sulfur Cube becomes a pogo stick of the void. The physics are simple and forgiving: slow falling reduces fall damage and gives you time to steer, while the cube’s bounces provide continuous horizontal thrust.
Most players still bridge or throw Ender Pearls when they can’t use Elytra. This setup gives you a safer middle path.
Bridging wastes blocks and time. Ender Pearls can strand you over the void. Chorus Fruit teleports are random. The Sulfur Cube method trades a little setup for repeatable safety—you’re not gambling with a pearl or reconstructing six stacks of cobblestone.
I tested it on Java and Bedrock with the Chaos Cubed preview in the Minecraft launcher and confirmed the mechanics are stable across both platforms. Mojang hasn’t nerfed the cube yet, so if you’re running the preview builds you can try this now.
How do you use Sulfur Cube in Minecraft?
Feed it a wooden block to trigger bounciness, leash it to yourself, and hit it with a spear to send it forward. Use a boat-with-chest and a saddled pig as your player platform so you don’t fall off while the cube accelerates. Apply a Slow Falling potion to both you and the cube to keep the trip smooth.
Can Sulfur Cube be used for fast travel?
Yes, for mid-range hops between End islands it’s faster and safer than most pre-Elytra options. It won’t replace Elytra for long-distance aerial travel, but it fills a gap between risky pearls and slow block-bridging.
Most viral clips leave out the fine details. Here’s the checklist to reproduce the clip without guessing.
- Items: leash, spear, Slow Falling potions, wooden block, boat with chest, saddle, pig, Sulfur Cube.
- Order: get the pig in the boat and saddle it; hold the spear; leash the cube; drink Slow Falling; feed the cube the wood block; hit the cube while facing the target island.
- Safety notes: keep an anchor island behind you in case the cube glitches; record a clip to share on Reddit or YouTube if you want to help others replicate it.
Reddit and YouTube are already lighting up with variations—speed runs, pigless versions, and cross-platform tests. I’ve seen streams on Twitch where creators use the trick to shave minutes off an island run, and content creators are tagging Mojang in posts to ask whether the mechanic will stay.
The setup is a well-oiled chain, every part pulling its weight. So, will Mojang patch this because it breaks intended traversal design, or will the Sulfur Cube become a beloved quirk of Chaos Cubed—an improvisational tool players keep using long after the update drops officially?