When the player stands in normal fire, the burning effect is red. But when standing in Soul Fire, the player still burns with the normal red fire effect instead of blue.
Tested on the latest versions of Java Edition (26.1.2) and Bedrock Edition (26.20)
Is this a bug or a feature?
by MrAllayii
19 Comments
“Probably because Mojang hasn’t updated the player burning overlay texture since 1.16. It would be a cool feature though!”
People aren’t made of soul sand
Because the player is soulless (no)
In real life the fire color depends on what material is burning
The subject thats burning determines the fires color. Fire is a byproduct of a chemical reaction.
It would be cool tho if soulfire was a thing lol soul fire arrows that slow and burn
We all burn the same, no matter the hellflame
So the fire is blue because the soul sand is on fire. Player is not made of soul sand
Probably just laziness
The fire depends on what it’s burning to sustain itself, the player doesn’t magically turn into soul sand when getting burned by blue flames.
If you light boron on fire (green flame) and light something else like a paper towel with the green flame, the paper towel will burn with an orange flame not with a green flame. So it’s logical why it’s like this.
The color of flame depends on what is burning, not the color of the flame that ignited it.
If you take a wooden match and light a combination of Borax and alcohol, the match will burn orange, but the borax will burn green.
You burn wood, fire is orange.
You burn copper, fire is green.
You burn soul sand, fire is blue.
You burn person, fire is orange.
Copper burns green, let’s assume human flash burns orange (idk, never seen it), if Copper fire sets on fire human flash, there’s now human flash burning, not copper
If you put a match stick over blue fire (I am legally obligated to say don’t try this at home) the match will burn orange and not blue. Same thing happens here. The players aren’t made of soul sand and thus burn orange, not blue
If you burn copper, the fire turns green. If you stick a stick in it, the stick will burn yellow. This is accurate.
Quick explanation Minecraft devs are lazy.
A longer explanation is that blue flames burn cleaner with less soot. If they ignite a person or clothing, the fire may stay blue for a short period, but it usually turns orange/yellow quickly because the new material produces more soot.
If you set a piece of paper on fire using a blue copper fire or an intense blue flame then it still burns orange
Your skin isn’t made of soulsand, it will burn orange.
Also op why are you acting all sassy when people give you an answer you didn’t like 💀
Looking back, this is a pretty great feature