What does Soap do in Minecraft?

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a compound called Soap (from the Chemistry update) with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, Soap is one of the compounds that you can craft using the compound creator. It is available in the Chemistry Update for Minecraft Education Edition and has also been added to Minecraft Pocket Edition, Windows 10, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch (if you enable the Education Edition chemistry features in your world).

Let's explore how to make the compound called Soap.

TIP: To enable the Education Edition chemistry features in Minecraft PE, Windows 10, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, toggle the Education Edition option in your world settings. Because Education gameplay may break your world, the game will make a copy of your world starting with [EDU]. This is the world that will contain the new Chemistry "features".

Supported Platforms

The compound called Soap is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	No
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.4.0)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.4.0)
PS3	No
PS4	No
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.4.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.4.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Required Materials to make Soap

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft the compound called Soap:

How to craft Soap

1. Open the Compound Creator Menu

First, open your compound creator so that you have the Compound Creator menu that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Soap

In the Compound Creator menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 grid. To make Soap, place 18 Carbon, 35 Hydrogen, 1 Sodium and 2 Oxygen in the 3x3 grid.

When crafting Soap, you can place the elements anywhere in the grid and you will get the same result. In this example, we have placed 18 Carbon, 35 Hydrogen and 1 Sodium in the second row and 2 Oxygen in the third row. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for the compound called Soap which has the chemical formula of C18H35NaO2.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct elements, the Soap will appear in the output box on the right.

3. Move the Soap to Inventory

Once you have crafted Soap, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made the compound called Soap in Minecraft!

Other Compounds

Here are some of the other compounds available in the Chemistry Update:

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