Minecraft:Gravel

Template:For Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox block Gravel is a gravity-affected Minecraft:block found in the Minecraft:Overworld and Minecraft:the Nether. It is a source of Minecraft:flint, which has a chance to drop when gravel is broken.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break gravel is Minecraft:shovel. Template:Breaking row When destroyed using a tool without Minecraft:Silk Touch, gravel has a 10% chance to drop Minecraft:flint if this tool isn't enchanted with Fortune; It has a 14.2857……% (Template:Frac) to drop flint if the tool is enchanted with Fortune I, 25% for Fortune II, and 100% for Fortune III. If the flint is not dropped, gravel drops itself instead. <ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>
Gravel drops itself when destroyed using a tool with Silk Touch.

Natural generation

Gravel is generated in disks in rivers, shallow oceans and small pools of water; in windswept gravelly hills biomes covering most of the surface; underwater covering the bottom of sufficiently deep rivers and normal, cold, and frozen ocean biomes, as well as their deep variants; and in the form of strips in stony shores.

Gravel can generate in the Minecraft:Overworld in the form of ore features. Gravel attempts to generate 14 times per chunk in ore features of size 0-160, at all levels and in all biomes. It can replace Minecraft:stone, Minecraft:granite, Minecraft:andesite, Minecraft:diorite, polished graniteTemplate:Only, polished andesiteTemplate:Only, polished dioriteTemplate:Only, Minecraft:tuffTemplate:Only, and Minecraft:deepslateTemplate:Only.

Gravel can also generate as part of cold ocean ruins, some warm ocean ruins, and in trail ruins.

In Minecraft:the Nether, gravel generates naturally in layers along the shores of the lava sea, in all biomes except crimson and warped forests. The layers are one block deep in Nether wastes, and 3-5 blocks deep in soul sand valley and basalt deltas.

Ore features of gravel in the Nether attempt to replace Minecraft:netherrack 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-160, from levels 5 to 41Template:Only or 36Template:Only, in all Nether biomes except basalt deltas.

Mob loot

An Minecraft:enderman holding gravel always drops the block upon death.

Bartering

Minecraft:Piglins may barter 8-16 gravel with a chance of ~8.53% (Template:Frac) when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Falling Block

Template:Main If the supporting block below a block of gravel is removed, it falls until it lands on the next available block. More specifically, the gravel block turns into a "falling block" entity, which is affected by gravity; when the falling block lands on a block with a solid top surface, it becomes a block again. More information about the falling block entity is available in the main article listed above.

When gravel falls on a player or mob, it can result in suffocation inside gravel until the destruction of the block, or moving out of it, or dying. If falling gravel lands in a space occupied by a non-solid block (such as Minecraft:torches, Minecraft:rails, or redstone dust) or non-full block (such as Minecraft:slabs or soul sand<ref>Template:Bug</ref>), it breaks, then drops itself and never drops flint.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Gravel can be placed on a non-solid block without falling.

Bamboo

Minecraft:Bamboo can be placed and grown on gravel.

Note blocks

Gravel can be placed under note blocks to produce snare drum sounds.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb gravel, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

Data values

ID

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Falling block entity

{{#lst:Falling Block|infobox}} Template:Main {{#lst:Falling Block|entity data}}

History

Trivia

• Explosions launch falling gravel.
• If a player stands on a stack of sand or gravel and the stack falls onto a non-solid block, the player can fall fast enough to take damage or even die.
• Gravel often falls into caves, making a mock dead end. If a player encounters a gravel dead-end while mining, removing the gravel may reveal additional passageways.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A naturally generated gravel blob as seen in a cave.
  A naturally generated gravel blob as seen in a cave.
• A naturally generated gravel floor as seen in an ocean.
  A naturally generated gravel floor as seen in an ocean.
• A gravel blob as seen in Minecraft:the Nether.
  A gravel blob as seen in Minecraft:the Nether.
• Gravel shown to be not affected by gravity if there is a non-solid block (except Minecraft:fire) underneath it.
  Gravel shown to be not affected by gravity if there is a non-solid block (except Minecraft:fire) underneath it.
• Gravel floating in midair in a windswept gravelly hills biome.
  Gravel floating in midair in a windswept gravelly hills biome.
• Naturally generated gravel blob in a cave.
  Naturally generated gravel blob in a cave.
• Gravel hanging above the lava sea, without any support below. Viewed in Spectator mode.
  Gravel hanging above the lava sea, without any support below. Viewed in Spectator mode.
• A disk of gravel by a shoreline that extends partially onto land.
  A disk of gravel by a shoreline that extends partially onto land.
• A strip of gravel in a stony shore biome.
  A strip of gravel in a stony shore biome.
• A gravel beach prior to Java Edition Beta 1.8.
  A gravel beach prior to Java Edition Beta 1.8.
• Gravel being drawn as sand on a Minecraft:map in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.
  Gravel being drawn as sand on a Minecraft:map in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.
• Gravel in early versions of Minecraft:Pocket Edition shown to be not affected by gravity.
  Gravel in early versions of Minecraft:Pocket Edition shown to be not affected by gravity.

External links

• Block of the Week: Gravel – Minecraft.net on March 23, 2018

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