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Minecraft:Sand

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Template:Hatnote Template:Infobox block Sand is a gravity-affected Minecraft:block found abundantly in deserts and beaches, and less commonly in or near surface water.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break sand is a Minecraft:shovel. Script error: No such module "breaking row". Sand drops itself when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

Sand generates naturally in many Minecraft:biomes of the Minecraft:Overworld, in disk-like formations near ponds and rivers. It generates in abundance in deserts and beaches, generally in four-block-deep layers, supported by Minecraft:sandstone below. Sand also generates as the ocean floor of lukewarm oceans, deep lukewarm oceans, and warm oceans, in a single layer not supported by sandstone. It usually generates in quantities of 545 blocks per chunk on average in non-desert biomes.{{

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Sand is also used to cover up buried treasure Minecraft:chests, depending on where the chest generates. (In this case, sand is used to cover up buried treasure chests that generate on beaches and ocean floors that are composed of sand, but in some cases, stone or sandstone might be used instead).

Sand also generates as part of warm ocean ruins and some cold ocean ruins, some desert village houses, desert wells, desert pyramids, and has a chance to generate in trial chamber entrances.

Sand can spawn floating in the Minecraft:air. The floating cluster of sand falls when one of the sand blocks receives an update (e.g. when a block is placed near it or when a block near it is broken).

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Mob loot

An Minecraft:enderman holding a sand block drops the block upon death.

in Template:Editions, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 8 sand when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Generated loot

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Trading

Wandering traders may sell 8 sand for 1 Minecraft:emerald. This is the only renewable method of obtaining sand. Because new wandering traders require at least 20 minutes to spawn and have a limited number of trades per spawn, it is more practical to obtain sand by other means. Template:Trade sources

Post-generation

Suspicious sand becomes regular sand when Minecraft:brushed.

Usage

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If the supporting block below a block of sand is removed, it falls until it lands on the next available block. More specifically, the sand 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.

If falling sand lands and covers the head of a Minecraft:mob or the player, the mob or player buried in it continuously receives suffocation damage. If falling sand lands in the space occupied by a non-solid block (such as Minecraft:torch, Minecraft:rail, or redstone dust) or a block less than a full block tall (such as Minecraft:slab or soul sand<ref>Template:Bug</ref>), the sand drops and turns into an item. If it falls onto a Minecraft:cobweb, it falls slowly until it has gone through completely; if it touches the ground while still inside the cobweb, the sand becomes an item. Sand that falls onto a lifting bubble column floats on top of the water until the bubble column is blocked or removed.

Though Minecraft:TNT does not break any blocks if it explodes underwater, if sand, concrete powder (in one-block-deep water only), or Minecraft:gravel falls and covers the TNT before it explodes, blocks are broken as normal. This trick can be used to collect blocks underwater, or break into underwater structures such as the ocean monument without mining.

Crafting ingredient

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Smelting ingredient

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Farms

Sand is required for farming Minecraft:cactus and can also be used for farming Minecraft:bamboo, sugar cane, and Minecraft:kelp.

Turtle eggs

A turtle egg can hatch only if it is placed on sand, red sand, or suspicious sand.

Note blocks

Sand can be placed under note blocks to produce "snare drum" sound.

Ambience

Sand rarely emits ambient noises if there is sand or red sand 8 blocks away in at least 3 of the 4 horizontal directions. In order to emit sounds, the block directly above sand must be Minecraft:air.

Sulfur cube

Template:Message box Template:Article other Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb sand, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

Sounds

Generic

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Unique

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Data values

ID

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Falling block entity

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Videos

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History

Development

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Bedrock Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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Data history

Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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Issues

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Trivia

  • If a block of sand has Minecraft:snow on it and is made to fall, the snow is destroyedTemplate:Only and does not drop Minecraft:snowballs.
  • Because falling sand is considered an entity, it can be launched in a TNT cannon, similar to an ignited piece of Minecraft:TNT.
  • Sand falls at the same rate when submerged in Minecraft:water, or Minecraft:lava, or Minecraft:air.
  • If a player is standing on a stack of sand or Minecraft:gravel, and the stack falls onto a non-solid block, the player can fall fast enough to take damage or even die.
  • Sand falls through Minecraft:torches without breaking, if there is Minecraft:air below the torch.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
  • Sand and Minecraft:gravel take about 0.45 seconds to fall one meter.
  • The sand texture is rotated if a block of sand turns into a falling_block entity, similar to ignited Minecraft:TNT blocks. This is not the case with Minecraft:gravel.
  • Because falling_block is considered an entity, blocks of sand without supports may disappear for a split second and a falling_block entity is summoned. This is also the case when it is landing, but the entity (not the Minecraft:block) disappears instead before a block is placed.

Gallery

Screenshots

Mojang images

See also

References

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