Minecraft:Red Sand

Template:Infobox block Red sand is a variant of Minecraft:sand found exclusively in Minecraft:badlands biomes. It can be used in place of sand in many crafting recipes, with the exception of concrete powder.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break red sand is Minecraft:shovel. Template:Breaking row Red sand drops itself when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

Red sand generates naturally in Minecraft:Badlands biomes and variants, always in a single layer. Unlike sand, there is no Minecraft:red sandstone that supports it below.

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Mob loot

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

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 4 red sand when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 4 red sand for 1 Minecraft:emerald. This is the only renewable method of obtaining red sand. Due to its low spawning rate and limited number of trades per spawn, it is more practical to obtain it through other means. Template:Trade sources

Usage

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If the supporting block below a block of red sand is removed, it falls until it lands on the next available block. More specifically, the red sand block turns into a "Minecraft:falling block" Minecraft: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 red sand lands and covers the head of a Minecraft:mob or the Minecraft:player, the mob or player buried in it continuously receives Minecraft:suffocation damage. If falling red sand lands in the space occupied by a non-solid block (such as Minecraft:torch, Minecraft:rail, or Minecraft:redstone dust) or a block less than a full block tall (such as Minecraft:slab or Minecraft:soul sand<ref>Template:Bug</ref>), the red 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 red sand becomes an item. Red 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 Minecraft:sand (including red sand), Minecraft: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 Minecraft:ocean monument without mining.

Turtle eggs

A Minecraft:turtle egg can hatch on red sand, but not any other non-sand block.

Note blocks

Red sand can be placed under Minecraft:note blocks to produce "snare drum" sound.

Ambience

Red sand rarely emits ambient noises if there is Minecraft: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 red sand must be Minecraft:air.