Sand

Obtaining

Sand can be broken without tools, but a shovel is the fastest.

Block	Sand
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Golden	0.1

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia

• Players can plant Cacti on it, making it a good alternative for Sand.
• It was first added to Minecraft in Snapshot 13w39a.
• It can be used to make TNT and Glass, but not standard Sandstone or Concrete Powder.
• It has a 2.5 blast resistance, like normal Sand.
• Apart from color, the textures for the two sands are the same.
• As of Minecraft 1.8 update, players can craft Red Sandstone out of Red Sand.

See also: Sand

Info

Sand

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	No
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience	Smelted: 0.1
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Data values	Sand dec:120 hex:C0 bin:11000 Red Sand dec:121 hex:C1 bin:11001
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	sand

Sand is a block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 affected by gravity.

Red sand is a variation of sand, the only difference being its color.

Videos

Trivia

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

Natural generation

Sand generates naturally in many biomes A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you of the Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 , notably deserts, beaches, and rivers, generally in four-block-deep layers supported by stone Stone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Cobblestone (1) Data value dec: 01 hex: 1 bin: 1 Name stone See the block called stone. For and sandstone Sandstone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values Sandstone dec: 24 hex: 18 bin: 11000 Red Sandstone dec: 179 hex: B3 bin: 10110011 Name Sandstone  sandstone Red Sandstone  red_sandstone .

Red sand generates naturally in mesa biomes and variants.

Sand can be found in 59.0% of desert temple Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 chests in stacks of 1⃢₀ₓ8.

Usage

Sand, if there is no block below it, will fall until it lands on the next available block. When sand is being affected by gravity and falling, it exhibits a smooth falling animation.

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

If a sand entity falls on a fence post, it does not turn into a solid block. Instead, it stays as an entity on top of that fence post.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Concrete Powder Concrete Powder Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values PC: dec: 252 hex: FC bin: 11111100 PE: dec: 237 hex: ED bin: 11101101 Name concrete_powder See	Sand+ Gravel+ Matching Dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool,	8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Sandstoneor Red Sandstone	Sandor Red Sand
TNT	Gunpowder+ Sandor Red Sand

Smelting ingredient

Construction

Sand can be used in the construction of airlocks and the creation of mob suffocation traps. Being affected by gravity, it can be quickly and easily removed from ground level.

Farms

Sand and red sand can be used for farming cactus and sugar canes.

Data values

Sand has the ID name minecraft:sand and is further defined by its block data. Sand also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data

See also: Data values

Block state

See also: Block states

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Value	Description
⃂variant	sand	Sand
	red_sand	Red Sand

falling_block entity

Falling Block

Internal ID	PC: 21 PE: 66
Network ID	PC: 70
Entity ID	falling_block

See also: Chunk format₧Dynamic tiles and Tutorials/Falling blocks

Video

History

Classic
0.0.14a_01					Added sand. It behaved similarly to gravel.
					Sand blocks only appeared naturally in one block-thick beaches (usually by water or in the middle of a landscape). These beaches were always at and below ocean level.
					Rather than falling by turning into a falling block entity, sand would instantly appear at the lowest point it could go when placed above an air block, without any sort of falling animation, behavior that lasted until the Seecret Friday 1 update, in Infdev.
					A glitch occurring at this time allowed players to raise the height of a fluid block by placing sand over it. The sand would stay suspended in mid-air until it was broken. When broken, a fluid block corresponding to the type below the sand would appear where the block was. The suspended fluid block would remain immobile until a block was placed next to it, causing a flood.
					Map editors could be used to create floating sand, although the server would crash if the sand was affected from its state.
Indev
0.31			Jan. 11, 2010		Islands have more sand.
			Jan. 29, 2010		Sand is now used to craft TNT.
Infdev
Feb. 27, 2010					Sand was removed during map tests.
Apr. 13, 2010					Sand re-added.
Jun. 18, 2010					Sand now falls realistically.
					Sand would be destroyed by falling onto a non-solid object, not dropping as item. This was fixed in a later update.when?
Beta
1.2					FallingSand entities behave better in SMP.
					Sand can now be used to craft sandstone Sandstone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values Sandstone dec: 24 hex: 18 bin: 11000 Red Sandstone dec: 179 hex: B3 bin: 10110011 Name Sandstone  sandstone Red Sandstone  red_sandstone .
1.3					Sand now generates with sandstone Sandstone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values Sandstone dec: 24 hex: 18 bin: 11000 Red Sandstone dec: 179 hex: B3 bin: 10110011 Name Sandstone  sandstone Red Sandstone  red_sandstone under it.
1.8					Due to changes in the terrain generator, sand no longer appears in beaches.
					Sand generates anywhere that water does in large, circular patterns, noticeably larger than the similar patterns of clay. These can occur anywhere water does, including in NPC Village farms.
Official release
1.0			Beta 1.9-pre6		Sand texture slightly changed.
1.1			12w01a		Sand now appears in beaches again, which have been re-added as a biome rather than a generated structure.
1.4.2			12w38a		Sand now has new sounds when being walked on.
1.7.2			13w39a		Added red sand.
1.8			14w27b		Sand and red sand`s textures now rotate randomly, making beaches and deserts look less uniform.
1.9			15w44a		Sand can now be found in desert temple Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 chests.
1.10			16w20a		Added falling dust particles for unsupported sand.
1.12			17w06a		Sand is now used to craft concrete powder.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added sand.
0.3.0					Sand is now used to craft sandstone Sandstone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values Sandstone dec: 24 hex: 18 bin: 11000 Red Sandstone dec: 179 hex: B3 bin: 10110011 Name Sandstone  sandstone Red Sandstone  red_sandstone .
0.4.0					Sand is now used to craft TNT.
0.6.0					Sand is now affected by gravity.
0.8.0			build 8		Falling sand now drops a resource when landing on a non-solid block.
0.9.0			build 1		Added red sand.
0.10.0			build 1		Added falling dust particles for unsupported sand.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Sand is now used to craft concrete powder.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added sand.
TU14		1.04			Changed sound made when mining sand.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added red sand.

Issues

Issues relating to “Sand” or “Red Sand“ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  A glitched sand block

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  Another two glitched sand blocks

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  A sand ledge

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  The same sand ledge falling

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  A sand ledge

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  Red sand covering a Mesa biome

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  The different types of sand blocks

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  Floating sand emits falling particles

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  Particles generating under the sand floating in the air

As a Crafting Ingredient