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Sand

1Block states
YesItem form

Sand is a block found in Minecraft. It is best dug with a shovel, and when broken it drops itself as an item that can be collected and placed again.

Players use sand as an ingredient in 18 different recipes, which makes it a useful material to gather in quantity.

Contents (5)
  1. Data values
  2. Sounds
  3. Natural generation
  4. History
  5. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:sand
Numeric default state ID121
Block states1
State properties0
Item formYes

Sounds

Sound events named after this block. Blocks that share a generic sound group are not listed, because the game keeps those groupings in code rather than in its data files.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
BrokenBlock brokenblock.sand.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1116
Fallen onSomething falls on a blockblock.sand.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall1116
Hit while miningBlock breakingblock.sand.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit1116
—Sandy soundsblock.sand.idlesubtitles.block.sand.idle4116
PlacedBlock placedblock.sand.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1116
Walked onFootstepsblock.sand.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps1116
—Brushing Sanditem.brush.brushing.sandsubtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand0.60.616
—Brushing Sand completeditem.brush.brushing.sand.completesubtitles.item.brush.brushing.sand.complete1116

Natural generation

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also