Sand Blocks

Sand Blocks are special soils that conform to gravity. They deal damage to any player or mob it falls on.

Location
Sand is usually found in vast amounts. It is usually found in the form of a Desert. Large areas of underground sand can be found as well. Digging through sandy areas can be tedious and is potentially dangerous.

Harvest
Because of its mechanics, and the fact that it is usually found in mass, sand is especially easy to harvest. Simply Picking the bottom block will cause entire sections of Sand Blocks to collapse, and the sand block above it will fall into the location you're already digging.

Usage
The fact that Sand Block are easy to harvest makes it a prime candidate for an easy Coin making technique.

Because of its unique gravity conforming mechanics, Sand Blocks can be used to create Traps, both against Monsters or Players. Sand Blocks can be placed over a Cobweb and when the cobweb is destroyed, it releases the Sand Blocks. This can have many useful and fun effects such as crushing traps, or pitfalls. This can be done with other environmental objects besides Cobwebs, like the top of trees or items like torches.

Sand is also useful in the creation of mining shafts. While digging downward, sand can be used to create walls in caverns without ever actually entering the cavern.

Sand is effective at drying out oceans and waterpockets underground.

Sand is also used as Ammunition for the Sandgun with its default damage value of -1, reducing the sandgun's implied damage by 1.

Used In
Bloc de sable