Sand block in Minecraft

What it does

Because sand falls, it is useful for quick bridges down into water, for filling holes and for traps, but it also catches you out when you dig under it. Torches, slabs or any block placed in its way stop the fall; a falling block that lands on a torch breaks into an item.

In a furnace, each sand block turns into one Glass block, the reason big glass builds start at the beach. Four sand make a Sandstone block, four with five gunpowder make TNT, and four sand with four gravel and a dye make eight blocks of colored concrete powder, which hardens into concrete when it touches water.

Cactus can only grow on sand or red sand, and Sugar Cane grows on sand next to water. In desert ruins, temples and wells, the speckled Suspicious Sand hides relics you uncover with a brush.