Sand
A common gravity-affected block that falls when unsupported, found in deserts, beaches and riverbeds. It is smelted into glass and used to craft sandstone, TNT and concrete powder.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryUtility Blocks
Version Added
Version AddedAlpha
Item ID
Item IDsand
Overview
Sand is a block in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, obtained through mining and natural world generation. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Sand.
Sand is also a hub ingredient, feeding into 18 different recipes in this catalogue, so keeping a stock on hand unlocks a wide range of crafts. Sand has a hardness of 0.5. Mining Sand and blowing it up both run into 0.5. The tool tag on Sand is a shovel, with no tier requirement behind it. Generated chests only ever hold Sand in one place: desert pyramid chests (about 59%, 1 to 8 at a time).
Used to Craft
Sand is a crafting ingredient for 18 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
Black Concrete Powder
Blue Concrete Powder
Brown Concrete Powder
Cyan Concrete Powder
Gray Concrete Powder
Green Concrete Powder
Light Blue Concrete Powder
Light Gray Concrete Powder
Lime Concrete Powder
Magenta Concrete Powder
Orange Concrete Powder
Pink Concrete Powder
Purple Concrete Powder
Red Concrete Powder
Sandstone- TNT
White Concrete Powder
Yellow Concrete Powder
How to Obtain
- Mining
- Natural generation
Notes
Mined fastest with a shovel. Falls as an entity when the block beneath it is removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Sand in Minecraft?
Sand is obtained through mining and natural world generation. There is no recipe for Sand, but 18 recipes ask for it.
What is Sand used for?
Sand is a crafting ingredient used to make Black Concrete Powder, Blue Concrete Powder, Brown Concrete Powder, Cyan Concrete Powder, Gray Concrete Powder, Green Concrete Powder, Light Blue Concrete Powder, Light Gray Concrete Powder, Lime Concrete Powder, Magenta Concrete Powder, and 8 other items.
How many Sand can you stack?
Sand stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, so a full stack is 64 and a double chest holds 3,456 of them.
How long does Sand take to break?
For Sand the game keeps hardness at 0.5 and blast resistance at 0.5. Nothing separates the two figures, so there is no explosive trick around Sand. The tool tag on Sand is a shovel, with no tier requirement behind it. Both figures for Sand are read straight out of the Java 26.2 block data.
Where do you find Sand in chests?
Sand is chest loot in exactly one place: desert pyramid chests (about 59%, 1 to 8 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists it, so that structure is the only place worth searching.
When was Sand added to Minecraft?
Sand was added in the early Alpha development period.