- Not to be confused with Sandstone.
Sand is a block that can be obtained by buying it from John or dropped by angry crabs.
Obtaining
Purchasing
Sand can be bought from John for 8 coins each.
Mob drop
Angry crabs are guaranteed to drop sand upon defeat.
Breaking
| Sand Breaking Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Best Tool | Pickaxe | |
| Max Hits Needed | ||
| Material/Tool | Axe | Pickaxe |
| Stone Shovel | 3 | |
| Wooden | 6 | 3 |
| Stone | 4 | 2 |
| Iron | 2 | 2 |
| Gilded Steel | 2 | 1 |
| Diamond | 1 | 1 |
| Opal | 1 | 1 |
| Void Mattock | 1 | |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Image | Name | Recipe | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hub Island Orb | 10 Glass Block 15 Oak Wood 15 Coal 10 Iron Ingot 10 Sand 8 Aquamarine Shard |
Workbench Tier 2 Workbench Tier 3 Workbench Tier 4 |
|
Hourglass | 2 Glass Block 5 Birch Wood 5 Sand |
Furniture Workbench |
Smelting
Smelting sand in a campfire, small furnace, or desert furnace will turn it into a glass block. Sand cannot be heated in an industrial smelter.
| Input | Output | |
|---|---|---|
 1 Sand |
|
 1 Glass Block |
Farming
Cactus seeds can be planted on sand to be grown into cacti.
Palm trees
Palm trees can grow on sand.
History
| June 26, 2020 | Added sand.
|
|---|---|
| November 20, 2020 | Cacti can now be grown on sand. |
| May 21, 2021 | Palm trees can now be grown on sand. |
| July 17, 2021 | Sand can be obtained from defeating angry crabs. |
| March 12, 2022 | Sand can now be used to craft hourglasses. |
| April 9, 2022 | Sand can now be used to craft Hub Island orbs. |
Trivia
- There is a bug that causes sand to glow when too many light sources are placed near it.