Red Sand

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Red Sand

👁 Red Sand.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Red Sand'

👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	👁 SlotSprite Shovel Required.png: Sprite image for Shovel Required in Minecraft
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Waterloggable	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	15 COLOR_ORANGE
Note block instrument	Snare Drum

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Red sand is a variant of sand found exclusively in badlands biomes. It can be used in place of sand in many crafting recipes, with the exception of concrete powder.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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The suitable tool to break red sand is shovel.

Block	👁 Image
Hardness	0.5
Tool	👁 Image
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	0.75
👁 ItemSprite wooden-shovel.png: Sprite image for wooden-shovel in Minecraft Wooden	0.4
👁 ItemSprite stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in Minecraft Stone	0.2
👁 ItemSprite copper-shovel.png: Sprite image for copper-shovel in Minecraft Copper	0.15
👁 ItemSprite iron-shovel.png: Sprite image for iron-shovel in Minecraft Iron	0.15
👁 ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in Minecraft Diamond	0.1
👁 ItemSprite netherite-shovel.png: Sprite image for netherite-shovel in Minecraft Netherite	0.1
👁 ItemSprite golden-shovel.png: Sprite image for golden-shovel in Minecraft Golden	0.1
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Red sand drops itself when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

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Red sand generates naturally below Y≈74 in badlands biomes and variants, always in a single layer. Unlike sand, there is no red sandstone that supports it below.

Mob loot

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An enderman holding a red sand block drops the block upon death.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 4 red sand when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Trading

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Wandering traders may sell 4 red sand for 1 emerald. This is the only renewable method of obtaining red sand. Due to its low spawning rate and limited number of trades per spawn, it is more practical to obtain it through other means.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
👁 Image Wandering Trader	Ordinary	7%	7%	👁 Image Emerald	4 × 👁 Image	6	—	—

Usage

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Main article: Falling Block

If the supporting block below a block of red sand is removed, it falls until it lands on the next available block. More specifically, the red sand block turns into a "falling block" entity, which is affected by gravity; when the falling block lands on a block with a solid top surface, it becomes a block again. More information about the falling block entity is available in the main article listed above.

If falling red sand lands and covers the head of a mob or the player, the mob or player buried in it continuously receives suffocation damage. If falling red sand lands in the space occupied by a non-solid block (such as torch, rail, or redstone dust) or a block less than a full block tall (such as slab or soul sand^[1]), the red sand drops and turns into an item. If it falls onto a cobweb, it falls slowly until it has gone through completely; if it touches the ground while still inside the cobweb, the red sand becomes an item. Red sand that falls onto a lifting bubble column floats on top of the water until the bubble column is blocked or removed.

Though TNT does not break any blocks if it explodes underwater, if sand (including red sand), concrete powder (in one-block-deep water only), or gravel falls and covers the TNT before it explodes, blocks are broken as normal. This trick can be used to collect blocks underwater, or break into underwater structures such as the ocean monument without mining.

Crafting ingredient

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Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Red Sandstone	👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sandstone with description: Red Sandstone
TNT	Gunpowder +	👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon TNT.png: Inventory sprite for TNT in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to TNT with description: TNT	It is possible to use any combination of sand and red sand.

Smelting ingredient

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Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Glass	+ Any fuel	👁 Invicon Red Sand.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sand in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Sand 👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal 👁 Invicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: Charcoal 👁 Invicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: Log 👁 Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld Planks 👁 Invicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava Bucket 👁 Invicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal 👁 Invicon Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glass with description: Glass 0.1

Farms

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Cactus can only be placed on red sand or sand, and can also be used for farming bamboo, sugar cane and kelp.

Turtle eggs

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A turtle egg can hatch on red sand, but not any other non-sand block.

Ambience

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Red sand rarely emits ambient noises if there is sand or red sand 8 blocks away in at least 3 of the 4 horizontal directions. In order to emit sounds, the block directly above red sand must be air.

Sounds

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Generic

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Java Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite sand.png: Sprite image for sand in Minecraft `sand` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.sand.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.sand.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.sand.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.sand.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.sand.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite sand.png: Sprite image for sand in Minecraft `sand` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.sand`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.sand`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.sand`	?	0.23	0.5
?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.sand`	?	0.4	1.0
?	Players	Walking on the block	`step.sand`	?	0.15	1.0
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.sand`	?	0.05	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.sand`	?	0.14	1.0

Unique

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Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Sandy sounds	Ambient/Environment	Randomly when there is a block of sand or red sand 8 blocks away in 3 of the 4 horizontal directions at the surface of the world	`block.sand.idle`	`subtitles.block.sand.idle`	?	?	?

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite red-sand.png: Sprite image for red-sand in Minecraft Red Sand	`red_sand`	Block & Item	`bamboo_plantable_on` `enderman_holdable` `sand` `mineable/shovel`	`sand` `smelts_to_glass`	`block.minecraft.red_sand`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite red-sand.png: Sprite image for red-sand in Minecraft Red Sand	`red_sand`	`sand / 1`	`-949`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.sand.red.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Falling block entity

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Falling Block

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Hitbox size	Height: 0.98 blocks Width: 0.98 blocks

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Main article: Falling Block

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Dynamic block entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] BlockState: The falling block represented by this entity.
  - Block state see Template:Nbt inherit/block state/template
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] TileEntityData: Optional. The tags of the block entity for this block.
  - Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
- [Byte] CancelDrop: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the block should be destroyed instead of placed after landing on a solid block. When true, the block is not dropped as an item, even if the DropItem tag is set to true. However, if the entity is deleted due to its Time value being too high, this tag is ignored and an item is dropped depending on the DropItem tag. CancelDrop defaults to 1 for falling suspicious sand and suspicious gravel, and 0 for the other vanilla falling blocks and any summoned falling block.
- [Byte] DropItem: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should drop as an item when it breaks. Any block that does not have an item form with the same ID as the block does not drop even if this is set.
- [Float] FallHurtAmount: Multiplied by the FallDistance to calculate the amount of damage to inflict. By default this value is 2HP👁 ❤️
  for anvils, and 6HP👁 ❤️
  👁 ❤️
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  for pointed dripstone.
- [Int] FallHurtMax: The maximum hit points of damage to inflict on entities that intersect this falling block. For vanilla falling blocks, always 40HP👁 ❤️
  × 20.
- [Byte] HurtEntities: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should hurt entities it falls on. Defaults to 1 for anvils and pointed dripstone and to 0 for the other vanilla falling blocks and any summoned falling block.
- [Int] Time: The number of ticks the entity has existed. When Time goes above 600, or above 100 while the block is at Y=-64 or is outside building height, the entity is deleted.

Videos

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History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.7.2	13w39a	👁 Image Added red sand.
1.8	14w27b	Red sand's textures now rotate randomly, making beaches and deserts look less uniform.
1.10	16w20a	Falling dust particles for unsupported red sand have been added.
1.14	18w43a	👁 Image The texture of red sand has been changed.
	18w47a	👁 Image The texture of red sand has been changed, once again.
	19w05a	Added wandering traders, which sell red sand, making red sand a renewable resource.
1.16	pre3	Turtle eggs can now hatch on red sand.^[2]
1.21.5	25w05a	Sand, red sand and terracotta of any color have a chance of playing ambient sounds when surrounded by any one of them on at least 3 sides 8 blocks away.
1.21.6	25w15a	Ambient `sand` sounds no longer require sky access to play. Slightly decreased the chance for them to play. They now play in all biomes equally.
1.21.6	25w15a	Red sand no longer makes ambient wind sounds (`.block.sand.wind`).
26.2	snap1	Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb red sand, giving them the regular archetype.
26.2	snap6	Sulfur cubes can no longer absorb red sand.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	👁 Image Added red sand.
v0.9.0	build 2	Red sand no longer turns into regular sand when falling.
v0.14.0	build 1	Red sand can now be used to craft red sandstone.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	👁 Image The textures of red sand have been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.4	Red sand can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Sand, red sand and terracotta of any color have a chance of playing ambient sounds when surrounded by any one of them on at least 3 sides 8 blocks away.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.21	Ambient `sand` sounds no longer require sky access to play. Slightly decreased the chance for them to play. They now play in all biomes equally.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.21	Red sand no longer makes ambient wind sounds (`.block.sand.wind`).
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026	Preview 26.20.23	Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb red sand, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30	Preview 26.30.20	Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
26.30	Preview 26.30.27	Red sand can no longer be absorbed by sulfur cubes.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	👁 Image Added red sand.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Falling dust particles for unsupported red sand have been added.
			1.90				👁 Image The textures of red sand have been changed.
			1.91				Red sand can now be bought from wandering traders.
			1.91				Red sand can now be smelted in a blast furnace.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							👁 Image Added red sand.

Data history

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Java Edition

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Java Edition

1.8 14w06a Red sand now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.

14w10a Sand with numerical metadata variants 2 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model 👁 Image
rather than appearing identical to sand.

14w25a

Sand and its variant are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of sand were as follows:

	DV	Description
👁 BlockSprite sand.png: Sprite image for sand in Minecraft	0	Sand
👁 BlockSprite red-sand.png: Sprite image for red-sand in Minecraft	1	Red Sand
👁 BlockSprite missingno.png: Sprite image for missingno in Minecraft	2-15	Inaccessible "boring" variants of sand

14w26a Sand with metadata values 2 through 15 have now been completely removed from the game.

1.13 17w47a The different block states for the sand ID have been split up into their own IDs.

Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 12.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition

1.21.20 Preview 1.21.20.22 The different block states for the sand ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Prior to this version, the block state variants of sand were as follows:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
sand_type	`normal`	`normal`	👁 Image Sand
sand_type	`normal`	`red`	👁 Image

Issues

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Issues relating to "Red Sand" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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👁 Naturally generated red sand in a badlands biome.

Naturally generated red sand in a badlands biome.

References

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↑ MC-77079 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-185616 – resolved as "Fixed".

Navigation

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Plant	👁 Image Azalea 👁 Image Flowering 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Shoot 👁 Image Big Dripleaf 👁 Image Small 👁 Image Bush 👁 Image Cactus 👁 Image Creaking Heart 👁 Image Dead Bush 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Large 👁 Image Firefly Bush 👁 Image Hanging Roots 👁 Image Leaf Litter 👁 Image Leaves 👁 Image Mangrove Propagule 👁 Image Mangrove Roots 👁 Image Muddy 👁 Image Moss Block 👁 Image Carpet 👁 Image Pale Moss Block 👁 Image Carpet 👁 Image Hanging 👁 Image Red Shrub^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Resin Clump 👁 Image Block 👁 Image Saplings 👁 Image Short Dry Grass 👁 Image Tall 👁 Image Short Grass 👁 Image Tall 👁 Image Vines
Flower	👁 Image Allium 👁 Image Azure Bluet 👁 Image Blue Orchid 👁 Image Cactus Flower 👁 Image Cornflower 👁 Image Dandelion 👁 Image Golden 👁 Image Eyeblossom 👁 Image Closed 👁 Image Open 👁 Image Lilac 👁 Image Lily of the Valley 👁 Image Oxeye Daisy 👁 Image Peony 👁 Image Pink Petals 👁 Image Pitcher Plant 👁 Image Crop 👁 Image Poppy 👁 Image Rose Bush 👁 Image Spore Blossom 👁 Image Sunflower 👁 Image Torchflower 👁 Image Crop 👁 Image Tulips 👁 Image Wildflowers 👁 Image Wither Rose
Crops & related	👁 Image Beetroots 👁 Image Carrots 👁 Image Cave Vines 👁 Image Chorus Plant 👁 Image Flower 👁 Image Cocoa 👁 Image Melon 👁 Image Stem 👁 Image Potatoes 👁 Image Pumpkin 👁 Image Carved 👁 Image Stem 👁 Image Sugar Cane 👁 Image Sweet Berry Bush 👁 Image Wheat Crops 👁 Image Hay Bale
Fungus & related	👁 Image Brown Mushroom 👁 Image Red Mushroom 👁 Image Shelf Mushroom^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Mushroom Blocks 👁 Image Glow Lichen 👁 Image Crimson Fungus 👁 Image Warped Fungus 👁 Image Nether Wart 👁 Image Nether Sprouts 👁 Image Crimson Roots 👁 Image Warped Roots 👁 Image Nether Wart Block 👁 Image Warped Wart Block 👁 Image Shroomlight 👁 Image Twisting Vines 👁 Image Weeping Vines
Fauna & Related	👁 Image Bee Nest 👁 Image Honeycomb Block 👁 Image Bone Block 👁 Image Cobweb 👁 Image Dragon Egg 👁 Image Dried Ghast 👁 Image Infested Blocks 👁 Image Sniffer Egg 👁 Image Turtle Egg
Aquatic	👁 Image Coral 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Coral Blocks 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Coral Fans 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Frogspawn 👁 Image Kelp 👁 Image Dried Block 👁 Image Lily Pad 👁 Image Sea Pickle 👁 Image Seagrass 👁 Image Tall
Sculk	👁 Image Sculk 👁 Image Sculk Catalyst 👁 Image Sculk Sensor 👁 Image Calibrated 👁 Image Sculk Shrieker 👁 Image Sculk Vein
Fluid & Related	👁 Image Lava 👁 Image Water 👁 Image Bubble Column 👁 Image Ice 👁 Image Blue 👁 Image Packed 👁 Image Snow 👁 Image Powder 👁 Image Block
Non-physical	👁 Image Air 👁 Image Cave‌^{[JE only]} 👁 Image Void‌^{[JE only]} 👁 Image Invisible Bedrock‌^{[BE & edu only]} 👁 Image Fire 👁 Image Soul

👁 BlockSprite red-bed.png: Sprite image for red-bed in Minecraft Utility
Interactable	👁 Image Anvil 👁 Image Chipped 👁 Image Damaged 👁 Image Barrel 👁 Image Beacon 👁 Image Brewing Stand 👁 Image Cartography Table 👁 Image Chest 👁 Image Ender 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Crafting Table 👁 Image Enchanting Table 👁 Image Furnace 👁 Image Blast 👁 Image Smoker 👁 Image Grindstone 👁 Image Lectern 👁 Image Loom 👁 Image Shulker Box 👁 Image Dyed 👁 Image Sign 👁 Image Hanging 👁 Image Smithing Table 👁 Image Stonecutter
Utilizable	👁 Image Banners 👁 Image Ominous 👁 Image Beehive 👁 Image Beds Straw^[upcoming] 👁 Image Bell 👁 Image Bookshelf 👁 Image Cake 👁 Image with Candle 👁 Image Campfire 👁 Image Soul 👁 Image Cauldron 👁 Image Chiseled Bookshelf 👁 Image Composter 👁 Image Conduit 👁 Image Copper Golem Statue 👁 Image Decorated Pot 👁 Image End Gateway 👁 Image End Portal 👁 Image End Portal Frame 👁 Image Farmland 👁 Image Fletching Table 👁 Image Flower Pot 👁 Image Frosted Ice 👁 Image Heads 👁 Image Skeleton 👁 Image Wither Skeleton 👁 Image Zombie 👁 Image Creeper 👁 Image Piglin 👁 Image Dragon 👁 Image Heavy Core 👁 Image Jukebox 👁 Image Ladder 👁 Image Lodestone 👁 Image Monster Spawner 👁 Image Nether Portal 👁 Image Respawn Anchor 👁 Image Scaffolding 👁 Image Shelf 👁 Image Sponge 👁 Image Wet 👁 Image Suspicious Gravel 👁 Image Suspicious Sand 👁 Image TNT 👁 Image Trial Spawner 👁 Image Ominous 👁 Image Vault 👁 Image Ominous
Redstone/ Mechanical	👁 Image Buttons 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Stone 👁 Image Polished Blackstone 👁 Image Copper Bulb 👁 Image Crafter 👁 Image Daylight Detector 👁 Image Dispenser 👁 Image Dropper 👁 Image Doors 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Honey Block 👁 Image Hopper 👁 Image Lever 👁 Image Lightning Rod 👁 Image Note Block 👁 Image Observer 👁 Image Piston 👁 Image Sticky 👁 Image Pressure Plates 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Stone 👁 Image Polished Blackstone 👁 Image Heavy Weighted 👁 Image Light Weighted 👁 Image Rail 👁 Image Activator 👁 Image Detector 👁 Image Powered 👁 Image Redstone Lamp 👁 Image Redstone Wire 👁 Image Comparator 👁 Image Repeater 👁 Image Torch 👁 Image Slime Block 👁 Image Target 👁 Image Trapped Chest 👁 Image Trapdoors 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Fence Gates 👁 Image Tripwire Hook 👁 Image Tripwire
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Allow 👁 Image Border 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Chalkboards 👁 Image Compound Creator 👁 Image Deny 👁 Image Element Constructor 👁 Image Heat Block 👁 Image Item Frame 👁 Image Glow 👁 Image Lab Table 👁 Image Material Reducer 👁 Image Underwater TNT 👁 Image Underwater Torch

👁 BlockSprite command-block.png: Sprite image for command-block in Minecraft Creative or commands only
All editions	👁 Image Barrier 👁 Image Command Block 👁 Image Chain 👁 Image Repeating 👁 Image Jigsaw Block 👁 Image 👁 Image Light 👁 Image Petrified Oak Slab 👁 Image Player Head 👁 Image Structure Block 👁 Image Void
Java Edition only	👁 Image Test Block 👁 Image Test Instance Block
China Edition only	👁 Image mod_ore 👁 Image micro_block

👁 BlockSprite gear.png: Sprite image for gear in Minecraft Removed
Java Edition only	👁 Image Cloth 👁 Image Dead Coral Block 👁 Image Gear 👁 Image Lava Spawner 👁 Image Locked chest 👁 Image Rose 👁 Image Potted 👁 Image Shrub 👁 Image Water Spawner
Bedrock Edition only	👁 Image Blue Rose 👁 Image grass_carried 👁 Image leaves_carried 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Second Black Wool 👁 Image Smooth Stone Bricks 👁 Image Structure Air 👁 Image mysterious_frame_slot
MinecraftEdu only	👁 Image Big Sign 👁 Image Border block 👁 Image Build allow block 👁 Image Build disallow block 👁 Image Foundation block 👁 Image Home Block 👁 Image Information block 👁 Image Information Sign 👁 Image Number Block 👁 Image Spawn Block 👁 Image Steppe dirt 👁 Image Steppe sand 👁 Image Teleport Block 👁 Image Quiz Block
Minecraft 4k only	👁 Image ID 9 Dirt 👁 Image XOR Block

👁 BlockSprite glowing-obsidian.png: Sprite image for glowing-obsidian in Minecraft Unused
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Camera Block 👁 Image Chiseled Purpur 👁 Image tile.client_request_placeholder_block.name 👁 Image Deprecated Anvil 👁 Image tile.deprecated_purpur_block_2.name 👁 Image Glowing Obsidian 👁 Image tile.info_update.name 👁 Image tile.info_update2.name 👁 Image Nether Reactor Core 👁 Image tile.reserved6.name 👁 Image Stonecutter (old) 👁 Image Unknown

👁 BlockSprite dirt-slab.png: Sprite image for dirt-slab in Minecraft Unimplemented
All editions	👁 Image Branches 👁 Image Copper Button 👁 Image Colored Planks 👁 Image Coral Slab 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Dirt Slab 👁 Image Empty Barrel 👁 Image Fish Barrel 👁 Image Furniture 👁 Image Paeonia 👁 Image 👁 Image Sculk Jaw 👁 Image Spike Block 👁 Image Wax Block

👁 Image Joke
April Fools 2013	👁 Image Block of Coal 👁 Image Etho Slab 👁 Image Tinted Glass 👁 Image Torch (Burnt-out)
April Fools 2016	👁 Image USB Charger Block
April Fools 2020	👁 Image An Ant 👁 Image Box of Infinite Books 👁 Image Cursor 👁 Image Funky Portal 👁 Image Leftover 👁 Image Swaggiest stairs ever
April Fools 2022	👁 Image How did we get here?
April Fools 2023	👁 Image Cheese 👁 Image Copper Sink 👁 Image Filled 👁 Image Copper Spleaves 👁 Image Golden Chest 👁 Image Other Portal 👁 Image Packed Air 👁 Image Pickaxe Block 👁 Image Place Block
April Fools 2024	👁 Image Baked Potato Bricks 👁 Image Expired 👁 Image Charred 👁 Image Big Brain 👁 Image Block of Amber 👁 Image Block of Potato Peels 👁 Image Corrupted 👁 Image Floatater 👁 Image Floatato 👁 Image Frying Table 👁 Image Gravtater 👁 Image Pedestal 👁 Image Peelgrass Block 👁 Image Corrupted 👁 Image Poison Farmland 👁 Image Poison Path 👁 Image Poisonous Mashed Potato 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Block 👁 Image Compressed 👁 Image Double Compressed 👁 Image Triple Compressed 👁 Image Quadruple Compressed 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Cutter 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Head Block 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Headpiece 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Potato Battery 👁 Image Potato Bud 👁 Image Potato flower 👁 Image Potato Fruit 👁 Image Potato Leaves 👁 Image Potato Pedicule 👁 Image Potato Portal 👁 Image Potato Refinery 👁 Image Potato Sprouts 👁 Image Potato Stem 👁 Image Planks 👁 Image Slab 👁 Image Stairs 👁 Image Door 👁 Image Trapdoor 👁 Image Button 👁 Image Pressure Plate 👁 Image Sign 👁 Image Hanging Sign 👁 Image Fence 👁 Image Fence Gate 👁 Image Potone 👁 Image Copper Ore 👁 Image Diamond Ore 👁 Image Gold Ore 👁 Image Iron Ore 👁 Image Lapis Lazuli Ore 👁 Image Redstone Ore 👁 Image Resin Ore 👁 Image Powerful Potato 👁 Image Strong Roots 👁 Image Taterstone 👁 Image Terre de Pomme 👁 Image Vicious Potato 👁 Image Weak Roots
April Fools 2025	👁 Image Dimension Control 👁 Image Mine Travelling Block 👁 Image Mine Revisitor 👁 Image Mine Crafter 👁 Image Mob Trophy 👁 Image Shimmering Door 👁 Image Sky 👁 Image Trophy
April Fools 2026	👁 Image Copper Trap 👁 Image Iron Trap

👁 BlockSprite potted-block.png: Sprite image for potted-block in Minecraft Extreme metadata variants
All editions	👁 Image Directionless Hopper 👁 Image Seamless Stone Slab 👁 Image Six-sided Hay Bale 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Six-sided Piston
Java Edition only	👁 Image Faceless Furnace 👁 Image Faceless Jack o'Lantern 👁 Image Green Shrub 👁 Image Potted 👁 Image Invisible stairs 👁 Image Misaligned torch 👁 Image Redstone 👁 Image Nether portal post 👁 Image Overripe Melon Stem 👁 Image Attached 👁 Image Overripe Pumpkin Stem 👁 Image Attached 👁 Image Overgrown Cocoa 👁 Image Overeaten Cake 👁 Image Overgrown Wheat Crops 👁 Image Potted non-flower block 👁 Image Snowy Dirt 👁 Image Coarse 👁 BlockSprite stone-revision-1.png: Sprite image for stone-revision-1 in Minecraft 👁 Image Strange buttons 👁 Image Others
Bedrock Edition only	👁 Image Bell Stand 👁 Image Diorite Bell 👁 Image Granite Bell 👁 Image Polished 👁 Image Six-sided Bone Block 👁 Image Six-sided Purpur Pillar 👁 Image Six-sided Quartz Pillar 👁 Image Smokeless Campfire

Entities

👁 Image
Mobs

Passive

BE & Edu only	👁 Image Agent 👁 Image NPC

Neutral

Hostile

Bosses	👁 Image Ender Dragon 👁 Image Wither

Mob types

Other

👁 EnvSprite projectile.png: Sprite image for projectile in Minecraft
Other entities

Player

Blocks

BE & Edu only	Falling Blocks 👁 Image Deprecated Anvil 👁 Image Snow 👁 Image Primed Underwater TNT

Vehicles

Java Edition only	👁 Image Minecart with Furnace 👁 Image with Monster Spawner

Projectiles

Java Edition only	👁 Image Shot Spectral Arrow
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Thrown Ice Bomb

Stationary
objects

Java Edition only	👁 Image Item Frame 👁 Image Glow

Miscellaneous

JE only	👁 Image Mannequin
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Balloon 👁 Image Camera

Technical
objects

JE only	👁 Image Display Block Item Text 👁 Image Interaction 👁 Image Marker
Editor only	Location Pointer Idle Location Pointer Selected 👁 Image Map Marker Ruler Idle

Unimplemented

Unused

JE only	👁 Image Giant 👁 Image Illusioner
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Elder Guardian Ghost 👁 Image Old Villager 👁 Image Old Zombie Villager

Removed

Mobs

👁 Image
Nerd Creeper

April Fools 2023

April Fools 2024

April Fools 2025

Pet variants	👁 Image Pet Armadillo 👁 Image Pet Axolotl 👁 Image Pet Bee 👁 Image Pet Cat 👁 Image Pet Chicken 👁 Image Pet Cow 👁 Image Pet Creeper 👁 Image Pet Fox 👁 Image Pet Frog 👁 Image Pet Mooshroom 👁 Image Pet Polar Bear 👁 Image Pet Slime 👁 Image Pet Turtle 👁 Image Pet Wolf

April Fools 2026

👁 Image
Living Block

Other entities

April Fools 2013	👁 Image 👁 Image Pink Wither Skull
April Fools 2015	👁 Image Obsidian Boat 👁 Image 👁 Image Friendly Wither Skull
April Fools 2023	👁 Image Stencil Display
April Fools 2024	Falling Block 👁 Image Gravtater 👁 Image Potato Eye
April Fools 2026	👁 Image Crafting Grid 👁 Image Hovering Item Living Block Command

v t e Sand
Sand	👁 Image Sand 👁 Image 👁 Image Suspicious
Sandstone	👁 Image Sandstone 👁 Image Red 👁 Image Chiseled 👁 Image Smooth 👁 Image Cut
Soul	👁 Image Soul Sand 👁 Image Soul Soil

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