What is Red Sand in Minecraft?
Red sand is a block with a warm, reddish orange color and a grainy texture. It is a variant of regular sand. The main purpose of red sand is to be a decorative block and a crafting ingredient. It is a gravity block, which means if you place it in the air with no block underneath it, it will fall down. This property makes it useful for some redstone traps and contraptions. Players use red sand to create beautiful desert landscapes, natural looking paths, and as a base for other red sandstone blocks. Its warm color makes it a popular choice for builders working in desert or mesa biomes.
How to get Red Sand in Minecraft
The only way to get red sand is to find it. It cannot be crafted. Red sand generates naturally in huge quantities in the badlands biome, also known as the mesa biome. This biome is characterized by its large hills of colorful terracotta and red sand. You can break red sand with your hand, but a shovel is the fastest tool for the job. Because it is a gravity block, if you break the block supporting a column of red sand, the entire column will fall and break into items, which can be a fast way to collect a lot of it. You can also sometimes buy red sand from a Wandering Trader.
How to use Red Sand in Minecraft
Red sand has several great uses. Its most common use is for decoration. You can use it to create natural looking deserts, beaches, or paths. It is also the key ingredient for crafting red sandstone. You can craft one red sandstone block by placing four red sand blocks in a 2 by 2 square. Red sandstone can then be crafted into a whole family of beautiful building blocks. Another important use for red sand is to smelt it in a furnace. This will turn it into a block of glass, just like regular sand. Because it is a gravity block, you can use red sand in traps that are triggered when a block is broken, causing the sand to fall and activate a pressure plate.
How to craft Red Sand in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
