vSand Block169
Information
Type	Block
Sub-Type	Technical Ammo
Dropped By	Antlion projectile
Damage (?)	20 (Suffocation)
Placeable	Yes
Max Stack	250
Rarity	Tier 0 (White)
Sell Value	No Value
Continuous Attack	Yes (Suffocation)
Crafting
Material In	Glass

Sand is a block type that can be used to make glass, which can then be made into bottles. It is affected by gravity and will fall if the player mines a block under it (similar to silt). This makes sand easy to mine from the bottom of a stack. If the player is underneath sand when it falls, the player will take suffocation damage, even if only the player's legs are covered by a sand block.

Sand deals 20 damage (minus defense) to any player or enemy that it falls on. The player can use this to their advantage by placing a block of sand above an enemy. Cobwebs, torches, tall grass, dirt, and open doors prevent sand from falling, which can then be moved, closed or removed to create falling sand traps. With 1.1 it is now possible to use Pressure Plates to make automatic yet single-use traps, as Wire can close doors, Dart Traps darts can cut Cobwebs and tall Grass, and Pumps can pump liquids to remove Torches. If sand is placed above an enemy it can cause them to be pushed through blocks into tunnels below.

Sand could be used to eliminate bodies of liquids by placing many blocks in it and then mining them, however, as of 1.1, this isn't possible anymore, as Water and Lava now occupy a background layer. "Covered" liquids are only removed when the world is loaded again after being saved; mining blocks covering liquids now simply reveals the liquid again instead of destroying it.

As it is usually easy to find and gather, sand can be used as a quick way to get money at the beginning of the game. One full stack of sand (250) can be turned into 125 pieces of glass, from which 250 bottles can be made, which can be sold for 50 silver, which totals 500 silver or 5 gold for each full row of inventory.

The best way to mine sand is with a Nightmare Pickaxe due to its faster swinging when compared to the Molten Pickaxe. If you stand at the bottom of a tall sand stack e.g. the base of a Desert you can mine the whole tower by just mining the bottom one repeatedly. For hardmode players, drills are even more effective.

If a world is in Hardmode long enough, it is possible for Deserts and Oceans to turn into their Hallowed or Corrupted counterpart, making sand hard to obtain without the use of Purification Powder, or mining underground as Sand can also be found in the underground layer.

NotesEdit

• If you touch falling sand from the side, it will deal suffocation damage.
• Sand is used as ammo for the Sandgun, as well as Pearlsand and Ebonsand.

Update InfoEdit

v1.0.5

• Falling sand can no longer be picked up and moved around by the Magic Missile/Flamelash/Dirt Rod
• World generation style modified the way sand is generated

v1.0.0

• Introduced.

Blocks
Active Stone Block	Ash Block	Candy Cane Block	Clay Block
Dirt Block	Ebonsand Block	Ebonstone Block	Glass
Green Candy Cane Block	Inactive Stone Block	Mud Block	Ores
Pearlsand Block	Pearlstone Block	Sand Block	Silt Block
Snow Block	Stone Block	Wood	Bricks

Ammo
Bows
Wooden Arrow	Flaming Arrow	Jester's Arrow	Unholy Arrow	Hellfire Arrow
Holy Arrow	Cursed Arrow	Spectral Arrow	Vulcan Bolts
Guns
Crystal Bullet	Cursed Bullet	Musket Ball	Meteor Shot	Silver Bullet
Unique
Fallen Star	Seed	Gel	Sand Block

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