Suspicious Gravel

Suspicious Gravel
Rarity tier	; Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.25
Hardness	0.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color	; 11 STONE
Note block instrument	Snare Drum

Suspicious gravel is a fragile gravity-affected block found in various Overworld structures. It can be brushed to extract unique structure-dependent loot from it. It drops nothing if it breaks, and breaks if it falls or is moved.

Obtaining

In Java Edition, suspicious gravel drops as an item if it falls for more than 30 seconds, which can be achieved by falling into an upward bubble column, or through two cobwebs stacked on top of each other.^[1] However, it does not retain its loot.

In Bedrock Edition, suspicious gravel can be obtained only through the Creative inventory, using pick block in Creative mode, and commands.

Breaking

The suitable tool to break suspicious gravel is a shovel.

Block	Suspicious Gravel
Hardness	0.25
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Wooden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Stone	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Copper	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Iron	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Diamond	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Netherite	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Golden	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
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 § Mining efficiency.

Suspicious gravel drops nothing when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

Suspicious gravel generates naturally in cold ocean ruins. Additionally, some of the gravel within trail ruins is replaced with suspicious gravel upon generation.

Usage

Brushing

When a brush is used on suspicious gravel, cracks start to appear on all sides of the block as the dusted block state of the block starts to increase. If the suspicious gravel being brushed is naturally generated, an item gradually emerges from the side where the player starts brushing. After 96 (6+20+30+40 per stage) game ticks (4.8 seconds), the item is extracted, and the suspicious gravel is converted into gravel.

If the player stops brushing a suspicious gravel, the block remains in its half-excavated state for a few seconds, before gradually returning to its unexcavated state one stage at a time.

Loot

The item obtained and the loot table of suspicious gravel depends on the structure where it had generated. Items can be extracted only from naturally generated suspicious gravel. When placed by the player, nothing is produced after brushing.

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each trail ruins common suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per block	Avg. # blocks to brush
Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Brick	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Brown Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Clay	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Emerald	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Green Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Light Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Orange Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Purple Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Red Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Wheat	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
White Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Wooden Hoe	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Yellow Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Beetroot Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Coal	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Dead Bush	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Flower Pot	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Lead	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Magenta Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Oak Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Pink Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Purple Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Red Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Spruce Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
String	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Wheat Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Yellow Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Gold Nugget	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each trail ruins rare suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per block	Avg. # blocks to brush
Burn Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Danger Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Music Disc (Relic)	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Friend Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Heart Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Host Armor Trim	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Howl Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Raiser Armor Trim	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Shaper Armor Trim	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Sheaf Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Wayfinder Armor Trim	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each cold ocean ruins suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per block	Avg. # blocks to brush
Coal	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Emerald	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Wheat	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Wooden Hoe	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Gold Nugget	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Blade Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Explorer Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Mourner Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Plenty Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Iron Axe	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0

Piston interactivity

Suspicious gravel is destroyed when pushed by a piston. It can not be pulled by a sticky piston.

[breakingtimenote-2] These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

[1]

[A]

`suspicious_gravel` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.suspicious_gravel.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.suspicious_gravel.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.suspicious_gravel.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.2	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.suspicious_gravel.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.suspicious_gravel.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

`suspicious_gravel` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.suspicious_gravel`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.suspicious_gravel`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.suspicious_gravel`	?	0.23	0.5
	?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`step.suspicious_gravel`	?	0.4	1.0
	?	Players	Walking on the block	`step.suspicious_gravel`	?	0.2	1.0
	?	Players	Jumping from the block	`step.suspicious_gravel`	?	0.12	1.0
	?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.suspicious_gravel`	?	0.18	1.0

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Brushing Gravel	Blocks	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	`item.brush.brushing.gravel`	`subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel`	0.6	0.6	16
	Brushing Gravel completed	Players^{[sound 1]}	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	`item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete`	`subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete`	1.0	1.0	16

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Players	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	`brush.suspicious_gravel`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	?	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	`brush_completed.suspicious_gravel`	?	1.0	0.8–1.0

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
brushed_progress	Not Supported	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	`Unsupported`	Increases as the block is being brushed.
hanging	Not Supported	`true`	`true` `false`	`Unsupported`	If there is a block under this block or not.

Suspicious Gravel

Obtaining

Breaking

Natural generation

Usage

Brushing

Loot

Piston interactivity

Sounds

Generic

Unique

Data values

ID

Block states

Block data

Falling block entity

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Gallery

Screenshots

Development Images

References

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.25
Hardness	0.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	11 STONE
Note block instrument	Snare Drum

Java Edition
1.20	23w12a	Added suspicious gravel.
	23w14a	Suspicious gravel now has an assigned tool (shovel).
	23w14a	Suspicious gravel can now have bamboo planted on it.
	23w16a	The amount of suspicious gravel in trail ruins has been tweaked.
	23w17a	The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the Remnants" when they brush suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd.

Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Added suspicious gravel behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.22	Reworked loot tables.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.21	Suspicious gravel are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.22	Suspicious gravel can now have bamboo planted on it.