Suspicious Sand

Suspicious Sand
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	; 2 SAND
Note block instrument	Snare Drum

Suspicious sand 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 will break if it falls or is moved.

Obtaining

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

Breaking

The suitable tool to break suspicious sand is shovel.

Block	Suspicious Sand
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 sand drops nothing when it's destroyed.

Natural generation

Suspicious sand generates naturally in buried rooms under desert pyramids, as well as in the bottom of desert wells. It also generates within warm ocean ruins.

Usage

Brushing

When a brush is used on a suspicious sand, cracks start to appear on all sides of the block as the dusted block state of the block starts to increase. If the suspicious sand 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 sand is converted into sand.

If the player stops brushing a suspicious sand, 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 sand is dependent on which structure it has generated in. Items can be extracted only from naturally generated suspicious sand. When placed by the player, nothing is produced after brushing.

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each warm ocean ruins suspicious sand 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
Angler Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Shelter Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Sniffer Egg	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Snort Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Iron Axe	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each desert pyramid suspicious sand contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per block	Avg. # blocks to brush
Archer Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Emerald	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Gunpowder	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Miner Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Prize Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Skull Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
TNT	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Diamond	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each desert well suspicious sand contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per block	Avg. # blocks to brush
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brewer Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Emerald	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Stick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Suspicious Stew^[A]	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0

↑ The stew grants one of the following effects: in Java Edition, 5–7 seconds of Blindness, 7–10 seconds of Jump Boost, 7-10 seconds of Night Vision, 10–20 seconds of Poison, 0.35-0.5 seconds of Saturation, or 6–8 seconds of Weakness; in Bedrock Edition, 7 seconds of Blindness, 5 seconds of Jump Boost, 5 seconds of Night Vision, 11 seconds of Poison, 0.3 seconds of Saturation, or 7 seconds of Weakness.

Turtle eggs

A turtle egg can hatch only if placed on suspicious sand, regular sand, or red sand.

Piston interactivity

Suspicious sand is destroyed when the piston tries to push it. It can't be pulled by the 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.

[suspicious-stew-3] The stew grants one of the following effects: in Java Edition, 5–7 seconds of Blindness, 7–10 seconds of Jump Boost, 7-10 seconds of Night Vision, 10–20 seconds of Poison, 0.35-0.5 seconds of Saturation, or 6–8 seconds of Weakness; in Bedrock Edition, 7 seconds of Blindness, 5 seconds of Jump Boost, 5 seconds of Night Vision, 11 seconds of Poison, 0.3 seconds of Saturation, or 7 seconds of Weakness.

[1]

[A]

[A]

`suspicious_sand` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.suspicious_sand.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.suspicious_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.suspicious_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.suspicious_sand.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.suspicious_sand.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

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

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

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

Obtaining

Breaking

Natural generation

Usage

Brushing

Loot

Turtle eggs

Piston interactivity

Sounds

Generic

Unique

Data values

ID

Block states

Block data

Falling block entity

Advancements

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Gallery

Development Images

References

More in Falling blocks

Related mods

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	2 SAND
Note block instrument	Snare Drum

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Respecting the Remnants	Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd	Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another.
	Smells Interesting	Obtain a Sniffer Egg	Have a sniffer egg in the inventory. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w07a	Added suspicious sand behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20	23w12a	Suspicious sand is now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.
	23w12a	Suspicious sand now generates in warm ocean ruins and the trail ruins.
	23w14a	Suspicious sand now has an assigned tool (shovel).
		A suspicious sand is now visible on the top layer of the newly added room in desert pyramids.
		Suspicious sand can now have cacti and sugar cane planted on it.
		Suspicious sand can no longer be replaced by sculk when a sculk catalyst triggers.
	23w16a	Suspicious sand no longer generates in trail ruins.
	23w17a	The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the Remnants" when they brush suspicious sand to obtain a pottery sherd.

Bedrock Edition
1.19.70 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.70.23	Added suspicious sand behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.20	When suspicious sand is done being brushed, it now turns into a normal sand block instead of just breaking.
	Preview 1.19.80.21	Suspicious sand now also generates within warm ocean ruins. It uses the same loot table as in desert temples.
	Preview 1.19.80.22	Suspicious sand now also generates within trail ruins.
	Preview 1.19.80.22	Reworked loot tables.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.21	Suspicious sand is now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
	Preview 1.20.0.22	Suspicious sand can now have bamboo, cacti, sugar cane, and dead bushes planted on it.
	Preview 1.20.0.22	Suspicious sand no longer generates within trail ruins.