A Complete Guide To Suspicious Sand In Minecraft

Minecraft as a game has so much in store for its players. You’ll be able to discover so many different types of biomes, items, and blocks. Some blocks hide treasures that are waiting to be found. From historic Pottery Sherds to resources, Suspicious Sand can lead you to unique discoveries.

When interacting with Suspicious Sand, however, the mechanic is quite different and you’ll need a special tool to do so. This adds a layer of adventure and excitement within the game, encouraging you to enjoy the process of finding valuable loot within this rather suspicious block.

If you haven’t encountered Suspicious Sand yet, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll be guiding you through this mysterious block, how you can get loot from it, and other strategies for finding Suspicious Sand that has the specific loot you want.

What is Suspicious Sand?

Similar to a normal Sand Block, Suspicious Sand is a type of sand block that’s affected by gravity. Based on its namesake, Suspicious Sand is suspicious because of the loot that can be obtained from it such as Pottery Sherds.

Like Suspicious Gravel and Trial Chambers, you too can get Pottery Sherds from this sand. Extracting these treasures can’t be done when you immediately break the block as you need a specific tool to get the loot from it.

Keep in mind that you can’t get this type of sand by mining. Even if you use any type of tool enchanted with Silk Touch, you won’t be able to get this item. In line with that, through natural generation, suspicious sand is found by actually looking for these blocks. So this means you’ll have to put some effort into finding them and the treasures they hold.

If you’re in Creative Mode and have placed a block of Suspicious Sand, you can interact with this block by using the “data modify block” command to add an item to the block you’ve just placed.

Simply type this command “/data modify block ~ ~-1 ~ item set value {id:”minecraft:stone”,Count:1b}” and just edit the ID of the item you want to place. SR400X on YouTube has a full tutorial for this for your reference. Be sure to stand on the block of Suspicious Sand for this to work. This makes Suspicious Sand useful if you want to hold treasure hunts for your friends within your server.

Furthermore, Suspicious Sand Blocks break immediately if you try pushing them with Pistons or Sticky Pistons to try and move them. Explosions also affect the block in the same way.

Difference between Suspicious Gravel from Suspicious Sand

Also introduced alongside the Suspicious Sand is the Suspicious Gravel. This type of gravel works the same way as normal sand and gravel. You’ll mainly encounter this mysterious type of gravel block by Ocean Ruins and Trail Ruins.

Suspicious Sand and Gravel also have almost the same type of loot you can get such as any of the Pottery Sherds.

Overall, Suspicious Sand and Suspicious Gravel will work like any other falling block. The only difference is that they have an item within them and destroying this type of solid block won’t drop the item stored within it. Plus, Suspicious Gravel are rarer to find, with their usual location being within Trail Ruins.

Where do I find Suspicious Sand?

Because of the archaeological style of loot discovery that comes with Suspicious Sand, you’ll often find this within sandy sites. These are scattered within your Minecraft world and it’s up to you to venture out to look for them.

You can usually count on a Desert Temple’s Suspicious Sand Blocks, a Desert Well’s Suspicious Sand Blocks, and the Ocean Ruins’ Suspicious Sand Blocks to generate the mysterious type of sand block you’re looking for.

What loot can you get from Suspicious Sand?

In line with Suspicious Sand being great for treasure hunting, there are various types of loot you can get from these sand blocks. We’ll be breaking this down into three different key locations that have a high density of Suspicious Sand and categorizing them based on structure-dependent loot.

Desert Pyramids

The best place to look for Suspicious Sand loot is the Desert Pyramids (also called Desert Temples) which are iconic to most Minecraft players.

You may have encountered these structures already when traveling through desert biomes. Be careful though as going through Desert Pyramid can be dangerous as you can trigger traps that can not only damage you but destroy the loot you’re looking for.

• Pottery Sherds
• Diamonds
• Emeralds
• TNT
• Gunpowder

Desert Wells

Scattered also within the desert biomes, you can find Suspicious Sand with rare loot within the Desert Wells. These are smaller and rarer structures to find in-game.

While it does take quite some luck to single them out, they’re worth it if you chance upon uncovering a rare Pottery Sherd as a Suspicious Sand item. The items you get from a Desert Well’s Suspicious Sand are slightly less valuable though.

• Pottery Sherds
• Emeralds
• Sticks
• Bricks
• Suspicious Stew

Warm Ocean Ruins

Besides the desert biomes, you can find treasures from Suspicious Sand within Warm Ocean Ruins.

Often found underwater or along the shorelines, the Warm Ocean Ruins has a lot of artifacts you can obtain. You’ll be able to get the elusive Sniffer Egg within Ocean Ruins.

• Pottery Sherds
• Sniffer Egg
• Emeralds
• Gold Nuggets
• Iron Axes
• Wooden Hoes
• Coals
• Wheat

How do I identify Suspicious Sand from regular Sand?

Now that you know the different locations and types of loot you can get from Suspicious Sand, we can get to learning how to find this block. It’s easy to think of Suspicious Sand as regular sand, however, there are some subtle differences between the two.

You’ll find Suspicious Sand to have a coarse texture. It has an uneven surface and its details are more prominent in comparison to regular sand.

If you look closely between the two, regular sand has a smoother texture. It’s best to check out these differences with proper lighting.

Additionally, be careful when you’re breaking around some normal sand. You might accidentally break Suspicious Sand, permanently destroying the item within it. It also helps to have a brush on hand to be more certain you’re interacting with Suspicious Sand. We’ll detail in the next part how you can use a brush to find loot within the Suspicious Sand.

How do I find Loot within Suspicious Sand?

Once you know how to find Suspicious Sand, you can loot it for its rewards. The only thing you need is a Suspicious Sand Brush and a bit of patience.

Craft a Brush

First, you’ll need to gather 1 Feather, 1 Stick, and 1 Copper. These are the items you’ll need for crafting a brush.

Upon gathering these items, lay them out accordingly on your crafting table.

You also have the option of using the pre-made recipe of the brush found on the left-hand side of your crafting table.

Brush the Suspicious Sand for a few seconds

After you’re finished crafting your Brush, simply add it to your hotbar and right-click to use the Brush on a Suspicious Sand Block.

When you’re using the brush on a Suspicious Sand Block, the block starts creating cracks, appearing all over the block. This indicates the dusted block state. An item gradually emerges from the block as well. This is the hidden item loot you obtain from the Suspicious Sand Block.

Take note that if you only dust the Suspicious Sand to a half-excavated state, it will later return to its unexcavated state later on. So, be sure to brush the Suspicious Sand thoroughly.

When you finish brushing the Suspicious Sand and its hidden item comes out, it will then turn back into regular sand.

Helpful strategies for finding Suspicious Sand

Finding Suspicious Sand in Minecraft is both a rewarding and challenging task. As the block blends in with its environment, you’ll need to have a sharp eye in finding its unique texture different from regular sand. We’ve gathered three strategies that can help you better find Suspicious Sand:

Focusing on key locations of the Suspicious Sand Blocks

When looking for Suspicious Sand, don’t assume it’s just randomly placed alongside regular sand along beaches and lakes. You’ll have to specifically locate archaeological structures like Desert Temples, Desert Wells, and Ocean Ruins to find Suspicious Sand.

Look carefully around the Desert Temples and similar sites since these are usually the best hotspots to find Suspicious Sand.

Prioritize looking for these locations since they provide you the best chance of finding this type of suspicious block and the loot it holds. You might not find any good loot within the block remains of Suspicious Sand within typical sand block locations within Minecraft’s world.

Having a light source on hand

Besides being location-savvy, it’s also important to have good lighting when searching for Suspicious Sand.

This becomes much needed when you’re exploring dark places such as inside Desert Pyramids. or simply excavating through regular sand at night.

It’s best to carry Torches, Lanterns, or other forms of lighting in-game. If you’re playing modded Minecraft, you can also have OptiFine on for Dynamic Lighting. You’ll be able to better see the texture differences from regular sand to Suspicious Sand.

Clearing your search area periodically

Finally, to efficiently find Suspicious Sand, you’ll have to regularly clear your search area of regular sand. This can better expose hidden areas of Suspicious Sand or other blocks that aren’t relevant to your search.

Have a lot of shovels ready and even considering enchanting them to efficiently clear your dig sites for Suspicious Sand. You’ll be able to easily find Suspicious Sand and avoid having to go back to the same search places.

Finding Suspicious Sand in Minecraft and obtaining good loot from it takes a lot of hard work. It takes time to find items as rare as Sniffer Eggs, Diamonds, and Emeralds within it. However, all the effort you’ve spent will be worth it. At the end of the day, have fun discovering the different treasures this block holds.