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Sandstorms

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Sandstorm weather cycles in hot biomes like desert, and mesa. A common sandstorm would darken the skies and lower visibility like a rainstorm, but tint everything a light brown hue. A severe sandstorm would darken the skies further like a thunderstorm,and reduce visibility more thn a common sandstorm would. It would also tint everything with a dark brown hue, and have lightning. sand would accumulate and fall similar to a snowstorm in both storms, with severe storms causing more sand accumulation than common sand storms.

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    Also, areas charted while in a sandstorm should not be recorded in your maps, since you can't see anything.

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    This would be awesome for adding renewable sand, you could also add a loose sand item that would drop when you shovel sand layers, and could also be dropped by husks (that i would really love to see get a re-design!). I do think this should be limited to only some deserts/red deserts though as it could be seen as too challenging for all sandy biomes - but the idea of a desert waste biome with sandstorms and maybe some more ruined structures would be amazing both for the mechanics and lore.

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    Yessss, this is something that we've needed for a LONG time 

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    that would add so much difference to the desert and diversity that would be better in some ways but be bad in others like at night would mobs be affected too?

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    I like it. Suggestions:
    1) Call it a haboob, because it's a real word and it sounds funny. 
    2) Just, yes to sand accumulation. Make it something like snow layers. Make it so it can drop "sand piles" (including for red send) instead of snowballs, and 4 piles can craft into a block. Then boom, new layer block to pair with leaf litter, snow layers, pink petals, etc, AND renewable sand. Win-Win. 

    2.1) Sand only accumulates on full blocks exposed to the sky. 

    3) I think the idea of a slowness effect or reduced visibility is neat. But if you do that: make it so riding a camel counters the effect. Boom, now camels are more useful.

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    UnfundedPine484 Yes, whoever made this post, add this to it. This guy's ideas are great.

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    Great idea that would be so realistic in the game.

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    And when the sandstorm is on the word that there’s a meter of sand that tells you how much sand acumuladed on your eyes and if the meter is full that will take your hearts.

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    Could It possibly pick up sand blocks and move them around, not sandstone though

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    Great idea. Badlands biomes should also be included. The sandstorm should be visible approaching from the horizon before it hits

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    Estarían bien estas tormentas cuando llueve, si llueve normal seria tormenta ligera poca visibilidad y todo eso
    Si fuera tormenta con truenos y asi una tormenta de arena mas violenta, que te haga poco daño y que la visibilidad sea mucho menor