A lot of blocks like Snow, Clay, and Ore drop a piece of material instead of the block without Silk Touch. I think sand should work the same and have many features like snow! I've seen many suggestions across the site for individual features, but I want them to work together to rework how we collect and use sand!
Sand (Item) - Just like Snowballs, Clay, and raw ores, this item now drops from sand when mined from hand or shovel. It practically replaces Sand blocks and can be used for glass making and the like. Maybe glass shards could be a thing too? 1 Dust for 1 Shard. 4 Dust to make 1 Sand block which could then be used to make 1 full Glass block like normal.
Sand Layers - Just like Snow layers. It can be piled up the same by the player, and this could enable some nice smooth sand dunes like in real life! You could even make smooth beaches. These would generate from the new desert weather event, Sandstorms!
Sandstorms - I think just like in cold biomes with snowing and snow layers; Sandstorms would create Sand Layers. Maybe sand could stand out and continue piling up to 7 layers (to never create a "full" block). Since sand falls, sand layers could fall to nearby piles of sand below as well. Creating natural dunes! These Sandstorms could help resupply the desert with sand to help with building projects that require glass and not ruin deserts and beaches.
These 3 changes, I think, could liven up the desert and make sand a more plentiful resource for building and crafting.
1 Comments
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Post a new comment: