Sand

For information on Sand in vanilla Minecraft, see this page.

Sand can be found in deserts or dropped by certain wild Pokémon. It is used to craft certain items.

Obtaining

Pokémon drops

Main article: Drops

Drop	Pokémon	Chance	Quantity
Sand	Sandshrew	100%	1-2
	Sandslash	100%	1-3
	Shellder	50%	1
	Cloyster	50%	1-2
	Krabby	100%	1-2
	Kingler	100%	1-3
	Wooper	50%	1-2
	Quagsire	50%	1-2
	Dunsparce	50%	1
	Numel	100%	1-2
	Trapinch	100%	1-2
	Vibrava	100%	1-3
	Flygon	100%	2-4
	Burmy (Sandy)	50%	1
	Wormadam (Sandy)	50%	1-2
	Hippopotas	50%	1-2
	Hippowdon	50%	1-3
	Skorupi	100%	1-2
	Drapion	100%	1-3
	Sandile	100%	1-2
	Krokorok	100%	1-3
	Darumaka	50%	1
	Darmanitan	50%	1-2
	Helioptile	100%	1-2
	Heliolisk	100%	2-3
	Sandygast	100%	1-2
	Palossand	100%	2-4
	Silicobra	100%	1-2
	Sandaconda	100%	2-3
Red Sand	Krookodile	100%	2-4

Forage

Main article: Forage

Item	Biome	Environment	Rarity
Sand	Arid Beaches Lakes Oceanic River	Any	50
Red Sand	Mesas

Usage

Breeding environment

Main article: Environment (Breeding)

Pokémon type	Block	Value
Dark	Sand	1
Ground	Sand	1

Crafting ingredient

Item	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Ruins Wall	Temple Block + Sand
Dusty Ruins Wall	Ruins Wall + Sand
PokéSand	Sand + Sandstone	4

Trivia

Before update 8.1, this item could be foraged by Pokémon of certain types.

Pokémon type	Block	Loot	Chance
Ground	Sand	Sand	19.646%
Water	Sand	Sand	20%

Sand also used to be part of the following crafting recipes:

Item	Crafting recipe
Shell Bell
Soft Sand