Black Sand

See also: Sand

Black Sand is a variant form of sand.

Black Sand
Black Sand Black Sand
Category
Use
Tool	Spade, Magnet
Stackable	Yes (99)

"Dark glass & magnets."

Appearance

Black sand is a mottled, charcoal-colored block, very much like a darker form of sand.

Where Found

All worlds (even those created before version 1.4) can have black sand spawned in them. It appears in thin and intermittent lines through existing sand, both near bodies of water and in deserts.

Gathering

It's best harvested using a spade or magnet (which has an odd, metallic "shing" sound associated with it), although there is no loss associated with using anything else. A gold spade may produce iron ore, magnets, black glass, or time crystals when black sand is harvested.

Alternately, black sand can be created with a press from one sand and three pig iron.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Press Icon.png + + + + = Press Sand Pig Iron [[]] [[]] [[]] Black Sand Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Crafting

Black sand can be processed in a kiln or electric kiln to make black glass.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Kiln (either) Icon.png + + + + = Kiln (either) Black Sand [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Black Glass Quantity 1 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

It can also be smelted with sand in an electric furnace to make a silicon ingot.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Electric Furnace Black Sand Sand [[]] [[]] [[]] Silicon Ingot Quantity 5 5 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Combining black sand with an iron ingot using a metalwork bench (or an electric one) will create a magnet.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Metalwork Bench (either) Icon.png + + + + = Metalwork Bench (either) Iron Ingot Black Sand [[]] [[]] [[]] Magnet Quantity 1 1 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Two black sand can be put through a press to produce one iron ore.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output File:Press Icon.png + + + + = Press Black Sand [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]] Iron Ore Quantity 2 {{{Qty2}}} {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost ? Double-Time ?

Notes

Like most blocks, black sand remains where it's placed even if all support under it is removed.

The relationship between iron ore and black sand is circular but inefficient. Three pig iron and one sand can be turned into one black sand, two black sand can be turned into one iron ore, and one iron ore with one crushed limestone can be turned into one pig iron. Completing this circle from black sand to black sand loses one sand, three crushed limestone, five black sand, and the required fuel.