How to break a sand block without touching it in Minecraft?

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I'm am looking to create a vehicle that can break sand block, although I don't know how. I have the body, the last thing I need is a contraption that can brake sand blocks in Minecraft

SF. · Accepted Answer

Frits34000 and a couple other redditors for a good while worked on 'sand quarry' machines - you can find the assorted designs on r/redstone.
The gist of it is to lift the sand block using a sticky piston, and while it is still falling, insert a non-full block like a trapdoor into the space it's trying to land in. Unable to solidify into a regular block, sand drops as item - the machine to do just this is fairly trivial, but there are numerous caveats about making it practical.
Frits34000 published a pretty in-depth tutorial on his designs and ways of dealing with the caveats.

Dabbingsdednow · Answer

So your trying to make a “bulldozer” vehicle. If sand falls on slabs or anything with a height of less than a block. BUT the only one that is pushable is a slab. So you can simply put slabs in front of the vehicle and move it. Note that any sand NOT above the slabs will not break.

Answered by Dabbingsdednow on September 28, 2021

How to break a sand block without touching it in Minecraft?

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