Gravel

Gravel


Gravel is a block that occours naturally in both the Overworld and the Nether. It mostly occours in underground pits and at the bottom of oceans.

Like Sand and Anvils, Gravel will fall to the closest solid block beneath it. Therfore it is possible to suffocate in it, with careless use of it. It the lowest block in a Gravel column is swapped with a partial block like Torches, the Gravel blocks will drop onto it, allowing you to pick it up as a resource.

Gravel has a 10% chance of dropping Flint. Flint is used to make Flint and Steel and Arrows both of which are useful items. Gravel blocks that don't drop Flint can be picked up, placed and destroyed again, but gravel blocks that do drop Flint, wont drop additional Gravel.

Gravels abundance and gravity obeying pysics allow you to complete many different amount of tasks. For exploration it can be used to pillar up to high places, or quickly fill in lava and water lakes, by placing the Gravel on overhead blocks.

Gravel can also help with Obsidian Mining, although it is time consuming. Just locate a natural lava lake and start to fill it in exept to the top block, now create a water spring to create the Obsidian around you.