Desert Block

Desert Block
Details
Type	Block Crafting material
Rarity	Common
Placeable	✔ Yes (1 × 1)
Stackable	✔ Yes
Wall health	850
Damage reduction	355
Ground health	400
Regeneration	100% (every 5 seconds)
Tooltip	A sandy piece of desert stone.
Map color	#a69298 (wall)   #d29a7c (ground)
Tags	Any sand
Category	Environment Block
Sell	0
Technical
331 (0) WallDesertBlock
Tile type	wall ground
Tileset	Desert
Priority	900

The Desert Block is a type of block primarily found in the Desert of Beginnings.

Wall mining damage thresholds
Hits to break	Mining damage
1	1205
2	780
5	525
10	440
Sharp sound	433
Exp. gain	367

Usage

Crafting material

Result	Materials	Crafting station
Glass Piece	Any sand block	Glass Smelter
Desert Terrarium	Glass Piece (4) Desert Block (4) Desert Flower Vessel Small Sandstone Rock	Glass Workbench
Rocky Aquarium	Glass Piece (4) Desert Block (6) Small Sandstone Rock

Notes

• When a player mines a Desert Block wall inside the Desert of Beginnings, there is a 0.27% chance of a Locked Galaxite Chest spawning next to it.

Gallery

Official concept art for the Desert Block.

Placed sprites

Wall

Ground

History

• 1.0.1.0: Now used to craft the Desert Terrarium and Rocky Aquarium.
• 1.0.0.10: Locked chest spawn rate decreased from 0.3% to 0.27%.
• 1.0.0.1:
  • Now used to craft Glass Pieces again.
  • Wall health decreased from 988 to 850.
  • Wall damage reduction decreased from 426 to 355.
• 0.7.3-3c7e:
  • Now places a ground tile if used on a pit or liquid.
  • Renamed from Sandstone Wall to Desert Block.
  • No longer used to craft Glass Pieces.
  • Item sprite updated. Previous sprite was:
• 0.6.0.0-62a8: Now used to craft Glass Pieces.
• 0.5.0.0-9b96: Introduced as Sandstone Wall.