Suspicious Gravel

Suspicious Gravel
Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.25
Hardness	0.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color (JE)	; 11 STONE

Suspicious gravel is a fragile gravity-affected block found in various Overworld structures. They can be brushed to extract structure-dependent loot, and are a source of pottery sherds alongside suspicious sand and trial chambers. Suspicious gravel drops nothing if broken, and break if they fall from any height or are moved with a piston.

Obtaining

Breaking

Suspicious gravel is unobtainable by mining, even using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. They are much softer than normal gravel, and can be instantly broken with merely an unenchanted diamond shovel. They are affected by gravity, but they always break with no drops after falling. They break immediately if pushed by a piston or sticky piston, and cannot be pulled by sticky pistons or slime blocks. They also break immediately without dropping when affected by explosions.

In Java Edition, suspicious gravel drops as an item if it falls for more than 30 seconds, which can be achieved by falling into an upward bubble column, or through two cobwebs stacked on top of each other.^[1] However, it does not retain its loot.

In Creative mode, the player can obtain suspicious gravel while retaining its loot by using Ctrl + pick block on the block.

Block
Hardness	0.25
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	0.4
Wooden	0.2
Stone	0.1
Copper	0.1
Iron	0.1
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Suspicious gravel generates naturally in cold ocean ruins. Additionally, some of the gravel within trail ruins is replaced with suspicious gravel upon generation.

Usage

Brushing

When a brush is used on suspicious gravel, cracks start to appear on all sides of the block as the dusted block state of the block starts to increase. If the suspicious gravel being brushed is naturally generated, an item gradually emerges from the side where the player starts brushing. After 96 (6+20+30+40 per stage) game ticks (4.8 seconds), the item is extracted, and the suspicious gravel is converted into gravel.

If the player stops brushing a suspicious gravel, the block remains in its half-excavated state for a few seconds, before gradually returning to its unexcavated state one stage at a time.

Loot

The item obtained and the loot table of suspicious gravel is dependent on which structure it has generated in. Items can be extracted only from naturally generated suspicious gravel. When placed by the player, nothing is produced after brushing.

In Java Edition, each trail ruin's suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per block ^[D]	Avg. # blocks to brush ^[E]
Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Brick	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Brown Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Clay	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Emerald	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Green Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Light Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Orange Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Purple Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Red Candle	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Wheat	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
White Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Wooden Hoe	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Yellow Dye	1	²⁄₄₅	4.4%	0.044	22.5
Beetroot Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Coal	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Dead Bush	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Flower Pot	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Lead	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Magenta Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Oak Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Pink Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Purple Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Red Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Spruce Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
String	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Wheat Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Yellow Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0
Gold Nugget	1	¹⁄₄₅	2.2%	0.022	45.0

In Bedrock Edition, each trail ruin's suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per block ^[D]	Avg. # blocks to brush ^[E]
Brick	1	⁴⁄₄₆	8.7%	0.087	11.5
Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Brown Candle	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Clay Ball	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Emerald	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Green Candle	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Light Blue Dye	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Orange Dye	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Purple Candle	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Red Candle	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Wheat	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
White Dye	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Wooden Hoe	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Yellow Dye	1	²⁄₄₆	4.3%	0.043	23.0
Beetroot Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Dead Bush	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Flower Pot	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Lead	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Magenta Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Oak Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Pink Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Purple Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Red Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Spruce Hanging Sign	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
String	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Wheat Seeds	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Yellow Stained Glass Pane	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0
Gold Nugget	1	¹⁄₄₆	2.2%	0.022	46.0

↑ ^a ^b The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
↑ ^a ^b The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
↑ ^a ^b The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
↑ ^a ^b The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
↑ ^a ^b The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each trail ruin's rare suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per block ^[D]	Avg. # blocks to brush ^[E]
Burn Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Danger Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Music Disc (Relic)	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Friend Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Heart Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Host Armor Trim Smithing Template	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Howl Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Sheaf Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0
Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template	1	¹⁄₁₂	8.3%	0.083	12.0

↑ The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
↑ The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
↑ The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
↑ The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
↑ The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each cold ocean ruin's suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per block ^[D]	Avg. # blocks to brush ^[E]
Coal	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Emerald	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Wheat	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Wooden Hoe	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Gold Nugget	1	²⁄₁₅	13.3%	0.133	7.5
Blade Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Explorer Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Mourner Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Plenty Pottery Sherd	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0
Iron Axe	1	¹⁄₁₅	6.7%	0.067	15.0

↑ The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
↑ The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
↑ The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
↑ The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
↑ The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e `suspicious_gravel` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.suspicious_gravel.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.suspicious_gravel.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.suspicious_gravel.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.2	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.suspicious_gravel.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.suspicious_gravel.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e `suspicious_gravel` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.suspicious_gravel`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.suspicious_gravel`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.suspicious_gravel`	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`step.suspicious_gravel`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.suspicious_gravel`	0.2	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	`step.suspicious_gravel`	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.suspicious_gravel`	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Brushing Gravel	Blocks	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	`item.brush.brushing.gravel`	`subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel`	0.6	0.6	16
	Brushing Gravel completed	Players^{[sound 1]}	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	`item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete`	`subtitles.item.brush.brushing.gravel.complete`	1.0	1.0	16

↑ MC-260202

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a brush is brushing suspicious gravel	`brush.suspicious_gravel`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	When a brush finishes brushing suspicious gravel	`brush_completed.suspicious_gravel`	1.0	0.8-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Suspicious Gravel	`suspicious_gravel`	Block & Item	`bamboo_plantable_on` `enderman_holdable` `lush_ground_replaceable` `mineable/shovel`	None	`block.minecraft.suspicious_gravel`

Name	Identifier
Block entity	`brushable_block`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Suspicious Gravel	`suspicious_gravel`	`828`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-573`)	`tile.suspicious_gravel.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	`BrushableBlock`

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
dusted	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	Increases as the block is being brushed.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
brushed_progress	Not Supported	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	`Unsupported`	Increases as the block is being brushed.
hanging	Not Supported	`true`	`true` `false`	`Unsupported`	If there is a block under this block or not.

Block data

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
- [String] LootTable: Optional. Name of the loot table to use. If this is used in a chest-like container, the loot table generates its content when it is opened. Generating the items in the container removes both loot table tags ([String] LootTable and [Long] LootTableSeed). Is not preserved when removed.
- [Long] LootTableSeed: Optional. Seed for generating the loot table. The default value works similarly to the seeds for worlds, where value of 0 or an omitted value causes the game to use a random seed.

- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] item: The item in the block. May not exist.
  - See item format.

Falling block entity

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] Dynamic block entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] BlockState: The falling block represented by this entity.
  - [String] Name: The resource location of the block.
  - [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Properties: Optional. The block states of the block.
    - [String] Name: The block state name and its value.
- [Byte] CancelDrop: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the block should be destroyed instead of placed after landing on a solid block. When true, the block is not dropped as an item, even if the DropItem tag is set to true. However, if the entity is deleted due to its Time value being too high, this tag is ignored and an item is dropped depending on the DropItem tag. CancelDrop defaults to 1 for falling suspicious sand and suspicious gravel, and 0 for the other vanilla falling blocks and any summoned falling block.
- [Byte] DropItem: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should drop as an item when it breaks. Any block that does not have an item form with the same ID as the block does not drop even if this is set.
- [Float] FallHurtAmount: Multiplied by the FallDistance to calculate the amount of damage to inflict. By default this value is 2HP for anvils, and 6HP for pointed dripstone.
- [Int] FallHurtMax: The maximum hit points of damage to inflict on entities that intersect this falling block. For vanilla falling blocks, always 40HP × 20.
- [Byte] HurtEntities: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should hurt entities it falls on. Defaults to 1 for anvils and pointed dripstone and to 0 for the other vanilla falling blocks and any summoned falling block.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] TileEntityData: Optional. The tags of the block entity for this block.
- [Int] Time: The number of ticks the entity has existed. When Time goes above 600, or above 100 while the block is at Y=-64 or is outside building height, the entity is deleted.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Respecting the Remnants	Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd	Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another.

History

Java Edition
1.20	23w12a	Added suspicious gravel.
	23w14a	Suspicious gravel now has an assigned tool (shovel).
	23w14a	Suspicious gravel can now have bamboo planted on it.
	23w16a	The amount of suspicious gravel in trail ruins has been tweaked.
	23w17a	The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the Remnants" when they brush suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Added suspicious gravel behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.22	Reworked loot tables.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.21	Suspicious gravel are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.22	Suspicious gravel can now have bamboo planted on it.

Issues

Issues relating to "Suspicious Gravel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

Steve and Ari excavating suspicious gravel.^[2]

Development Images

Suspicious gravel next to normal gravel.

References

↑ MC-260073 — Suspicious gravel drops as an item after 30 seconds of existing as falling block — resolved as "Won't Fix".
↑ https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/trails-tales-update-out-today-java

Navigation

[breakingtimenote-2] These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[stacksize-3] The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.

[weight-4] The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.

[chance-5] The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.

[items-6] The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.

[chests-7] The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

[stacksize-8] The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.

[weight-9] The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.

[chance-10] The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.

[items-11] The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.

[chests-12] The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

[stacksize-13] The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.

[weight-14] The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.

[chance-15] The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.

[items-16] The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.

[chests-17] The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

[18] MC-260202

[bedrock-item-id-19] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-20] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-21] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

[1] MC-260073 — Suspicious gravel drops as an item after 30 seconds of existing as falling block — resolved as "Won't Fix".

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