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  1. Minecraft: Java Edition
  2. MC-166908

Sand turns back and forth from a block to an entity on top of moving pistons

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 1.14.4, 1.15 Pre-release 3, 1.15 Pre-release 6, 1.15 Pre-release 7, 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.17.1 Release Candidate 1, 1.17.1
    • None
    • None
    • Confirmed
    • Redstone

    Description

      The bug

      When sand falls on very quickly moving pistons, it is continuously turned into a block and back into an entity again. This allows for plants that are placed on that block to grow very quickly (see MC-113809 and MC-165023)

      To reproduce

      Build the contraption from this video by violine1101: https://youtu.be/TPklP6WZrLk

      Video

      Video by Rays showcasing a farm that can be built using this bug: https://youtu.be/mg93ldmI584

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          is duplicated by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MC-167059 Falling sand bug

          • Resolved
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MC-113809 Chorus Flower plant, Bamboo, Sugarcane, Cactus and other plants grow instantly when supporting block is replaced with same block type

          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MC-165023 Sand dropped on boats can force update cacti, sugar cane, and bamboo causing them to grow very quickly

          • Resolved

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              Phvntxm Dmitry Polyakov
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