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What's better in your opinion? In my opinion, I like gravel for flint n steel and arrows. But what's the minecraft forums opinion? Post pl0x.

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Gravel. Arrow heads are useful, and roads are pretty.

Sandstone is epic!!!

Sand. Good for making glass and the decorative sandstone.

Sand, I can't live without glass.

I prefer using sand for building structures but I also love gravel for the flint.

Make an equal option, bro.

Sand, for glass, which i use for glass quite alot. Also, gravel is just plain ugly (in my opinion)

I absolutely hate gravel. It's so annoying when mining Dx especially when I forget to bring a shovel with me.

Both! they are great and make minecraft feel a bit more like home. Also i like arrows, roads, glass and sandstone/s

I feel that sand is more useful than gravel since sand leads to sandstone and glass. Sandstone is nice decoration like for a marble floor and Egyptian like walls. From glass, you could make bottles, which are required for potions, which are EXTREMELY useful in tough situations. With gravel, all it is is just arrow tips and flint, which are still useful, but sand offers more value. Therefore, I vote sand...

i prefer gravel, as its far more common (no deserts near me), so its fairly easy to backfill areas ive dug into when i want to keep the cobble. for filling in large open areas in your tunnels roof, fill the roof level with cobble, with a hole to get out, backfill with the gravel you dug out of it, then cobble up the remaining blocks.

Sand has more uses, so sand.

Also, gravel is ugly.

I Vote Air. More useful then both...

Just kidding, I vote sand, but my creations wouldn't be the same without any of em'.

Um, i feel that its not really about what you can make with the item cause thats for the item not sand or gravel. so i like sand better cause its easier to gather quickly.

Sand becuase glass is awesome. I hate gravel when i go down to look for diamonds. SOO annoying.

Gravel seems more useful, but I have an unjustifiable dislike for it

Quote from Tueman

Gravel. It allows you to go to the nether, remember? If not:

Gravel-Flint-Flint and Steel-Working Nether Portal

I can go to nether without it, with just a bunch of wood and a lava bucket.


I like sand, I love those glass buildings

The question needs more definition.
Both blocks are quite useful
I voted Sand simply because there are more items derived from it
If you meant which one is better for reverse pillaring into sinkholes and surface ravines/caverns then I would say gravel
I don't use the nether that much but keep in mind that there is no way to make potions without netherwart or glass flasks.
I would rather have a half stack of both than a full stack of one.