Wet sand
by HearthianDev
Sand that touches water becomes wet sand over time, a Fabric mod that changes how sand, red sand and concrete powder behave near water.
What it does
Wet sand turns sand and red sand into a damp variant when they sit next to water, and the change builds up gradually, so beaches form with a gradient from dry to wet. Water placed up to three blocks away from the sand can also wet it, and the mod tracks several humidity levels rather than a single on or off state.
Wet sand adds a few practical mechanics on top of the beach look. Wet sand lets sugar cane grow without a water block nearby, a shovel right-clicked on wet sand dries it again, and an empty bottle can dehydrate sand one state at a time. Slime can be applied to sand to hold its humidity level, and concrete powder can be used in automated concrete crafting.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Wet sand is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source, with public links to the source code and issue tracker. Files target 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the latest Fabric file, 0.1.0-26.3-beta, is on the beta channel.
Key features
Gradual wetting near water
Sand and red sand change to wet variants over time when touching water, and water up to three blocks away can wet them too.
Sugar cane without water
Wet sand lets sugar cane grow where no water block is placed nearby.
Humidity levels and drying
Empty bottles and shovels move sand between humidity states, one step at a time.
Slimed sand and suspicious sand
Slime holds a humidity level in place, and suspicious sand keeps its contents across state changes, though the 1.20.1 beta release does not wet it.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Muddy World is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 26.2 that runs on client and server under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Cauldron Concrete is open source under the MIT License, but it is server-side only and covers 1.16 – 1.16.5 on Fabric. Sugar cane+ is client and server with the MIT License and only a single version, 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet sand | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-07 |
| Muddy World | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| 🪄 Cauldron Concrete | Fabric | 1.16 – 1.16.5 | Server-side only | 2021-04-25 |
| Sugar cane+ | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-30 |
Questions
Does Wet sand need to be installed on the server?
Can Wet sand run on Forge or NeoForge?
Does Wet sand work with suspicious sand?
In the catalog
Wet sand is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Sand (red sand too) wets when placed next to water up to three blocks with different humidity levels. This creates beautiful gradient beaches and a couple of cool mechanics, as wet sand defies gravity and is humid enough for sugar cane to grow in it. It can also be used to automate concrete crafting. You can…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/wet-sand
- Owner
- HearthianDev
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15