Minecraft – Make falling sand disappear when it lands

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I have a slime riding a falling sand block that is flying through the air. I need the falling sand block to disappear when it hits the ground so that only the slime remains. Is there a way to do this?

Best Answer

If you place a torch beneath the falling sand, the sand block will "break" and become a sand block item that can be picked up or ignored until it despawns.

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You can force a FallingSand entity to ride an armor stand to prevent it from falling.

1.8:

/summon FallingSand ~ ~1 ~ {Time:1,Riding:{id:"ArmorStand",NoGravity:1,Invisible:1}}

1.9:

/summon ArmorStand ~ ~1 ~ {NoGravity:1,Invisible:1,Passengers:[{id:"FallingSand",Time:1}]}

However, FallingSand will not exist forever. Once its internal timer ticks to 600 while it's within the boundaries of the world, it will despawn. The preventative for that is to periodically set the Time tag back to 1, which will reset the internal timer.

/entitydata @e[type=FallingSand] {Time:1}

Alternatively, you can summon an armor stand that is wearing the desired block on its head without the need for FallingSand, though it will be slightly smaller than a full block.