The sifter is a block that is used to obtain ancient items and artifacts. It uses certain blocks to obtain a number of items that are much harder to obtain. It is the only way to normally obtain Dominican Amber. It was released in build 6.0. To use, place the sift-able block into the top square. The progress bar will "sift" downwards, and then the original block will disappear, either yielding one of the below loots or resulting in nothing.
Materials that can be sifted:
- Sand
- Dirt
- Gravel
- Red Sand
- Podzol
- Soul Sand
- Modded Sand/Dirt Blocks
Items that can be acquired through sifting:
- Bio-Fossil
- Sand
- Carrot
- Potato
- Fossilized Fern Spores (later builds)
- Fern Seeds (earlier builds)
- Bone meal
- Pottery Shard
- Dominican Amber
- Plant Fossil
- Nothing
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