Black Sand

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### What is it?

A glitch known to occur **on PS4**. Occurs on the level load, and (as you might have guessed) causes the sand to be black.

It starts randomly and is very rare or just not reported often.

See the images and videos below, to get an impression on how the glitch looks like in different levels.

### How and where to do it

"How" seems to be random, but "apparently it's more likely to happen if the console has been running for a while. Somehow making the game lose the reference of the sand texture and that happens, I believe."

In this section we can collect quotes from people that reported the glitch, to find out what it causes and maybe be able to reproduce it constistently. Ravingmadness (talk) 16:16, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

I'm sure restarting the game back up will refresh it and it ll go back to normal.
I hit new game and it still continues.
(after closing the game:)
*I started up Journey and the glitch is gone. But once you do get the glitch, it'll stay throughout the game even if you beat it. It goes away when you close the game.*

## See also

 Other general Glitches articles

Black Cloth • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet (Glitched) • Dune settings and PC glitches • Ghost • Glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Journey Glitches by Level (VERY EPIC) • Lost Chirp Bug • Low FPS glitch • Naked Wayfarer • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Steam Infinite Flight Tricks • The ID rule • Triggers • War Machine (Glitched) • Wayfarers (Glitched) • Whale in Tower (Glitched) • Zimcloak
 About Glitches and more links
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Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Glitches, Glitch per Level: Category:Sunken\_City\_(Glitches)
* Category:Tricks - something rather easy; Category:Challenges - thats real tough; Category:Glitched\_NPCs - Carpets, Wayfarers, Whales, WMs.

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Black Cloth • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco War Machine / Disco WM • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Starfields • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak

 Other general Glitches articles

Black Cloth • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet (Glitched) • Dune settings and PC glitches • Ghost • Glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Journey Glitches by Level (VERY EPIC) • Lost Chirp Bug • Low FPS glitch • Naked Wayfarer • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Steam Infinite Flight Tricks • The ID rule • Triggers • War Machine (Glitched) • Wayfarers (Glitched) • Whale in Tower (Glitched) • Zimcloak
 About Glitches and more links
Broadly speaking, a **glitch** is where something in the game does something it wasn't meant to. We do not distinguish between a "wanted Glitch" and actual bugs.

Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Glitches, Glitch per Level: Category:Sunken\_City\_(Glitches)
* Category:Tricks - something rather easy; Category:Challenges - thats real tough; Category:Glitched\_NPCs - Carpets, Wayfarers, Whales, WMs.

**Robins Guide for Newcomers** . 26 Minutes, full of tips, tricks, dos and don'ts.

Expert Mode
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Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco War Machine / Disco WM • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • History Lesson Banner (HL Banner) • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Starfields • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak

## References

1. ↑ Zuki 2020-07-10, on Discord
2. ↑ Rebi on discord, says "any time a level loads on ps4 you roll the dice for black sand. you can leave your game running for days, or at least never close application only suspend if you need to and use rest mode to increase your chances"