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Resources & crafting
Terracotta
Java Edition · crafting, gathering and project requirements.
What you need to craft it
Amounts below are for one recipe batch. Open an ingredient to find where to get it.
Furnace · Produces 1 × Terracotta
Crafting time: 10.0 seconds.
Fuel is also required; choose fuel for the number of batches you are processing.
Sources & fact checks
Clay gathering and processing
Overworld — lush-cave pond floors, rivers and shallow lakes.
Mine clay blocks from water-side deposits and choose the processing route that matches the project. Clay balls smelt into bricks; combining balls back into clay blocks first lets you smelt terracotta. Silk Touch preserves clay blocks, while Fortune does not increase clay drops.
SEE WHERE TO GO
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How to craft
Before you craft
- Shovel recommended for gathering.
- Regular furnace and fuel for bricks or terracotta.
- Inventory space for clay and processed blocks.
- Find a lush-cave pond floor, river or shallow lake with exposed clay blocks.
- Mine the blocks and collect the clay balls.
- For bricks, smelt clay balls in a regular furnace with fuel.
- Collect the brick output and keep it separate from unprocessed clay.
- For terracotta, craft clay balls back into clay blocks before smelting those blocks.
- Collect terracotta and use it in the intended build or recipe.
- Repeat the gathering trip if the project needs more clay.
Crafting tips
- A Silk Touch tool preserves the clay block when you want to move or store it intact.
- Fortune does not improve clay drops, so use the tool that suits your block-versus-ball goal.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeatable as a gathering trip, but each deposit is finite.
Common mistakes
- Smelting clay balls while aiming for terracotta: recraft them into clay blocks first.
- Expecting Fortune to increase clay drops: it does not; gather more blocks instead.
- Using the wrong furnace process: use a regular furnace for the described smelting.
When to stop or switch
Stop when the required bricks or terracotta are ready; collect more clay only if the project needs another batch.
Sources & fact checks
Other ways to get it
Renewable mud conversion
Overworld — mud over a support block with pointed dripstone beneath
- Mud, a supporting block and pointed dripstone.
- Place mud above the support with pointed dripstone hanging below.
- Wait for conversion into clay.
- Harvest and replace the mud.
- This conversion does not work in the Nether.
Sources & fact checks
Sources & rewards
Farming route
Renewable mud conversion
Overworld — mud over a support block with pointed dripstone beneath
- Mud, a supporting block and pointed dripstone.
Rate not listed
Farming route
Clay gathering and processing
Overworld — lush-cave pond floors, rivers and shallow lakes.
- Shovel recommended for gathering.
- Regular furnace and fuel for bricks or terracotta.
- Inventory space for clay and processed blocks.
Rate not listed
Gathering
Terracotta
Java 26.3 · Blocks
- Vanilla Java Edition 26.3.
- Use a suitable tool; enchantments and explosion rules may change the result.
- Datapacks, plugins and modified servers are outside this baseline.
Rate not listed
Used for
Newest items appear first in each group. Quantities include all listed upgrades; costs vary by level or recipe.
Components & recipes 20
Black TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Blue TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Brown TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Cyan TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Gray TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Green TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Host Armor Trim Smithing TemplateCrafting Shaped ×1↗× 1per craft or build
Light Blue TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Light Gray TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Lime TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Magenta TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Orange TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Pink TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Purple TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Raiser Armor Trim Smithing TemplateCrafting Shaped ×1↗× 1per craft or build
Red TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Shaper Armor Trim Smithing TemplateCrafting Shaped ×1↗× 1per craft or build
Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing TemplateCrafting Shaped ×1↗× 1per craft or build
White TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build
Yellow TerracottaCrafting Shaped ×8↗× 8per craft or build