Glazed terracotta is a vibrant solid block which comes in the 16 regular dye colors.
Obtaining
Smelting
The block can be obtained by smelting any stained clay. Regular, clean blocks of hardened clay give nothing.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Matching Stained Clay + Any fuel |
Breaking
Glazed terracotta requires a pickaxe to be mined. When mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.
| Block | Glazed Terracotta | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.4 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 7 | |
| Wooden | 1.05 | |
| Stone | 0.55 | |
| Iron | 0.35 | |
| Diamond | 0.3 | |
| Netherite | 0.25 | |
| Golden | 0.2 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Usage
Glazed terracotta is primarily used for decoration, not only because of its appearance, but because its blast resistance is even lower than wood.
Several different 2x2 tile patterns.
Placement
When placed, glazed terracotta's texture will rotate depending on the direction the player is facing. If several glazed terracotta blocks of the same color are placed in the "correct" orientation in a 2x2 or greater area, the textures will line up to create a singular image, as demonstrated in the image to the right.
Texture
Although the design of each individual glazed terracotta block is left to the player's interpretation, there are some obvious aspects in certain blocks:
- Magenta blocks contain an arrow.
- Cyan blocks contain a creeper face. (The design will be changed in a future snapshot[1])
- Purple blocks contain the hilt of a sword and the head of a pickaxe.
Data values
Block state
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| facing_direction | 0x10x20x4 | 0 | 2345 | 2345 | The direction the block faces. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.
|
01 | 01 | Unused |
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Issues
Issues relating to "Glazed Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- According to Jeb, the terracotta blocks were designed by Johan Aronson.[1]
- Upon closer inspection, the cyan terracotta block has a grey creeper face on it.
Gallery
The first instance of glazed terracotta appears in this banner for snapshot 17w06a. (top center of structure)
Several repeating 2x2 brown terracotta patterns.
A complex light gray terracotta pattern.
Several intricate lime terracotta patterns.
A complex terracotta pattern that uses multiple colors to achieve a rich carpet effect.
Several more complex multi-color terracotta patterns.
Creeper face on cyan terracotta.
A couple 36m² purple terracotta patterns.
A few white 36m² terracotta patterns.
Some orange 36m² terracotta patterns.
Several 36m² magenta terracotta patterns.
A few 36m² light blue terracotta patterns.
