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 terracotta. Smelting regular, clean blocks of terracotta does not work.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Matching Dyed Terracotta + 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
Due to its strikingly colorful appearance, glazed terracotta is primarily used for decoration. As a building material, its hardness is slightly less than stone, and its blast resistance is even lower than wood.
While glazed terracotta can be pushed by sticky pistons or slime blocks, it is unique among blocks in that it cannot be pulled.
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
Creeper face on cyan glazed terracotta.
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.
- Purple blocks contain the hilt of a sword and the head of a pickaxe.
Data values
Glazed terracotta is defined by its ID and block data. Glazed terracotta also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.
Block data
Glazed terracotta uses its block data to specify its orientation (which is opposite to the direction the player was facing when the block was placed).
| Bits | Values |
|---|---|
| 0x1 0x2 |
A 2-bit field storing a value from 0 to 3:
|
| 0x4 0x8 |
Unused. |
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 |
History
| release | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12 | 17w06a | Added glazed terracotta. | |||
| The white, orange, magenta and cyan blocks originally had these textures. | |||||
| 17w13a | The white, orange, magenta and cyan block textures were changed. This change was to remove patterns that could contain offensive imagery.[1][2][3] | ||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1 | build 1 | Added glazed terracotta. | |||
| build 3 | Updated textures of white, orange, magenta and cyan glazed terracotta. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU53 | CU53 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | Patch 3 | Added glazed terracotta. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Glazed Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- According to Jeb, the inspiration for glazed terracotta blocks came from a Moroccan-styled bathroom floor at a hotel in California.[4]
- Glazed terracotta blocks were designed by Johan Aronson.[5]
- Glazed terracotta cannot be moved by slime blocks.
Gallery
The first instance of glazed terracotta appears in this banner for snapshot 17w06a. (top center of structure)
Color-associated patterns
- Some 6×6 patterns
References
- ↑ 113377
- ↑ 113844
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/5sspmk/minecraft_snapshot_17w06a/ddhjm42/?context=1
- ↑ "I got the inspiration from a bathroom floor at a hotel in California. They had Moroccan style tiles that looked amazing" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, February 11, 2017
- ↑ "Uh oh, we'll fix it for the next snapshot. You won't believe how much time and effort we (or rather, @JohanAronson) put into getting rid of accidental nazis out of these blocks." – u/Jeb on Reddit, February 8, 2017











