Terracotta

This article is about the non-glazed block. For the smelted form, see Glazed Terracotta.

Terracotta
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	4.2
Hardness	1.25
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Terracotta is a block that comes in the sixteen dye colors (except with a brownish tint), as well as an undyed variant. It is found abundantly in badlands biomes, or can be obtained by smelting clay.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Badlands

Red, orange, yellow, brown, white, light gray, and uncolored terracotta can be found naturally in badlands biomes, which yield massive amounts of terracotta.

Villages

Uncolored terracotta can be found in mason houses in plains villages and in some desert village houses, lamps and meeting points. White terracotta can be found as a housing material in plains villages. Yellow, orange and red terracotta generates in some houses in savanna villages. Lime terracotta generates in the mason houses of desert villages.

Others

Orange terracotta and one blue terracotta can also be found in desert pyramids. Light blue is found in warm underwater ruins. All types of terracotta except purple, magenta, and pink can be found in trail ruins.

Breaking

Terracotta can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Terracotta
Hardness	1.25
Tool
Breaking time
Default	6.25
Wooden	0.95
Stone	0.5
Iron	0.35
Diamond	0.25
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Crafting

Once terracotta has been dyed, the color cannot be changed or removed.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Terracotta + Matching Dye	8888888888888888

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Terracotta + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac	8888	‌

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Matching Dyed Terracotta + Any fuel	0.1

Trading

Expert-level stone mason villagers offer to sell one of sixteen colored terracotta for one emerald per terracotta as part of their trades.

Usage

Building

Terracotta has the same blast resistance as most other stone blocks, which is significantly higher than the block of clay before being smelted. A block of terracotta when one block away from a creeper or TNT explosion protects any blocks behind it, although the terracotta itself is destroyed.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Host Armor Trim Smithing Template or Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template or Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template or Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template	Diamond + Host Armor Trim Smithing Template or Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template or Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template or Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template + Terracotta	2222

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Glazed Terracotta	Terracotta + Any fuel	0.1

Note blocks

All types of terracotta can be placed under note blocks to produce a "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Terracotta	terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.terracotta
White Terracotta	white_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_terracotta
Orange Terracotta	orange_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_terracotta
Magenta Terracotta	magenta_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_terracotta
Light Blue Terracotta	light_blue_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_terracotta
Yellow Terracotta	yellow_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_terracotta
Lime Terracotta	lime_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_terracotta
Pink Terracotta	pink_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_terracotta
Gray Terracotta	gray_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_terracotta
Light Gray Terracotta	light_gray_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_terracotta
Cyan Terracotta	cyan_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_terracotta
Purple Terracotta	purple_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_terracotta
Blue Terracotta	blue_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_terracotta
Brown Terracotta	brown_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_terracotta
Green Terracotta	green_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_terracotta
Red Terracotta	red_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_terracotta
Black Terracotta	black_terracotta	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_terracotta

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Terracotta	hardened_clay	None	172	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.hardened_clay.name
White Terracotta	white_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 0	159	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.white.name
Orange Terracotta	orange_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 1	-724	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.orange.name
Magenta Terracotta	magenta_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 2	-725	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.magenta.name
Light Blue Terracotta	light_blue_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 3	-726	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.lightBlue.name
Yellow Terracotta	yellow_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 4	-727	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.yellow.name
Lime Terracotta	lime_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 5	-728	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.lime.name
Pink Terracotta	pink_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 6	-729	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.pink.name
Gray Terracotta	gray_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 7	-730	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.gray.name
Light Gray Terracotta	light_gray_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 8	-731	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.silver.name
Cyan Terracotta	cyan_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 9	-732	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.cyan.name
Purple Terracotta	purple_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 10	-733	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.purple.name
Blue Terracotta	blue_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 11	-734	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.blue.name
Brown Terracotta	brown_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 12	-735	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.brown.name
Green Terracotta	green_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 13	-736	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.green.name
Red Terracotta	red_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 14	-737	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.red.name
Black Terracotta	black_terracotta	stained_hardened_clay / 15	-738	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.stained_hardened_clay.black.name

History

Java Edition
April 24, 2013					Dinnerbone tweets the first picture of the hardened clay block, based on a suggestion by user BlameTheController, to be similar to Native American Pueblos.
1.6.1		13w17a			Added hardened clay.
		13w19a			Added stained clay, colored variants of hardened clay.
1.7.2		13w36b			Hardened and stained clay now generates in mesa biomes.
1.8		14w03a			Stained clay now replaces wool in desert temples, making deserts and mesas the only two biomes where hardened/stained clay can generate, if the "Generate Structures" option is on.
1.10		release			Stained clay blocks have been renamed from '<Color> Stained Clay' to '<Color> Hardened Clay'.
1.12		17w06a			Stained hardened clay can now be smelted into glazed terracotta.
		17w16a			Hardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
		17w17a			Terracotta now have unique colors on the map.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stained_hardened_clay ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 172 and 159.
		17w47b			The ID for terracotta has been changed from hardened_clay to terracotta.
		18w09a			Terracotta now generates in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of terracotta has been changed. The stained terracotta textures remain unchanged.
		18w48a			Uncolored and white terracotta can now be found in plains villages.
		18w49a			Yellow, orange, and red terracotta can now be found in savanna villages.
		18w50a			Uncolored and lime terracotta can now be found in desert villages.
		19w11a			Colored terracotta can now be obtained from an expert level mason villager via trading, which has now made it renewable.
		19w13a			Uncolored terracotta has also become renewable, due to mason villagers throwing clay at players under the Hero of the Village effect, which can be smelted into terracotta.
1.20		23w12a			Terracotta can now be used to craft host armor trims, raiser armor trims, shaper armor trims, and wayfinder armor trims.
					All types of terracotta except purple, magenta, and pink can now be found in trail ruins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Added hardened and stained clay.
		build 11			Hardened clay can now be used to used to craft stained clay.
					Hardened clay can now be obtained by smelting clay blocks.
v0.13.0		build 1			Blue and orange stained clay now generates as part of desert temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Hardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
					Terracotta can now be smelted into glazed terracotta.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Light blue terracotta now generates in some underwater ruins.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of terracotta has been changed.
					Uncolored, white, green, yellow, orange, and red terracotta now generates in the new villages.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.3			Colored terracotta can now be bought from stone mason villagers, making them renewable.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.24			Mud now can be converted into clay using pointed dripstone, making uncolored terracotta renewable as well.
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.80.22			Terracotta can now be used to craft host armor trim, raiser armor trim, shaper armor trim, and wayfinder armor trim.
					All types of terracotta except purple, magenta, and pink can now be found in trail ruins.
1.20.30		beta 1.20.30.22			The different block states for the stained_hardened_clay ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added hardened and stained clay.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Hardened and stained clay now generates naturally in mesa biomes.
					Stained clay can now be found in desert temples.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Stained clay blocks are now renamed from '<Color> Stained Clay' to '<Color> Hardened Clay'.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Hardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
		1.90			The texture of terracotta has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added terracotta and stained clay.

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  The first picture of terracotta tweeted by Dinnerbone.

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  The 13w17a banner, featuring terracotta.

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  The 13w19a banner, featuring stained terracotta. Notice Grumm behind the red wool.

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  The 13w37a banner showing terracotta in a badlands biome.

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  Development screenshot of terracotta and other new blocks.

Issues

Issues relating to "Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Despite the name change, the normal terracotta ID is still hardened_clay.‌

Gallery

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  Terracotta

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  White Terracotta

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  Light Gray Terracotta

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  Gray Terracotta

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  Black Terracotta

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  Brown Terracotta

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  Red Terracotta

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  Orange Terracotta

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  Yellow Terracotta

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  Lime Terracotta

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  Green Terracotta

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  Cyan Terracotta

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  Light Blue Terracotta

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  Blue Terracotta

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  Purple Terracotta

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  Magenta Terracotta

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  Pink Terracotta

Screenshots

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  Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands biome.

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  Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands plateau.

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  More jagged naturally occurring terracotta found in an eroded badlands biome.

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  Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands cavern.