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

Terracotta is a block formed from clay, with a hardness and blast resistance comparable to stone. It can be colored in the same 16 colors that wool can be dyed, although the color is tinted orange.

Obtaining

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

Block Terracotta
Hardness 1.25
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 6.25
Wooden 0.95
Stone 0.5
Iron 0.35
Diamond 0.25
Netherite 0.25
Golden 0.2
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Red, orange, yellow, brown, white, light gray, and uncolored terracotta can be found naturally in badlands biomes. This yields a large quantity of terracotta. Blue and orange terracotta can also be found in desert temples. Light blue will be generated in underwater ruins.

In Bedrock Edition and Java Edition, uncolored terracotta can be found in mason houses in plains villages and in some savanna and desert village houses. White terracotta generates in some houses in plains villages. Yellow, orange, and red terracotta generates in some houses in savanna villages. Green terracotta generates in the mason houses of desert villages.

Smelting

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Clay (block) +
Any fuel


Crafting

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

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Terracotta +
Matching Dye

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 an explosion will protect any blocks behind it, though it will be destroyed in the process.

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Glazed Terracotta Matching Dyed Terracotta +
Any fuel


Data values

ID

Terracotta/ID

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, colored terracotta uses the following data values:

DV Description
0 White terracotta
1 Orange terracotta
2 Magenta terracotta
3 Light blue terracotta
4 Yellow terracotta
5 Lime terracotta
6 Pink terracotta
7 Gray terracotta
8 Light gray terracotta
9 Cyan terracotta
10 Purple terracotta
11 Blue terracotta
12 Brown terracotta
13 Green terracotta
14 Red terracotta
15 Black terracotta

Video

Note: This video is outdated. As of 1.12, the block is now called "terracotta" instead of "hardened clay".

History

Java Edition
April 24, 2013Dinnerbone tweets the first picture of the hardened clay block, based on a suggestion by user BlameTheController, to be similar to Native American Pueblos.[1]
1.6.113w17aAdded hardened clay.
13w19aAdded stained clay, colored variants of hardened clay.
1.7.213w36bHardened and stained clay will now generate in mesa biomes.
1.814w03aStained clay will now replace 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.
1.10Stained clay blocks have been renamed from '<Color> Stained Clay' to '<Color> Hardened Clay'.
1.1217w06aStained hardened clay can now be smelted into glazed terracotta.
17w16aHardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
17w17aTerracotta now have unique colors on the map.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the stained_hardened_clay ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 172 and 159.
17w47bThe ID has been changed from hardened_clay to terracotta.
18w09aTerracotta will now generate in underwater ruins.
1.1418w48aUncolored and white terracotta can be found in plains villages.
18w49aUncolored, yellow, orange, and red terracotta can be found in savanna villages.
18w50aUncolored and green terracotta can be found in desert villages.
19w11aTerracotta can now be obtained from a Expert level Mason villager via trading, making it renewable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0build 1Added hardened and stained clay.
build 11Hardened clay can now be used to used to craft stained clay.
Hardened clay can now be obtained by smelting clay blocks.
0.13.0build 1Blue and orange stained clay will now generate as part of desert temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Hardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
Terracotta can now be smelted into glazed terracotta.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Light blue terracotta will now generate in some underwater ruins.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Uncolored, white, green, yellow, orange, and red terracotta now generates in new villages.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 11.0.1Added hardened and stained clay.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Hardened and stained clay will now generate naturally in mesa biomes.
Stained clay can now be found in desert temples.
TU43CU33 1.36 Patch 13Stained clay blocks are renamed from '<Color> Stained Clay' to '<Color> Hardened Clay'.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3Hardened clay and stained hardened clay are now called "terracotta".
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added terracotta.

Issues

Issues relating to "Terracotta", "Hardened Clay", or "Stained Clay" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Despite the name change, the ID is still hardened_clay and stained_hardened_clay.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Gallery

References


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