Terracotta

Terracotta

Renewable	Uncolored: Yes‌[JE only] No‌[BE only] Other: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	4.2
Hardness	1.25
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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, but more dulled and earthen.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Red, orange, yellow, brown, white, light gray, and uncolored terracotta can be found naturally in badlands biomes, which yield massive amounts of terracotta. Orange terracotta and one blue terracotta can also be found in desert pyramids. Light blue is found in warm underwater ruins.

Uncolored terracotta can be found in mason houses in plains villages and in some savanna and desert village houses. White terracotta can be found as a housing material 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.

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	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Clay + Any fuel	0.35

Trading

Expert-level stone mason villagers offer to sell one of 16 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 an creeper or TNT explosion protects any blocks behind it, although the terracotta itself is destroyed.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Glazed Terracotta	Matching Dyed Terracotta + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source‌[upcoming: BE 1.16.200]	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	?	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	?	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	?	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	?	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Terracotta	hardened_clay	172	tile.hardened_clay.name
Colored Terracotta	stained_hardened_clay	159	tile.stained_hardened_clay.black.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.red.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.green.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.brown.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.blue.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.cyan.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.silver.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.gray.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.pink.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.lime.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.yellow.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.lightBlue.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.magenta.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.orange.name tile.stained_hardened_clay.white.name

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

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, colored terracotta use the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color	white	white	White Terracotta
		orange	Orange Terracotta
		magenta	Magenta Terracotta
		light_blue	Light Blue Terracotta
		yellow	Yellow Terracotta
		lime	Lime Terracotta
		pink	Pink Terracotta
		gray	Gray Terracotta
		silver	Light Gray Terracotta
		cyan	Cyan Terracotta
		purple	Purple Terracotta
		blue	Blue Terracotta
		brown	Brown Terracotta
		green	Green Terracotta
		red	Red Terracotta
		black	Black Terracotta

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 now been changed from hardened_clay to terracotta.
		18w09a			Terracotta now generates in underwater ruins.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of terracotta has now been changed. (The stained terracotta textures are still used.)
		18w48a			Uncolored and white terracotta can now be found in plains villages.
		18w49a			Uncolored, yellow, orange, and red terracotta can now be found in savanna villages.
		18w50a			Uncolored and green terracotta can now be found in desert villages.
		19w11a			Terracotta can now be obtained from an expert level mason villager via trading, which has now made it renewable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0		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.
0.13.0		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 now 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.
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 now 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", "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

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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 occuring terracotta found in an eroded badlands biome.

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  Naturally occuring terracotta found in a badlands cavern.

References

Blocks

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