Glazed Terracotta

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	7
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	PC: dec: 235 hex: EB bin: 11101011 through dec: 250 hex: FA bin: 11111010 PE: white–cyan: dec: 220 hex: DC bin: 11011100 through dec: 229 hex: E5 bin: 11100101 purple: dec: 219 hex: DB bin: 11011011 blue–black: dec: 231 hex: E7 bin: 11100111 through dec: 235 hex: EB bin: 11101011
Name	$color_glazed_terracotta

This article is about the mosaic block. For the naturally generating block, see Terracotta.

	“	Once you’ve stained your terracotta to a hue of your choosing, stick it in a furnace with a suitable fuel, and smelt it into its final form: beautiful, colorful blocks, textured with ornate patterns, perfect for adorning smaller sized builds.	„
		—Ash Davis^[1]

Glazed terracotta is a vibrant solid block which comes in the 16 regular dye colors.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Smelting[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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^{[note 1]}
Hand	7
Wooden	1.05
Stone	0.55
Iron	0.35
Diamond	0.3
Golden	0.2

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

See also: Data values

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: 0: south (the player was facing north when this block was placed) 1: west 2: north 3: east
0x4 0x8	Unused.

Block state[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
facing	`north` `south` `east` `west`	The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.

History[edit | edit source]

Official release
1.12			17w06a		Added glazed terracotta.
			17w06a		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.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Added glazed terracotta.
1.1			build 3		Updated textures of white, orange, magenta and cyan glazed terracotta.
Console Edition
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch 3	Added glazed terracotta.

Issues[edit | edit source]

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

According to Jeb, the inspiration for glazed terracotta blocks came from a Moroccan-styled bathroom floor at a hotel in California.^[5]
Glazed terracotta blocks were designed by Johan Aronson.^[6]
Glazed terracotta cannot be moved by slime blocks.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

The first instance of glazed terracotta appears in this banner for snapshot 17w06a. (top center of structure)
A complex terracotta pattern that uses multiple colors to achieve a rich carpet effect.
Several more complex multi-color terracotta patterns.
A terracotta pattern using every single terracotta block.