Terracotta

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.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.20]}

Breaking

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

Crafting

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

Smelting

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

Smelting ingredient

Note blocks

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Metadata

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

Block states

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

Bedrock Edition:

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]
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.[2]
		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.
Upcoming Java Edition
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.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
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.
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", "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

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.

References