Glazed Terracotta
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| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
1.4 |
| Hardness |
1.4 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Glazed terracotta is a vibrant solid block that comes in the sixteen regular dye colors, obtained by smelting stained terracotta. Glazed terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or honey blocks, and it cannot be pulled by sticky pistons, but it can be pushed by pistons.
Obtaining
Breaking
Glazed terracotta requires a pickaxe to be mined. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1.4 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 7 | |
| 1.05 | ||
| 0.55 | ||
| 0.45 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
| 0.3 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation
Purple glazed terracotta generates in some cold ocean ruins.
Yellow glazed terracotta generates in mason houses in savanna villages.
Orange glazed terracotta generates in savanna village armorer houses.
White glazed terracotta generates in some desert village buildings.
Lime glazed terracotta generates in one of the desert village temples.
Light blue glazed terracotta generates in toolsmith houses in desert villages.
Black, cyan, light blue, light gray, orange and yellow glazed terracotta can generate in trail ruins.
Red glazed terracotta generate in altar-like structures with ominous vaults within trial chambers.
Smelting
Glazed terracotta can be obtained by smelting any stained terracotta. Unstained terracotta cannot be smelted.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Matching Stained Terracotta + Any fuel |
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| 5% | 5% | Any color Glazed Terracotta[t 1] | 12 | 15 | |||
- ↑ The list of possible offers contains individual offers for each color, so multiple colors may be offered by the same villager as separate trades.
Usage

Glazed terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or honey blocks, but unlike immovable blocks, it can be pushed by pistons and sticky pistons. It cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.
Placement
When placed, glazed terracotta's texture rotates relative to the direction the player is facing while placing the block. If several glazed terracotta blocks of the same color are placed in the "correct" orientation in a 2×2 or greater area, the textures align to create a singular image, as demonstrated in the image to the right.
The magenta glazed terracotta pattern includes an arrow (⬆) design that can be used to point to things or direct players. A guide is shown below, in order to correctly place the arrow direction (based on testing).
| Facing | Arrow direction |
|---|---|
| Front | Pointing right ► |
| Left | Pointing down ▼ |
| Right | Pointing up ▲ |
| Above | Pointing down ▼ |


Texture

Glazed terracotta blocks are designed to form a larger, cohesive pattern when placed in the correct 2×2 configuration. Most textures have reflection symmetry along a diagonal line that goes from corner to corner, though the colors of individual pixels can differ slightly.
Although the design of each individual glazed terracotta block is up for interpretation, there are some intentional details in certain blocks:
- Magenta blocks contain directional arrows.
- Cyan blocks contain a creeper's face.
- Purple blocks contain the hilt and handguard of a sword.
Note blocks
All types of glazed terracotta can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds
stone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
white_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
orange_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
magenta_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
light_blue_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
yellow_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
lime_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
pink_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
gray_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
light_gray_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
cyan_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
purple_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
blue_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
brown_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
green_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
red_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block | |
black_glazed_terracotta | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
white_glazed_terracotta | 220 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | white_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.white | tile | |
orange_glazed_terracotta | 221 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | orange_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.orange | tile | |
magenta_glazed_terracotta | 222 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | magenta_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.magenta | tile | |
light_blue_glazed_terracotta | 223 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | light_blue_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.light_blue | tile | |
yellow_glazed_terracotta | 224 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | yellow_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.yellow | tile | |
lime_glazed_terracotta | 225 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | lime_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.lime | tile | |
pink_glazed_terracotta | 226 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | pink_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.pink | tile | |
gray_glazed_terracotta | 227 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | gray_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.gray | tile | |
silver_glazed_terracotta | 228 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | silver_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.silver | tile | |
cyan_glazed_terracotta | 229 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | cyan_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.cyan | tile | |
purple_glazed_terracotta | 219 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | purple_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.purple | tile | |
blue_glazed_terracotta | 231 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | blue_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.blue | tile | |
brown_glazed_terracotta | 232 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | brown_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.brown | tile | |
green_glazed_terracotta | 233 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | green_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.green | tile | |
red_glazed_terracotta | 234 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | red_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.red | tile | |
black_glazed_terracotta | 235 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | black_glazed_terracottaAlias ID: glazedterracotta.black | tile |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| facing_direction | 0x10x20x4 | 0 | 2345 | 2345 | The direction the block faces. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.
|
01 | 01 | Unused |
Video
History
- There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.12 | 17w06a | ||||||
| 17w13a | |||||||
| 1.13 | 18w09a | Purple glazed terracotta now generates in some ocean ruins. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w49a | Orange and yellow glazed terracotta now generates in savanna villages. | |||||
| 18w50a | White, lime and light blue glazed terracotta now generate in desert villages. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Glazed terracotta in all 16 colors are now sold by villagers of the new mason profession, making it renewable. | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | All types of glazed terracotta except green, magenta, and pink now generate in trail ruins. | |||||
| 23w14a | |||||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w13a | Red glazed terracotta now generate in trial chambers next to ominous vaults. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | ||||||
| alpha 1.1.0.3 | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Purple glazed terracotta now generates naturally in ocean ruins. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | White, lime and light blue glazed terracotta now generate in the new desert villages. | |||||
| Orange and yellow terracotta now generate in the new savanna villages. | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Glazed terracotta can now be bought from stone mason villagers. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Glazed terracotta can no longer be pulled by sticky pistons and no longer sticks to moving slime blocks. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Purple glazed terracotta now generates in some ocean ruins. | ||
| 1.91 | Glazed terracotta can now be sold to stone mason villagers. | ||||||
| 1.95 | Stone mason villagers now sell 12 glazed terracotta for 1 emerald instead of buying it. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9.19 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID for light gray glazed terracotta has now been changed from silver_glazed_terracotta to light_gray_glazed_terracotta.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 235 through 250.[more information needed] | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Glazed Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- According to Jens Bergensten, 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]
Gallery
Screenshots
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The first instance of glazed terracotta appears in this banner for snapshot 17w06a. (Magenta, 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 14 kinds of terracotta block. -
Purple glazed terracotta generating in ocean ruins. -
All of the radial glazed terracotta patterns, shown in a continuous arrangement next to their unglazed counterparts. -
A structure of lime glazed terracotta. -
Another structure of lime glazed terracotta.
In other media
References
- ↑ MC-113377 — New block Swastika — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MC-113844 — White Glazed Terracotta symbol (looks like the symbol of the Hungarian Nazi party) — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/5sspmk/minecraft_snapshot_17w06a/ddhjm42/?context=1
- ↑ MC-120703 — You can make a Swastika using light blue terracotta patterns — resolved as "Won't Fix".
- ↑ "I got the inspiration from a bathroom floor at a hotel in California. They had Moroccan style tiles that looked amazing" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), February 11, 2017
- ↑ "Uh oh, we'll fix it for the next snapshot. You won't believe how much time and effort we (or rather, @JohanAronson) put into getting rid of accidental nazis out of these blocks." – u/Jeb on Reddit, February 8, 2017
- ↑ https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/15th-anniversary
External links
- Block of the Week: Glazed Terracotta – Minecraft.net on January 19, 2018
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![Official artwork of every type of glazed terracotta, used for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft.[7]](./_assets_/5af80496508534f4cdd561aac15bbc50/15th_Anniversary_Glazed_Terracotta.png)