How to Make Terracotta in Minecraft

Looking for smooth, solid-color blocks to build up your base? Such blocks are rare, so it helps to know how to make Terracotta in Minecraft. Terracotta can be stained to produce different colors or glazed to create elaborate designs.

How to Get Terracotta in Minecraft

You can find Terracotta blocks if you search really hard, but it's easier to craft your own. To make Terracotta in Minecraft, smelt Clay blocks in a Furnace.

1. Mine Clay Balls. Search shallow waters for light-gray blocks. You'll need 4 Clay Balls for each Terracotta block you want to make, so collect as much as you can.
   

2. Make Clay. Combine 4 Clay Balls in the crafting grid.

3. Craft a Furnace. To create a furnace, place 8 Cobblestones in the outer boxes of the crafting table's grid, leaving the box in the middle empty.

   To build a Crafting Table, use 4 Wood Planks of any type.

4. Place your Furnace on the ground and interact with it to open the smelting menu.

5. Put Clay in the top box on the left side of the smelting menu.

6. Put a fuel source (like Coal or Logs) in the lower box on the left side of the smelting menu.

7. Wait for the progress bar the fill. When the smelting process is complete, drag the Terracotta block into your inventory.

Where Can I Find Terracotta in Minecraft?

Terracotta appears naturally in badlands (also known as mesa biomes). One of the rarest biomes in Minecraft, badlands consist of canyons, red sand, and not much else. However, they're a great place to mine for Gold and Terracotta.

What Do I Need to Make Terracotta?

You only need a few materials to make Terracotta:

• Clay Block (made from 4 clay balls)
• Furnace (made from 8 Cobblestones)

How Can I Use Terracotta in Minecraft?

Terracotta blocks are smooth building blocks that can be stained and glazed in different colors. They are used purely for decorative purposes, and you can create a variety of vibrant patterns.

How to Make Terracotta Blocks of Different Colors

To stain Terracota in Minecraft, place any dye in the center of the Crafting Table and place 8 Terracotta blocks in the surrounding boxes. This will give you a solid-color building block.

You can make 16 different dyes by crafting, combining, or smelting specific materials:

Dye	Materials	Method
Black	Ink Sac or Lily of the Valley	Crafting
Blue	Lapis Lazuli or Cornflower	Crafting
Brown	Cocoa Beans	Crafting
Cyan	Blue+Green Dye	Crafting
Gray	White+Black Dye	Crafting
Green	Cactus	Smelting
Light Blue	Blue Orchid or Blue+White Dye	Crafting
Lime	Sea Pickle or Green+White Dye	Smelting
Orange	Orange Tulip or Red+Yellow Dye	Crafting
Pink	Pink Tulip, Peony, or Red Dye+White Dye	Crafting
Purple	Blue+Red Dye	Crafting
Red	Poppy, Red Tulip, Rose Bush, or Beetroot	Crafting
White	Bone Meal or Lily of the Valley	Crafting
Yellow	Dandelion or Sunflower	Crafting

How Do I Add Patterns to Terracotta?

To glaze your stained Terracota in different patterns, smelt it in a Furnace.

Placing glazed Terracotta blocks will result in different patterns depending on which direction you're facing when you set them on the ground. With four possible patterns for 16 colors, that makes for 64 unique designs you can make with glazed Terracotta.