Decorated Pot

A decorated pot is an ornamental block crafted from pottery sherds or bricks.

Obtaining[]

Decorated pots can be broken with any tool and are mined instantly. A decorated pot drops the four pottery sherds or bricks used to craft it when mined with a pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe or sword not enchanted with Silk Touch. It drops itself when mined with anything else, including tools listed above enchanted with Silk Touch.

A decorated pot drops itself if pushed by a piston. It also always drops itself when destroyed by an explosion, similar to other precious blocks such as beacons and shulker boxes.^[1]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Pottery Sherd or Brick

The decorated pot's side textures will correspond to what item is used in the crafting. If a pottery sherd is used, that side will have the texture of that pottery sherd, if a brick is used, that side will have the default texture. The pottery sherd or brick within the 8th slot (bottom most) of the crafting grid determines the texture that faces against the player upon placement; the 2nd, 4th, 6th slots will determine the textures of the back/left/right facings in accordance to the player's POV.

Usage[]

Decorated pots are used for decoration. Due to the top part of the decorated pot having no collision, other blocks can be placed on top of them, including other decorated pots and regular flower pots, which are required to place a flower in the decorated pot.

In the 1.20.3 snapshots and pre-releases, decorated pots can hold a single stack of any one item type. Using an item on a decorated pot puts it in the pot. The pot shakes if the player uses the pot with an empty hand or an item that can't be placed in the pot. Punching or shattering a decorated pot drops any items that were held inside.

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Decorated pots will switch to the shattered sounds immediately before breaking when destroyed by a non-Silk Touch tool.

Popped[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.decorated_pot.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.decorated_pot.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.decorated_pot.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.decorated_pot.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.decorated_pot.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	break.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	step.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	step.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0

Shattered[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Pot shatters	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.decorated_pot.shatter	subtitles.block.decorated_pot.shatter	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.decorated_pot.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.decorated_pot.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.decorated_pot.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.decorated_pot.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Unique[]

Java Edition: None

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a decorated pot is shattered using a tool in Survival or Adventure mode	shatter.decorated_pot	1.0	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Decorated Pot	decorated_pot	Block & Item	block.minecraft.decorated_pot

Name	Identifier
Block entity	decorated_pot

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Decorated Pot	decorated_pot	-551	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.decorated_pot.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	DecoratedPot

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction a decorated pot faces in.
cracked	false	false true	If true, the pot always makes shatter sounds upon breaking. The value is set to true immediately before being shattered by a tool.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this decorated pot.

Bedrock Edition: ^{[more information needed]}

Block data[]

A decorated pot has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Careful restoration	Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds	—	10G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Careful Restoration	Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds	Respecting the Remnants	—	adventure/craft_decorated_pot_using_only_sherds

History[]

October 3, 2020					A clay pot and a painted clay pot were demonstrated at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of a gameplay mechanic that would include archeology.
February 7, 2023					The future announcement of decorated pots is hinted at by Roger Badgerman.
February 10, 2023					Sofia Dankis posts an article about upcoming archaeology features that announces decorated pots.
Java Edition
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added decorated pots behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
		1.19.4 Pre-release 1			The recipe for the decorated pot made of all bricks can now be found in the recipe book.
		1.19.4 Pre-release 2			Changed the model and texture of decorated pots.
1.20		23w12a			Decorated pots are now out of the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
					Added 16 new side textures corresponding to the 16 new pottery shards.
					cracked property has been added, serving as an internal block state that determines the sound upon breaking of this block.
		23w14a			Decorated pots can now be waterlogged "normally".
		23w16a			NBT tag for pot decorations renamed from shards to sherds (to match items).
		23w17a			The materials used when crafting a decorated pot are now listed on its tooltip.
					The player now gets the advancement "Careful Restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds.
1.20.2		23w31a			Decorated pots now have Creative mode tooltips that show what pottery sherds they are made of.[2]
Bedrock Edition
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.70.23			Added decorated pots behind the Next Major Update experimental toggle.
		beta 1.19.80.20			Changed the model of decorated pots.
					Decorated pots can no longer be stacked.
					The recipe for a decorated pot made of only bricks can now be found in the recipe book.
		beta 1.19.80.22			Added 16 new side textures corresponding to the 16 new pottery sherds.
1.20.0		beta 1.20.0.21			Decorated pots are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Decorated Pot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Decorated pots were considered to spawn in Ancient Cities but was scrapped.
• If an item that is not a brick or pottery sherd is applied to the side of a decorated pot using commands, it renders the same pattern as a brick.
• There are a total of 21⁴ (194,481) unique decorated pots that can be crafted, as each of the 4 slots used to craft a decorated pot can consist of any one of the twenty pottery sherds in addition to the brick.
• Up to 1.20.2, Decorated Pot is one of the two blocks (the other being standing signs) and the only full block with textures extending outside of their intended block space.

Gallery[]

General[]

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  An example of a decorated pot tooltip.

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  A decorated pot made with the skull and heartbreak pottery sherds.

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  Another use of decorated pots.

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  Two decorated pots holding soul lanterns at the entrance to a building.

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  A fountain created with waterlogged decorated pot.

Renders[]

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  Brick Decorated Pot

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  Angler Decorated Pot

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  Archer Decorated Pot

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  Arms Up Decorated Pot

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  Blade Decorated Pot

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  Brewer Decorated Pot

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  Burn Decorated Pot

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  Danger Decorated Pot

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  Explorer Decorated Pot

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  Friend Decorated Pot

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  Heart Decorated Pot

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  Heartbreak Decorated Pot

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  Howl Decorated Pot

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  Miner Decorated Pot

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  Mourner Decorated Pot

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  Plenty Decorated Pot

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  Prize Decorated Pot

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  Sheaf Decorated Pot

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  Shelter Decorated Pot

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  Skull Decorated Pot

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  Snort Decorated Pot

Concept Art[]

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  Pots, vases, and stone chests concept art for the ancient cities.

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  Ditto.

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  Ancient city gameplay concept art.

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  More ancient city gameplay of player breaking pots concept art.

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  Ancient city wall with pot concept art.

In other media[]

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  Decorated pot valentines artwork.

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  Ari admiring a group of decorated pots.

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  Cellphone wallpaper showing an expanded version of the pixel art.

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  Efe showing Ari a collection of pots.^[3]

References[]