Pottery sherds[note 1] are a set of twenty items used to craft decorated pots with ornamental designs. They can be obtained only by brushing suspicious blocks, with the variants of sherd obtainable being dependent on the structure.
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
When a decorated pot is broken with a pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe or sword that is not enchanted with Silk Touch, it drops all of the pottery sherds and bricks used to craft it.
Suspicious block loot[]
Pottery sherds can be found as suspicious block loot in trail ruins, ocean ruins, desert pyramids and desert wells, and can be extracted from these blocks using a brush.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Angler Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
| Archer Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd | Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 25% |
| Blade Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd | Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 25% |
| Burn Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Danger Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Friend Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Heart Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Howl Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Miner Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Prize Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
| Skull Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Snort Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Angler Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
| Archer Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd | Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 25% |
| Blade Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd | Desert well | Suspicious sand | 1 | 25% |
| Burn Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Danger Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Friend Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Heart Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Howl Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Miner Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean ruins | Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7% |
| Prize Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd | Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 8.3% |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
| Skull Pottery Sherd | Desert temple | Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5% |
| Snort Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 6.7% |
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Pottery Sherd or Brick |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angler Pottery Sherd | angler_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.angler_pottery_sherd |
| Archer Pottery Sherd | archer_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.archer_pottery_sherd |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd | arms_up_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.arms_up_pottery_sherd |
| Blade Pottery Sherd | blade_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.blade_pottery_sherd |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd | brewer_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.brewer_pottery_sherd |
| Burn Pottery Sherd | burn_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.burn_pottery_sherd |
| Danger Pottery Sherd | danger_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.danger_pottery_sherd |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | explorer_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.explorer_pottery_sherd |
| Friend Pottery Sherd | friend_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.friend_pottery_sherd |
| Heart Pottery Sherd | heart_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.heart_pottery_sherd |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd | heartbreak_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.heartbreak_pottery_sherd |
| Howl Pottery Sherd | howl_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.howl_pottery_sherd |
| Miner Pottery Sherd | miner_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.miner_pottery_sherd |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd | mourner_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.mourner_pottery_sherd |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd | plenty_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.plenty_pottery_sherd |
| Prize Pottery Sherd | prize_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.prize_pottery_sherd |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd | sheaf_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.sheaf_pottery_sherd |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd | shelter_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.shelter_pottery_sherd |
| Skull Pottery Sherd | skull_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.skull_pottery_sherd |
| Snort Pottery Sherd | snort_pottery_sherd | Item | item.minecraft.snort_pottery_sherd |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angler Pottery Sherd | angler_pottery_sherd | 664 | Item | item.angler_pottery_sherd.name |
| Archer Pottery Sherd | archer_pottery_sherd | 665 | Item | item.archer_pottery_sherd.name |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd | arms_up_pottery_sherd | 666 | Item | item.arms_up_pottery_sherd.name |
| Blade Pottery Sherd | blade_pottery_sherd | 667 | Item | item.blade_pottery_sherd.name |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd | brewer_pottery_sherd | 668 | Item | item.brewer_pottery_sherd.name |
| Burn Pottery Sherd | burn_pottery_sherd | 669 | Item | item.burn_pottery_sherd.name |
| Danger Pottery Sherd | danger_pottery_sherd | 670 | Item | item.danger_pottery_sherd.name |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | explorer_pottery_sherd | 671 | Item | item.explorer_pottery_sherd.name |
| Friend Pottery Sherd | friend_pottery_sherd | 672 | Item | item.friend_pottery_sherd.name |
| Heart Pottery Sherd | heart_pottery_sherd | 673 | Item | item.heart_pottery_sherd.name |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd | heartbreak_pottery_sherd | 674 | Item | item.heartbreak_pottery_sherd.name |
| Howl Pottery Sherd | howl_pottery_sherd | 675 | Item | item.howl_pottery_sherd.name |
| Miner Pottery Sherd | miner_pottery_sherd | 676 | Item | item.miner_pottery_sherd.name |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd | mourner_pottery_sherd | 677 | Item | item.mourner_pottery_sherd.name |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd | plenty_pottery_sherd | 678 | Item | item.plenty_pottery_sherd.name |
| Prize Pottery Sherd | prize_pottery_sherd | 679 | Item | item.prize_pottery_sherd.name |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd | sheaf_pottery_sherd | 680 | Item | item.sheaf_pottery_sherd.name |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd | shelter_pottery_sherd | 681 | Item | item.shelter_pottery_sherd.name |
| Skull Pottery Sherd | skull_pottery_sherd | 682 | Item | item.skull_pottery_sherd.name |
| Snort Pottery Sherd | snort_pottery_sherd | 683 | Item | item.snort_pottery_sherd.name |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Respecting the Remnants | Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd | Adventure | — | adventure/salvage_sherd
|
| 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 |       Ceramic shards were announced at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2023 | Sofia Dankis posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including pottery shards. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a |     Added pottery shards behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack. | |||
| 1.19.4 Pre-release 3 |  Changed the texture of archer pottery shard. | ||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack. | |||
                Added another sixteen pottery shards. | |||||
| The probability for the archer, prize, and skull pottery shards to generate in the suspicious sand in desert temple and in desert well has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8, for the arms up pottery sherd to generate in the suspicious sand in desert well has been changed from 3/7 to 1/4. | |||||
| 23w16a | Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd". | ||||
| Burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins. | |||||
| Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds now are in the rare loot. | |||||
| 23w17a | The probability of the burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl, and sheaf pottery sherds to generate in suspicious gravel in trail ruins has been changed from 1/11 to 1/12.[verify] | ||||
| The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the remnants" when they brush a suspicious sand or a suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd, "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Next Major Update (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 |     Added pottery shards behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||
| beta 1.19.80.20 | Changed the texture of archer pottery shard. | ||||
| beta 1.19.80.22 | Added another sixteen pottery shards.
| ||||
| Changed the texture of arms up, prize and skull pottery shards.[1] | |||||
| beta 1.20.0.20 | Miner pottery shard can generate in desert pyramids. | ||||
| 1.20.0 | beta 1.20.0.21 | Pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||
| beta 1.20.0.22 | Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd". | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Many pottery sherds are based on another in-game mob or item:
- The angler pottery sherd depicts a fishing rod.
- The archer pottery sherd depicts a bow and arrow.
- The blade pottery sherd depicts a sword.
- The brewer pottery sherd depicts a potion.
- The burn pottery sherd depicts fire.
- The danger pottery sherd depicts a creeper.
- The explorer pottery sherd depicts a map.
- The friend pottery sherd depicts the unibrow and nose of a villager or iron golem.
- The howl pottery sherd depicts a wolf.
- The miner pottery sherd depicts a pickaxe.
- The mourner pottery sherd depicts an early design for the warden.
- The plenty pottery sherd depicts a chest.
- The sheaf pottery sherd depicts wheat.
- The skull pottery sherd depicts a skeleton.
- The snort pottery sherd depicts a sniffer.
- The prize pottery sherd depicts a diamond cut diamond
- It could depict a ruby from Minecraft Earth, as well.
- The arms up pottery sherd depicts a character with their arms up.
- The heart and heartbreak pottery sherds depict a heart and broken heart respectively.
- The shelter pottery sherd depicts a tree.
Gallery[]
Items[]
Angler Pottery Sherd
Archer Pottery Sherd
Arms Up Pottery Sherd
Blade Pottery Sherd
Brewer Pottery Sherd
Burn Pottery Sherd
Danger Pottery Sherd
Explorer Pottery Sherd
Friend Pottery Sherd
Heart Pottery Sherd
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
Howl Pottery Sherd
Miner Pottery Sherd
Mourner Pottery Sherd
Plenty Pottery Sherd
Prize Pottery Sherd
Sheaf Pottery Sherd
Shelter Pottery Sherd
Skull Pottery Sherd
Snort Pottery Sherd
Development images[]
Blue ceramic shard.
Ceramic shards.
Official artwork[]
Pixel artwork of Ari holding a skull pottery sherd.
Ari holding up a different sherd.
