Glazed Terracotta

Glazed terracotta is a vibrant solid block that comes in the sixteen regular dye colors, obtained by smelting colored 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	Glazed Terracotta
Hardness	1.4
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	7
Wooden	1.05
Stone	0.55
Iron	0.35
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

Purple glazed terracotta generates in some cold underwater 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.

All types of glazed terracotta except green, magenta, and pink generate in trail ruins.

Smelting[]

Glazed Terracotta can be obtained by smelting any stained terracotta. Unstained terracotta cannot be smelted.

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Matching Dyed Terracotta + Any fuel	0.1

Trading[]

Expert-level stone mason villagers sell 1 glazed terracotta for an emerald as part of their trades.

Usage[]

Sixteen sets of 10 block sections, each with 8 terracotta tiles and two carpet squares. The sets are arranged in a chevron pattern with each color of terracotta in clockwise and counterclockwise laying patterns. The colors from left to right on the top are magenta, pink, orange, brown black, red, green, lime green. The colors from left to right on the bottom row are yellow, white, blue light blue, cyan, purple, light grey and grey.

Glazed terracotta does not stick to slime blocks, and 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 ▼

Magenta Glazed Terracotta Xray — Translucent image of magenta terracotta.

More 2x2 tile options — Several different 2×2 tile patterns.

Texture[]

Cyanterracottaface — Creeper face on cyan glazed terracotta.

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[]

Java Edition:

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

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
White Glazed Terracotta	`white_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.white_glazed_terracotta`
Orange Glazed Terracotta	`orange_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.orange_glazed_terracotta`
Magenta Glazed Terracotta	`magenta_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.magenta_glazed_terracotta`
Light Blue Glazed Terracotta	`light_blue_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.light_blue_glazed_terracotta`
Yellow Glazed Terracotta	`yellow_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.yellow_glazed_terracotta`
Lime Glazed Terracotta	`lime_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.lime_glazed_terracotta`
Pink Glazed Terracotta	`pink_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.pink_glazed_terracotta`
Gray Glazed Terracotta	`gray_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.gray_glazed_terracotta`
Light Gray Glazed Terracotta	`light_gray_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.light_gray_glazed_terracotta`
Cyan Glazed Terracotta	`cyan_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.cyan_glazed_terracotta`
Purple Glazed Terracotta	`purple_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.purple_glazed_terracotta`
Blue Glazed Terracotta	`blue_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.blue_glazed_terracotta`
Brown Glazed Terracotta	`brown_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.brown_glazed_terracotta`
Green Glazed Terracotta	`green_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.green_glazed_terracotta`
Red Glazed Terracotta	`red_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.red_glazed_terracotta`
Black Glazed Terracotta	`black_glazed_terracotta`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.black_glazed_terracotta`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
White Glazed Terracotta	`white_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.white`	`220`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.white.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaWhite.name`
Orange Glazed Terracotta	`orange_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.orange`	`221`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.orange.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaOrange.name`
Magenta Glazed Terracotta	`magenta_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.magenta`	`222`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.magenta.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaMagenta.name`
Light Blue Glazed Terracotta	`light_blue_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.light_blue`	`223`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracott.light_blue.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaLightBlue.name`
Yellow Glazed Terracotta	`yellow_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.yellow`	`224`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.yellow.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaYellow.name`
Lime Glazed Terracotta	`lime_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.lime`	`225`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.lime.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaLime.name`
Pink Glazed Terracotta	`pink_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.pink`	`226`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.pink.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaPink.name`
Gray Glazed Terracotta	`gray_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.gray`	`227`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.gray.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaGray.name`
Light Gray Glazed Terracotta	`silver_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.silver`	`228`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.silver.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaSilver.name`
Cyan Glazed Terracotta	`cyan_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.cyan`	`229`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.cyan.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaCyan.name`
Purple Glazed Terracotta	`purple_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.purple`	`219`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.purple.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaPurple.name`
Blue Glazed Terracotta	`blue_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.blue`	`231`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.blue.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaBlue.name`
Brown Glazed Terracotta	`brown_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.brown`	`232`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.brown.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaBrown.name`
Green Glazed Terracotta	`green_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.green`	`233`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.green.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaGreen.name`
Red Glazed Terracotta	`red_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.red`	`234`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.red.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaRed.name`
Black Glazed Terracotta	`black_glazed_terracotta`	`glazedterracotta.black`	`235`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.glazedTerracotta.black.name` `tile.glazedTerracottaBlack.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`2` `3` `4` `5`	`2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction the block faces. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block. 2: North 3: South 4: West 5: East
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1`	`0` `1`	Unused

History[]

Java Edition
1.12		17w06a			Added glazed terracotta.
1.12		17w13a			The white, orange, cyan, and magenta block textures have now been changed. This change is to remove patterns that could contain offensive imagery.^[1]^[2]^[3] However, it is still possible to create some. This was reported as a bug, with the resolution being "won't fix."^[4]
1.13		17w47a			The ID for light gray glazed terracotta has now been changed from `silver_glazed_terracotta` to `light_gray_glazed_terracotta`.
		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 235 through 250.
		18w09a			Purple glazed terracotta now generates in some underwater 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.
1.20		23w14a			Changed texture for purple glazed terracota.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added glazed terracotta.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.3			The textures of white, orange, cyan, and magenta glazed terracotta have now been updated.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Purple glazed terracotta now generates naturally in underwater ruins.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			White, lime and light blue glazed terracotta now generate in the new desert villages.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			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
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Added glazed terracotta.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added glazed terracotta.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Glazed Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

According to Jeb, 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]

Renders[]

White
Light Gray
Gray
Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Lime
Green
Cyan
Light Blue
Blue
Purple
Magenta
Pink

Gallery[]

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 underwater 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.