An explorer pottery sherd is a pottery sherd that depicts a map. It can be found in cold ocean ruins.
Obtaining
Breaking
Breaking a decorated pot causes it to drop all of the bricks and pottery sherds used to craft it, meaning it drops each of the explorer pottery sherds that were used to craft it.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
 Explorer Pottery Sherd
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 Cold Ocean Ruins
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Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 6.7%{ "item": "Explorer Pottery Sherd", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Cold Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
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Usage
Crafting ingredient
Explorer pottery sherds can be used to craft decorated pots.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any pottery sherd or brick |                          |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | explorer_pottery_sherd | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | explorer_pottery_sherd | 671 | Item | item |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
 |  | Careful restoration | Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds | — | 10 | Bronze |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Respecting the Remnants | Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd | Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another. |
| Careful Restoration | Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds | — |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20 | 23w12a |  Added explorer pottery shards. | |||||
| 23w16a | Renamed "Explorer Pottery Shard" to "Explorer Pottery Sherd". | ||||||
| 23w17a | The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the remnants" when they brush a suspicious sand or a suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd, and "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds. | ||||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w33a | Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.22 | Added explorer pottery shards. | |||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Explorer pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.0.22 | Renamed "Explorer Pottery Shard" to "Explorer Pottery Sherd". | ||||||
| Preview 1.20.0.23 | Players now get the achievement "Careful restoration" when crafting a decorated pot out of four pottery sherds. | ||||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Explorer Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
