Glazed Terracotta

This article is about the dyed and glazed block. For the non-glazed variant, see Stained Terracotta. For the non-dyed and non-glazed form, see Terracotta.

Glazed Terracotta

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1.4
Hardness	1.4
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	16 colors  8 SNOW  22 COLOR_LIGHT_GRAY  21 COLOR_GRAY  29 COLOR_BLACK  26 COLOR_BROWN  28 COLOR_RED  15 COLOR_ORANGE  18 COLOR_YELLOW  19 COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN  27 COLOR_GREEN  23 COLOR_CYAN  17 COLOR_LIGHT_BLUE  25 COLOR_BLUE  24 COLOR_PURPLE  16 COLOR_MAGENTA  20 COLOR_PINK
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Glazed terracotta is a vibrant solid block that comes in the sixteen regular dye colors, obtained by smelting stained 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 (sec)[A]
Default	17 (JE) 7 (BE)
Wooden	11.05 (JE) 1.05 (BE)
Stone	10.55 (JE) 0.55 (BE)
Copper	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (BE)
Iron	10.4 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Diamond	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Netherite	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Golden	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Purple glazed terracotta generates in some cold ocean 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.

Black, cyan, light blue, light gray, orange and yellow glazed terracotta can generate in trail ruins.

Red glazed terracotta generate in altar-like structures with ominous vaults within trial chambers.

Smelting

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

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Matching Stained Terracotta + Any fuel	0.1

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Mason	Expert	74%	50%	Emerald	Any color Glazed Terracotta[t 1]	12	15	0.05

Usage

Glazed terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or 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).

Texture

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.

Sounds

Java Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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​[until: JE 26.4]	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
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
White Glazed Terracotta	white_glazed_terracotta	220	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	white_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.white	tile.glazedTerracotta.white.name
Orange Glazed Terracotta	orange_glazed_terracotta	221	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	orange_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.orange	tile.glazedTerracotta.orange.name
Magenta Glazed Terracotta	magenta_glazed_terracotta	222	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	magenta_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.magenta	tile.glazedTerracotta.magenta.name
Light Blue Glazed Terracotta	light_blue_glazed_terracotta	223	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	light_blue_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.light_blue	tile.glazedTerracotta.light_blue.name
Yellow Glazed Terracotta	yellow_glazed_terracotta	224	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	yellow_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.yellow	tile.glazedTerracotta.yellow.name
Lime Glazed Terracotta	lime_glazed_terracotta	225	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	lime_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.lime	tile.glazedTerracotta.lime.name
Pink Glazed Terracotta	pink_glazed_terracotta	226	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	pink_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.pink	tile.glazedTerracotta.pink.name
Gray Glazed Terracotta	gray_glazed_terracotta	227	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	gray_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.gray	tile.glazedTerracotta.gray.name
Light Gray Glazed Terracotta	silver_glazed_terracotta	228	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	silver_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.silver	tile.glazedTerracotta.silver.name
Cyan Glazed Terracotta	cyan_glazed_terracotta	229	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	cyan_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.cyan	tile.glazedTerracotta.cyan.name
Purple Glazed Terracotta	purple_glazed_terracotta	219	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	purple_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.purple	tile.glazedTerracotta.purple.name
Blue Glazed Terracotta	blue_glazed_terracotta	231	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	blue_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.blue	tile.glazedTerracotta.blue.name
Brown Glazed Terracotta	brown_glazed_terracotta	232	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	brown_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.brown	tile.glazedTerracotta.brown.name
Green Glazed Terracotta	green_glazed_terracotta	233	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	green_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.green	tile.glazedTerracotta.green.name
Red Glazed Terracotta	red_glazed_terracotta	234	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	red_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.red	tile.glazedTerracotta.red.name
Black Glazed Terracotta	black_glazed_terracotta	235	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	black_glazed_terracotta Alias ID: glazedterracotta.black	tile.glazedTerracotta.black.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.12			17w06a				Added glazed terracotta.
			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; Mojang does not plan on fixing these cases[4]
1.13			18w09a				Purple glazed terracotta now generates in some ocean 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.
			23w14a				Changed texture for purple glazed terracotta.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Red glazed terracotta now generate in trial chambers next to ominous vaults.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb glazed terracotta, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added glazed terracotta.
			alpha 1.1.0.3				The textures of white, orange, cyan, and magenta glazed terracotta have been changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Purple glazed terracotta now generates naturally in ocean ruins.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				White, lime and light blue glazed terracotta now generate in the new desert villages.
							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.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb every color of glazed terracotta, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Glazed terracotta's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Added glazed terracotta.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Glazed terracotta can no longer be pulled by sticky pistons and no longer sticks to moving slime blocks.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Purple glazed terracotta now generates in some ocean ruins.
			1.91				Glazed terracotta can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
			1.95				Stone mason villagers now sell 12 glazed terracotta for 1 emerald instead of buying it.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added glazed terracotta.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				The ID for light gray glazed terracotta has now been changed from silver_glazed_terracotta to light_gray_glazed_terracotta.
							Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 235 through 250: Numeric (old) ID Namespaced ID 235 minecraft:white_glazed_terracotta 236 minecraft:orange_glazed_terracotta 237 minecraft:magenta_glazed_terracotta 238 minecraft:light_blue_glazed_terracotta 239 minecraft:yellow_glazed_terracotta 240 minecraft:lime_glazed_terracotta 241 minecraft:pink_glazed_terracotta 242 minecraft:gray_glazed_terracotta 243 minecraft:light_gray_glazed_terracotta 244 minecraft:cyan_glazed_terracotta 245 minecraft:purple_glazed_terracotta 246 minecraft:blue_glazed_terracotta 247 minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta 248 minecraft:green_glazed_terracotta 249 minecraft:red_glazed_terracotta 250 minecraft:black_glazed_terracotta

Issues

Issues relating to "Glazed Terracotta" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• According to Jens Bergensten, 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]
• Glazed terracotta is a material that exists in real life, known as glazed architectural terra cotta. It was used in historical buildings of the United States, UK, Canada, and Australia between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Its historical use was acknowledged by Duncan Geere in a Block of the Week article about glazed terracotta on Minecraft.net.^[7]

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  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 blocks
• 
  Purple glazed terracotta generating in ocean 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

In other media

• 
  Render of white, purple, light blue, and lime glazed terracotta used in Block of the Week
• 
  Official artwork of every type of glazed terracotta, used for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft^[8]
• 
  A block of light blue glaced [sic] terracotta being called
• 

References

External links

• "Block of the Week: Glazed Terracotta" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 19, 2018.