A miner pottery sherd is a pottery sherd that depicts a pickaxe. It can be found in desert pyramids.
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 miner pottery sherds that were used to craft it.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
 Miner Pottery Sherd
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 Desert Pyramid
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Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5%{ "item": "Miner Pottery Sherd", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Suspicious sand" }
|
Usage
Crafting ingredient
Miner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miner Pottery Sherd | miner_pottery_sherd | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miner Pottery Sherd | miner_pottery_sherd | 676 | 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 miner pottery shards. | |||||
| 23w16a | Renamed "Miner Pottery Shard" to "Miner 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 miner pottery shards. | |||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.20 | Miner pottery shard can now generate in desert pyramids. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.0.21 | Miner pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | ||||||
| Preview 1.20.0.22 | Renamed "Miner Pottery Shard" to "Miner 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 "Miner Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
