How to make terracotta in Minecraft – Easy Steps

Minecraft has a wide range of building blocks that you can use to build a base. They can be simple stone blocks or they can be concrete blocks that can be stained to give the structures a more aesthetic appearance. Concrete is not the only block that you can stain and use in construction. There is also terracotta.

Terracotta in Minecraft

Terracotta is made of clay in Minecraft. The clay comes in the form of a block and can be found in shallow lakes. It is usually the second or third layer of a lake. It can occur in fairly large veins, but most veins are small.

To create terracotta in Minecraft, you need;

Get clay block

To get a block of clay, you need to mine it. When pulled out, it drops clay balls. You can then build a block of clay from the clay balls. You need four balls of clay to build a block of clay.

To extract clay, look for it in shallow pools. It has a grayish color and can be removed with any type of shovel. Break it up like you would a block of sand or dirt. Collect the clay balls.

Handmade clay block

Now that you have balls of clay, you can make a block of clay.

1. Open the workbench.
2. Arrange the four clay balls in a 2×2 formation.
3. Pick up the block of clay.

Make terracotta in Minecraft

Terracotta is made in an oven.

1. Open the oven.
2. Put fuel in the fuel slot (coal, wood, algae, etc.)
3. Place the clay block in the casting groove.
4. Pick up a Terracotta Block.

Dying Terracotta

Terracotta, like concrete, can be stained. To stain a terracotta block, you need the stain of your choice and 8 terracotta blocks.

1. Open the workbench.
2. Place the dye in the center cell, that is, the second cell in the second row.
3. Place a terracotta block in all the remaining cells.
4. Pick up the stained terracotta.

conclusion

Terracotta is as resistant to explosions as stone. It takes a long time to build enough to build a complete house, even if your house is small. If you are ambitious, you can create a complete house / base out of it, but you will be looking for clay for a long, long time. You may also have to make multiple trips as the clay balls can only be stacked in stacks of 16 rather than stacks of 64, which is common for most blocks in Minecraft. Once you stain a terra cotta block, you cannot change its color to a different color. It is a good idea to check the color you will get in some blocks before dyeing everything.