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Tj ET BT /F2 11 Tf 0.72 0.14 0.18 rg 1 0 0 1 46 752.89 Tm (TechRounder PDF Edition) Tj ET BT /F1 9.5 Tf 0.36 0.39 0.46 rg 1 0 0 1 46 736.89 Tm (Live article: https://www.techrounder.com/games/how-to-get-terracotta-in-minecraft/) Tj ET q 0.82 0.85 0.9 RG 1 w 46 718.39 m 549.28 718.39 l S Q BT /F1 10 Tf 0.24 0.27 0.32 rg 1 0 0 1 46 706.39 Tm (By Vipin PG | Published July 21, 2026 | Updated July 21, 2026 | Format: Guide | 3 min read) Tj ET BT /F2 13 Tf 0.72 0.14 0.18 rg 1 0 0 1 46 683.39 Tm (Quick answer) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 663.39 Tm (The fastest way to get terracotta in Minecraft is to mine it straight out of a Badlands biome, where it) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 648.39 Tm (already generates naturally in several colors. If there's no Badlands nearby, dig up clay from a river,) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 633.39 Tm (pond, or swamp, smelt it in a furnace to make plain terracotta, then dye it in a crafting table with any) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 618.39 Tm (of the 16 dye colors to match your build.) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 593.39 Tm (Terracotta \(most players still call it "hardened clay" out of habit\) is one of the few building blocks in) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 578.39 Tm (Minecraft that comes pre-colored straight from the ground, and it can also be crafted, dyed, and even) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 563.39 Tm (glazed into patterned tiles. There isn't just one way to get it - which method makes sense depends on) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 548.39 Tm (whether you want speed, a specific color, or a supply that never runs out. Here's every way to get it,) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 533.39 Tm (step by step.) Tj ET BT /F2 15 Tf 0.08 0.1 0.14 rg 1 0 0 1 46 505.39 Tm (Step 1: Mine Natural Terracotta in a Badlands Biome) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 481.39 Tm (The Badlands biome \(the old "Mesa" biome\) is the only place in the game where terracotta spawns in) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 466.39 Tm (bulk without any crafting at all. Its canyon walls are built almost entirely out of layered terracotta -) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 451.39 Tm (orange, yellow, red, white, and light gray, plus the plain brown version - so a single trip can fill your) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 436.39 Tm (inventory with several colors at once, for free. You do need a pickaxe to collect it, though; any tier) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 421.39 Tm (works, from wood to netherite, but breaking terracotta by hand drops nothing. If you're nowhere near) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 406.39 Tm (a Badlands biome, keep an eye out anyway - terracotta also shows up in desert village houses and) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 391.39 Tm (lamps, inside desert temple chests, in underwater ruins, and as part of mason houses in regular) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 376.39 Tm (villages.) Tj ET BT /F2 15 Tf 0.08 0.1 0.14 rg 1 0 0 1 46 348.39 Tm (Step 2: Dig Up Clay Near Water or in a Swamp) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 324.39 Tm (Clay generates as gray, waterlogged clumps on the bottom of rivers, ponds, lakes, and shallow ocean) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 309.39 Tm (water, and it's especially common along the banks of swamp biomes. A shovel breaks it fastest, and) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 294.39 Tm (each clay block drops 4 clay balls rather than the block itself - so once you've collected a stack, place) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 279.39 Tm (4 clay balls into a crafting grid in a 2×2 pattern to turn them back into a clay block, which is what) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 264.39 Tm (you'll actually need for the next step. If you'd rather skip that extra bit of crafting, mining the clay) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 249.39 Tm (with a Silk Touch shovel or pickaxe gives you the whole block directly. And if there's no water near) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 234.39 Tm (your base at all, you're not stuck: splash a water bottle on dirt or grass to turn it into mud, then place) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 219.39 Tm (that mud next to pointed dripstone to convert it into clay - slower, but genuinely renewable.) Tj ET BT /F2 15 Tf 0.08 0.1 0.14 rg 1 0 0 1 46 191.39 Tm (Step 3: Smelt Clay Blocks Into Terracotta) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 167.39 Tm (Smelting is what actually turns clay into terracotta, and all it takes is a furnace \(8 cobblestone\) and any) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 152.39 Tm (fuel source - coal, charcoal, wood, or anything else that burns. Put the clay block in the top slot and) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 137.39 Tm (your fuel in the bottom slot, and after a few seconds it finishes cooking into a terracotta block, along) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 122.39 Tm (with a small amount of XP each time. The ratio is always 1:1, so one clay block gives exactly one) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 107.39 Tm (terracotta block - if you're planning a big terracotta build, gather clay in bulk before you start) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 92.39 Tm (smelting so you're not running back and forth to the river.) Tj ET q 0.86 0.88 0.92 RG 1 w 46 42 m 549.28 42 l S Q BT /F1 8.4 Tf 0.42 0.45 0.5 rg 1 0 0 1 46 30 Tm (TechRounder | Page 1 of 2) Tj ET BT /F1 7.2 Tf 0.42 0.45 0.5 rg 1 0 0 1 46 19 Tm (https://www.techrounder.com/pdf/blog/how-to-get-terracotta-in-minecraft.pdf) Tj ET endstream endobj 7 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595.28 841.89] /Resources << /Font << /F1 3 0 R /F2 4 0 R >> >> /Contents 8 0 R >> endobj 8 0 obj << /Length 2232 >> stream BT /F2 15 Tf 0.08 0.1 0.14 rg 1 0 0 1 46 789.89 Tm (Step 4: Dye Terracotta Into Any of the 16 Colors \(Optional\)) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 765.89 Tm (Plain terracotta already looks great on its own, but dyeing it opens up all 16 Minecraft colors for more) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 750.89 Tm (detailed builds. Open a crafting table, place one dye of your choice in the center slot, and surround it) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 735.89 Tm (with 8 terracotta blocks filling the rest of the grid - that gives you 8 dyed terracotta blocks in one go.) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 720.89 Tm (One thing worth knowing before you commit: dyed terracotta can't be re-dyed or reverted back to) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 705.89 Tm (plain, so pick your color first. If you want to go further, smelting dyed terracotta in a furnace turns it) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 690.89 Tm (into glazed terracotta, where each color prints its own unique pattern on the block - cyan, for example,) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 675.89 Tm (comes out looking like a creeper face - which is popular for pixel-art builds and detailed floor or wall) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 660.89 Tm (designs.) Tj ET BT /F2 15 Tf 0.08 0.1 0.14 rg 1 0 0 1 46 632.89 Tm (Conclusion) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 608.89 Tm (Which method you use really just comes down to what you need right now. Badlands mining is the) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 593.89 Tm (fastest way to stock up on multiple colors at once, clay and furnace smelting gives you an unlimited) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 578.89 Tm (supply of the plain block, and dyeing lets you match terracotta to any build. Combine all three and you'll) Tj ET BT /F1 11 Tf 0.14 0.16 0.2 rg 1 0 0 1 46 563.89 Tm (never run short of it again.) 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