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{{about|the item|the block|Clay|other uses|Clay (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Clay Ball.png
| stackable = Yes (64)
| renewable = Yes
}}
A '''clay ball''' is the item obtained from [[Minecraft:clay]] used for [[Minecraft:crafting]] or making [[Minecraft:brick]]s.

== Obtaining ==
=== Mining ===
Clay balls are obtained when a [[Minecraft:clay]] block is broken with a non-[[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] tool. Each block yields four clay balls regardless of [[Minecraft:Fortune]].

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|clay-ball}}

== Usage ==
Clay balls can be [[Minecraft:crafted]] back together to form [[Minecraft:clay]] blocks or baked in a [[Minecraft:furnace]] to create [[Minecraft:brick]]s.

=== Crafting ingredient  ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Clay Ball
|Brick
|0.3
}}

=== Trading ===
{{Trade uses}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
''[[Minecraft:Java Edition]]'':
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Clay Ball
|spritetype=item
|nameid=clay_ball
|form=item
|foot=1}}

''[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition]]'':
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Clay Ball
|spritetype=item
|nameid=clay_ball
|id=384
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Videos ==
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== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.11|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w49a|Clay can now be found in [[Minecraft:chest]]s in [[Minecraft:village]] mason houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Clay can now be found in [[Minecraft:chest]]s in [[Minecraft:desert]] [[Minecraft:village]] houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Mason [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:buy]] 10 clay for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w13a|Mason villagers now give [[Minecraft:clay]] to players under the [[Minecraft:Hero of the Village]] effect, making clay ball [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|"Clay" has been renamed to "Clay Ball".}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|4 clay items are now dropped from clay blocks when broken.
|Clay can now be crafted into clay blocks.
|Clay can now be smelted into bricks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.
|10–13 clay can now be [[Minecraft:trading|sold]] to stone mason [[Minecraft:villager]]s for an [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Clay can now be found in [[Minecraft:village]] mason [[Minecraft:chest]]s and [[Minecraft:desert]] village house chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Minecraft:Trading]] has been changed, stone mason villagers now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 10 clay for an emerald<!-- previously 10-13 -->.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.0|dev=beta 1.19.0.24|Clay ball now [[Minecraft:renewable]] by placing [[Minecraft:mud]] above a block which has [[Minecraft:pointed dripstone]] underneath.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.30|dev=Preview 1.21.30.22|Changed name from "Clay" to "Clay Ball" to match {{JE}}.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 337.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:ClayInNumerousForms.png|Clay blocks being mined and dropping clay balls.
</gallery>

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