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{{About|the non-dyed and non-glazed block|the dyed variant|Stained Terracotta|the smelted form|Glazed Terracotta}}
{{Infobox block
| image = Terracotta.png
| invimage = Terracotta
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
'''Terracotta''' is a [[Minecraft:block]] that is found abundantly in [[Minecraft:badlands]] biomes, or can be obtained by smelting [[Minecraft:clay]]. It can be dyed to create [[Minecraft:stained terracotta]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Terracotta can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Terracotta|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Natural generation ===
'''Badlands'''

Terracotta can be found naturally and abundantly in [[Minecraft:badlands]] biomes.

'''Villages'''

Terracotta can be found in [[Minecraft:desert]] villages, as a part of houses, lamps and meeting points.

{{block distribution}}

=== Smelting ===
{{Smelting
|Clay
|Terracotta
|0.35
}}

== Usage ==
=== Building ===
Terracotta has the same blast resistance as most other stone blocks, which is significantly higher than the block of clay before being smelted. A block of terracotta when one block away from a creeper or TNT [[Minecraft:explosion]] protects any blocks behind it, although the terracotta itself is destroyed.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Terracotta}}

=== Note blocks ===
Uncolored terracotta can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce a "bass drum" sound.

=== Sulfur cube ===
{{In development|section=1|drop=Chaos Cubed}}
[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb terracotta, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Terracotta
|spritetype=block
|nameid=terracotta
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Terracotta
|spritetype=block
|nameid=hardened_clay
|id=172
|foot=1}}

== Videos ==
{{yt|fXcMvet8umY}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition''===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||April 24, 2013|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|327166273047891969}}|[[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]] tweets the first picture of the hardened clay block, based on a suggestion by user BlameTheController, to be similar to Native American Pueblos.<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|327168229103529984|The silly guesses at what that block is are pretty hilarious. @BlameTC suggested the block, ask him what it is!|April 25, 2013}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w17a|[[File:Terracotta JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hardened clay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36b|Hardened clay now generates in [[Minecraft:badlands|mesa]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w16a|Hardened clay is now called "terracotta".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Terracotta JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of terracotta has been changed. The stained terracotta textures remain unchanged.<ref>{{bug|MC-161716}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Uncolored terracotta can now be found in [[Minecraft:plains]] [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Uncolored terracotta can now be found in [[Minecraft:desert]] villages.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w13a|Uncolored terracotta has also become renewable, due to mason villagers throwing [[Minecraft:clay]] at players under the [[Minecraft:Hero of the Village]] effect, which can be smelted into terracotta.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w12a|Terracotta can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:host armor trim]]s, [[Minecraft:raiser armor trim]]s, [[Minecraft:shaper armor trim]]s, and [[Minecraft:wayfinder armor trim]]s.
|Terracotta can now be found in [[Minecraft:trail ruins]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w05a|Sand, red sand and terracotta of any color have a chance of playing ambient sounds when surrounded by any one of them on at least 3 sides 8 blocks away.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.6|dev=25w15a|Terracotta no longer emits ambient sounds.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb terracotta, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Terracotta JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hardened clay.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 11|Hardened clay can now be used to used to [[Minecraft:crafting|craft]] stained clay.
|Hardened clay can now be obtained by smelting [[Minecraft:clay|clay blocks]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Hardened clay is now called "terracotta".}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Terracotta JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of terracotta has been changed.
|Uncolored terracotta now generates in the new [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.0|dev=Preview 1.19.0.25|[[Minecraft:Mud]] now can be converted into clay using [[Minecraft:pointed dripstone]], making uncolored terracotta [[Minecraft:renewable]] as well.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.80|exp=Next Major Update|dev=Preview 1.19.80.22|Terracotta can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:host armor trim]], [[Minecraft:raiser armor trim]], [[Minecraft:shaper armor trim]], and [[Minecraft:wayfinder armor trim]].
|Terracotta can now be found in [[Minecraft:trail ruins]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.70.20|Sand, red sand and terracotta of any color have a chance of playing ambient sounds when surrounded by any one of them on at least 3 sides 8 blocks away.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.90|dev=Preview 1.21.90.21|Terracotta no longer emits ambient sounds.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb terracotta, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Terracotta JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hardened clay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Hardened clay now generates naturally in [[Minecraft:badlands|mesa]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps3=1.49|psvita=1.49|ps4=1.50|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Hardened clay is now called "terracotta".}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Terracotta JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of terracotta has been changed.}}
}}

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

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Hardened clay now uses the newly-implemented model json file {{code|models/block/cube.json}}; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], the block's numeral ID was 172.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=17w47b|The ID for terracotta has been changed from <code>hardened_clay</code> to <code>terracotta</code>.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Despite the name change, in Bedrock Edition, normal terracotta's ID is still <code>hardened_clay</code>.

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Badlands.png|Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands biome.
Badlands Plateau.png|Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands plateau.
Eroded Badlands.png|More jagged naturally occurring terracotta found in an eroded badlands biome.
Badlands Cave.png|Naturally occurring terracotta found in a badlands cavern.
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
AdobeBlock.png|The first picture of terracotta tweeted by [[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]].
13w17a snapshot banner.png|The [[Minecraft:Java Edition 13w17a|13w17a]] banner, featuring terracotta.
13w37a Banner.png|The [[Minecraft:Java Edition 13w37a|13w37a]] banner showing terracotta in a [[Minecraft:badlands|mesa]] biome.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Navigation ==
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