How do you get Clay Ball in Minecraft?

Clay Ball is obtained through mining. You never craft Clay Ball; 1 recipe spends it.

When was Clay Ball added to Minecraft?

Clay Ball was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Clay Ball used for?

Clay Ball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Brick.

Where do you find Clay Ball in chests?

Clay Ball is chest loot in village mason chests (about 21%, 1 to 3 at a time) and desert village houses (about 14%). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Clay Ball can you stack?

Clay Ball at 64 a slot, and Brick takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Brick with nothing left over. A double chest of Clay Ball comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Miscellaneous

Clay Ball

A crafting material dropped when a clay block is mined without Silk Touch. Four clay balls craft back into a clay block, and a single ball smelts into a brick.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Clay Ball at a glance

Mining gives you Clay Ball, an item filed under Miscellaneous. Carrying Clay Ball is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Clay Ball additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Brick. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Clay Ball, village mason chests are the best bet at about 21% per chest. It sits between Charcoal and Clock in Miscellaneous, number 22 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Brick is the one recipe that asks for Clay Ball, and the link below opens that grid. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Clay Ball.

Brick

How to obtain

Mining

Notes

Not a block. Mining a clay block drops 4 clay balls; smelt one to get a brick or four to reform the clay block.

Frequently asked questions about Clay Ball

How do you get Clay Ball in Minecraft?
Clay Ball is obtained through mining. You never craft Clay Ball; 1 recipe spends it.
When was Clay Ball added to Minecraft?
Clay Ball was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is Clay Ball used for?
Clay Ball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Brick.
Where do you find Clay Ball in chests?
Clay Ball is chest loot in village mason chests (about 21%, 1 to 3 at a time) and desert village houses (about 14%). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
How many Clay Ball can you stack?
Clay Ball at 64 a slot, and Brick takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Brick with nothing left over. A double chest of Clay Ball comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Clay blocks in riverbeds and lakes break into four clay balls, and smelting a ball gives a brick. Four bricks make a brick block, so a brick house is really a river dredging project, which is exactly why one still means something on a server.

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