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Pottery Sherd
Miscellaneous

Pottery Sherd

A decorated ceramic fragment recovered through archaeology, used to add a unique face to a decorated pot. There are 23 distinct designs.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.20

Item ID

pottery_sherds

Pottery Sherd at a glance

Pottery Sherd comes from archaeology (brushing suspicious sand or gravel), and Miscellaneous is where it sits as an item. A slot of Pottery Sherd holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Pottery Sherd sits between Pink Dye and Prismarine Crystals in Miscellaneous, number 98 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Archaeology (brushing suspicious sand or gravel)

Notes

Found by brushing suspicious blocks in trail ruins, desert pyramids, desert wells and ocean ruins. The Flow, Guster and Scrape sherds were added in 1.21.

Frequently asked questions about Pottery Sherd

  1. Pottery Sherd as it appears in the game, the item this answer is about

    How do you get Pottery Sherd in Minecraft?

    Pottery Sherd is obtained through archaeology (brushing suspicious sand or gravel). A crafting table will not help you here: Pottery Sherd has no recipe of its own.

  2. Pottery Sherd coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.20

    When was Pottery Sherd added to Minecraft?

    Pottery Sherd was added in version 1.20.

  3. 64 Pottery Sherd drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Pottery Sherd can you stack?

    Pottery Sherd goes 64 to the slot, which is 1,728 in a shulker box and 3,456 in a double chest. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  4. Pottery Sherd on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Pottery Sherd used for?

    A decorated ceramic fragment recovered through archaeology, used to add a unique face to a decorated pot. There are 23 distinct designs.

Building with it

Pottery sherds come out of suspicious sand and gravel under a brush, and four of them make a decorated pot with a picture on each face. Since each sherd carries a different design, no two pots in a world need to look alike.

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