Glazed Terracotta

Breaking

Glazed terracotta requires a pickaxe to be mined. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Natural generation

Purple glazed terracotta generates in some cold ocean ruins. Yellow glazed terracotta generates in mason houses in savanna villages. Orange glazed terracotta generates in savanna village armorer houses. White glazed terracotta generates in some desert village buildings. Lime glazed terracotta generates in one of the desert village temples. Light blue glazed terracotta generates in toolsmith houses in desert villages. Black, cyan, light blue, light gray, orange and yellow glazed terracotta can generate in trail ruins. Red glazed terracotta generate in altar-like structures with ominous vaults within trial chambers.

Smelting

Glazed terracotta can be obtained by smelting any stained terracotta. Unstained terracotta cannot be smelted.

Usage

Glazed terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or honey blocks, but unlike immovable blocks, it can be pushed by pistons and sticky pistons. It cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

Placement

When placed, glazed terracotta's texture rotates relative to the direction the player is facing while placing the block. If several glazed terracotta blocks of the same color are placed in the "correct" orientation in a 2×2 or greater area, the textures align to create a singular image, as demonstrated in the image to the right. The magenta glazed terracotta pattern includes an arrow (⬆) design that can be used to point to things or direct players. A guide is shown below, in order to correctly place the arrow direction (based on testing).

Texture

Glazed terracotta blocks are designed to form a larger, cohesive pattern when placed in the correct 2×2 configuration. Most textures have reflection symmetry along a diagonal line that goes from corner to corner, though the colors of individual pixels can differ slightly. Although the design of each individual glazed terracotta block is up for interpretation, there are some intentional details in certain blocks: Magenta blocks contain directional arrows. Cyan blocks contain a creeper's face. Purple blocks contain the hilt and handguard of a sword.