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Blue Terracotta in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Blue Terracotta is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Blue Terracotta.
What is Blue Terracotta?
Blue Terracotta is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.25 and a blast resistance of 4.2. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Blue Terracotta does not emit light. Blue Terracotta filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:blue_terracotta. Command: /give @p minecraft:blue_terracotta 1.
How to mine Blue Terracotta
Blue Terracotta requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 1.88 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 6.25 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Blue Terracotta drops
When broken, Blue Terracotta drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Blue Terracotta is used to craft
Blue Terracotta appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Blue Terracotta technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: 16 terracotta colors
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Stained Terracotta (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:blue_terracotta
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.25
- Blast resistance: 4.2
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:blue_terracotta 1
Overview
Blue Terracotta is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Prerequisites and materials
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blue Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Blue Terracotta once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blue Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Blue Terracotta once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 1.88s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 6.25s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:blue_terracotta 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Blue Terracotta?
You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.
What does Blue Terracotta drop when mined?
Breaking Blue Terracotta drops Blue Terracotta.
How hard is Blue Terracotta to mine?
Blue Terracotta has a hardness value of 1.25. That works out to roughly 1.88s with the correct tool or 6.25s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Blue Terracotta?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Blue Terracotta.
What is Blue Terracotta used to craft?
Blue Terracotta is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Blue Terracotta?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:blue_terracotta, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.