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Brown Glazed Terracotta in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Brown Glazed Terracotta is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Brown Glazed Terracotta.
What is Brown Glazed Terracotta?
Brown Glazed Terracotta is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.4 and a blast resistance of 1.4. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Brown Glazed Terracotta does not emit light. Brown Glazed Terracotta filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta. Command: /give @p minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta 1.
How to mine Brown Glazed Terracotta
Brown Glazed 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 2.1 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 7 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×.
Brown Glazed Terracotta drops
When broken, Brown Glazed Terracotta drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Requires Tool
Brown Glazed Terracotta technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
- Map color: Map color/data Green Glazed Terracotta Green Cyan Glazed Terracotta Cyan Light Blue Glazed Terracotta Light Blue Blue Glazed Terracotta Blue Purple Glazed Terracotta Purple Magenta Glazed Terracotta Magenta Pink Glazed Terracotta Pink }}
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Glazed Terracotta (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 1.4
- Blast resistance: 1.4
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta 1
Overview
Brown Glazed 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 Brown Glazed Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Brown Glazed Terracotta once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Brown Glazed Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
- Expect to collect Brown Glazed Terracotta once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 2.1s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:brown_glazed_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 Brown Glazed 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 Brown Glazed Terracotta drop when mined?
Breaking Brown Glazed Terracotta drops Brown Glazed Terracotta.
How hard is Brown Glazed Terracotta to mine?
Brown Glazed Terracotta has a hardness value of 1.4. That works out to roughly 2.1s with the correct tool or 7s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Brown Glazed Terracotta?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:brown_glazed_terracotta, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.