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Cyan Terracotta in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Cyan Terracotta is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Cyan Terracotta.

What is Cyan Terracotta?

Cyan 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. Cyan Terracotta does not emit light. Cyan Terracotta filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:cyan_terracotta. Command: /give @p minecraft:cyan_terracotta 1.

How to mine Cyan Terracotta

Cyan 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×.

Cyan Terracotta drops

When broken, Cyan Terracotta drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Cyan Terracotta is used to craft

Cyan Terracotta appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Cyan 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:cyan_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:cyan_terracotta 1

Overview

Cyan 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 Cyan Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Cyan Terracotta once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Cyan Terracotta with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Cyan Terracotta once it breaks.
  3. 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:cyan_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 Cyan 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 Cyan Terracotta drop when mined?

Breaking Cyan Terracotta drops Cyan Terracotta.

How hard is Cyan Terracotta to mine?

Cyan 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 Cyan Terracotta?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Cyan Terracotta.

What is Cyan Terracotta used to craft?

Cyan Terracotta is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Cyan Terracotta?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:cyan_terracotta, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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