White Terracotta Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft white terracotta with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, white terracotta (or white hardened clay) is one of the many building blocks that you can make. The crafting process will create 8 blocks of white terracotta at a time.

Let’s explore how to make white terracotta.

Where to find White Terracotta in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find white terracotta in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.19	Building Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Colored Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make White Terracotta

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft white terracotta:

8 Terracotta
1 White Dye

How to craft White Terracotta in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make White Terracotta

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make white terracotta, place 8 terracotta and 1 white dye in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When making white terracotta, it is important that the terracotta and white dye are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 3 terracotta. In the second row, there should be 1 terracotta in the first box, 1 white dye in the second box, and 1 terracotta in the third box. In the third row, there should be 3 terracotta. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for white terracotta.

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Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the white terracotta will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the White Terracotta to Inventory

Once you have crafted white terracotta, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made white terracotta in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, white terracotta has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	White Terracotta (minecraft:stained_hardened_clay)	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	White Terracotta (minecraft:white_terracotta)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Block States for White Terracotta

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE), the block states for White Terracotta are:

• Block State is the internal name for the block state.
• Value is the value for the block state.
• Default indicates that it is the default, if omitted.
• Required indicates that it must be included in command to properly identify this item/block.
• Example shows how to format the block state to be used in the /fill, /setblock, /clone, or /testforblock command.

Give Command for White Terracotta

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for White Terracotta is:

/give @p white_terracotta 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for White Terracotta is:

/give @p stained_hardened_clay 1 0

Things to Make with White Terracotta

You can use white terracotta to make items in Minecraft such as:

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