Arms Up Pottery Sherd is an archaeology item obtained by brushing the suspicious sand found inside desert wells — small sandstone structures that generate in desert biomes. Each suspicious sand block yields exactly one item and then crumbles: Arms Up Pottery Sherd appears with a 25% chance, sharing the loot table with the Brewer Pottery Sherd. Because every block can be brushed only once, the supply per well is limited and the sherd is non-renewable. Arms Up Pottery Sherd exists in both Java and Bedrock Editions since Minecraft 1.20 (Trails & Tales).

The arms up motif depicts a standing figure with both arms raised — a pose open to interpretation as celebration, greeting, or ritual display. Placing four pottery sherds or bricks of any combination in a 2×2 crafting grid assembles a decorated pot with one motif per side. The energetic pose makes Arms Up Pottery Sherd a popular choice for festive builds, village markets, and temple decorations. Note that trail ruins and desert pyramids do not yield Arms Up Pottery Sherd: those structures drop other sherd patterns, so desert wells are the only source.