Blue Glazed Terracotta — Minecraft block

Blue Glazed Terracotta

Blue Glazed Terracotta is a vibrant blue building block whose pattern rotates on placement, obtained by smelting blue stained terracotta in a furnace.

Block ID minecraft:blue_glazed_terracotta
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Blue Glazed Terracotta is the blue entry among the sixteen glazed terracotta colors, a family of vibrant, patterned solid blocks. A furnace converts one block of blue stained terracotta into one Blue Glazed Terracotta and awards 0.1 experience per smelt, while plain unstained terracotta cannot be glazed at all. Trading opens a second route: an expert-level mason villager sells one glazed terracotta for one emerald, carries twelve such trades in stock, and lists every color as a separate offer in Java Edition. A pickaxe mines Blue Glazed Terracotta, wooden tier included, while bare hands drop nothing. Blue Glazed Terracotta registers 1.4 hardness and 1.4 blast resistance.

Placement is where Blue Glazed Terracotta earns a build slot: the motif turns to match the direction the player faces while placing, and a 2×2 or larger field of same-color blocks in matching orientation merges into a single image. Most glazed terracotta textures also carry reflection symmetry along the corner-to-corner diagonal. One stack stores 64 blocks, sixteen complete 2×2 motifs for a large ornamental floor. Blue Glazed Terracotta suits builds that need a deep-blue accent with pattern instead of flat color.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:blue_glazed_terracotta
/give command /give @p minecraft:blue_glazed_terracotta
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Pickaxe
Renewable Yes
Hardness 1.4
Blast resistance 1.4
Java Edition 1.12
Bedrock Edition 1.1.0

Guide

How to get and use Blue Glazed Terracotta in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Smelt blue stained terracotta

    Load a furnace with blue stained terracotta and any fuel; every block smelts into one Blue Glazed Terracotta and yields 0.1 experience. Plain unstained terracotta does not glaze in a furnace.

  2. 2

    Buy from an expert mason

    Raise a mason villager to the expert tier and trade one emerald per glazed terracotta; the villager stocks twelve of these trades, and in Java Edition each color is a separate offer.

  3. 3

    Harvest with a pickaxe

    Break Blue Glazed Terracotta with any pickaxe, wooden at minimum, to collect the block; breaking the block bare-handed drops nothing.

  4. 4

    Orient the pattern on placement

    The Blue Glazed Terracotta motif faces the direction the player looks while placing; set same-color blocks in a 2×2 square or larger with matching orientation and the textures align into one image.

Moving the block with redstone

Pistons push Blue Glazed Terracotta, but sticky pistons cannot pull the block, and Blue Glazed Terracotta never sticks to slime blocks or honey blocks, so slime contraptions cannot carry the block along.

How to craft this block

Crafting
Furnace
Blue Glazed Terracotta
1
Blue Glazed Terracotta XP: +0.1 · 10 sec

Frequently asked questions

When was Blue Glazed Terracotta added to Minecraft?

Glazed terracotta in all sixteen colors, Blue Glazed Terracotta included, joined Java Edition in snapshot 17w06a of version 1.12 and reached Bedrock Edition in 1.1.0.

Does Blue Glazed Terracotta emit light?

Blue Glazed Terracotta emits no light and is not transparent; the block works as a solid, opaque building tile.

Is glazed terracotta a real material?

Glazed architectural terra cotta is a real material that clad buildings in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia between the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

Can fire or lava destroy Blue Glazed Terracotta?

No. Blue Glazed Terracotta is not flammable and is not destroyed by lava, so the block survives contact with both.

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