Brewer Pottery Sherd
Brewer Pottery Sherd is brushed from suspicious gravel at trail ruins and displays a brewing stand figure on a decorated pot face.
Description
Guide
How to Find and Use the Brewer Pottery Sherd in Minecraft
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Locate trail ruins
Search for patches of mossy cobblestone emerging from the terrain surface in any overworld biome. Trail ruins are ancient buried structures spread across the landscape — the mossy stone patches mark where the roof has eroded through.
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Craft a brush
Craft a brush using one feather on top, one copper ingot in the middle, and one stick at the bottom in a crafting table column. The brush is the only tool that extracts items from suspicious gravel without destroying them empty-handed.
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Brush suspicious gravel blocks
Equip the brush and hold right-click (or use) on each suspicious gravel block inside trail ruins. Brushing extracts one item from the block and destroys it — each block can only be brushed once.
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Collect the Brewer Pottery Sherd
The Brewer Pottery Sherd is one of several possible drops from suspicious gravel in trail ruins, competing with other pottery sherds and smaller items. If it does not appear, brush additional suspicious gravel blocks in the same ruin or seek out another trail ruin nearby.
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Craft a decorated pot
Place four pottery sherds of any pattern in a 2×2 crafting grid to produce one decorated pot. The Brewer Pottery Sherd controls the motif on the face of the pot that corresponds to its slot position in the grid.
Pottery sherds in a decorated pot recipe do not need to match. You can combine the Brewer Pottery Sherd with up to three different sherd patterns to create a unique pot with four distinct motifs — one brewing stand face and three others.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Brewer Pottery Sherd found?
The Brewer Pottery Sherd is found by brushing suspicious gravel blocks in trail ruins. Trail ruins appear in many overworld biomes and are identified by patches of mossy cobblestone breaking the terrain surface.
Is the Brewer Pottery Sherd rare?
Yes. Suspicious gravel in trail ruins has multiple possible loot drops, and the Brewer Pottery Sherd competes with other pottery sherds and small items for each slot. Brushing all suspicious gravel blocks in a ruin improves your chances of obtaining it.
What can you craft with the Brewer Pottery Sherd?
The Brewer Pottery Sherd is used to craft a decorated pot. Place four pottery sherds of any pattern in a 2×2 crafting grid to produce one decorated pot with one motif per face.
Do all four pottery sherds need to match?
No. You can combine any four pottery sherd patterns in the 2×2 crafting grid. Each sherd controls the motif on one face of the decorated pot, so mixing patterns creates a unique four-sided decoration.
What version added the Brewer Pottery Sherd?
The Brewer Pottery Sherd was added in Minecraft Java Edition 1.20 and Bedrock Edition 1.20 as part of the Trails and Tales update.
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