Friend Pottery Sherd
Decorative archeology sherd showing the unibrow and nose of a villager or iron golem, brushed from suspicious gravel in Trail Ruins.
Description
Like all sherds, this fragment cannot be crafted — brushing is the only source. Its main use is in the Decorated Pot recipe: four sherds or bricks fill a 2×2 square of the crafting grid in any mix, and the face of the finished pot that shows a given design corresponds to the slot where that sherd was placed, so builders can plan which side faces the viewer. A Decorated Pot has a single-stack inventory slot and accepts hoppers above and below for automation. When broken with bare hands or a Silk Touch tool the pot drops as a whole item; broken with any other tool it shatters back into its individual sherds, allowing the Friend Pottery Sherd to be recovered and reused.
How to Get
How to find and use Friend Pottery Sherd in Minecraft
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Craft a Brush
Craft a Brush from 1 Feather (top), 1 Copper Ingot (middle), and 1 Stick (bottom) in a crafting table. The Brush is the only tool that reveals items from Suspicious Gravel.
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Find Trail Ruins
Trail Ruins generate underground in old growth taiga, snowy taiga, taiga, and jungle biomes. Look for mossy cobblestone and terracotta structures partially buried in the ground.
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Brush Suspicious Gravel
Hold the Brush and right-click (use) on Suspicious Gravel blocks inside Trail Ruins. Each block drops one random item — Friend Pottery Sherd is among the possible rewards.
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Craft a Decorated Pot
Fill a 2×2 square of the crafting grid with 4 sherds or bricks in any mix. The position of the Friend Pottery Sherd determines which side of the pot displays its motif.
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Orient the Decorated Pot
When placing the Decorated Pot in the world, face the direction where you want the motif to show. The side facing you during placement is the side that displays your chosen sherd's design.
Breaking a Decorated Pot with your bare hand or a Silk Touch tool drops the pot intact. Breaking it with any other tool shatters it into its component sherds, which you can reuse in a new pot recipe.
Frequently asked questions
How do you get the Friend Pottery Sherd in Minecraft?
The Friend Pottery Sherd is obtained exclusively by brushing Suspicious Gravel blocks inside Trail Ruins using a Brush. It cannot be crafted or found in chests.
What is the Friend Pottery Sherd used for?
The Friend Pottery Sherd is used as one of four ingredients in the Decorated Pot recipe. Its position in the crafting grid determines which side of the pot displays its motif.
Can you craft the Friend Pottery Sherd?
No. The Friend Pottery Sherd cannot be crafted. The only way to obtain it is by brushing Suspicious Gravel in Trail Ruins.
In which biomes do Trail Ruins generate?
Trail Ruins generate in old growth taiga (including pine and spruce variants), snowy taiga, taiga, and jungle biomes. They are partially buried underground structures.
What happens if you break a Decorated Pot made with the Friend Pottery Sherd?
Breaking the Decorated Pot with bare hands or a Silk Touch tool drops the entire pot as an item. Breaking it with any other tool shatters it into its component sherds, including the Friend Pottery Sherd, which can be reused.
How many different pottery sherds exist in Minecraft?
There are 23 pottery sherds in Minecraft: 20 were added in Java Edition 1.20 with the Trails & Tales update (June 7, 2023), and three more arrived in the 1.21 trial chambers.
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