Light Gray Terracotta
Light Gray Terracotta is a dye-colored building block: crafting 8 terracotta with 1 light gray dye yields 8 blocks.
Description
Light Gray Terracotta stacks to 64 and is not flammable. A furnace smelts Light Gray Terracotta into Light Gray Glazed Terracotta and grants 0.1 experience per smelted block. Fresh plain terracotta for the next batch comes from badlands mining or from smelting clay. One crafting session spends exactly 8 plain terracotta and 1 light gray dye and returns exactly 8 dyed blocks, so plan ingredient counts in multiples of eight.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:light_gray_terracotta
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|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:light_gray_terracotta
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| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Best tool | Pickaxe |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Java Edition | 1.6.1 |
Guide
How to craft Light Gray Terracotta in Minecraft
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1
Collect plain terracotta
Mine plain terracotta in badlands biomes or smelt clay in a furnace to stock the base ingredient for Light Gray Terracotta.
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2
Prepare light gray dye
Take 1 light gray dye per crafting batch; 8 plain terracotta plus the dye turn into 8 dyed blocks.
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3
Fill the crafting grid
Place 1 light gray dye in the center cell of a crafting table and put 8 plain terracotta blocks in the remaining cells.
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4
Collect the output
Take 8 Light Gray Terracotta blocks from the crafting output; every batch produces exactly 8 blocks.
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5
Reclaim and upgrade blocks
Break misplaced Light Gray Terracotta with any pickaxe to pick the block back up, and smelt spare blocks into Light Gray Glazed Terracotta for 0.1 experience each.
The color of Light Gray Terracotta cannot be changed or removed afterwards — the crafting recipe is irreversible — so dye only as much plain terracotta as the current build needs.
How to craft this block
Used in crafts
Frequently asked questions
Does Light Gray Terracotta emit light or let light through?
Light Gray Terracotta is neither transparent nor glowing: the block emits no light and stops light from passing through.
Which Minecraft update added Light Gray Terracotta?
Java Edition received stained clay in snapshot 13w19a for update 1.6.1. Renames in 1.10 and 1.12 turned Light Gray Stained Clay into Light Gray Terracotta.
Is Light Gray Terracotta available in Bedrock Edition?
Bedrock Edition has carried Light Gray Terracotta since Pocket Edition alpha v0.9.0 build 1, as part of the same 16-color stained terracotta family.
Where in badlands does Light Gray Terracotta generate?
Light Gray Terracotta generates in varying layers above Y≈74, and the layers are sometimes covered by regular terracotta.
Does Light Gray Terracotta have its own color on maps?
All 16 stained terracotta colors, Light Gray Terracotta included, have shown unique map colors since Java Edition 1.12.
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