Pink Glazed Terracotta — Minecraft block

Pink Glazed Terracotta

Pink Glazed Terracotta is a decorative pink block with a direction-based pattern (the texture rotates as you place it), obtained by smelting pink terracotta.

Block ID minecraft:pink_glazed_terracotta
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Pink Glazed Terracotta is a glazed building block obtained by smelting pink terracotta in a furnace: one dyed block smelts into one glazed block, while unstained terracotta cannot be smelted at all. No generated structure in Minecraft contains the pink variant — villages, trail ruins, and trial chambers use other colors — so smelting and mason trading are the only sources. Pink Glazed Terracotta requires a pickaxe for mining — a wooden pickaxe already suffices — and drops nothing when mined without one. Glazed terracotta registers a hardness of 1.4 and a blast resistance of 1.4, does not burn, and survives contact with lava.

Pink Glazed Terracotta belongs to the sixteen dye colors of glazed terracotta introduced in Java Edition 1.12 and Bedrock Edition 1.1.0. Each placed glazed terracotta block rotates its texture to match the direction the player faces while placing, and same-color blocks set in the correct orientation across a 2×2 or larger area combine into one continuous image — the reason Pink Glazed Terracotta suits mosaic floors, statement pathways, and tiled bathroom-style interiors. Pink Glazed Terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or honey blocks, cannot be pulled by sticky pistons, but ordinary pistons can still push it. Eight terracotta blocks crafted around one pink dye yield eight pink terracotta, the only smelting input for Pink Glazed Terracotta.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:pink_glazed_terracotta
/give command /give @p minecraft:pink_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 Pink Glazed Terracotta in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Craft pink terracotta

    Place 8 terracotta blocks in a ring around 1 pink dye on a crafting table to craft 8 pink terracotta.

  2. 2

    Smelt pink terracotta

    Put pink terracotta into a furnace: every 1 pink terracotta smelts into 1 Pink Glazed Terracotta.

  3. 3

    Mine with a pickaxe

    Break Pink Glazed Terracotta with a wooden pickaxe or better; mined without a pickaxe, Pink Glazed Terracotta drops nothing.

  4. 4

    Align the 2×2 pattern

    Place Pink Glazed Terracotta while facing the same direction every time so blocks in a 2×2 or larger area merge into one image.

  5. 5

    Buy from a mason villager

    Trade emeralds to a mason villager for glazed terracotta in any color as an alternative to smelting.

Piston behavior

Pistons can push Pink Glazed Terracotta, but sticky pistons cannot pull Pink Glazed Terracotta, and Pink Glazed Terracotta does not stick to slime blocks or honey blocks — handy for hidden doors in glazed floors.

How to craft this block

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

Frequently asked questions

How much experience does smelting Pink Glazed Terracotta give?

Each block of pink terracotta smelted into Pink Glazed Terracotta yields 0.1 experience.

Can the pink color of Pink Glazed Terracotta be changed or removed?

No. Terracotta takes its color at the pink terracotta stage — 8 terracotta plus 1 pink dye craft 8 pink terracotta — and that dyeing step is irreversible.

Does Pink Glazed Terracotta emit light?

No. Glazed terracotta emits no light, so Pink Glazed Terracotta floors need separate light sources.

Is Pink Glazed Terracotta a renewable resource (a resource you can farm endlessly)?

Yes. Mason villagers sell glazed terracotta in all 16 colors, pink included, which made the family renewable in Java Edition 1.14.

Where can you find Pink Glazed Terracotta naturally?

Nowhere. Other glazed terracotta colors generate in ocean ruins, villages, trail ruins, and trial chambers, but pink is one of the colors Minecraft never generates — smelting and mason trading are the only sources.

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