Scrape Pottery Sherd
Pottery sherd from cold ocean ruins; depicts a hook-like scraping tool used in decorated pot crafting.
Description
The fragment is consumed in the Decorated Pot recipe, where four sherds or bricks are arranged in a plus shape around an empty center slot; whichever piece occupies a slot determines the design visible on that face of the finished pot. A Decorated Pot breaks into a whole pot when struck bare-handed, but shatters back into its individual components if any tool is used. The pot itself stores a single item stack and accepts hoppers placed above and below for automated transfer.
Java Edition Guide
How to find and use the Scrape Pottery Sherd in Minecraft
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Travel to a cold ocean biome
Navigate to a deep cold ocean or frozen ocean biome. Scrape Pottery Sherds appear only in cold ocean ruins, which do not generate in warm or lukewarm oceans.
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Locate cold ocean ruins on the seafloor
Dive to the seabed and look for weathered stone brick structures. Suspicious sand — a speckled beige block that crumbles without support — appears inside and around these ruins.
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Craft a Brush
Place a feather on top, a copper ingot in the middle, and a stick at the bottom in a single vertical column in a crafting grid. The Brush is the only Minecraft tool that excavates suspicious sand.
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Brush the suspicious sand block
Right-click the suspicious sand while holding the Brush. The animation takes about one second. The block may yield a Scrape Pottery Sherd, another archaeology item, or drop as normal sand.
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Place it in the Decorated Pot recipe
Arrange four sherds or bricks in a cross pattern around an empty center slot on any crafting table. The Scrape Pottery Sherd's hook motif appears on the face corresponding to its slot. Use a brick tile for faces where you want no design.
A Decorated Pot breaks intact when struck bare-handed but shatters into its four individual sherds and bricks if any tool is used. Use an empty hand to move a finished pot without losing its components.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you find the Scrape Pottery Sherd?
The Scrape Pottery Sherd is found only in cold ocean ruins on the seafloor. Use a Brush on suspicious sand blocks inside those ruins to excavate it. Warm and lukewarm ocean ruins do not contain this sherd.
Can you craft the Scrape Pottery Sherd?
No. The Scrape Pottery Sherd cannot be crafted from any materials. Brushing suspicious sand in cold ocean ruins is the only way to obtain it, making it a non-renewable item tied to world generation.
What does the motif on the Scrape Pottery Sherd show?
The sherd face depicts a hook-like implement, commonly read as a fishing hook, a hide-scraper, or a surface-stripping tool. The design matches the maritime and archaeological theme of cold ocean ruins.
What version added the Scrape Pottery Sherd?
The Scrape Pottery Sherd was added in Java Edition 1.20 and Bedrock Edition 1.20.0, both released on June 7, 2023, as part of the Trails and Tales update.
How many sherds does a Decorated Pot use?
A Decorated Pot recipe accepts four items in a cross pattern with no center piece. Each position can be a sherd or a brick tile. Only positions with sherds show a design; brick tiles leave that face plain.
Does a Decorated Pot store items?
Yes. A Decorated Pot holds one item stack of any type. A hopper placed above inserts items, and a hopper placed below extracts them, making Decorated Pots a compact, decorative storage option.
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