Sheaf Pottery Sherd
Bundle-of-grain motif from Trail Ruins, fitting harvest and farmstead decorated pots.
Description
It enters the Decorated Pot recipe as one of the four side ingredients arranged in a plus around an empty central slot. The motif appears on whichever face of the pot the sherd was placed in, so the same fragment can be used four times for a uniform exterior or mixed with other designs to compose a small narrative on a single block.
A finished pot can be broken with a non-tool to fall as a whole item, preserving its art when relocating to a granary build, harvest festival map or village museum. The pot accepts hopper input from above and below, so this farmer-themed piece can also act as a quiet, decorated stage of an item-sorting line.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:sheaf_pottery_sherd
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|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:sheaf_pottery_sherd
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| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Renewable | No |
| Java Edition | 1.20 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.19.80 |
Java Edition Guide
How to get and use a Sheaf Pottery Sherd in Minecraft
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1
Find a Trail Ruins site
Search taiga, snowy taiga, old growth spruce taiga, old growth pine taiga, old growth birch forest, or jungle biomes and watch for suspicious gravel patches near the surface.
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2
Brush the suspicious gravel
Equip a brush and hold the use button on suspicious gravel blocks inside the ruin so the buried item is slowly uncovered instead of destroyed.
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3
Collect the Sheaf Pottery Sherd
Pick up the Sheaf Pottery Sherd when the brushing animation finishes, because the same Trail Ruins can hide several different sherd designs in one dig.
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4
Place it in a Decorated Pot recipe
Arrange four sherds or bricks in a plus shape around an empty centre slot on a crafting table to produce one Decorated Pot.
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Choose the pot's artwork
Each Sheaf Pottery Sherd prints its wheat-sheaf motif on the face of the pot where its slot sat, so duplicate the sherd for a uniform look or mix designs to tell a story.
Sheaf Pottery Sherds cannot be farmed, so brush every suspicious gravel block before leaving a Trail Ruins site.
Frequently asked questions
Can you craft a Sheaf Pottery Sherd?
No. The Sheaf Pottery Sherd is only obtained by brushing suspicious gravel inside Trail Ruins and has no crafting recipe that produces it.
Is the Sheaf Pottery Sherd renewable?
No. Trail Ruins are finite structures, so the Sheaf Pottery Sherd is a non-renewable resource that cannot be farmed or regenerated.
What is the Sheaf Pottery Sherd used for?
It is a decorative crafting ingredient. Four sherds or bricks placed in a plus shape craft a Decorated Pot, and the wheat-sheaf icon appears on the pot face where the sherd sat.
Which Minecraft version added the Sheaf Pottery Sherd?
It was added in Java Edition 1.20 (Trails & Tales) and Bedrock Edition 1.19.80 as part of the archaeology feature.
Where do you find Trail Ruins?
Trail Ruins generate underground in taiga, snowy taiga, old growth spruce and pine taiga, old growth birch forest, and jungle biomes, revealed by suspicious gravel near the surface.
Can you get the Sheaf Pottery Sherd back from a Decorated Pot?
Yes. Breaking a Decorated Pot by hand drops it as a whole item, so the Sheaf Pottery Sherd used to craft it can be retrieved and reused.
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