Overview
Blue Terracotta is one of the 17 variants of Terracotta: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the Terracotta page.
Minecraft classifies Blue Terracotta as a coloured block. Blue Terracotta has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1.25 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing. Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Terracotta and Blue Dye. It goes into exactly one recipe: Blue Glazed Terracotta.
About the blue set
How long it takes to break
Blue Terracotta has a hardness of 1.25. By hand that is 6.3 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.25 seconds.
Iron manages 0.35 seconds and diamond 0.25, which makes diamond the tier that changes how this block feels.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under wooden returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 2.5 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 6.3 s | 6.3 s | 6.3 s |
| Wooden | 0.95 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.5 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.35 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.1 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.1 s | instant |
Properties
Blast resistance on Blue Terracotta is 4.2, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Blue Terracotta ×8
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Blue Terracotta drops itself.
Used to craft
Blue Terracotta is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Blue Glazed Terracotta.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Blue Terracotta in Minecraft?
Blue Terracotta is crafted from Terracotta and Blue Dye.
What tool do you need to break Blue Terracotta?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Blue Terracotta blast resistant?
Blue Terracotta has a blast resistance of 4.2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Blue Terracotta fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
How long does Blue Terracotta take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.25 seconds; by hand it takes 6.3 seconds.
The rest of the set
Blue Terracotta is one of 17. Every other member behaves the same way:
