Overview
Yellow 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.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Yellow Terracotta is a coloured block. Yellow 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 Yellow Dye. It goes into exactly one recipe: Yellow Glazed Terracotta.
About the yellow set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 1.25 puts Yellow Terracotta at 6.3 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.25 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron takes 0.35 seconds against diamond's 0.25, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to diamond.
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 adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed, so Efficiency V is about 2.5 times faster than the same tool unenchanted.
| 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
Yellow Terracotta resists blasts at 4.2, which usually is not enough when something explodes nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. Stack size is 64 — the standard 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
Yellow Terracotta ×8
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Yellow Terracotta drops itself.
Used to craft
Yellow Terracotta is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Yellow Glazed Terracotta.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Yellow Terracotta in Minecraft?
Yellow Terracotta is crafted from Terracotta and Yellow Dye.
What tool do you need to break Yellow Terracotta?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Yellow Terracotta blast resistant?
Yellow Terracotta has a blast resistance of 4.2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Yellow Terracotta fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Yellow Terracotta.
How long does Yellow 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
Yellow Terracotta is one of 17. Every other member behaves the same way:
