With the 1.20 Tails and Trails update came the Decorated Pot, which is like the gorgeous older cousin of Minecraft’s original Pot. It can be crafted easily with bricks but shines when crafted using the pottery shards from the new Archeology part of the game. Whether you’re an explorer wanting countless treasures or a decorator with abundant ideas, you’ll love bringing these pots home to your base!
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How to Craft a Decorated Pot in Minecraft
To craft a Decorated Pot, you’ll need four components consisting of bricks and Pottery Sherds. A blank Decorated Pot can be crafted with four bricks, with one placed in the center of the top row, one in the left box of the middle row, one in the right box of the middle row, and one in the center of the bottom row.
To decorate the sides of the pot, the bricks can be substituted with Pottery Sherds. Replacing the top brick with a Pottery Shed will put the Sherd’s pattern on the back of the pot.
Replacing the brick on the right side of the center row will put the Sherd’s pattern on the right side of the pot.
Replacing the brick on the left side of the center row will put the Sherd’s pattern on the left side of the pot.
Replacing the brick on the bottom will put the Sherd’s pattern on the front of the pot.
You can add up to four sherds to one pot.
How to Craft Bricks
To craft bricks, you’ll need to find clay. Clay blocks can be found near sand and water, as well as in the water in Swamp biomes.
Mining a clay block with a shovel will drop four clay balls.
These clay balls can be smelted in a furnace to create bricks in a one-to-one ratio.
How to Get Each Pottery Sherd
As part of the Archeology update, Pottery Sherds can only be obtained by brushing suspicious blocks in the new Ruins structures. Each sherd comes from either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel in their respective Ruins structures, each of which is covered in the table below.
| Sherd Name | Sherd Image | Sherd on Pot | Structure | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angler Pottery Sherd |  |  | Warm Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Archer Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Temple | 12.5% |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Well | 25% |
| Blade Pottery Sherd |  |  | Cold Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Well | 25% |
| Burn Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Danger Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd |  |  | Cold Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Friend Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Heart Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Howl Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Miner Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Temple | 12.5% |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd |  |  | Cold Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd |  |  | Cold Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Prize Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Temple | 12.5% |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd |  |  | Trail Ruins | 8.3% |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd |  |  | Warm Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
| Skull Pottery Sherd |  |  | Desert Temple | 12.5% |
| Snort Pottery Sherd |  |  | Warm Ocean Ruins | 6.7% |
To learn more about Ruins, using the Brush, and collecting Pottery Sherds, check out our guide on Trail Ruins in Minecraft.
How to Move and Use Decorated Pots in Minecraft
Decorated pots are extremely easy to break and move around. To break them into their brick and sherd components, break them with an axe, hoe, pickaxe, shovel, or sword not enchanted with Silk Touch. Mining them by hand or with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch will cause the pots to drop themselves. Additionally, they will drop themselves if broken using a piston or by an explosion.
In the case that a Decorated Pot is broken, the items inside of it will drop as well regardless of whether the pot breaks into pieces or remains whole.
How to Put Items on Top of a Decorated Pot
Many items can be placed directly on top of a Decorated Pot as if it were a solid block. A common way to spruce up Decorated Pots is by adding a regular pot on top and placing a plant inside of it. The small pot is the same color as the larger variation and fits nicely in the hole at the top of the Decorated Pot.
You can also add any other decorative elements that you can place directly on top of blocks. This includes light sources, chains, and even Sniffer and Turtle eggs. Play around with it to discover your favorite combinations!
Upcoming Changes to Decorated Pots in Minecraft
While these changes are not currently implemented in Minecraft, they are exciting enough to share here. These changes come directly from Mojang’s Snapshot 23W41A, so their authenticity is guaranteed.
Using Decorated Pots as Storage
When the update is released, Decorated Pots will be able to hold up to a 64 stack of one item. They will not have a GUI— a Graphical User Interface— so players will have to directly interact with the pot to place items in and break it to pull items out. A hopper system can also be used to place items in as well as take them out.
Reading the Number of Stored Items
Players will be able to use a Redstone Comparator to read how many items are stored in a single Decorated Pot.
Stackable Pots
Decorated Pots will be able to be in stacks of 64 within your inventory.
Broken by Projectiles
If a Decorated Pot is hit by a projectile, it will break apart into its brick and sherd components.
Decorated Pot Interactions
Players will be able to interact with a Decorated Pot to make it wobble.
