Pottery Shards are a new addition in the latest Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales Update. It is an integral part of the Archeology aspect of the update and has a decorative purpose.
The Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales Update has something for everyone. Ranging from Cherry Blossom biomes and Sniffer Mobs to Archeology and Pottery Shards, players can explore and see what these features do. However, in one of the most interesting aspects which is Archeology, we have pottery shards that serve a decorative purpose.
There aren’t many ways in which you can get these shards but once you do, you can make decorated pots. In this article, we will take a look at everything you need to know about those Pottery Shards in the Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales Update. Let us get into it.
Contents
- Minecraft 1.20 Update: Pottery Shards and Their Types
- What are Pottery Shards?
- How to Find Them
- How to Use Them
- Types of Pots You Can Make
Minecraft 1.20 Update: Pottery Shards and Their Types
What are Pottery Shards?
As archeology is an integral part of this update, Pottery Shards are fragments you can gather by breaking new sand blocks called Suspicious Sand. Once you break them, you will need to unveil them. You shall require a Brush tool to do that. Once you collect enough of them you can make decorated pots by putting them together.
How to Find Them
You can find these Shards by searching near the desert biomes and looking for Suspicious Gravel and Sand blocks. Look for Desert Temples or Desert wells. The wells are much more reliable in terms of Shards so you should stick to those.
Now look for those Suspicious Sand blocks at the bottom of those wells. Now, use a brush on those blocks, and keep doing it until you see a Pottery Shard. Desert wells have a 42.8% chance to drop a Shard while Desert Temples have a much lesser chance with a drop rate of 14%. There we recommend searching the wells for those blocks that drop these Shards.
How to Use Them
As we discussed earlier you can use these shards to make decorative pots in the game. But for that, you will need to find four of these shards. Keep searching different wells for a higher chance of obtaining it. Once you do find 4 of them, use a crafting table to combine them.
The formation will be so: One shard in the middle grid of the first row, two in the left and right grids of the second row, and another one in the middle grid of the last row. Craft this and it will make a pot.
Types Of Pots You Can Make
There are primarily four types of pots you can make using these Pottery Shards for now. We are sure Mojang will add more after the update but for now, here are their names:
- Archer
- Skull
- Arms Up
- Prize
Look out for the symbols you find on the Shards. They will tell you which kind they are. That is all you need to know about Pottery Shards in the newest update. If you want to know more about the Sniffer and Camel mobs, click here.
