Minecraft crafting guide

How to craft Red Terracotta in Minecraft

To craft a red terracotta in Minecraft, place 8× Terracotta, 1× Red Dye in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 8 red terracottas

Red Terracotta crafting recipe

Produces 8× Red Terracotta.

Terracotta
Terracotta
Terracotta
Terracotta
Red Dye
Terracotta
Terracotta
Terracotta
Terracotta
minecraft:red_terracotta
  • This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
  • Red Terracotta requires a crafting table to craft.

About Red Terracotta

Red Terracotta is a dyed version of plain terracotta. Its warm, earthy red tone makes it popular for roofs, floors, paths, and pixel art. Unlike wool or concrete, it has a slightly matte, clay-like texture that suits desert and rustic builds.

It is a solid decorative block, so it does not fall and cannot catch fire. It has no special interaction or redstone behavior. You need a pickaxe to mine it, but any pickaxe will do.

How to get Red Terracotta

You can craft 8 Red Terracotta by placing 8 plain terracotta around 1 red dye in a crafting grid. Red dye is easy to get from poppies, rose bushes, or beetroot. If you would rather skip the crafting, red terracotta also generates naturally in badlands biomes, where it forms part of the layered clay and rock bands in the landscape. Bring any pickaxe and mine it directly.

Materials needed

Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 8× Red Terracotta.

Materials required for one craft
MaterialPer craftAccepted items
TerracottaTerracotta
8Exact item
1Exact item

Quantity table

Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.

Ingredient quantities for common target amounts
WantedCraftsProducedTerracottaRed Dye
11881
16216162
32432324
64864648

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