All 23 Minecraft Pottery Sherds & Locations

Collect the 23 pottery sherd designs in Minecraft. This archaeology checklist shows which structures contain each sherd, how to recover it and how to track your collection.
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Angler

Archer

Arms Up

Blade

Brewer

Burn

Danger

Explorer

Friend

Heart

Heartbreak

Howl

Miner

Mourner

Plenty

Prize

Sheaf

Shelter

Skull

Snort

Flow

Guster

Scrape

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Minecraft Pottery Sherds pottery sherd instructions

Angler

Angler pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at warm ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Archer

Archer pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert pyramid to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Arms Up

Arms Up pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert well to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Blade

Blade pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at cold ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Brewer

Brewer pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert well to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Burn

Burn pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Danger

Danger pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Explorer

Explorer pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at cold ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Friend

Friend pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Heart

Heart pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Heartbreak

Heartbreak pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Howl

Howl pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Miner

Miner pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert pyramid to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Mourner

Mourner pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at cold ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Plenty

Plenty pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at cold ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Prize

Prize pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert pyramid to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Sheaf

Sheaf pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious gravel at trail ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Shelter

Shelter pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at warm ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Skull

Skull pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at desert pyramid to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Snort

Snort pottery sherd — Use a brush on suspicious sand at warm ocean ruins to find this design. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Flow

Flow pottery sherd — Break naturally generated decorated pots in trial chambers to collect the sherd. Do not brush the pots. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Guster

Guster pottery sherd — Break naturally generated decorated pots in trial chambers to collect the sherd. Do not brush the pots. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Scrape

Scrape pottery sherd — Break naturally generated decorated pots in trial chambers to collect the sherd. Do not brush the pots. Use 4 sherds (or bricks) to craft a decorated pot.

Where to find pottery sherds

Desert pyramids: Archer, Miner, Prize and Skull. Desert wells: Arms Up and Brewer. Cold ocean ruins: Blade, Explorer, Mourner and Plenty. Warm ocean ruins: Angler, Shelter and Snort. Trail ruins: Burn, Danger, Friend, Heart, Heartbreak, Howl and Sheaf. These 20 designs come from brushing suspicious sand or gravel.

Trial chambers: Flow, Guster and Scrape. These three are recovered from generated decorated pots, which you break to collect the sherds; brushing those pots is not the correct method.

Archaeology tips

Craft a brush with a feather, copper ingot and stick. Gently brush suspicious blocks until they release their loot; don't break them with an ordinary tool. Loot is randomized, so one site may not give every design. Use your checklist to mark found sherds and plan your next site.

Build your pottery collection

Select all 23 designs or a particular structure type, then save the list in Checklist. For another collectible obtainable from trail ruins, see Minecraft armor trims.

Minecraft Pottery Sherds Frequently Asked Questions

How many Minecraft pottery sherds are there?

23 unique designs: 20 obtainable through archaeology and three from trial-chamber decorated pots.

Do you brush pots in trial chambers?

No. Collect Flow, Guster and Scrape sherds by breaking the generated decorated pots that contain them.

Which sites contain Heart pottery sherds?

Trail ruins. Brush suspicious gravel there; archaeology loot is randomized.