Where to Find Pottery Sherds in Minecraft

Are you wondering where to find Pottery Sherds in Minecraft? In the recent Trails & Tails update of Minecraft, the term “Pottery Shards” was corrected to “Pottery Sherds” after archeologist Heather Christie pointed out the error. Although they cannot be crafted, Pottery Sherds can be found at five different Archaeology sites. Read on to learn more about locating and utilizing Pottery Sherds in Minecraft.

How to Get Pottery Sherds in Minecraft

When exploring trail ruins, ocean ruins, desert pyramids, or desert wells, you can use a brush to sift through suspicious sand or suspicious gravel to uncover pottery sherds. These blocks will then transform into regular sand or gravel, with one of the twenty pottery sherd variations being dropped as a result. In addition, combining four Pottery Sherds will create a Decorated Pot with a picture on each side. Finally, Breaking a decorated pot without Silk Touch will release all the pottery sherds used to make it.

All Java Edition 1.20 Pottery Sherds

The below table shows all Pottery Sherd variants and the chance to find them for Java Edition 1.20.

Pottery Sherd Variant	Structure	Container	Amount	Chance
Angler Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7%
Archer Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	Desert well	Suspicious sand	1	25%
Blade Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Brewer Pottery Sherd	Desert well	Suspicious sand	1	25%
Burn Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Danger Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Explorer Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Friend Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Heart Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Howl Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Miner Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Mourner Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Plenty Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Prize Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Sheaf Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3%
Shelter Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7%
Skull Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Snort Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7%

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All Bedrock Edition 1.20 Pottery Sherds

The below table shows all Pottery Sherd variants and the chance to find them for Bedrock Edition 1.20.

Potter Sherd Variant	Structure	Container	Amount	Chance
Angler Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	7.1%
Archer Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	Desert well	Suspicious sand	1	25%
Blade Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Brewer Pottery Sherd	Desert well	Suspicious sand	1	25%
Burn Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Danger Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Explorer Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Friend Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Heart Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Howl Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Miner Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Mourner Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Plenty Pottery Sherd	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Prize Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Sheaf Pottery Sherd	Trail ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	1.8%
Shelter Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	7.1%
Skull Pottery Sherd	Desert temple	Suspicious sand	1	12.5%
Snort Pottery Sherd	Warm Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	7.1%

- This article was updated on June 7th, 2023