{{Item
| image=Angler Pottery Sherd.png
| extratext = View [[#Items|all items]]
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
<!-- IT IS SHERD, NOT SHARD! DO NOT CHANGE TO SHARD, AS IT IS NAMED SHERD IN-GAME! -->
'''Pottery sherds'''<ref group="note">The word "[[wiktionary:sherd#English|sherd]]" or "[[wiktionary:potsherd#English|potsherd]]" is used by archaeologists to refer to fragments of pottery or other ceramics in order to differentiate them from "shards" of glass, metal, minerals and other materials.
</ref> are a set of twenty [[item]]s used to craft [[decorated pot]]s with ornamental designs. They can be obtained only by [[brush]]ing [[suspicious block]]s, with the variants of sherd obtainable being dependent on the structure.

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===
When a [[decorated pot]] is broken with a [[pickaxe]], [[axe]], [[shovel]], [[hoe]] or [[sword]] that is ''not'' enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], it drops all of the pottery sherds and [[brick]]s used to craft it.

=== Suspicious block loot ===
Pottery sherds can be found as [[suspicious block]] loot in [[trail ruins]], [[ocean ruins]], [[desert pyramids]] and [[desert well]]s, and can be extracted from these blocks using a [[brush]].

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== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{Crafting
|ingredients=Any Pottery Sherd or [[Brick]]
|B1= Any Pottery Sherd
|A2= Any Pottery Sherd |C2= Any Pottery Sherd
|B3= Any Pottery Sherd
|Output= Decorated Pot
|type= Decoration block
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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{{ID table
|displayname=Arms Up Pottery Sherd
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|nameid=arms_up_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Blade Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Brewer Pottery Sherd
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|nameid=brewer_pottery_sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Burn Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Danger Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Explorer Pottery Sherd
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Friend Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Heart Pottery Sherd
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Howl Pottery Sherd
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Miner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=miner_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Mourner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=mourner_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Plenty Pottery Sherd
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|nameid=plenty_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Prize Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=prize_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Sheaf Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=sheaf_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Shelter Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=shelter_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Skull Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=skull_pottery_sherd
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Snort Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
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|spritetype=item
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{{ID table
|displayname=Arms Up Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
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|id=666
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{{ID table
|displayname=Blade Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=blade_pottery_sherd
|id=667
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{{ID table
|displayname=Brewer Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=brewer_pottery_sherd
|id=668
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{{ID table
|displayname=Burn Pottery Sherd
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|id=669
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{{ID table
|displayname=Danger Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=danger_pottery_sherd
|id=670
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{{ID table
|displayname=Explorer Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=explorer_pottery_sherd
|id=671
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Friend Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=friend_pottery_sherd
|id=672
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Heart Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heart_pottery_sherd
|id=673
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heartbreak_pottery_sherd
|id=674
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Howl Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=howl_pottery_sherd
|id=675
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Miner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=miner_pottery_sherd
|id=676
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Mourner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=mourner_pottery_sherd
|id=677
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Plenty Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=plenty_pottery_sherd
|id=678
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Prize Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=prize_pottery_sherd
|id=679
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Sheaf Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=sheaf_pottery_sherd
|id=680
|form=item}}
{{ID table
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|spritetype=item
|nameid=shelter_pottery_sherd
|id=681
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Skull Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=skull_pottery_sherd
|id=682
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Snort Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=snort_pottery_sherd
|id=683
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== Achievements ==
{{Load achievements|Careful restoration}}

== Advancements ==
{{Load advancements|Respecting the Remnants;Careful Restoration}}

== History ==
{{History||October 3, 2020|[[File:Blue Ceramic Shard.png|32px]][[File:Orange Ceramic Shard.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 1.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 2.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 3.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 4.png|32px]] Ceramic shards were announced at [[Minecraft Live 2020]].|link=https://youtu.be/DBvZ2Iqmm3M?t=2216}}
{{History||February 10, 2023|[[Sofia Dankis]] posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including pottery shards.|link=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/archeology-coming-minecraft-120}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added pottery shards behind the [[Java Edition 1.20|Update 1.20 experimental datapack]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4 Pre-release 3|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of archer pottery shard.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack.|[[File:Angler Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blade Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brewer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Burn Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Danger Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Explorer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Friend Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heart Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heartbreak Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Howl Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Miner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mourner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plenty Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sheaf Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Shelter Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snort Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added another sixteen pottery shards.
|The probability for the archer, prize, and skull pottery shards to generate in the [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert temple]] and in [[desert well]] has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8, for the arms up pottery sherd to generate in the suspicious sand in [[desert well]] has been changed from 3/7 to 1/4.}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd".|Burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds now are in the rare loot.}}
{{History|||snap=23w17a|The probability of the burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl, and sheaf pottery sherds to generate in [[suspicious gravel]] in [[trail ruins]] has been changed from 1/11 to 1/12.{{verify}}|The player now gets the [[advancement]] "Respecting the remnants" when they brush a [[suspicious sand]] or a [[suspicious gravel]] to obtain a pottery sherd, "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.70|snap=beta 1.19.70.23|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] Added pottery shards behind the "[[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|Next Major Update]]" [[experimental]] toggle.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.19.80.20|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of archer pottery shard.}}
{{h|||snap=beta 1.19.80.22|[[File:Angler Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blade Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brewer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Burn Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Danger Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Explorer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Friend Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heart Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heartbreak Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Howl Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Miner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mourner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plenty Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sheaf Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Shelter Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snort Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added another sixteen pottery shards.
|[[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of arms up, prize and skull pottery shards.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-167202}}</ref>}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.20|Miner pottery shard can generate in desert pyramids.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.21|Pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.20.0.22|Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd".}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Many pottery sherds are based on another in-game mob or item:
** The angler pottery sherd depicts a [[fishing rod]].
** The archer pottery sherd depicts a [[bow]] and [[arrow]].
** The blade pottery sherd depicts a [[sword]].
** The brewer pottery sherd depicts a [[potion]].
** The burn pottery sherd depicts [[fire]].
** The danger pottery sherd depicts a [[creeper]].
** The explorer pottery sherd depicts a [[map]].
** The friend pottery sherd depicts the unibrow and nose of a [[villager]] or [[iron golem]].
** The howl pottery sherd depicts a [[wolf]].
** The miner pottery sherd depicts a [[pickaxe]].
** The mourner pottery sherd depicts an early design for the [[warden]].
** The plenty pottery sherd depicts a [[chest]].
** The sheaf pottery sherd depicts [[wheat]].
** The skull pottery sherd depicts a [[skeleton]].
** The snort pottery sherd depicts a [[sniffer]].
**The prize pottery sherd depicts a diamond cut [[diamond]]
***It could depict a [[MCE:Ruby|ruby]] from ''Minecraft Earth'', as well.
**The arms up pottery sherd depicts a [[character]] with their arms up.
**The heart and heartbreak pottery sherds depict a [[Health|heart]] and broken heart respectively.
**The shelter pottery sherd depicts a [[tree]].

==Gallery==
=== Items ===
<gallery>
Angler Pottery Sherd.png|Angler Pottery Sherd
Archer Pottery Sherd.png|Archer Pottery Sherd
Arms Up Pottery Sherd.png|Arms Up Pottery Sherd
Blade Pottery Sherd.png|Blade Pottery Sherd
Brewer Pottery Sherd.png|Brewer Pottery Sherd
Burn Pottery Sherd.png|Burn Pottery Sherd
Danger Pottery Sherd.png|Danger Pottery Sherd
Explorer Pottery Sherd.png|Explorer Pottery Sherd
Friend Pottery Sherd.png|Friend Pottery Sherd
Heart Pottery Sherd.png|Heart Pottery Sherd
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd.png|Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
Howl Pottery Sherd.png|Howl Pottery Sherd
Miner Pottery Sherd.png|Miner Pottery Sherd
Mourner Pottery Sherd.png|Mourner Pottery Sherd
Plenty Pottery Sherd.png|Plenty Pottery Sherd
Prize Pottery Sherd.png|Prize Pottery Sherd
Sheaf Pottery Sherd.png|Sheaf Pottery Sherd
Shelter Pottery Sherd.png|Shelter Pottery Sherd
Skull Pottery Sherd.png|Skull Pottery Sherd
Snort Pottery Sherd.png|Snort Pottery Sherd
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
JE 1.17 Development Archeology.jpg|Blue ceramic shard.
JE 1.17 Development Archeology 2.jpg|Ceramic shards.
</gallery>

=== Official artwork ===
<gallery>
Pottery Sherd Pixel Art.png|Pixel artwork of [[Ari]] holding a skull pottery sherd.
File:T&T Thumbnail.jpg|Ari holding up a different sherd.
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== Notes ==
<references group="note"/>

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