Clay Ball
Material Stack: 64 Since Alpha v1.0.11
Quick answer: Mine clay blocks in shallow rivers, swamps and lush caves: 4 clay balls per block, Silk Touch drops the block instead.
How to get it
- Mine clay blocks in shallow rivers, swamps and lush caves: 4 clay balls per block, Silk Touch drops the block instead
- Fortune does nothing here - a shovel is all you need
- Loot village mason chests for a few spare balls
Uses
- Smelt into bricks (0.3 XP each) for brick blocks, flower pots and decorated pots
- Craft 4 back into a clay block for storage or building
- Smelt clay blocks into terracotta, then dye it into 16 colors
- Sell to mason villagers: clay balls are an early-game emerald engine
Renewability
Semi-renewable: clay patches are finite, but mason trading turns emeralds into more clay indirectly.
Java vs Bedrock
Identical in Java and Bedrock.