Making dyed clay, also known as stained clay or terracotta in more recent versions of Minecraft, involves combining hardened clay with a dye in a crafting interface. This process allows you to change the color of the clay blocks for building and decoration.
To make dyed clay, you will need two primary ingredients:
- Hardened Clay: This is obtained by smelting regular clay blocks in a furnace.
- Dye: You can use any color of dye available in the game. Dyes are crafted from various plants, minerals, or items.
The Crafting Process
Once you have your hardened clay and dye, you will need a crafting table.
- Place the hardened clay blocks and the dye into the crafting grid.
- According to the referenced video, you "just put [the dye] in the middle" of the crafting grid along with the hardened clay.
- This combination will yield stained clay blocks of the corresponding dye color.
Essentially, the crafting recipe involves one dye surrounded by eight hardened clay blocks. This will produce eight blocks of stained clay.
Materials Required
- Hardened Clay: 8 blocks
- Dye: 1 unit (any color)
Crafting Grid Setup
While the reference mentions putting the dye "in the middle", the standard recipe in Minecraft involves surrounding one dye item with eight hardened clay blocks in the 3x3 crafting grid.
| Clay | Clay | Clay |
| Clay | Dye | Clay |
| Clay | Clay | Clay |
Result: 8x Stained Clay (of the dye's color)
As noted in the reference, this process will yield "the same amount colored blocks" as the hardened clay blocks you used (8 blocks of stained clay from 8 blocks of hardened clay).
By following this method, you can produce stained clay in all the colors available through dyes in Minecraft, allowing for a wide range of creative building possibilities.
