Clay Ball

Clay Ball

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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A clay ball is an item obtained from clay used for crafting or making bricks.

Obtaining

Mining

Clay balls are obtained when a clay block is broken with a non-Silk Touch tool. Each block yields four clay balls regardless of Fortune.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Clay Ball	Village	Desert house chest	1	14.3% { "item": "Clay Ball", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14254173828500694, "structure": "Village", "container": "Desert house chest" }
		Mason's chest	1–3	20.8% { "item": "Clay Ball", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.20842461344544605, "structure": "Village", "container": "Mason's chest" }

Usage

Clay balls can be crafted back together to form clay blocks or baked in a furnace to create bricks.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Clay	Clay Ball

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Brick	Clay Ball + Any fuel	0.3

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Mason	Novice	100%	100%	10 × Clay Ball	Emerald	16	2	0.05

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Clay Ball	clay_ball	Item	item.minecraft.clay_ball

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Clay Ball	clay_ball	384	Item	item.clay_ball.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11							Added clay.
Java Edition
1.14			18w43a				The texture of clay has been changed.
			18w49a				Clay can now be found in chests in village mason houses.
			18w50a				Clay can now be found in chests in desert village houses.
			19w11a				Mason villagers now buy 10 clay for 1 emerald.
			19w13a				Mason villagers now give clay to players under the Hero of the Village effect, making clay ball renewable.
1.16			20w06a				"Clay" has been renamed to "Clay Ball".

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added clay. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.3.2							4 clay items are now dropped from clay blocks when broken.
							Clay can now be crafted into clay blocks.
							Clay can now be smelted into bricks.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of clay has been changed.
							10–13 clay can now be sold to stone mason villagers for an emerald.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Clay can now be found in village mason chests and desert village house chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed, stone mason villagers now buy 10 clay for an emerald.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.24				Placing mud above a block which has pointed dripstone underneath forms a clay block, making the item form of clay renewable.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Clay" to "Clay Ball" to match Java Edition.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added clay.
			1.90				The texture of clay has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added clay.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 337.

Issues

Issues relating to "Clay Ball" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Clay blocks being mined and dropping clay balls

In other media

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  Clay as seen in Minecraft Earth