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5 starter house plans in Minecraft, from 153 to 2,342 blocks
Its walls take 392 Clay blocks.
Tested 26.3
Block
Clay block in Minecraft
Clay is a soft gray block found under shallow water, in lush caves and in swamps, and the source of bricks and terracotta.
It is made with the Crafting Table from 4 × Clay Ball. It is mined with a shovel and drops Clay Ball.
What it does
Dig it with a shovel and it breaks into four Clay Balls; Silk Touch keeps the block. Smelting the block gives Terracotta, while the balls bake into bricks.
You can also make clay: put Mud on a block above a Pointed Dripstone and the water drips out, drying the mud into clay. Clay under a note block plays the flute.
How to craft
Crafting table Also in the 2×2 inventory grid 
4 × Clay Ball → Clay
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How Clay connects
4 links · from the 26.3 game dataWhere to get it
Loot in structureschance per item drawn
Other sourceschance
In structures
share of blocks
Same family · tag #supports_small_dripleaf
Tutorials with Clay (1)
Used to craft (1)
Terracotta Drops when broken
Clay Ball Tags
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Clay · FAQ
How do you get Clay in Minecraft?
At the Crafting Table: 4 × Clay Ball give 1 × Clay. Mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself; without it, it drops Clay Ball. It can be found as loot in Trail Ruins. Hero of the Village gift: Villager.
What is Clay used for in Minecraft?
It is a soft block that gives clay balls for bricks and smelts into terracotta. It is an ingredient in one recipe: Terracotta.
What tool do you need to mine Clay?
The fastest tool is the shovel.
What sound does a note block make on Clay?
Placed under a Note Block, Clay gives the Flute sound.