Clay Ball

Items

Clay Ball — item.

Obtaining

Clay balls are obtained by breaking a clay block without Silk Touch; one block normally yields four balls. A shovel clears the soft block quickly, while Silk Touch keeps the original clay block for a later build instead of producing loose material.

Data: Obtaining
Normal yield	4 clay balls per clay block
Fortune	Does not change the four-ball yield
Efficient tool	Shovel

Breaking

Break a clay block without Silk Touch to receive four clay balls. Silk Touch changes the result to the original block, so choose the tool enchantment based on whether you need loose clay or a placeable block.

Data: Breaking
Silk Touch	Drops the clay block instead
Fortune	No extra clay balls
Block drop	4 clay balls

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Four clay balls recombine into a clay block, and smelting a ball produces a brick. The furnace recipe takes 200 ticks and gives 0.3 experience, so clay can be stored loose for masonry or compressed back into a building block.

Data: Crafting ingredient
Block recipe	4 balls to 1 clay block
Smelting result	1 brick
Smelting time	200 ticks
Smelting experience	0.3

Data values

The item uses the `minecraft:clay_ball` identifier and stacks to 64. It is a crafting and smelting ingredient rather than a placeable block; the placeable form is the clay block.

Data: Data values
Identifier	`minecraft:clay_ball`
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Item model	assets/minecraft/models/item/clay_ball.json
Stack size	64
Smelting result	Brick
Block conversion	4 balls to 1 clay block
Smelting time	200 ticks
Smelting experience	0.3

History

26.2Item facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Gallery

Clay — Placeable form · Local Minecraft asset

Brick — Smelting result · Local Minecraft asset

References

Data: References
Validated DeepMine snapshot	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	`6f2e673561657f0b68a8209eb076279a973a442b7c0787ac6c6faaee9a048586`

Smelting

A clay ball is a furnace input rather than a placeable block. One ball becomes one brick after 200 ticks and awards 0.3 experience, making the loose form useful when preparing brick or terracotta chains.

Data: Smelting
Furnace input	1 clay ball
Furnace output	1 brick
Cooking time	200 ticks
Experience	0.3

Data and provenance

minecraft:clay_ball

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Source set: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier: minecraft:clay_ball
Digest: 6f2e673561657f0b68a8209eb076279a973a442b7c0787ac6c6faaee9a048586
Missing locales: ru, en