Skull Pottery Sherd

A skull pottery sherd is a pottery sherd that depicts a skeleton skull. It can be found in desert pyramids.

Skull Pottery Sherd

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)

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    "title": "Skull Pottery Sherd",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Uncommon",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes (64)",
            "label": "Stackable"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Skull Pottery Sherd"
    ],
    "images": [
        "Skull Pottery Sherd.png",
        "Skull Decorated Pot.png"
    ]
}

Obtaining

Breaking

Breaking a decorated pot drops all bricks and pottery sherds used to craft it, meaning it drops a skull pottery sherd if one was used to craft it.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Skull Pottery Sherd	Desert Pyramid	Suspicious sand	1	12.5% { "item": "Skull Pottery Sherd", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Suspicious sand" }

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Skull pottery sherds can be used to craft decorated pots.

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Any Pottery Sherd or brick

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Skull Pottery Sherd	skull_pottery_sherd	Item	item.minecraft.skull_pottery_sherd

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Skull Pottery Sherd	skull_pottery_sherd	682	Item	item.skull_pottery_sherd.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Careful restoration	Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds	—	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Careful Restoration	Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds	—
	Respecting the Remnants	Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd	Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added skull pottery shards behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
1.20			23w12a				Skull pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack.
							The probability for skull pottery shards to generate in desert temples has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8.
			23w16a				Renamed "Skull Pottery Shard" to "Skull Pottery Sherd".
			23w17a				The player now gets the advancement "Respecting the remnants" when they brush a suspicious sand or a suspicious gravel to obtain a pottery sherd, "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds.
1.21.2			24w33a				Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon".
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.70 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.70.23				Added skull pottery shards behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.22				Changed texture.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Skull pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.0.22				Renamed "Skull Pottery Shard" to "Skull Pottery Sherd".
			Preview 1.20.0.23				Players now get the achievement "Careful restoration" when crafting a decorated pot out of four pottery sherds.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon".

Issues

Issues relating to "Skull Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

• 

  Lego Sunny and a bee with a pot using the skull sherd, as depicted in the set The Cherry Blossom Garden.

• Animatic of Ari excavating the skull sherd, in the Trails & Tales trailer; note the sherd in the animatic is the unused Ender Dragon design.