Minecraft: How to make Cyan Terracotta

Jessica Filby
Minecraft Cyan Terracotta

One of the most popular blocks in Minecraft for putting the finishing touches on your builds is Cyan Terracotta. Here’s how you can make this beloved block in the sandbox title.

There’s a massive amount of freedom for players in Minecraft and almost endless possibilities to create whether you want to build a massive castle or a humble house, almost anything can be crafted in the game.

Before you can start building anything, however, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got enough blocks and resources, and one of the most celebrated blocks in Minecraft is Cyan Terracotta. This is used by a lot of players to put those ideal finishing touches on their designs.

So, here’s exactly how you can craft Cyan Terracotta in the game, including all the ingredients you’ll need.

Ingredients needed for Cyan Terracotta in Minecraft

Minecraft Cornflower

Before you can create cyan terracotta, you’ll need to gather the necessary materials. Luckily, the materials required aren’t too tricky to get hold of. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • 32 Clay Balls
  • 1 Cyan dye

To find that much Clay, you’ll want to dig underwater or along the surface in rivers. All you need is a shovel and you should find plenty of Clay Balls when mining those clay blocks.

Then, as for the Cyan dye, you’ll need to combine blue dye and green dye. Blue dye can be made from Lapis Lazuli or by placing a blue flower such as a Cornflower in your crafting table, while green dye can be obtained from Cacti or by combining blue and yellow dye.

How to make Cyan Terracotta in Minecraft

Minecraft Cyan Terracotta

Once you have the required materials, it’s time to craft your Cyan Terracotta. To do so you’ll first need to make the Cyan dye and the Terracotta. To do so, follow these steps:

Cyan dye recipe

  1. Open your crafting table.
  2. Place the blue dye in one slot and the green dye in another.
  3. Once both dyes are in place, the Cyan dye be in the result box.
  4. Grab your Cyan dye

Terracotta recipe

  1. Take your 32 Clay balls and split them evenly into four squares in your crafting table.
  2. With the 8 Clay Blocks you collected from the previous step, head over to the Furnace and smelt them.
  3. Then your Terracotta is ready.

Cyan Terracotta recipe

  1. Open your crafting table again and place the cyan dye in the center slot of the crafting grid.
  2. Then, surround the dye with the Terracotta.
  3. Once the materials are arranged as specified, you’ll have Cyan Terracotta (don’t worry, it’s meant to look gray).

There you have it, that’s how to make Cyan Terracotta in Minecraft. While searching for clay or those dyes take a look at some of our other handy Minecraft guides and content:

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About The Author

Based in Cumbria, England, Jessica is a Senior Games Writer who joined Dexerto after stints at Game Rant and The Gamer. You can find her covering everything from Minecraft, CoD, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Pokemon Go and more. You can contact Jessica at jessica.filby@dexerto.com