Arms Up Pottery Sherd
Arms Up Pottery Sherd


| Rarity tier |
Uncommon |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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An arms up pottery sherd is a pottery sherd that depicts a humanoid figure raising their arms. It can be found in desert wells.
Obtaining
Breaking
Breaking a decorated pot causes it to drop all of the bricks and pottery sherds used to craft it, meaning it drops each of the arms up pottery sherds that were used to craft it.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Suspicious sand | 1 | 25%{ "item": "Arms Up Pottery Sherd", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Desert well", "container": "Suspicious sand" }
| ||
Usage
Crafting ingredient
Arms up pottery sherds can be used to craft decorated pots.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Pottery Sherd or brick |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
arms_up_pottery_sherd | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
arms_up_pottery_sherd | 666 | Item | item |
Achievements
| 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
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Arms up pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack. | |||||
| The probability for arms up pottery shards to generate in desert wells has been changed from 3/7 to 1/4. | |||||||
| 23w16a | Renamed "Arms Up Pottery Shard" to "Arms Up 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". | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.19.70 Experiment | Preview 1.19.70.23 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.22 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Arms Up pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.0.22 | Renamed "Arms Up Pottery Shard" to "Arms Up 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 "Arms Up Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

