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Clay Block
First Appearance	Alpha 1.0.11
Type of Block	Solid Block
Stackable?	(64)
Tool Used
Data Values	Hex: 52 Dec: 82
Blast Resistance	3
Obeys Physics?
Luminosity
Transparency

Clay is a block that is a light-blue/gray recolor of the Sand texture. It is usually found in locations that have both sand and water, most commonly appearing in shallow water, especially at the coast of island groups. It can also be found in the water of Swamp Biomes.It drops 4 clay.

When searching through the water for Clay, it can be distinguished from the sand by it's slightly bluish color. Clay Balls, obtained from clay blocks, can be put into a furnace and smelted into Bricks.

CraftingEdit

Clay Block
Clay	Clay	None
Clay	Clay	None
None	None	None

UsesEdit

The primary use for clay is the creation of bricks, through smelting. The bricks can then be used to create other items such as flower pots.

TriviaEdit

• In real life, the color of clay can actually be bright red, a deep red, tan, or brown due to iron mixing with the clay, not just gray. This meaning that bricks, after clay is smelted in the furnace, should be gray and not red-brown.

• Clay is usually found underground in the real world, unlike in the game, where it is commonly found in shallow water.

• If inventory space is tight, clay balls can be formed back into clay blocks using the inventory crafting grid. This is a good way to conserve space, but the blocks must be placed and destroyed again to get the clay balls back.

• It is best to find a way to shovel the clay above water, as it will take longer to break the block while underwater.

• During beta 1.6, in newly generated chunks, clay blocks were nearly nonexistent. To be specific, clay only generated when the x and z coordinates were the same, severely limiting the amount of clay on the map. This was fixed in 1.7.

• Back then, Clay was actually rare, even rarer than diamonds. This led to the phrase "You missed clay!".

• Clay Blocks cannot be smelted, only the divided clay items can.