Archer Pottery Sherd
Minecraft Wiki article. Categories: Non-renewable_resources, Stackable_resources, Items, Pottery_sherds
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An archer pottery sherd is a pottery sherd that depicts a bow. It can be found in desert pyramids.
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 archer pottery sherds that were used to craft it.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Suspicious sand | 1 | 12.5%{ "item": "Archer Pottery Sherd", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.125, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Suspicious sand" }
| ||
Usage
Crafting ingredient
Archer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
archer_pottery_sherd | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
archer_pottery_sherd | 665 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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. |
![]() | Careful Restoration | Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds | — |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| pre3 | |||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Archer pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack. | |||||
| The probability for archer pottery shards to generate in desert temples has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8. | |||||||
| 23w16a | Renamed "Archer Pottery Shard" to "Archer 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, and "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds. | ||||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w33a | Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.70 Experiment | Preview 1.19.70.23 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Archer pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| Preview 1.20.0.22 | Renamed "Archer Pottery Shard" to "Archer 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 "Archer Pottery Sherd" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Navigation
Sources
- Archer Pottery Sherd — Minecraft Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, revision 3714155.

