Absolute Pot-fection

Welcome to ABSOLUTE POT-FECTION. The absolute expansion of the vanilla Minecraft pottery system, inspired by the original 1.17 pottery system that was never fully developed. Both Decorated Pots and Flower Pots have been updated through this experience.

The Pottery System

Decorated Pots and Flower Pots are crafted in the same way you always made them, with Clay Balls in place of Bricks to give the Unfired block variant. Now forget the crafting table, pottery is a hands-on experience. To alter Pots you must place them into the world and interact with them using a variety of items.

• Pottery Sherd - Right-click an Unfired Decorated Pot to stamp the sherd's texture onto the side you are facing. The sherd is not consumed, allowing for unlimited pots in even the most limited world.
• Brush - Right-click an Unfired Decorated Pot to clear the design from that face.
• Dyes - Right-click an Unfired Pot with any of the 16 vanilla dyes to apply color. Applying a new dye instantly overwrites the current color. This consumes the dye.
• Water Bottle - Right-click to wash off all dye, returning the pot to its natural clay color. This consumes the water.

Firing

To finalize a design, you must Fire the Pot. Place the Unfired block above an open flame or a lit Campfire. Flower Pots fire in 3 seconds. Decorated Pots fire in 6 seconds.

Once fired, Pots behave exactly as they do in Vanilla Minecraft. Flower Pots showcase flora, and Decorated Pots store up to a stack of items.

World Generation

The Decorated and Flower Pots found in Trial Chambers have been updated to use this new system seamlessly. However no new pottery sherds are available to find, though this is subject to change in future updates. Absolute Pot-Fection does not make any changes to Archaeological structures.

21 New Pottery Sherds

All 21 new Pottery Sherds are crafted by combining a Brick with another item in a crafting grid or the player inventory.

Some of these sherds require very rare or unique items, such as Netherite Scrap, Wind Charges, Shulker Shells and the Totem of Undying. Having access to such rare patterns allows pots to display your personal story, where you've been (Netherite Scrap, Mangrove Propagule, Cactus) and what you've faced (Resin, Shulker Shell, Wind Charge).

Frequently Asked Questions

Why am I seeing a black cube instead of a pot?

Any mods that directly intefere with the vanilla core shaders prior to release version 26.2 will cause the pots to render where they shouldn't with a pitch-black texture. Unfortunately this is an incompatability issue that cannot be resolved by a Datapack. These mods would commonly include Optifine, Sodium and possibly Distant Horizons.

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