Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 has 23 pottery sherds, each with its own picture to put on a Decorated Pot. Twenty come from archaeology, brushing suspicious sand or gravel at five kinds of site, and three sit on pots already placed in Trial Chambers. Here is where every sherd comes from and how often, read from the game's loot tables and structure files.
How archaeology works
Suspicious Sand and Suspicious Gravel look almost like their ordinary blocks. Use a Brush on one and it slowly gives up one item from its site's loot table: a sherd, or something else such as coal or an emerald. Each block gives a single roll, so the chances below are per block brushed. Four bricks or sherds in a diamond on a crafting table make a Decorated Pot, with each sherd's picture on one of its sides.
Where to find every sherd
| Sherd | Where | Brush | Chance per block |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer Pottery Sherd | Desert Pyramid | Suspicious Sand | 12.5% |
| Miner Pottery Sherd | Desert Pyramid | Suspicious Sand | 12.5% |
| Prize Pottery Sherd | Desert Pyramid | Suspicious Sand | 12.5% |
| Skull Pottery Sherd | Desert Pyramid | Suspicious Sand | 12.5% |
| Arms Up Pottery Sherd | Desert Well | Suspicious Sand | 25% |
| Brewer Pottery Sherd | Desert Well | Suspicious Sand | 25% |
| Blade Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Gravel | 6.7% |
| Explorer Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Gravel | 6.7% |
| Mourner Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Gravel | 6.7% |
| Plenty Pottery Sherd | Cold Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Gravel | 6.7% |
| Angler Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Sand | 6.7% |
| Shelter Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Sand | 6.7% |
| Snort Pottery Sherd | Warm Ocean Ruins | Suspicious Sand | 6.7% |
| Burn Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Danger Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Friend Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Heart Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Heartbreak Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Howl Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Sheaf Pottery Sherd | Trail Ruins (rare loot) | Suspicious Gravel | 8.3% |
| Flow Pottery Sherd | Trial Chambers | Decorated Pot placed in the structure | break the pot |
| Guster Pottery Sherd | Trial Chambers | Decorated Pot placed in the structure | break the pot |
| Scrape Pottery Sherd | Trial Chambers | Decorated Pot placed in the structure | break the pot |
Trail Ruins hold the most, seven, but only in the blocks that use the ruins' rare loot, which also hides four armor trims and the Relic disc. Desert Wells give the best odds, a one-in-four chance per block for each of their two sherds.