Decorated pot pattern definition

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A decorated pot pattern defines the texture of the decorated pot side, provided by each item via the provides_pottery_pattern data component.

List of pattern usage in vanilla. The 'Item' column lists the item whose provides_pottery_pattern component data contains a specific pattern. The 'Pattern' column shows the pattern name (with the minecraft: namespace omitted). The 'Asset ID' column lists the asset_id defined for each pattern, and the 'Texture' column shows the texture associated with that asset ID.

Item	Pattern	Asset ID	Texture
Angler Pottery Sherd	angler	angler_pottery_pattern
Archer Pottery Sherd	archer	archer_pottery_pattern
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	arms_up	arms_up_pottery_pattern
Blade Pottery Sherd	blade	blade_pottery_pattern
Brewer Pottery Sherd	brewer	brewer_pottery_pattern
Burn Pottery Sherd	burn	burn_pottery_pattern
Danger Pottery Sherd	danger	danger_pottery_pattern
Explorer Pottery Sherd	explorer	explorer_pottery_pattern
Flow Pottery Sherd	flow	flow_pottery_pattern
Friend Pottery Sherd	friend	friend_pottery_pattern
Guster Pottery Sherd	guster	guster_pottery_pattern
Heart Pottery Sherd	heart	heart_pottery_pattern
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd	heartbreak	heartbreak_pottery_pattern
Howl Pottery Sherd	howl	howl_pottery_pattern
Miner Pottery Sherd	miner	miner_pottery_pattern
Mourner Pottery Sherd	mourner	mourner_pottery_pattern
Plenty Pottery Sherd	plenty	plenty_pottery_pattern
Prize Pottery Sherd	prize	prize_pottery_pattern
Scrape Pottery Sherd	scrape	scrape_pottery_pattern
Sheaf Pottery Sherd	sheaf	sheaf_pottery_pattern
Shelter Pottery Sherd	shelter	shelter_pottery_pattern
Skull Pottery Sherd	skull	skull_pottery_pattern
Snort Pottery Sherd	snort	snort_pottery_pattern

Some decorated pots are naturally generated in trial chambers, with one of these items defining the texture. Additionally, it is possible to craft a decorated pot using any of these items via the vanilla decorate_pot recipe.

When used on the shards of the decorated_pot block entity, the item with the provides_pottery_pattern data component defines the corresponding side of the block.

An item with this component also defines the decorated pot side used in item models; when using the special item model, set the type to decorated_pot, by the pot_decorations component.

In addition to the use of commands, an item's pot_decorations component can be defined as the result of a recipe of the crafting_decorated_pot type. The shards block entity NBT tag can be set by placing a decorated pot that has the pot_decorations component.

Items without the component, use the asset ID decorated_pot_side in the corresponding side. The same applies when the side is not defined, or when the shards NBT tag (for blocks) or the pot_decorations component is not defined, using that side texture for all faces.

Decorated pot pattern can be defined in data packs, as part of the directory structure below.

Decorated pot pattern have the following format: