How Do You Get Cyan Hardened Clay In Skyblock?

Skyblock is a popular game mode in Minecraft where players start on a small floating island and must gather resources to survive and expand. The goal is to use the limited resources found on the original island to eventually explore the full Minecraft world. To do this, players have to carefully manage the resources they have while developing efficient automatic farms, mob grinders, and other infrastructure to generate renewable resources.

One important aesthetic resource is cyan hardened clay. This bright cyan terracotta-style block is perfect for adding color to builds and landscapes in Skyblock. However, since the starting island contains no clay, obtaining it requires a bit more work.

What is Cyan Hardened Clay?

Cyan hardened clay is a decorative building block that can be crafted and used for aesthetic purposes in Skyblock. It has a cyan terracotta texture and comes in the Minecraft color cyan. Cyan hardened clay is created by smelting regular clay blocks in a furnace and then dying them with cyan dye.

In Skyblock, cyan hardened clay is primarily used as a decorative block for buildings and structures. It provides a pop of color and allows for unique cyan-themed builds. Cyan hardened clay can be used to build cyan walls, floors, roofs, furniture, pixel art, and more. It’s versatile and works well combined with other colored hardened clay, concrete, terracotta, glass, and wood blocks. Cyan hardened clay is also useful for adding details and flourishes to builds with its vibrant hue. Overall, it’s an aesthetic block that allows Skyblock players to showcase their creativity through cyan-accented structures and designs.

Locating a Mesa Biome

Mesa biomes are unique terrains made up of hardened, colored clay in hues of stained terracotta and concrete. They contain large amounts of hardened clay in vibrant colors like red, orange, yellow, brown, white and a rare cyan blue-green. Mesa biomes are the only place you can find clay naturally generating in large quantities before smelting it into hardened clay. This makes these rare, arid locations optimal for gathering cyan clay in survival mode Skyblock.

When generating a new Skyblock world, you’ll want to locate a mesa biome within your region. Open your map to scout the area and identify Mesa biomes by their distinct terrain – you’ll see cliffs, overhangs, and colorful striated patterns in the ground. Search for areas with cyan terracotta and concrete to pinpoint deposits of cyan hardened clay underground. The clay generates in vein-like pockets between layers of stained terracotta so you’ll need to dig around to expose it. Once located, this is the area you’ll want to gather cyan clay blocks for smelting and dyeing back at your base.

Traveling to the Mesa

Once you’ve located a Mesa biome, you’ll need to travel there to collect clay blocks. Here are some strategies for reaching the Mesa biome:

Build a Nether Portal – One of the fastest ways to travel long distances in Minecraft is by building a Nether Portal and traveling through the Nether. Since distances in the Nether are scaled down, you can travel up to 8 times faster than in the Overworld. Just multiply the Overworld coordinates of the Mesa biome by 8 to get the corresponding location in the Nether. Build a portal there, then another when you arrive to get back to the Overworld near the Mesa.

Use Rails and Minecarts – Laying down rails and using minecarts is another fast way to travel long distances. Use powered rails liberally to maintain speed. Bring materials to lay new tracks and craft new minecarts in case yours gets lost or destroyed.

Use Horses – Tamed horses provide a speed boost over walking while allowing you to carry items and supplies. Bring leads so you can guide multiple horses back, keeping your best horse saddled for the journey there. Bring food to restore your horses’ health if attacked.

Use Boats – Traveling by boat lets you take shortcuts over oceans and rivers. Sail east or west to potentially reduce the overall distance. Be wary of hitting land or hostile mobs that may destroy your boat.

Build an Ice Road – If traveling over an ocean or lake, build a quick ice road to walk over the water. Use ice blocks or packed ice to maintain speed. Just be ready to swim if it melts!

Gathering Clay Blocks

Once you arrive in the Mesa biome, you will see clay deposits scattered across the terrain. These clay deposits take the form of clay blocks which have an orange and white speckled texture. To efficiently mine the clay, use an Iron or Diamond pickaxe to quickly break the blocks. Clay deposits can span large areas, so be sure to explore around to uncover more blocks.

As you gather clay, keep the following tips in mind:

• Mine clay blocks in rows to quickly clear large deposits.
• Periodically place chests to empty your inventory and maximize clay collection.
• Clay is easiest to spot on flat areas, so look for it on top of cliffs or plateaus.
• If mining underground, clay often appears just under the surface or in shallow caves.

With an efficient method, you should be able to gather several stacks of clay blocks fairly quickly. This will provide plenty of material to smelt into hardened clay for building projects and decorating.

Smelting Clay Blocks

Once you have gathered your clay blocks, it’s time to smelt them into hardened clay using a furnace. Follow these steps:

1. Open your furnace by right-clicking on it.
2. Place your clay blocks in the top input box.
3. Place fuel such as coal, charcoal or wood logs in the bottom input box to power the furnace.
4. The furnace will start to smelt the clay blocks into hardened clay blocks.
5. As the hardened clay is produced, it will end up in the output box on the right side of the furnace GUI.
6. Remove the hardened clay blocks from the output box.
7. Repeat this process until you have smelted all your clay blocks into hardened clay.

With your newly made hardened clay blocks, you are now ready to dye them into beautiful cyan hardened clay to build and decorate with!

Dyeing Hardened Clay

Once you have gathered and smelted your clay blocks into hardened clay, it’s time to dye them. To dye hardened clay cyan, you will need to craft cyan dye. The recipe for cyan dye requires 6 lapis lazuli and 1 cactus green dye. To make cactus green dye, smelt a cactus in a furnace. Once you have the required dyes, place the hardened clay and cyan dye in a crafting window to dye the clay cyan.

Here are the step-by-step instructions for dyeing hardened clay cyan:

1. Craft 6 lapis lazuli dye by placing 1 lapis lazuli in each crafting grid square.
2. Craft 1 cactus green dye by smelting a cactus in a furnace and taking out the cactus green dye that results.
3. In a crafting window, place the 6 lapis lazuli dye in the bottom two rows.
4. Place the 1 cactus green dye in the very center square.
5. This will craft 6 cyan dye.
6. Place the cyan dye in the crafting grid with the hardened clay to dye it cyan.

And that’s it! You now have beautiful cyan hardened clay, ready to use for your builds and projects in your Skyblock world.

Transporting the Clay Home

Once you have gathered all of the clay blocks you need from the Mesa biome in Minecraft Skyblock, you’ll need to transport them back home efficiently. Transporting large quantities of clay blocks can be tedious and time consuming if not done properly.

The most efficient way is to use shulker boxes. Shulker boxes allow you to store 27 stacks of items in each box. Here are some tips for using shulker boxes to transport clay:

• Craft as many shulker boxes as you can from shells found in end cities.
• Place all the clay blocks you mine into shulker boxes as you gather them.
• When your inventory is full, place shulker boxes full of clay into your ender chest to free up inventory space.
• Once finished, fill your inventory with shulker boxes packed with clay blocks.
• Build a nether tunnel between your skyblock and the nearest nether portal to the Mesa if one does not already exist.
• Travel through the nether tunnel on foot or boat to quickly return home.
• Unload shulker boxes from your inventory and ender chest as you arrive home.

Using this shulker box method allows you to transport over a thousand clay blocks home in one trip. Be sure to build a nether tunnel for the fastest return trip. Then you’ll be ready to start smelting and dyeing your cyan hardened clay!

Storing the Cyan Hardened Clay

Once you have collected and dyed a good amount of hardened clay, you’ll want to properly store it for future building projects. Here are some tips for effectively storing large quantities of cyan hardened clay in Minecraft:

Build a separate storage room or warehouse just for clay. Designate a large, open space in your base specifically for storing clay and other bulky materials. This keeps everything organized and in one easy-to-find place.

Use chests, shulker boxes, and barrels. For maximum storage, fill chests, shulker boxes, and barrels with stacks of cyan hardened clay blocks. Label them clearly so you know exactly what’s inside each container.

Create an item sorter system. For very large amounts of clay, build an automated item sorting system with water streams and hoppers that whisks the clay into neat storage chests.

Make shelving units. Place chests, shulker boxes, and barrels on shelves built at different levels so you can access more storage vertically. Add signs or item frames with labels.

Build compact storage. Use techniques like honeycomb shelving, piston door systems, and hidden chests to build space-efficient clay storage that tucks neatly into small footprints.

Set up an easy-access warehouse layout. Design wide aisles between organized stacked storage so you can walk through and quickly find the clay you need.

Using the Cyan Hardened Clay

Once you have gathered and prepared your cyan hardened clay, it’s time to put it to use in your builds. Cyan clay is a vibrant blueish-green color that can add beautiful pops of color to modern, desert, or aquatic themes.

Here are some examples of builds where cyan hardened clay is used effectively:

• Modern cityscapes – Cyan clay can be used for elaborate skyscrapers, apartments, or office buildings to create a bright, sleek look.
• Tropical oasis – Use cyan clay for accents like palm trees, beach cabanas, or pool tiles in a tropical paradise.
• Fantasy castle – Add towers, turrets, or walls made of cyan clay blocks for an enchanting look.
• Underwater scenes – For an ocean, reef, or aquarium, cyan clay mimics the look of blue-green sea glass or algae.
• Alien world – Futuristic spaceship builds pop with cyan hardened clay accents.
• Desert marketplace – Clay stands, tents, and streets bring vibrance to a desert village.

Cyan hardened clay can be used in builds big and small. Get creative with cyan to make your world shine!