Careful Restoration
Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds
Overview
Careful Restoration is a goal advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds." It branches directly off Respecting the Remnants, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Careful Restoration was added in Minecraft 1.20, from the Trails & Tales era, and remains part of the current 1.21 advancement set.
It is rated Hard difficulty on this site: requires significant effort, rare resources, or dangerous encounters. It is classed as a goal advancement, which renders with the rounded goal frame in the menu and marks a notable objective along the way rather than a trivial step. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.
In tree terms, Careful Restoration sits second along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> Respecting the Remnants -> Careful Restoration. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and Careful Restoration is one of 40 total advancements in the Adventure tab. No other advancement shares its parent, so it is the only thing that branches from Respecting the Remnants.
How to Complete Careful Restoration
Earning Careful Restoration comes down to the following, performed in order:
- Collect 4 pottery sherds (from brushing suspicious blocks in various structures) and craft them into a decorated pot on a crafting table.
- All 4 slots must use sherds, not bricks.
Tips & Fastest Route
Tips & Fastest Route- Fastest route: Craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds (no plain bricks) on a crafting table.
- All four faces must be sherds; mixing in bricks makes a plain pot and fails the check.
- Sherds come from brushing suspicious blocks, so collect four before crafting.
- Make sure Respecting the Remnants is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Careful Restoration will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
- At Hard difficulty, Careful Restoration rewards preparation over speed — line up the items and conditions in the steps first rather than improvising mid-attempt.
Common Mistakes
Common Mistakes- Remember that Careful Restoration will not appear as available until Respecting the Remnants is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.
Reward & What It Unlocks
Reward & What It UnlocksCompleting Careful Restoration grants 10 experience points. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.
It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.
Details
- Advancement ID
minecraft:adventure/craft_decorated_pot_using_only_sherds- Icon Item
- Decorated Pot
- Category
- Adventure
- Difficulty
- Hard
- XP Reward
- 10 XP
- Version Added
- 1.20
Advancement ID
CategoryAdvancement Tree
Child Advancements
Careful Restoration Advancement FAQ
How do you get the Careful Restoration advancement in Minecraft?
Craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds (no plain bricks) on a crafting table. In full, collect 4 pottery sherds (from brushing suspicious blocks in various structures) and craft them into a decorated pot on a crafting table. All 4 slots must use sherds, not bricks.
What do you need for Careful Restoration?
Before you can work on it you must have completed Respecting the Remnants. Collect 4 pottery sherds (from brushing suspicious blocks in various structures) and craft them into a decorated pot on a crafting table. All 4 slots must use sherds, not bricks.
Which advancement tab is Careful Restoration in?
Careful Restoration is in the Adventure tab, hanging beneath Respecting the Remnants. Its in-game advancement ID is minecraft:adventure/craft_decorated_pot_using_only_sherds.
Is Careful Restoration part of the Respecting the Remnants branch?
Yes. Careful Restoration sits directly below Respecting the Remnants in the Adventure tree, so you must earn Respecting the Remnants first. It is a leaf, so nothing further unlocks from it.
How much XP does Careful Restoration give and how hard is it?
Careful Restoration awards 10 XP and is rated Hard difficulty, and it is a goal advancement.
When was Careful Restoration added to Minecraft?
Careful Restoration was added in Minecraft Java Edition 1.20 and is present in the current 1.21 advancement set.