Minecraft’sTrails and Tales update has added a number of new features to the game including Archeology. When goingtreasure huntingin the new Trail and Ocean ruins, players can find Suspicious Blocks with hidden items inside.
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To get these items, you’ll need a new tool - the Archeology Brush. Keep reading for everything you need to know about crafting, repairing, and using the Archeology Brush as well as the possible loot drops you can get with it.
How To Craft The Archeology Brush
The Archeology Brush has a very simple recipe - all it takes isa feather, a copper ingot, and a stick. Once crafted, the archeology brush has 64 points of durability, and each Suspicious Block brush will consume one point.
How To Repair The Archeology Brush
A damaged Archeology Brush can be repaired by crafting two brushes together. This results in their remaining durability being added together, with an additional 5% bonus. As a result, two brushes at just under half durability will create one full-durability brush.
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How To Use The Archeology Brush
Using the Archeology Brush is very similar to using a pickaxe. However, you will need to use the secondary action button instead of the primary, like you would with shears.
Press and hold this button for 5 seconds to finish brushing a block. If you stop early, the block will stay in a half-mined state for a few seconds before reverting.
Where To Use The Archeology Brush
The Archeology Brush can be used on any Suspicious Sand or Suspicious Gravel block. These naturally spawn in five locations, which are similar to previously addedAncient Cities.
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Possible Item Drops
Suspicious Blocks have different loot tables depending on the structure they spawn in, and the version of Minecraft you are playing (Java or Bedrock).
Suspicious Sand naturally generates in Warm Ocean Ruins,Desert Pyramids, andDesert Wells. There are two types of Suspicious Sand - Rare and Common - which each have their own loot table. Notably, the Suspicious Sand in Desert Wells and Desert Temples appears to operate outside the Rare and Common paradigm, and all blocks here have the same loot table.
Suspicious Gravel naturally generates inCold Ocean RuinsandTrail Ruins. Each archeology location has a mixture of two different types of Suspicious Gravel - Rare and Common. Each has its own loot drops.
Suspicious Sand Loot - Java Edition
Block Type
Warm Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Warm Ocean Ruins (13.3%) Desert Pyramid (12.5%) Desert Well (12.5%)
Wooden Hoe
Gold Nugget
Angler Pottery Shard
Warm Ocean Ruins (6.7%)
Shelter Pottery Shard
Sniffer Egg
Snort Pottery Shard
Archer Pottery Shard
Desert Pyramid (12.5%)
Miner Pottery Shard
Prize Pottery Shard
Skull Pottery Shard
Desert Well (12.5%)
Suspicious Stew
Brewer Pottery Shard
Arms Up Pottery Shard
Suspicious Sand Loot - Bedrock Edition
Warm Ocean Ruins (14.3%)
Warm Ocean Ruins (14.3%) Desert Pyramid (12.5%) Desert Well (12.5%)
Warm Ocean Ruins (7.1%)
Desert Well (25%)
Suspicious Gravel Loot - Java Edition
Trail Ruins (4.4%)
Brown Candle
Trail Ruins(4.4%) Cold Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Green Candle
Light Blue Dye
Orange Dye
Purple Candle
Red Candle
Trail Ruins (4.4%) Cold Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Yellow Dye
Beetroot Seeds
Trail Ruins (2.2%)
Blue Stained Glass Pane
Trail Ruins (2.2%) Cold Ocean Ruins(13.3%)
Flower Pot
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane
Magenta Stained Glass Pane
Oak Hanging Sign
Pink Stained Glass Pane
Purple Stained Glass Pane
Red Stained Glass Pane
Spruce Hanging Sign
Wheat Seeds
Yellow Stained Glass Pane
Trail Ruins (2.2%) Cold Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Burn Pottery Shard
Trail Ruins (8.3%)
Danger Pottery Shard
Relic Music Disc
Friend Pottery Shard
Heart Pottery Shard
Host Armor Trim Smithing Template
Howl Pottery Shard
Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template
Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template
Sheaf Pottery Shard
Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template
Blade Pottery Shard
Cold Ocean Ruins
Explorer Pottery Shard
Mourner Pottery Shard
Plenty Pottery Shard
Suspicious Gravel Loot - Bedrock Edition
Trail Ruin (4.3%)
Trail Ruin (4.3%) Cold Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Trail Ruin (2.2%)
Trail Ruin (2.2%) Cold Ocean Ruins (13.3%)
Trail Ruin (8.3%)
Heartbreak Pottery Shard
Sheaf Pottery Sherd
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