Burning is not how you extract clay from dirt. To get clay out of dirt in real life, you filter dirt and water through a filter.
In Minecraft, I would say the crafting recipe should be a dirt block, carpet/wool, and a bucket of water would yield 1 clay ball. It would consume the dirt and carpet.
Maybe dirt could produce clay balls somehow? Maybe burning it?
Burning is not how you extract clay from dirt. To get clay out of dirt in real life, you filter dirt and water through a filter.
In Minecraft, I would say the crafting recipe should be a dirt block, carpet/wool, and a bucket of water would yield 1 clay ball. It would consume the dirt and carpet.
It would still be possible to get some clay from dirt somehow...its not anymore hilarious then some other recpies ;-)