A nautilus shell is an item that is rarely dropped by killed nautiluses, always dropped by drowned that hold them, and it can be fished out of water. Nautilus shells, along with hearts of the sea, are required to craft conduits.
Obtaining
Mob loot
Drowned have a 3%[JE only] or 8%[BE only] chance to spawn with a nautilus shell in their off-hand, and they always drop that nautilus shell upon death. In Bedrock Edition, this also includes zombies converted into drowned.
In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 nautilus shell when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.
Fishing
Nautilus shells are obtainable through fishing as a treasure item, with a 0.8% chance to obtain one, per catch, without Luck of the Sea. Like other treasure items, this chance is then increased to 1.2% with Luck of the Sea I, 1.5% with Luck of the Sea II, and 1.9% with Luck of the Sea III.
Trading
Wandering traders may sell 1 nautilus shell for 5 emeralds.
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
 Wandering Trader | Ordinary | 6% | 6% | 5 ×  Emerald |  Nautilus Shell | 5 | — | — |
Usage
In Bedrock Edition, a nautilus shell is one of the few items that can be held in the off-hand.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Conduit | Nautilus Shell + Heart of the Sea |
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Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nautilus Shell | nautilus_shell | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautilus Shell | nautilus_shell | 570 | Item | item |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w15a |  Added nautilus shells. | |||||
| 1.14 | 19w05a | Added wandering traders, which sell nautilus shells. | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w12a | Nautilus shells can now only be caught when fishing in open water like any other treasure item. | |||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w33a | The rarity of nautilus shells has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
| 1.21.11 | 25w41a | Added nautiluses, which can drop nautilus shells when killed. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 Experiment | beta 1.2.20.1 |  Added nautilus shells. | |||||
| They are currently only available with Experimental Gameplay enabled. | |||||||
| beta 1.2.20.2 | The texture of nautilus shells has now been changed. | ||||||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.0 | Drowned now sometimes spawn holding a nautilus shell. | |||||
| Nautilus shells are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay. | |||||||
| beta 1.5.0.1 | Nautilus shells can now be used to craft conduits. | ||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Nautilus shells can now be obtained from trading with wandering traders. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
| 1.21.120 | Preview 1.21.120.23 | Drowned no longer drop their held trident if given a nautilus shell. | |||||
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | Added nautiluses, which can drop nautilus shells when killed. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added nautilus shells. | ||
| 1.91 | Nautilus shells can now be obtained from trading with wandering traders. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Nautilus Shell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- Prior to the addition of the nautilus mob to the game, in a Taking Inventory article on minecraft.net, Duncan Geere stated that nautiluses may have once existed in the Minecraft world, but became extinct.[1]
Gallery
In other media
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A nautilus shell as it appeared in Minecraft Earth -
A wandering trader bargaining a nautilus shell -
A nautilus shell as it appeared in 2022 Mob Vote Event
See also
References
- ↑ "Taking Inventory: Nautilus Shell" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 16, 2023.
