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Shulker Shell

Shulker Shell

Shulker shells are items dropped by shulkers that are used solely to craft shulker boxes.

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Contents (13)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Mob loot
  3. Usage
  4. Crafting ingredient
  5. Data values
  6. ID
  7. History
  8. Java Edition
  9. Bedrock Edition
  10. Legacy Console Edition
  11. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  12. Data history
  13. Issues
Shulker Shell
Shulker Shell.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Shulker Shell'
Invicon Shulker Shell.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Shell in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shulker Shell
Rarity tier
  Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)

Shulker shells are items dropped by shulkers that are used solely to craft shulker boxes.

Obtaining

Mob loot

In Java Edition, shulkers have a 50% chance of dropping a shulker shell when killed. This is increased by 6.25% per level of Looting, for a maximum of 68.75% with Looting III.

In Bedrock Edition, shulkers drop 0-1 shulker shells. The maximum can be increased by 1 per level of Looting, which is 0-4 shells with Looting III.

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker0–150.00%0.500–156.25%0.560–162.50%0.620–168.75%0.69
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker0–11⁄21⁄20–19⁄169⁄160–15⁄85⁄80–111⁄1611⁄16
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker01⁄2 (50.00%)7⁄16 (43.75%)3⁄8 (37.50%)5⁄16 (31.25%)
11⁄2 (50.00%)9⁄16 (56.25%)5⁄8 (62.50%)11⁄16 (68.75%)
Average1⁄2 (0.50)9⁄16 (0.56)5⁄8 (0.62)11⁄16 (0.69)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker2.001.781.601.45

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker0–150.00%0.500–250.00%0.750–350.00%1.000–450.00%1.25
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker0–11⁄21⁄20–21⁄23⁄40–31⁄210–41⁄25⁄4
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker01⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄2 (50.00%)
11⁄2 (50.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄8 (12.50%)1⁄12 (8.33%)
201⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
3001⁄8 (12.50%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
40001⁄12 (8.33%)
Average1⁄2 (0.50)3⁄4 (0.75)1 (1.00)5⁄4 (1.25)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker2.001.331.000.80

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Shulker Box Shulker Shell +
Chest
Invicon Shulker Shell.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Shell in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shulker ShellInvicon Chest.png: Inventory sprite for Chest in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chest with description: ChestInvicon Shulker Shell.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Shell in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shulker Shell
Invicon Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shulker Box with description: Shulker Box
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite shulker-shell.png: Sprite image for shulker-shell in Minecraft Shulker Shellshulker_shellItem item.minecraft.shulker_shell

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite shulker-shell.png: Sprite image for shulker-shell in Minecraft Shulker Shellshulker_shell566Item item.shulker_shell.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1116w39a Added shulker shells.
1.1418w43a The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
1.1720w45a When a shulker is hit by a shulker bullet, the shulker can spawn another shulker depending on the amount of shulkers in the area, making shulker shells renewable.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 1.0.0.1 Added shulker shells.
Shulker shells currently have no purpose as shulker boxes haven't been implemented yet.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0 Shulker shells can now be used to craft shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
1.18.30beta 1.18.30.22 Shulkers now have a chance to spawn another shulker when hit by a shulker bullet, making shulker shells renewable.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3 Added shulker shells.
1.90 The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10 Added shulker shells.
1.9.19 Shulker shells can now be used to craft shulker boxes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 450.

Issues

Issues relating to "Shulker Shell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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