Shulker Shell

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Shulker Shell
Shulker Shell.png: Infobox image for Shulker Shell the item in Minecraft
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

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Mob loot

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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.

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.

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
Shulker0–112120–19169160–158580–111161116

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker012 (50.00%)716 (43.75%)38 (37.50%)516 (31.25%)
112 (50.00%)916 (56.25%)58 (62.50%)1116 (68.75%)
Average12 (0.50)916 (0.56)58 (0.62)1116 (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
Shulker0–112120–212340–31210–41254

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker012 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)
112 (50.00%)14 (25.00%)18 (12.50%)112 (8.33%)
2014 (25.00%)14 (25.00%)16 (16.67%)
30018 (12.50%)16 (16.67%)
4000112 (8.33%)
Average12 (0.50)34 (0.75)1 (1.00)54 (1.25)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Shulker2.001.331.000.80

Usage

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Crafting ingredient

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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

Data values

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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

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.1116w39a Added shulker shells.
1.1418w43a The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
1.1720w45aWhen 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

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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 1.1.0.0Shulker 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 1.18.30.22Shulkers now have a chance to spawn another shulker when hit by a shulker bullet, making shulker shells renewable.

Legacy Console Edition

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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

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

Data history

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Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 450.

Issues

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

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