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A nautilus shell is an item that is used for crafting conduits.

Obtaining[]

Fishing[]

Nautilus shells can be rarely obtained as a treasure item from fishing. The drop chances of nautilus shells slightly increase with each level of Luck of the Sea on the player's fishing rod.

Mob loot[]

Drowned have a 3%‌[JE only] or 8%‌[BE only] chance to spawn with a nautilus shell in their off-hand, and this nautilus shell always drops upon death.

Trading[]

Wandering traders may sell a nautilus shell for 5 emeralds each, but they only sell 5 of them at a time.

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

Trading[]

Nautilus shells can be given to trident-wielding drowned with a chance for the drowned to pick up the shell and drop the trident.[Bedrock Edition only]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Nautilus Shellnautilus_shellItemitem.minecraft.nautilus_shell

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Nautilus Shellnautilus_shell570Itemitem.nautilus_shell.name

History[]

Java Edition
1.1318w15aNautilus Shell JE1 BE2 Added nautilus shells.
1.1419w05aAdded wandering traders, which sell nautilus shells.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Nautilus Shell BE1 Added nautilus shells.
beta 1.2.20.2Nautilus Shell JE1 BE2 The texture of nautilus shells has now been changed.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.0Drowned now sometimes spawn holding a nautilus shell.
Nautilus shells are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.
beta 1.5.0.1Nautilus shells can now be used to craft conduits.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Nautilus shells can now be obtained from trading with wandering traders.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Nautilus Shell JE1 BE2 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. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

  • Nautiluses are animals that occupy deep oceans in the real world. However, they are absent in Minecraft and there are currently no plans to add nautilus mobs into the game.
  • Because Bedrock Edition allows for Nautilus shells to be held in the off-hand (since drowned hold them), they are the only item in that version that can be put in the off-hand slot without having a specific function.
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