This article is about the item that drops from the mob. For the mob, see Shulker. For the storage block, see Shulker Box.
Shulker shells are items dropped by shulkers that are used solely to craft shulker boxes.
Obtaining
Shulkers
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.
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Shulker Box | Shulker Shell + Chest |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Shulker Shell | shulker_shell | item.minecraft.shulker_shell |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shulker Shell | shulker_shell | 445 | item.shulker_shell.name |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 450. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w45a | When one Shulker hits another shulker, the shulker can spawn another shulker, making shulker shells renewable. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 1.0.0.1 | ||||
| Shulker shells currently have no purpose as shulker boxes haven't been implemented yet. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Shulker shells can now be used to craft shulker boxes. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | |
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 1.7.10 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Shulker Shell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.