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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

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Shulker Shellshulker_shellitem.minecraft.shulker_shell

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Shulker Shellshulker_shell445item.shulker_shell.name

History

Java Edition
1.1116w39aShulker Shell JE1 BE1 Added shulker shells.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 450.
1.1418w43aShulker Shell JE2 BE2 The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1720w45aWhen one shulker hits another shulker, the shulker can spawn another shulker, making shulker shells renewable.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 1.0.0.1Shulker Shell JE1 BE1 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 1.10.0.3Shulker Shell JE2 BE2 The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3Shulker Shell JE1 BE1 Added shulker shells.
1.90 Shulker Shell JE2 BE2 The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10Shulker Shell JE1 BE1 Added shulker shells.

Issues

Issues relating to "Shulker Shell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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