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This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Turtle eggs are eggs that hatch into baby turtles.

Obtaining

Turtle eggs can be obtained in the inventory using tools with the Silk Touch enchantment. If broken without the enchantment, pushed by a piston, or if a gravity-affected block falls into its space, the egg will break without dropping anything.

Breeding turtles

When two turtles are bred with sea grass, one of them will burrow around in the sand and lay an egg block that contains 1-4 eggs after several seconds. The egg will go through several stages before hatching, and only hatches at night.

Usage

Turtle eggs can be placed similarly to normal solid blocks, and slowly hatch into turtles. Up to 4 turtle eggs can be placed onto 1 block.

If a player or large-enough mob, armor stand or falling block falls or stands on an egg for a certain amount of time, one egg will break on the block. Zombies, zombie villagers, husks, drowned and zombie pigmen will actively seek out and trample turtle eggs, breaking egg after egg on the block until all of them have been destroyed.

Data values

Block state

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
eggs11
2
3
4
Number of eggs.
hatch00
1
2
Determines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at 0 and is randomly incremented.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
turtle_egg_count0x1
0x2
one_eggone_egg
two_egg
three_egg
four_egg
0
1
2
3
Number of eggs.
cracked_state0x4
0x8
no_cracksno_cracks
cracked
max_cracked
0
1
2
Determines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at no cracks and is randomly incremented.

History

upcoming
1.1318w07aAdded turtle eggs.
18w11aAdded drowned, which like zombies and their variants, will seek out and trample turtle eggs.
18w19aTurtle eggs now have a proper item texture.
18w22aIf the player is inside the hitbox of one turtle egg, and another is attempted to be placed, the placement will fail.
Now makes placement sounds when the amount in a stack is increased.
More turtle eggs than normal can be placed in one stack by aiming at adjacent blocks.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.5beta 1.5.0.4Added turtle eggs.

Issues

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