Shulker Box

Shulker Box

Item description‌[BE only]	Storage
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	JE: No BE: Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	24 COLOR_PURPLE 16 colors  8 SNOW  22 COLOR_LIGHT_GRAY  21 COLOR_GRAY  29 COLOR_BLACK  26 COLOR_BROWN  28 COLOR_RED  15 COLOR_ORANGE  18 COLOR_YELLOW  19 COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN  27 COLOR_GREEN  23 COLOR_CYAN  17 COLOR_LIGHT_BLUE  25 COLOR_BLUE  24 COLOR_PURPLE  16 COLOR_MAGENTA  20 COLOR_PINK
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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A shulker box is a dyeable block that stores items, and, unlike all other storage blocks, keeps its contents in item form when broken.

Obtaining

Obtaining a shulker box requires defeating the ender dragon to access the End gateway and locate an End City, where shulkers live. A shulker shell has a chance to drop from killing a shulker. Crafting a shulker box requires two shulker shells combined with a chest.

Breaking

All shulker boxes can be mined with any tool or by hand, but using a pickaxe is the most effective. All shulker boxes drop themselves when mined. Unlike other containers, the contents of any shulker box are stored within the dropped item, and not dropped separately. When instantly mined in Creative mode, all shulker boxes drop as an item if there are items stored within, unless /gamerule doTileDrops is set to "false".

Block	Shulker Box Dyed Shulker Box
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	13 (JE) 3 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

When a shulker box is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item. It cannot be pulled.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Shulker Box	Shulker Shell + Chest
Dyed Shulker Box	Any Shulker Box + Matching Dye		When you dye the shulker box, it retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its contents.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Any Shulker Box + Bone Meal or  Lapis Lazuli or  Cocoa Beans or  Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Usage

Storage

GUI of the shulker box.

All shulker boxes have 27 inventory slots, the same as a barrel, a single chest, or an ender chest.

All shulker boxes keep their items when broken, which can be retrieved when placed again, thus making them portable chests. This is different from other containers, which drop their contained items as item entities when broken. A shulker box drops itself as an item if pushed by pistons or destroyed by an explosion. If, however, the shulker box is in item form and is destroyed, the contents of the shulker box are dropped as items. Unlike most blocks with an inventory, shulker boxes always drop themselves when destroyed by explosions. When a shulker box with items inside is being held‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or is in a container's inventory, the items are listed on the tooltip as properties.

Items inside the shulker box are listed on the tooltip.

Any shulker box's items can be fed or removed by a hopper.

All shulker boxes can be stored in all containers except for other shulker boxes and bundles.

When placed by a player, a shulker box faces toward the player placing it. For example, if a shulker box is placed on a floor, a wall or a ceiling, it faces and opens upward, sideways or upside-down, respectively. Dispensers can also be used to place shulker boxes. If there is no block below the space where the shulker box is placed, the shulker box faces identically to the dispenser. Otherwise, the shulker box always faces upward, even if the block has no hitbox such as torches, signs and open fence gates.

Like a chest, all shulker boxes require a transparent area in the direction of its top surface to be opened. That area is exactly half of a full block, and clear of any obstructions, which may be any other hitbox, including blocks, boats and shulkers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, or a redstone conductive block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}. This way, any shulker box can be opened with an upside-down slab or an upper trapdoor on top of it. It is also unique in that when opened, its hitbox expands to 1.5 blocks high/wide, physically pushing entities where it is facing.

By default, the GUI of any shulker box is labeled "Shulker Box", which can be changed by naming it in an anvil or by changing the CustomName tag using the /data command.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

When any shulker box item is destroyed, the contents of the shulker box are dropped as items.

Although the blocks can't be placed in the void, opening a shulker box can make its hitbox expand to the void.

Piglins

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or mine any shulker box.

Undyeing

Dyed shulker boxes can be undyed using a cauldron. To do this, use a dyed shulker box on a cauldron that has water in it. This causes the cauldron's water level to decrease by 1, and the dyed shulker box loses its dye color.

Redstone component

The fullness of any shulker boxes, even if they cannot be opened, can be read by redstone comparators, unlike chests.

Observers can detect the opening and closing of any shulker boxes.

Shulker boxes are conductive when closed, but not if open. However, opening or closing a shulker box does not update its neighboring blocks, which can be used to create BUD state redstone wires‌^{[JE only]}.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Shulker box closes	Blocks	When a shulker box closes	block.shulker_box.close	subtitles.block.shulker_box.close​	0.5	0.9–1.0	16
	​Shulker box opens	Blocks	When a shulker box opens	block.shulker_box.open	subtitles.block.shulker_box.open​	0.5	0.9–1.0	16
	​Chest locked​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When a player attempts to open a shulker box locked using the [NBT Compound / JSON Object] lock tag	block.chest.locked​​	subtitles.block.chest.locked​​​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	When a shulker box closes	random.shulkerboxclosed	​ ?	0.5	0.9–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When a shulker box opens	random.shulkerboxopen	​ ?	0.5	0.9–1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Shulker Box	shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.shulker_box
White Shulker Box	white_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.white_shulker_box
Orange Shulker Box	orange_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.orange_shulker_box
Magenta Shulker Box	magenta_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.magenta_shulker_box
Light Blue Shulker Box	light_blue_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.light_blue_shulker_box
Yellow Shulker Box	yellow_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.yellow_shulker_box
Lime Shulker Box	lime_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.lime_shulker_box
Pink Shulker Box	pink_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.pink_shulker_box
Gray Shulker Box	gray_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.gray_shulker_box
Light Gray Shulker Box	light_gray_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.light_gray_shulker_box
Cyan Shulker Box	cyan_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.cyan_shulker_box
Purple Shulker Box	purple_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.purple_shulker_box
Blue Shulker Box	blue_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.blue_shulker_box
Brown Shulker Box	brown_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.brown_shulker_box
Green Shulker Box	green_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.green_shulker_box
Red Shulker Box	red_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.red_shulker_box
Black Shulker Box	black_shulker_box	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins shulker_boxes	block.minecraft.black_shulker_box

Name	Identifier
Block entity	shulker_box

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Block tags	Translation key
Shulker Box	undyed_shulker_box	None	205	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBox.name
White Shulker Box	white_shulker_box	shulker_box / 0	218	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxWhite.name
Orange Shulker Box	orange_shulker_box	shulker_box / 1	868	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -613)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxOrange.name
Magenta Shulker Box	magenta_shulker_box	shulker_box / 2	869	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -614)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxMagenta.name
Light Blue Shulker Box	light_blue_shulker_box	shulker_box / 3	870	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -615)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxLightBlue.name
Yellow Shulker Box	yellow_shulker_box	shulker_box / 4	871	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -616)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxYellow.name
Lime Shulker Box	lime_shulker_box	shulker_box / 5	872	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -617)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxLime.name
Pink Shulker Box	pink_shulker_box	shulker_box / 6	873	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -618)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxPink.name
Gray Shulker Box	gray_shulker_box	shulker_box / 7	874	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -619)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxGray.name
Light Gray Shulker Box	light_gray_shulker_box	shulker_box / 8	875	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -620)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxSilver.name
Cyan Shulker Box	cyan_shulker_box	shulker_box / 9	876	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -621)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxCyan.name
Purple Shulker Box	purple_shulker_box	shulker_box / 10	877	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -622)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxPurple.name
Blue Shulker Box	blue_shulker_box	shulker_box / 11	878	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -623)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxBlue.name
Brown Shulker Box	brown_shulker_box	shulker_box / 12	879	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -624)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxBrown.name
Green Shulker Box	green_shulker_box	shulker_box / 13	880	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -625)		tile.shulkerBoxGreen.name
Red Shulker Box	red_shulker_box	shulker_box / 14	881	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -626)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxRed.name
Black Shulker Box	black_shulker_box	shulker_box / 15	882	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -627)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.shulkerBoxBlack.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	ShulkerBox

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	up	down east north south up west	The direction the shulker box is pointing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the shulker box.

Block data

A shulker box has a block entity associated with it that identifies its contents.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  • Tags common to all objects that can be renamed see Template:Nbt inherit/nameable/template
  • Tags common to all containers that can be locked see Template:Nbt inherit/lockable/template
  • Tags common to all objects that use loot tables to produce items see Template:Nbt inherit/lootable/template
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] Items: List of items in this container. Does not exist if the shulker box is empty (unlike all other container blocks with the Items tag, which store an empty list). Represents the minecraft:container component. The component is still present on the block entity, even if the tag does not exist.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: An item, including the slot tag. Shulker box slots are numbered 0–26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
      • An item stack in a container slot see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Item data

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.

• • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:block_entity_data: Block entity NBT applied when this block is placed. Depending on the block type that this item places, and the block entity ID specified in this component, this component may add a red message to the item's tooltip (for operator players only) warning the player that placing it may result in command execution.
    • See Block entity format. Must include id tag. Excludes x, y, z, components and keepPacked tags.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] minecraft:container: The items contained in this container's slots. If present on an item, the first 5 item slots in the container are listed in the tooltip, and the number of any extra slots are listed as "and <N> more..." underneath (only seen on shulker boxes in normal gameplay or ctrl-middle-clicked containers in creative mode). This component supports up to 256 item slots but, when present on some block entities, the number of slots may be artificially limited based on the number of slots the block needs (e.g. 1 for decorated pots, and 27 for chests).
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: A single item.
      • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] item: The item stack in this slot.
        • A single item stack see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template
      • [Int] slot: A slot in this container. Can be from 0 to 255 (inclusive).
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:container_loot: The unresolved loot table and seed of this container item.
    • [String] loot_table: The ID of a loot table.
    • [Long] seed: The pseudorandom seed to resolve the loot table with. If not specified or 0, a seed is randomly chosen by the game.

• • [String][NBT List / JSON Array][NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:custom_name: The player-assigned name of this item, block, or entity, typically assigned with an anvil or a name tag. See Text component format.
  • If present on an item, this component has highest priority to display as the item's name, and appears italic unless overridden by the text component format.
  • If present on an entity, it replaces the entity's name tag, shows the name tag to players when they hover over the entity (unless invisible), and appears as that entity's name in commands and chat messages.
  • If present on a block with a GUI (such as a container), this replaces the name at the top of the GUI.
  • If present on a command block, this replaces the execution context name when the command is ran.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:lock: An item predicate representing the "key" to open this container. If present on a block, players must have an item that passes this predicate in their main hand in order to open the container. If they do not, interacting with the container plays a sound and displays a message in the actionbar.
    • item predicate see Template:Nbt inherit/conditions/item/template

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Organizational Wizard	Name a Shulker Box with an Anvil	Rename a dyed shulker box; an undyed shulker box will not work.	30	Bronze

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.11			16w39a				Added shulker boxes.
			16w39c				"Silver Shulker Boxes" have been now renamed to "Light Grey Shulker Boxes", in keeping with naming consistencies across dyed blocks.
			16w40a				Renamed "Light Grey Shulker Box" to "Light Gray Shulker Box".
1.12			17w16a				Shulker boxes have been recolored.
			17w17a				The color of purple shulker boxes has been reverted.
1.13			17w47a				The ID for the light gray shulker box has been changed from silver_shulker_box to light_gray_shulker_box.
							As part of The Flattening, the numeric IDs of all types of shulker boxes have been removed. Old IDs Block ID White Shulker Box 219 Orange Shulker Box 220 Magenta Shulker Box 221 Light Blue Shulker Box 222 Yellow Shulker Box 223 Lime Shulker Box 224 Pink Shulker Box 225 Gray Shulker Box 226 Light Gray Shulker Box 227 Cyan Shulker Box 228 Purple Shulker Box 229 Blue Shulker Box 230 Brown Shulker Box 231 Green Shulker Box 232 Red Shulker Box 233 Black Shulker Box 234
			18w10b				Added a default shulker box.
							Purple shulker boxes from previous versions are now converted to default shulker boxes instead of purple ones.
							The purple shulker box texture has been changed to the one used in 17w16a.
			18w10d				Dyed shulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.
							Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.
1.17			20w45a				Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes renewable.
			20w51a				All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an item entity.
1.19.3			22w45a				Blocks attached to the sides and lid of any shulker box now pop off when the shulker box opens.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added shulker boxes.
			alpha 1.1.0.9				The color palette for shulker boxes has been updated.
?			?				Shulker boxes no longer use the wood sound.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added a default shulker box.
							The purple shulker box color has been changed to the new palette.
1.2.3							"Silver Shulker Boxes" have been now renamed to "Light Gray Shulker Boxes", in keeping with naming consistencies across dyed blocks.
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.13				A recipe for undyed shulker boxes has been added.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Dyed shulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.
							Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.30.22				All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an item entity.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.30.22				Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes renewable.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				The different block states for the dyed shulker box ID, the shulker_box ID, have been split into their own IDs.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of shulker boxes and dyed shulker boxes from 2.5 to 2.
							Shulker boxes no longer receive a mining speed penalty when being mined without a pickaxe.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Added shulker boxes.
TU63	CU53	1.67	1.67	1.67	Patch 32	1.0.13	Shulker boxes can no longer be opened when an entity is inside the area that the shulker box's collision box would extend to when opened.
			1.88				Added a default shulker box.
							The purple shulker box color has been changed to the new palette.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added shulker boxes.
							There is no default shulker box separate from the purple shulker box; the purple shulker box uses the texture of the default shulker box.

Issues

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

Trivia

• With 37 shulker boxes in a player's inventory, hotbar, and off-hand slot, 999 stacks of up to 64 items (up to 63,936 total items; 63,973 if counting shulker boxes themselves) can be held. With 37 shulker boxes and an ender chest with 27 shulker boxes in one of the shulker box slots, 1,727 stacks (up to 110,528 items; 1,728 stacks with up to 110,592 items if counting stacked ender chests) can be held.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Before they were added to Minecraft, storage objects that keep their inventory when picked up were already present in Minicraft.

Gallery

Renders

Opening and closing animations

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In other media

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  Monty with two shulker boxes

External links

• Block of the Week: Shulker Box – Minecraft.net on November 19, 2020