Nautilus Shell

Nautilus Shell

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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A nautilus shell is an item that is rarely dropped by killed nautiluses, always dropped by drowned that hold them, and it can be fished out of water. Nautilus shells, along with hearts of the sea, are required to craft conduits.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Drowned have a 3%‌^{[JE only]} or 8%‌^{[BE only]} chance to spawn with a nautilus shell in their off-hand, and they always drop that nautilus shell upon death. In Bedrock Edition, this also includes zombies converted into drowned.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 nautilus shell when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Nautilus	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	6.00%	0.06	0–1	7.00%	0.07	0–1	8.00%	0.08

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Nautilus	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20	0–1	3⁄50	3⁄50	0–1	7⁄100	7⁄100	0–1	2⁄25	2⁄25

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Nautilus	0	19⁄20 (95.00%)	47⁄50 (94.00%)	93⁄100 (93.00%)	23⁄25 (92.00%)
		1	1⁄20 (5.00%)	3⁄50 (6.00%)	7⁄100 (7.00%)	2⁄25 (8.00%)
		Average	1⁄20 (0.05)	3⁄50 (0.06)	7⁄100 (0.07)	2⁄25 (0.08)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Nautilus	20.00	16.67	14.29	12.50

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Nautilus	0–1	5.00%	0.05	0–1	6.00%	0.06	0–1	7.00%	0.07	0–1	8.00%	0.08

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Nautilus	0–1	1⁄20	1⁄20	0–1	3⁄50	3⁄50	0–1	7⁄100	7⁄100	0–1	2⁄25	2⁄25

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Nautilus	0	19⁄20 (95.00%)	47⁄50 (94.00%)	93⁄100 (93.00%)	23⁄25 (92.00%)
		1	1⁄20 (5.00%)	3⁄50 (6.00%)	7⁄100 (7.00%)	2⁄25 (8.00%)
		Average	1⁄20 (0.05)	3⁄50 (0.06)	7⁄100 (0.07)	2⁄25 (0.08)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Nautilus	20.00	16.67	14.29	12.50

Fishing

Nautilus shells are obtainable through fishing as a treasure item, with a 0.8% chance to obtain one, per catch, without Luck of the Sea. Like other treasure items, this chance is then increased to 1.2% with Luck of the Sea I, 1.5% with Luck of the Sea II, and 1.9% with Luck of the Sea III.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 1 nautilus shell for 5 emeralds.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Ordinary	6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Nautilus Shell	5	—	—

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Nautilus Shell	nautilus_shell	Item	item.minecraft.nautilus_shell

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Nautilus Shell	nautilus_shell	570	Item	item.nautilus_shell.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13			18w15a				Added nautilus shells.
1.14			19w05a				Added wandering traders, which sell nautilus shells.
1.16			20w12a				Nautilus shells can now only be caught when fishing in open water like any other treasure item.
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of nautilus shells has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
1.21.11			25w41a				Added nautiluses, which can drop nautilus shells when killed.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.2.20.1				Added nautilus shells.
							They are currently only available with Experimental Gameplay enabled.
			beta 1.2.20.2				The texture of nautilus shells has now been changed.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				Drowned now sometimes spawn holding a nautilus shell.
							Nautilus shells are no longer behind Experimental Gameplay.
			beta 1.5.0.1				Nautilus shells can now be used to craft conduits.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Nautilus shells can now be obtained from trading with wandering traders.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				Changed rarity from "Common" to "Uncommon".
1.21.120			Preview 1.21.120.23				Drowned no longer drop their held trident if given a nautilus shell.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Added nautiluses, which can drop nautilus shells when killed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		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. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Prior to the addition of the nautilus mob to the game, in a Taking Inventory article on minecraft.net, Duncan Geere stated that nautiluses may have once existed in the Minecraft world, but became extinct.

Gallery

In other media

• 
  A nautilus shell as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
• 
  A wandering trader bargaining a nautilus shell
• 
  A nautilus shell as it appeared in 2022 Mob Vote Event

See also

• Heart of the Sea
• Conduit
• Conduit Power
• Nautilus