Shulker Shell

Shulker Shell

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Shulker shells are items dropped by shulkers that are used solely to craft shulker boxes.

Obtaining

Mob loot

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.

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.

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Shulker	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–1	56.25%	0.56	0–1	62.50%	0.62	0–1	68.75%	0.69

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Shulker	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–1	9⁄16	9⁄16	0–1	5⁄8	5⁄8	0–1	11⁄16	11⁄16

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Shulker	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	7⁄16 (43.75%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	5⁄16 (31.25%)
		1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	9⁄16 (56.25%)	5⁄8 (62.50%)	11⁄16 (68.75%)
		Average	1⁄2 (0.50)	9⁄16 (0.56)	5⁄8 (0.62)	11⁄16 (0.69)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Shulker	2.00	1.78	1.60	1.45

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Shulker	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Shulker	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	1⁄2	3⁄4	0–3	1⁄2	1	0–4	1⁄2	5⁄4

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Shulker	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)
		1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		2	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	1⁄2 (0.50)	3⁄4 (0.75)	1 (1.00)	5⁄4 (1.25)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Shulker	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Shulker Box	Shulker Shell + Chest

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Shulker Shell	shulker_shell	Item	item.minecraft.shulker_shell

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Shulker Shell	shulker_shell	566	Item	item.shulker_shell.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.11			16w39a				Added shulker shells.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
1.17			20w45a				When a shulker is hit by a shulker bullet, the shulker can spawn another shulker depending on the amount of shulkers in the area, making shulker shells renewable.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 1.0.0.1				Added shulker shells.
							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				The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.30.22				Shulkers now have a chance to spawn another shulker when hit by a shulker bullet, making shulker shells renewable.

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 shells.
			1.90				The texture of the shulker shell has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added shulker shells.
1.9.19							Shulker shells can now be used to craft shulker boxes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 450.

Issues

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