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Nautilus Shell
Miscellaneous

Nautilus Shell

A spiral shell used to craft conduits. It is obtained by fishing or from drowned that hold one.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.13

Item ID

nautilus_shell

Nautilus Shell at a glance

Minecraft files Nautilus Shell under Miscellaneous: an item you get from fishing, mob drops, and trading with villagers. 64 Nautilus Shell fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Nautilus Shell additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Conduit. It sits between Name Tag and Nether Brick in Miscellaneous, number 83 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Conduit is the one recipe that asks for Nautilus Shell, and the link below opens that grid. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Nautilus Shell in it.

How to obtain

  • Fishing
  • Mob drops
  • Trading

Mobs that drop it

Nautilus drops 1 of them.

Notes

Eight nautilus shells and a Heart of the Sea craft a Conduit. Also sold by wandering traders.

Frequently asked questions about Nautilus Shell

  1. Fishing leading to Nautilus Shell, the way this answer says Nautilus Shell arrives

    How do you get Nautilus Shell in Minecraft?

    Nautilus Shell is obtained through fishing, Nautilus Shell from mob drops, and Nautilus Shell from trading with villagers. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.

  2. Several Nautilus Shell at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Nautilus Shell?

    Nautilus drops 1 of them.

  3. 64 Nautilus Shell drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Nautilus Shell can you stack?

    Nautilus Shell at 64 a slot, and Conduit takes 8 per craft, so a full slot is 8 Conduit with nothing left over. A shulker box of Nautilus Shell comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  4. Nautilus Shell turning into Conduit, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Nautilus Shell used for?

    Nautilus Shell is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Conduit.

  5. Nautilus Shell coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.13

    When was Nautilus Shell added to Minecraft?

    Nautilus Shell was added in version 1.13.

Building with it

Nautilus shells come from fishing and from drowned that carry them, and eight around a heart of the sea make a conduit. There is no crafting route to a shell, so a conduit is really a fishing project with a treasure hunt attached.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Nautilus Shell

What villagers ask for Nautilus Shell on Astroworld Trades

Nautilus drops Nautilus Shell

The Nautilus page on Astroworld Mobs, where Nautilus Shell is listed as a drop

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