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Shulker Shell
Miscellaneous

Shulker Shell

An item dropped by shulkers in End cities, used together with a chest to craft a shulker box. It is the only ingredient needed besides the chest.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.11

Item ID

shulker_shell

Shulker Shell at a glance

Shulker Shell comes from mob drops, and Miscellaneous is where it sits as an item. A single slot takes 64 Shulker Shell, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Shulker Shell sits between Shaper Armor Trim and Silence Armor Trim in Miscellaneous, number 114 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Mob drops

Mobs that drop it

1 per kill, and only Shulker carries Shulker Shell at all.

Notes

Not a block. Two shulker shells and one chest craft a shulker box. Drops at a 50 percent base rate from shulkers.

Frequently asked questions about Shulker Shell

  1. Mob drops leading to Shulker Shell, the way this answer says Shulker Shell arrives

    How do you get Shulker Shell in Minecraft?

    Shulker Shell is obtained through mob drops. No amount of crafting produces Shulker Shell.

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

    Which mobs drop Shulker Shell?

    1 per kill, and only Shulker carries Shulker Shell at all.

  3. Shulker Shell on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Shulker Shell used for?

    An item dropped by shulkers in End cities, used together with a chest to craft a shulker box. It is the only ingredient needed besides the chest.

  4. 64 Shulker Shell drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Shulker Shell can you stack?

    Shulker Shell goes 64 to the slot, which is 1,728 in a shulker box and 3,456 in a double chest. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  5. Shulker Shell coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.11

    When was Shulker Shell added to Minecraft?

    Shulker Shell was added in version 1.11.

Building with it

Shulkers in end cities drop shells, and two shells around a chest make a shulker box, which is the only container in the game that keeps its contents when broken. That single property is why end city raids never really stop.

Related Astroworld Resources

Shulker drops Shulker Shell

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

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