Turtle

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Turtles are passive mobs found in beach biomes. They can be bred with seagrass and lay turtle eggs. They are the only source of turtle scutes, which drop from baby turtles when they mature into adults, and can be used to craft turtle shell helmets.

Turtles occasionally spawn in small groups on the sand in beaches, but not in snowy beaches or stony shores.

Turtles have a 5% chance to spawn as babies.

In Java Edition, turtles spawn in groups of up to 5 individuals, y level less than 4 blocks above sea level (from y level -64 to 66, inclusive), and on blocks with the sand tag (sand, red sand, and suspicious sand).

In Bedrock Edition, turtles spawn in groups of 2–6, at Y=60–67.

Upon successful breeding, 1–7XP is dropped.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

• 1–3XP, if killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Baby turtles do not drop anything when they die.

When a baby turtle matures into an adult, it drops 1 👁 Image
turtle scute.

Turtles can move around slowly on land and swim at a fast speed in water. Like other passive mobs, they move around aimlessly and flee when attacked. When on land, they generally attempt to move to the nearest water source that is at least 2 blocks deep, regardless if player made or natural. When in an enclosed area, such as a player-made enclosure, they generally swim in circles if the water is in the area, and rarely go on land to explore, if there is any.

Turtles cannot be attached to leads,^[1] but they can be led by a player holding seagrass within 10 blocks of the turtle.

Turtles can be picked up by boats and minecarts.

Turtles are directly dealt 3.4×10³⁸ (👁 ❤️
× 1.7×10³⁸) damage in Java Edition and take 200,000% of the base damage in Bedrock Edition when struck by lightning.

As with other aquatic mobs, turtles suffer extra damage when hit by a trident with the Impaling enchantment in Java Edition, and cannot drown, despite the fact that real-life turtles breathe air.

Turtles and turtle eggs are attacked by the following mobs:

Zombies and their variants deliberately trample on turtle eggs, causing them to break. The range of detection is a 47×7×47‌‌^{[Java Edition only]} or 11×5×11‌‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} box centered on the block the mob is standing on.

A turtle remembers the block on which it spawned as its home position. No matter how far away the turtle is, it always attempts to return to its home position to lay its eggs after breeding.

If the player uses a tool enchanted with Silk Touch to obtain and move turtle eggs to a new location before hatching, the baby turtles remember the new hatching location as their home beach.

If a turtle is spawned from a spawn egg, summoned with the /summon command, or spawned by a monster spawner, it remembers the spawn location as its home position.

Feeding two turtles seagrass results in them entering love mode and one of the turtles becoming pregnant. The pregnant turtle has eggs in its body and is therefore about 0.2 blocks taller than normal.

The turtle then travels back to its home position, which is where it first spawned. The turtle does not stop traveling until it is within a 9-block distance from its home position. Upon arrival, it seeks a nearby sand block on which to lay its eggs. Then, it spends a few seconds digging vigorously while turning 180 degrees a few times. Finally, it lays a cluster of 1–4 turtle eggs, as a single block. Turtles have a cooldown of 90 seconds (1800 game ticks) after breeding in Bedrock Edition, or 5 minutes (300 seconds; 6000 game ticks) in Java Edition.

Turtle eggs progress toward hatching by cracking. Cracking occurs during random ticks, and an egg hatches once it has cracked 3 times. When a cluster of eggs hatches, all eggs within the block hatch simultaneously. Eggs grow faster at night and typically take 4 to 5 in-game days to hatch. Mining a cluster of turtle eggs with Silk Touch causes it to drop one egg at a time, which the player can collect. Eggs do not preserve the cracking stage when harvested.

Turtle eggs can be placed on any block in clusters of up to 4; however, they only hatch on sand, red sand, or suspicious sand, above or below water. Eggs can be broken without tools and can also be trampled by living entities falling or walking on them. When a cluster is trampled, the eggs crack and break one at a time. A turtle can walk on turtle eggs without breaking them.

With a height of 0.12 blocks, baby turtles are among the smallest mobs in the game. Baby turtles are small enough that when they walk on soul sand, they are entirely within the space at the top of the block.

Upon hatching, baby turtles search for the nearest water block within a 47×1×47 region two blocks below the turtle and attempt to approach it.

Baby turtles take one Minecraft day to grow up (20 minutes). The growth can be accelerated using seagrass. Each use reduces the remaining growth duration by 10%. Upon becoming an adult, the turtle drops a turtle scute.

Stray cats attack baby turtles within 15 blocks; tamed cats do not. The baby turtles make no attempt to flee from cats, even while being attacked.

The golden dandelion can be used on baby turtles to stop them from aging, and can be used on them again to resume their growth.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Turtles have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

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

• 👁 The first released screenshot of a turtle
  
  The first released screenshot of a turtle
• 👁 Turtle in early development
  
  Turtle in early development
• 👁 A baby turtle on top of the head of an adult
  
  A baby turtle on top of the head of an adult
• 👁 Turtles in a screenshot to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day
  
  Turtles in a screenshot to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day
• 👁 Sunny trying out the /ride command on a turtle[7]
  
  Sunny trying out the /ride command on a turtle^[7]
• 👁 A turtle racing alongside a rabbit
  
  A turtle racing alongside a rabbit

• 👁 A baby turtle moving on the beach after being hatched
  
  A baby turtle moving on the beach after being hatched
• 👁 A turtle moving on land
  
  A turtle moving on land
• 👁 A turtle swimming in a small pool of water
  
  A turtle swimming in a small pool of water
• 👁 A skeleton attacking a baby turtle
  
  A skeleton attacking a baby turtle
• 👁 A wolf attacking a group of baby turtles
  
  A wolf attacking a group of baby turtles
• 👁 Two turtles mating
  
  Two turtles mating
• 👁 A player luring a group of turtles using seagrass
  
  A player luring a group of turtles using seagrass
• 👁 Two turtles with some turtle eggs
  
  Two turtles with some turtle eggs
• 👁 More turtles with eggs
  
  More turtles with eggs
• 👁 A turtle picked up by a boat
  
  A turtle picked up by a boat
• 👁 A large number of turtles in an artificial lake
  
  A large number of turtles in an artificial lake
• 👁 An exhibit for turtles in a beach
  
  An exhibit for turtles in a beach
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• 👁 Turtle texture file
  
  Turtle texture file
• 👁 Baby Turtle texture file
  
  Baby Turtle texture file

• 👁 Turtles as seen in the Update Aquatic artwork
  
  Turtles as seen in the Update Aquatic artwork
• 👁 Artwork of a turtle
  
  Artwork of a turtle
• 👁 Official turtle artwork
  
  Official turtle artwork
• 👁 Artwork of a baby turtle alongside several other animals[8]
  
  Artwork of a baby turtle alongside several other animals^[8]
• 👁 Artwork of baby turtles
  
  Artwork of baby turtles
• 👁 Artwork of a turtle with a red parrot
  
  Artwork of a turtle with a red parrot
• 👁 Lego Minecraft turtle
  
  Lego Minecraft turtle
• 👁 Mojang Studios' animation showing when a turtle becomes a bowl
  
  Mojang Studios' animation showing when a turtle becomes a bowl
• 👁 A Turtle icon used in the Minecraft Minigames results icons
  
  A Turtle icon used in the Minecraft Minigames results icons
• 👁 A silhouette of a turtle as seen in A Minecraft Movie
  
  A silhouette of a turtle as seen in A Minecraft Movie
• 👁 Unused turtle pixel art image from bedrock edition
  
  Unused turtle pixel art image from bedrock edition
• 👁 A turtle on sand
  
  A turtle on sand
• 👁 Previous image but cutaway of a rabbit controlling the turtle
  
  Previous image but cutaway of a rabbit controlling the turtle

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• 👁 A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons
  
  A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons
• 👁 A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Legends
  
  A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Legends
• 👁 A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Blast
  
  A turtle as it appears in Minecraft Blast

• "Mob Menagerie: Turtle" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, June 1, 2023.