Shulker Box

Breaking

All shulker boxes can be mined with any tool or by hand, but using a pickaxe is the most effective. All shulker boxes drop themselves when mined. Unlike other containers, the contents of any shulker box are stored within the dropped item, and not dropped separately. When instantly mined in Creative mode, all shulker boxes drop as an item if there are items stored within, unless /gamerule doTileDrops is set to "false".

Block	👁 Image 👁 Image Dyed Shulker Box
Hardness	2
Tool	👁 Image
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	3
👁 ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in Minecraft Wooden	1.5
👁 ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in Minecraft Stone	0.75
👁 ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in Minecraft Copper	0.6
👁 ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in Minecraft Iron	0.5
👁 ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in Minecraft Diamond	0.4
👁 ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in Minecraft Netherite	0.35
👁 ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in Minecraft Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

When a shulker box is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item. It cannot be pulled.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
	Shulker Shell + Chest	👁 Invicon Shulker Shell.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Shell in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shulker Shell with description: Shulker Shell 👁 Invicon Chest.png: Inventory sprite for Chest in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Chest with description: Chest 👁 Invicon Shulker Shell.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Shell in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shulker Shell with description: Shulker Shell 👁 Invicon Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shulker Box
Dyed Shulker Box	Any + Matching Dye	👁 Invicon Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shulker Box 👁 Invicon White Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for White Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Shulker Box with description: White Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Shulker Box with description: Light Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Shulker Box with description: Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Black Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Black Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Shulker Box with description: Black Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Brown Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Shulker Box with description: Brown Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Red Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Red Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Shulker Box with description: Red Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Orange Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Shulker Box with description: Orange Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Yellow Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Shulker Box with description: Yellow Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Lime Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Shulker Box with description: Lime Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Green Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Green Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Shulker Box with description: Green Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Cyan Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Shulker Box with description: Cyan Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Shulker Box with description: Light Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Shulker Box with description: Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Purple Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Shulker Box with description: Purple Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Magenta Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Shulker Box with description: Magenta Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Pink Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Shulker Box with description: Pink Shulker Box 👁 Invicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White Dye 👁 Invicon Light Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Dye with description: Light Gray Dye 👁 Invicon Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Dye with description: Gray Dye 👁 Invicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black Dye 👁 Invicon Brown Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Dye with description: Brown Dye 👁 Invicon Red Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Red Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Dye with description: Red Dye 👁 Invicon Orange Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Dye with description: Orange Dye 👁 Invicon Yellow Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Dye with description: Yellow Dye 👁 Invicon Lime Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Dye with description: Lime Dye 👁 Invicon Green Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Green Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Dye with description: Green Dye 👁 Invicon Cyan Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Dye with description: Cyan Dye 👁 Invicon Light Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Dye with description: Light Blue Dye 👁 Invicon Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Dye with description: Blue Dye 👁 Invicon Purple Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Dye with description: Purple Dye 👁 Invicon Magenta Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Dye with description: Magenta Dye 👁 Invicon Pink Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Dye with description: Pink Dye 👁 Invicon White Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for White Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: White Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Light Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Black Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Black Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Black Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Brown Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Brown Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Red Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Red Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Red Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Orange Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Orange Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Yellow Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Yellow Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Lime Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Lime Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Green Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Green Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Green Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Cyan Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Cyan Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Light Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Purple Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Purple Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Magenta Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Magenta Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Pink Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dyed Shulker Box with description: Pink Shulker Box	When you dye the shulker box, it retains its contents. If it is renamed on an anvil, it also retains its contents.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac	👁 Invicon White Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for White Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Shulker Box with description: White Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Shulker Box with description: Light Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Gray Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Shulker Box with description: Gray Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Black Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Black Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Shulker Box with description: Black Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Brown Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Shulker Box with description: Brown Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Red Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Red Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Shulker Box with description: Red Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Orange Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Shulker Box with description: Orange Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Yellow Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Shulker Box with description: Yellow Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Lime Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Shulker Box with description: Lime Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Green Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Green Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Shulker Box with description: Green Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Cyan Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Shulker Box with description: Cyan Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Light Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Shulker Box with description: Light Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Shulker Box with description: Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Purple Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Shulker Box with description: Purple Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Magenta Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Shulker Box with description: Magenta Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Pink Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Shulker Box with description: Pink Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Bone Meal.png: Inventory sprite for Bone Meal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bone Meal with description: Bone Meal 👁 Invicon Lapis Lazuli.png: Inventory sprite for Lapis Lazuli in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lapis Lazuli with description: Lapis Lazuli 👁 Invicon Cocoa Beans.png: Inventory sprite for Cocoa Beans in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cocoa Beans with description: Cocoa Beans 👁 Invicon Ink Sac.png: Inventory sprite for Ink Sac in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ink Sac with description: Ink Sac 👁 Invicon White Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for White Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Shulker Box with description: White Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Blue Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Shulker Box with description: Blue Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Brown Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Shulker Box with description: Brown Shulker Box 👁 Invicon Black Shulker Box.png: Inventory sprite for Black Shulker Box in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Shulker Box with description: Black Shulker Box	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

Usage

Storage

GUI of the shulker box.

All shulker boxes have 27 inventory slots, the same as a barrel, a single chest, or an ender chest.

All shulker boxes keep their items when broken, which can be retrieved when placed again, thus making them portable chests. This is different from other containers, which drop their contained items as item entities when broken. A shulker box drops itself as an item if pushed by pistons or destroyed by an explosion. If, however, the shulker box is in item form, explosions cause it to drop its contents. Unlike most blocks with an inventory, shulker boxes always drop themselves when destroyed by explosions. When a shulker box with items inside is being held‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or is in a container's inventory, the items are listed on the tooltip as properties.

Items inside the shulker box are listed on the tooltip.

Any shulker box's items can be fed or removed by a hopper.

All shulker boxes can be stored in all containers except for other shulker boxes and bundles.

When placed by a player, a shulker box faces toward the player placing it. For example, if a shulker box is placed on a floor, a wall or a ceiling, it faces and opens upward, sideways or upside-down, respectively. Dispensers can also be used to place shulker boxes. If there is no block below the space where the shulker box is placed, the shulker box faces identically to the dispenser. Otherwise, the shulker box always faces upward, even if the block has no hitbox such as torches, signs and open fence gates.

Like a chest, all shulker boxes require a transparent area in the direction of its top surface to be opened. That area is exactly half of a full block, and clear of any obstructions, which may be any other hitbox, including blocks, boats and shulkers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, or a redstone conductive block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}. This way, any shulker box can be opened with an upside-down slab or an upper trapdoor on top of it. It is also unique in that when opened, its hitbox expands to 1.5 blocks high/wide, physically pushing entities where it is facing.

By default, the GUI of any shulker box is labeled "Shulker Box", which can be changed by naming it in an anvil or by changing the CustomName tag using the /data command.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

When any shulker box item is destroyed, the contents of the shulker box are dropped as items.

Although the blocks can't be placed in the void, opening a shulker box can make its hitbox expand to the void.

Piglins

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or mine any shulker box.^[1]

Undyeing

Dyed shulker boxes can be undyed using a cauldron. To do this, use a dyed shulker box on a cauldron that has water in it. This causes the cauldron's water level to decrease by 1, and the dyed shulker box loses its dye color.

Redstone component

The fullness of any shulker boxes, even if they cannot be opened, can be read by redstone comparators, unlike chests.

Observers can detect the opening and closing of any shulker boxes.

Shulker boxes are conductive when closed, but not if open. However, opening or closing a shulker box does not update its neighboring blocks, which can be used to create BUD state redstone wires‌^{[JE only]}.

Sounds

Generic

v t e 👁 BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft `stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft `stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8–1.0
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.37	0.5
Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.22	1.0

Unique

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Shulker box closes^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	When a shulker box closes	`block.shulker_box.close`	`subtitles.block.shulker_box.close`	0.5	0.9–1.0	16
Shulker box opens^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	When a shulker box opens	`block.shulker_box.open`	`subtitles.block.shulker_box.open`	0.5	0.9–1.0	16
Chest locked^{[sound 2]}	Blocks	When a player attempts to open a shulker box locked using the [NBT Compound / JSON Object] lock tag	`block.chest.locked`^{[sound 2]}	`subtitles.block.chest.locked`^{[sound 2]}	1.0	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-279209 – Shulker box subtitles are improperly capitalized
↑ ^a ^b ^c MC-98316 – Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	When a shulker box closes	`random.shulkerboxclosed`	?	0.5	0.9–1.0
?	Blocks	When a shulker box opens	`random.shulkerboxopen`	?	0.5	0.9–1.0

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite shulker-box.png: Sprite image for shulker-box in Minecraft Shulker Box	`shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite white-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for white-shulker-box in Minecraft White Shulker Box	`white_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.white_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite orange-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for orange-shulker-box in Minecraft Orange Shulker Box	`orange_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.orange_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite magenta-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for magenta-shulker-box in Minecraft Magenta Shulker Box	`magenta_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.magenta_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite light-blue-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for light-blue-shulker-box in Minecraft Light Blue Shulker Box	`light_blue_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.light_blue_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite yellow-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for yellow-shulker-box in Minecraft Yellow Shulker Box	`yellow_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.yellow_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite lime-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for lime-shulker-box in Minecraft Lime Shulker Box	`lime_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.lime_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite pink-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for pink-shulker-box in Minecraft Pink Shulker Box	`pink_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.pink_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite gray-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for gray-shulker-box in Minecraft Gray Shulker Box	`gray_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.gray_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite light-gray-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for light-gray-shulker-box in Minecraft Light Gray Shulker Box	`light_gray_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.light_gray_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite cyan-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for cyan-shulker-box in Minecraft Cyan Shulker Box	`cyan_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.cyan_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite purple-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for purple-shulker-box in Minecraft Purple Shulker Box	`purple_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.purple_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite blue-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for blue-shulker-box in Minecraft Blue Shulker Box	`blue_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.blue_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite brown-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for brown-shulker-box in Minecraft Brown Shulker Box	`brown_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.brown_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite green-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for green-shulker-box in Minecraft Green Shulker Box	`green_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.green_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite red-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for red-shulker-box in Minecraft Red Shulker Box	`red_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.red_shulker_box`
👁 BlockSprite black-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for black-shulker-box in Minecraft Black Shulker Box	`black_shulker_box`	Block & Item	`guarded_by_piglins` `shulker_boxes`	`block.minecraft.black_shulker_box`

Name	Identifier
👁 BlockSprite shulker-boxes.png: Sprite image for shulker-boxes in Minecraft Block entity	`shulker_box`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Block tags	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite shulker-box.png: Sprite image for shulker-box in Minecraft Shulker Box	`undyed_shulker_box`	None	`205`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBox.name`
👁 BlockSprite white-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for white-shulker-box in Minecraft White Shulker Box	`white_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 0`	`218`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxWhite.name`
👁 BlockSprite orange-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for orange-shulker-box in Minecraft Orange Shulker Box	`orange_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 1`	`868`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-613`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxOrange.name`
👁 BlockSprite magenta-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for magenta-shulker-box in Minecraft Magenta Shulker Box	`magenta_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 2`	`869`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-614`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxMagenta.name`
👁 BlockSprite light-blue-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for light-blue-shulker-box in Minecraft Light Blue Shulker Box	`light_blue_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 3`	`870`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-615`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxLightBlue.name`
👁 BlockSprite yellow-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for yellow-shulker-box in Minecraft Yellow Shulker Box	`yellow_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 4`	`871`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-616`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxYellow.name`
👁 BlockSprite lime-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for lime-shulker-box in Minecraft Lime Shulker Box	`lime_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 5`	`872`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-617`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxLime.name`
👁 BlockSprite pink-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for pink-shulker-box in Minecraft Pink Shulker Box	`pink_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 6`	`873`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-618`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxPink.name`
👁 BlockSprite gray-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for gray-shulker-box in Minecraft Gray Shulker Box	`gray_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 7`	`874`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-619`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxGray.name`
👁 BlockSprite light-gray-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for light-gray-shulker-box in Minecraft Light Gray Shulker Box	`light_gray_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 8`	`875`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-620`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxSilver.name`
👁 BlockSprite cyan-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for cyan-shulker-box in Minecraft Cyan Shulker Box	`cyan_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 9`	`876`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-621`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxCyan.name`
👁 BlockSprite purple-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for purple-shulker-box in Minecraft Purple Shulker Box	`purple_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 10`	`877`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-622`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxPurple.name`
👁 BlockSprite blue-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for blue-shulker-box in Minecraft Blue Shulker Box	`blue_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 11`	`878`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-623`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxBlue.name`
👁 BlockSprite brown-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for brown-shulker-box in Minecraft Brown Shulker Box	`brown_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 12`	`879`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-624`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxBrown.name`
👁 BlockSprite green-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for green-shulker-box in Minecraft Green Shulker Box	`green_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 13`	`880`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-625`)		`tile.shulkerBoxGreen.name`
👁 BlockSprite red-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for red-shulker-box in Minecraft Red Shulker Box	`red_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 14`	`881`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-626`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxRed.name`
👁 BlockSprite black-shulker-box.png: Sprite image for black-shulker-box in Minecraft Black Shulker Box	`black_shulker_box`	`shulker_box / 15`	`882`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-627`)	`minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible`	`tile.shulkerBoxBlack.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Name	Savegame ID
👁 BlockSprite shulker-boxes.png: Sprite image for shulker-boxes in Minecraft Block entity	`ShulkerBox`

Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`up`	`down` `east` `north` `south` `up` `west`	The direction the shulker box is pointing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the shulker box.

Block data

A shulker box has a block entity associated with it that identifies its contents.

Item data

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
👁 Image	👁 Image	Organizational Wizard	Name a with an Anvil	—	30	Bronze

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition

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Added shulker boxes.

16w39c "Silver Shulker Boxes" have been now renamed to "Light Grey Shulker Boxes", in keeping with naming consistencies across dyed blocks.

16w40a Renamed "Light Grey Shulker Box" to "Light Gray Shulker Box".^[2]

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1.13 17w47a The ID for the light gray shulker box has been changed from silver_shulker_box to light_gray_shulker_box.

As part of The Flattening, the numeric IDs of all types of shulker boxes have been removed.

Block	ID
Old IDs
White Shulker Box	219
Orange Shulker Box	220
Magenta Shulker Box	221
Light Blue Shulker Box	222
Yellow Shulker Box	223
Lime Shulker Box	224
Pink Shulker Box	225
Gray Shulker Box	226
Light Gray Shulker Box	227
Cyan Shulker Box	228
Purple Shulker Box	229
Blue Shulker Box	230
Brown Shulker Box	231
Green Shulker Box	232
Red Shulker Box	233
Black Shulker Box	234

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Purple shulker boxes from previous versions are now converted to default shulker boxes instead of purple ones.

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18w10d Dyed shulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.

Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.

1.17 20w45a Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes renewable.

20w51a All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an item entity.

1.19.3 22w45a Blocks attached to the sides and lid of any shulker box now pop off when the shulker box opens.^[3]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added shulker boxes.
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1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	👁 Image Added a default shulker box.
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	👁 Image The purple shulker box color has been changed to the new palette.
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.13	A recipe for undyed shulker boxes has been added.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Dyed shulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.30.22	All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an item entity.
1.18.30	beta 1.18.30.22	Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes renewable.
1.20.10	Preview 1.20.10.20	The different block states for the dyed shulker box ID, the `shulker_box` ID, have been split into their own IDs.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.21	Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of shulker boxes and dyed shulker boxes from 2.5 to 2.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.21	Shulker boxes no longer receive a mining speed penalty when being mined without a pickaxe.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
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TU63	CU53	1.67	1.67	1.67	Patch 32	1.0.13	Shulker boxes can no longer be opened when an entity is inside the area that the shulker box's collision box would extend to when opened.
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New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
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1.9.19							There is no default shulker box separate from the purple shulker box; the purple shulker box uses the texture of the default shulker box.

Issues

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

Trivia

With 37 shulker boxes in a player's inventory, hotbar, and off-hand slot, 999 stacks of up to 64 items (up to 63,936 total items; 63,973 if counting shulker boxes themselves) can be held. With 37 shulker boxes and an ender chest with 27 shulker boxes in one of the shulker box slots, 1,727 stacks (up to 110,528 items; 1,728 stacks with up to 110,592 items if counting stacked ender chests) can be held.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Before they were added to Minecraft, storage objects that keep their inventory when picked up were already present in Minicraft.

Gallery

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Renders

👁 Opening and closing animation of a shulker box.

Opening and closing animation of a shulker box.

In other media

👁 Monty with two shulker boxes

Monty with two shulker boxes

References

↑ MC-189485 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-107929
↑ MC-177789
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xI3RA152g

External links

Block of the Week: Shulker Box – Minecraft.net on November 19, 2020

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