Turtle Shell

Turtle Shell

Rarity	Common
Durability	276
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

	“	Turtle shells are a wearable item that let players breathe a little longer underwater. Wearing a turtle shell in a helmet slot, while out of water or in a column of bubbles, will give the player a "water breathing" status effect, which only starts counting down when the player submerges. I guess the extra air is stored in the top of the shell somewhere, but who knows how those turtles weave their bubbly magic?	„
		— Duncan Geere

Turtle shells are items that are used for brewing or as a helmet to give the player the Water Breathing status effect.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Scute
Damaged Turtle Shell		The durability of the two turtle shells is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Usage

Like helmets, turtle shells can be placed in the top armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Equipping

If a player is wearing a turtle shell in their helmet slot while out of water or in a bubble column, they receive the Water Breathing status effect for 10 seconds. In Bedrock Edition, Water Breathing is only given while in air, not in bubble columns. This effect starts counting down when the player goes underwater, effectively gives the player 10 extra seconds of breath underwater for a total of 25 seconds. Combined with the Respiration enchantment, this time can be increased to 70 seconds.

Equipping with a turtle shell also provides the player with 2 () defense points, the same amount of defense that golden, chain, and iron helmets offer. This means that for damage done to the player while wearing a turtle shell, 8% of the damage is absorbed by the turtle shell.

Turtle shells have 276 durability, which is more than any type of armor except for diamond and netherite.

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Potion of the Turtle Master	Turtle Shell + Awkward Potion

Repairing

Turtle shells can be repaired with scutes using an anvil.

Enchantments

The Turtle Shell is capable of being enchanted with the following enchantments:

• Blast Protection
• Fire Protection
• Projectile Protection
• Protection
• Aqua Affinity
• Respiration
• Unbreaking
• Thorns
• Curse of Binding
• Curse of Vanishing
• Mending

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Turtle shell thunks	Players	?	item.armor.equip_turtle	subtitles.item.armor.equip_turtle	?	0.85, 1.0, 1.1	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Turtle Helmet	turtle_helmet	item.minecraft.turtle_helmet

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Turtle Shell	turtle_helmet	469	item.turtle_helmet.name

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w07a			Added turtle shells.
		18w16a			Water Breathing from turtle shells no longer show particles.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w07a			When used by piglins and zombified piglins, turtle shells now result in a missing texture when being displayed.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added turtle shells.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added turtle shells.

Issues

Issues relating to "Turtle Shell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• A turtle shell is the only non-enchanted armor piece in the game that provides a bonus effect to the player other than armor points.

Gallery

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  An item of the enchanted turtle shell.

References

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