Turtle Shell

Turtle Shell

Type	Wearable items
Durability	276
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
First appearances	See History
Name	turtle_helmet

Turtle shells, referred to as turtle helmets in the game’s code, 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
Scute

Usage

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

Equipping

A player wearing a turtle shell. You can see the Water Breathing particles around the player.

If a player is wearing a turtle shell in their helmet slot while out of water or in a bubble column, they will receive Water Breathing for 10 seconds. This effect won't start counting down until the player goes underwater. This essentially gives the player 10 extra seconds of breath underwater.

Equipping a turtle shell will also provide the player 2 () defense points. This means that for damage done to the player while wearing a turtle shell, 8% of the damage will be absorbed by the turtle shell.

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

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Potion of the Turtle Master (1.13)	Turtle Shell + Awkward Potion

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

History

Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			18w07a		Added turtle shells.
			18w16a		Water Breathing from Turtle Shells will no longer show particles.
Bedrock Edition
1.5			beta 1.5.0.4		Added Turtle Shells.

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