Turtle Egg

Turtle Egg

File:Turtle Egg 1 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 1 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Very cracked).png

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	2 SAND

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A turtle egg (in Java Edition) or sea turtle egg (in Bedrock Edition) is a block containing 1–4 eggs that hatch into baby turtles.

Obtaining

Breaking

Turtle eggs can be obtained in the inventory using tools with the Silk Touch enchantment. If broken without the enchantment, pushed by a piston, or broken by a player or mob falling onto it, the egg breaks without dropping anything.

Breaking a cracked turtle egg with a Silk Touch tool resets the growth stage when the egg is placed on a different block.

Block	Turtle Egg
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.75
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• drops nothing
• drops something other than the block itself
• drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Post-generation

After two turtles are bred with seagrass, one of them travels back to its home beach, digs in the sand, and lays an egg block with 1–4 eggs after several seconds. See hatching mechanics below.

Trampling

A zombie stomping on turtle eggs.

Two husks breaking turtle eggs by trampling on them.

Turtle eggs can be trampled by living entities (players, mobs, livestock, etc.) that fall onto or stand on top of them. Eggs in a multi-egg block are trampled one at a time until no eggs remain. End crystals can also break turtle eggs if they explode.

Eggs can be trampled by a crouch-walking (or "sneaking") player. Though eggs cannot be trampled by non-living entities like arrows, they can be trampled by armor stands. When a falling block such as an anvil or sand block is dropped onto an egg, the falling block is dropped and turned into an item leaving the egg unharmed.

Zombies and their variants (husks, drowned, zombie villager and zombified piglins) seek out and trample turtle eggs that have 2 blocks of air above them unless /gamerule mobGriefing is false. The range of detection is a 47×7×47‌ or 11×5×11‌ box centered on the block the mob is standing on. When a player in Survival or Adventure Game-mode is nearby (also includes iron golems and villagers), the zombie prefers to attack the player rather than trampling the turtle egg.

Other than zombies and their variants, mobs do not seek out turtle eggs to trample them, but still may break them by accident. An entity falling onto an egg has a ¹⁄₃ chance of trampling the egg and an entity standing on top of an egg has a ¹⁄₁₀₀ chance per tick of trampling the egg.

Turtles cannot break turtle eggs, even when they are on top of them.

Usage

Placement

Up to 4 turtle eggs can be placed in one block and slowly hatch into turtles. Though turtle eggs can be placed on any block, they only hatch on sand blocks.

Turtle eggs do not require a supporting block below and unlike dragon eggs are not affected by gravity. Eggs are also capable of supporting lanterns hanging under them.

Hatching

Turtle eggs hatch on sand and red sand. Eggs crack over time and hatch after cracking three times. Eggs hatch significantly faster at nighttime.

Turtle eggs have a very low chance of cracking during random ticks during the day (1/500 chance). However, they are guaranteed to crack during random ticks between 21600 and 22550 ticks in-game time (3:36 am and 4:33 am). This is a roughly 48-second window for the player. About 95% of eggs crack or hatch during this night-time window. On average, an egg hatches in 4-5 nights. 90% of eggs hatch in 7 nights or less.

When a multi-egg block hatches, all eggs hatch simultaneously.

Eggs do not progress toward hatching if the player is not within 128 blocks of horizontal distance of the egg. This is due to the egg's chunk not receiving random ticks.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e metal sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.2	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.75	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	1.25	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e turtle_egg sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.25	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.egg	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.15	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	fall.egg	0.2	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Turtle Egg hatches	Blocks	When a turtle egg hatches	entity.turtle.egg_hatch	subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_hatch ​	0.7	0.9-1.1	16 { "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "subtitle": "&#x200B;Turtle Egg hatches", "source": "Blocks", "id": "entity.turtle.egg_hatch</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000030-QINU`\"'", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a turtle egg hatches", "sounds": [ "Turtle egg hatch1.ogg", "Turtle egg hatch2.ogg", "Turtle egg hatch3.ogg" ], "volume": "0.7", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_hatch</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000031-QINU`\"'" }
	​Turtle lays egg	Friendly Creatures	When a turtle lays an egg	entity.turtle.lay_egg	subtitles.entity.turtle.lay_egg ​	0.3	0.9-1.1	16 { "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "subtitle": "&#x200B;Turtle lays egg", "source": "Friendly Creatures", "id": "entity.turtle.lay_egg</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000032-QINU`\"'", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a turtle lays an egg", "sounds": [ "Turtle lay egg1.ogg", "Turtle lay egg2.ogg" ], "volume": "0.3", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.turtle.lay_egg</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000033-QINU`\"'" }
	​Turtle Egg cracks	Blocks	When a turtle egg's hatch state progresses	entity.turtle.egg_crack	subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_crack ​	0.7	0.9-1.1	16 { "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "subtitle": "&#x200B;Turtle Egg cracks", "source": "Blocks", "id": "entity.turtle.egg_crack</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000034-QINU`\"'", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a turtle egg's hatch state progresses", "sounds": [ "Turtle egg crack1.ogg", "Turtle egg crack2.ogg", "Turtle egg crack3.ogg", "Turtle egg crack4.ogg", "Turtle egg crack5.ogg" ], "volume": "0.7", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_crack</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000035-QINU`\"'" }
	​Turtle Egg breaks	Blocks	When a turtle egg is destroyed by trampling	entity.turtle.egg_break	subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_break ​	0.7	0.9-1.1	16 { "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "subtitle": "&#x200B;Turtle Egg breaks", "source": "Blocks", "id": "entity.turtle.egg_break</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000036-QINU`\"'", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a turtle egg is destroyed by trampling", "sounds": [ "Turtle egg break1.ogg", "Turtle egg break2.ogg" ], "volume": "0.7", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.turtle.egg_break</code> '\"`UNIQ--ref-00000037-QINU`\"'" }
	​Turtle Egg stomped	Hostile Creatures	When a zombie or zombie variant stomps on a turtle egg	entity.zombie.destroy_egg	subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg​	0.5	0.9-1.1	16 { "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "subtitle": "&#x200B;Turtle Egg stomped", "source": "Hostile Creatures", "id": "entity.zombie.destroy_egg", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a [[zombie]] or zombie variant stomps on a turtle egg", "sounds": [ "Turtle egg jump1.ogg", "Turtle egg jump2.ogg", "Turtle egg jump3.ogg", "Turtle egg jump4.ogg" ], "volume": "0.5", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.zombie.destroy_egg" }

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	When a turtle egg hatches	block.turtle_egg.drop	0.85	0.9 { "pitch": "0.9", "source": "Blocks", "volume": "0.85", "id": "block.turtle_egg.drop", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a turtle egg hatches" }
?	Blocks	When a turtle lays an egg	block.turtle_egg.drop	0.3	0.9 { "pitch": "0.9", "source": "Blocks", "volume": "0.3", "id": "block.turtle_egg.drop", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a turtle lays an egg" }
	Blocks	When a turtle egg's hatch state progresses	block.turtle_egg.crack	0.85	0.9 { "sounds": [ "Turtle egg crack1.ogg", "Turtle egg crack2.ogg", "Turtle egg crack3.ogg", "Turtle egg crack4.ogg", "Turtle egg crack5.ogg" ], "source": "Blocks", "volume": "0.85", "id": "block.turtle_egg.crack", "pitch": "0.9", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a turtle egg's hatch state progresses" }
	Blocks	When a turtle egg is destroyed by trampling or broken by a player	block.turtle_egg.break	0.85	0.9 { "sounds": [ "Turtle egg break1.ogg", "Turtle egg break2.ogg" ], "source": "Blocks", "volume": "0.85", "id": "block.turtle_egg.break", "pitch": "0.9", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a turtle egg is destroyed by trampling or broken by a player'\"`UNIQ--ref-00000039-QINU`\"'" }
	Players	When a zombie or zombie variant stomps on a turtle egg	fall.egg	0.5	0.9-1.0 { "sounds": [ "Turtle egg jump1.ogg", "Turtle egg jump2.ogg", "Turtle egg jump3.ogg", "Turtle egg jump4.ogg" ], "source": "Players", "volume": "0.5", "id": "fall.egg", "pitch": "0.9-1.0", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a zombie or zombie variant stomps on a turtle egg" }
	Blocks	When a turtle egg is placed with another turtle egg	item.bone_meal.use	1.0	0.9-1.1 { "sounds": [ "Bonemeal1.ogg", "Bonemeal2.ogg", "Bonemeal3.ogg", "Bonemeal4.ogg", "Bonemeal5.ogg" ], "source": "Blocks", "volume": "1.0", "id": "item.bone_meal.use", "pitch": "0.9-1.1", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a turtle egg is placed with another turtle egg'\"`UNIQ--ref-0000003A-QINU`\"'" }

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Turtle Egg	turtle_egg	Block & Item	block.minecraft.turtle_egg

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Sea Turtle Egg	turtle_egg	414	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.turtle_egg.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
eggs	1	1 2 3 4	Number of eggs.
hatch	0	0 1 2	Determines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at 0 and is randomly incremented.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
turtle_egg_count	0x1 0x2	one_egg	one_egg two_egg three_egg four_egg	0 1 2 3	Number of eggs.
cracked_state	0x4 0x8	no_cracks	no_cracks cracked max_cracked	0 1 2	Determines how close an egg is to hatching; starts at no cracks and is randomly incremented.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.13							Added turtle eggs. {"type": "java", "version": "1.13", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Turtle Egg 1 JE1.png article, displayed as 32px) (link to File:Turtle Egg 2 JE1.png article, displayed as 32px) (link to File:Turtle Egg 3 JE1.png article, displayed as 32px) (link to File:Turtle Egg 4 JE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Added turtle eggs."}
							Turtle eggs currently render three-dimensional in the inventory. {"type": "java", "version": "1.13", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Turtle Egg (item) JE1 BE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Turtle eggs currently render three-dimensional in the (link to inventory article, displayed as inventory)."}
							Added drowned, which like zombies and their variants, seek out and trample turtle eggs. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added (link to drowned article, displayed as drowned), which like (link to zombie article, displayed as zombies) and their variants, seek out and trample turtle eggs."}
							Turtle eggs now display as a 2D sprite in the inventory. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Turtle Egg (item) JE2 BE2.png article, displayed as 32px) Turtle eggs now display as a 2D sprite in the (link to inventory article, displayed as inventory)."}
							If the player is inside the hitbox of one turtle egg, and another is attempted to be placed, the placement fails. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "If the (link to player article, displayed as player) is inside the hitbox of one turtle egg, and another is attempted to be placed, the placement fails."}
							Turtle eggs now make placement sounds when the amount in a stack is increased. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Turtle eggs now make placement (link to sound article, displayed as sounds) when the amount in a stack is increased."}
							More turtle eggs than normal can be placed in one stack by aiming at adjacent blocks. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "More turtle eggs than normal can be placed in one stack by aiming at adjacent (link to block article, displayed as blocks)."}
1.14							Turtle egg clusters now use correct cullface arguments, with the exception of four turtle eggs, which still renders a redundant face. {"type": "java", "version": "1.14", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Turtle egg clusters now use correct cullface arguments, with the exception of four turtle eggs, which still renders a redundant face."}
							File:Turtle Egg 1 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 1 (Very cracked).png File:Turtle Egg 2 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Very cracked).png File:Turtle Egg 3 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Very cracked).png File:Turtle Egg 4 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Very cracked).png The model of turtle eggs has been changed, as to not have a stretched texture. {"type": "java", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)"}
1.16							Turtle eggs now hatch on red sand. {"type": "java", "version": "1.16", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Turtle eggs now hatch on red sand."}
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.5.0							File:Turtle Egg 1 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 1 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Very cracked).png Added sea turtle eggs. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.5.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)"}
1.11.0							Ravagers can now destroy turtle eggs in their path. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.11.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to Ravager article, displayed as Ravagers) can now destroy turtle eggs in their path."}
1.13.0							Turtle eggs now display as a 2D sprite in the inventory. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.13.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Turtle Egg (item) JE2 BE2.png article, displayed as 32px) Turtle eggs now display as a 2D sprite in the (link to inventory article, displayed as inventory)."}
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69					Patch 38		File:Turtle Egg 1 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 1 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 2 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 3 (Very cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Slightly cracked).pngFile:Turtle Egg 4 (Very cracked).png Added sea turtle eggs. {"type": "console", "xbox": "TU69", "xbone": "", "ps3": "", "ps4": "", "psvita": "", "wiiu": "Patch 38", "switch": "", "content": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)"}

Issues

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

Trivia

• Turtle eggs cannot be trampled by bats, however, they can be trampled by other flying mobs such as bees.
• Babies always hatch facing south.
• The item forms of turtle eggs and diamonds have the same shape.

Gallery

• 

  A zombie stomping on turtle eggs.

• 

  The 3 stages a turtle egg goes through before it hatches: plain, slightly cracked, and very cracked.

• 

  The different numbers of turtle eggs that can fit in one block.

• 

  Turtle eggs on a small island.

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  The detection range of hostile mobs toward turtle eggs

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  Graph of simulation results showing how long it takes turtle eggs to hatch