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{{about|the storage block|the hostile End city mob|Shulker|the item that drops from the mob|Shulker Shell}}
{{Infobox block
| group = Plain
| 1-1 = Shulker Box.png
| invimage = Shulker Box
| invimage2 = ---- <!-- this creates a new line of inv sprites, which looks nice -->
| group3 = White
| 3-1 = White Shulker Box.png
| invimage3 = White Shulker Box
| group4 = Light Gray
| 4-1 = Light Gray Shulker Box.png
| invimage4 = Light Gray Shulker Box
| group5 = Gray
| 5-1 = Gray Shulker Box.png
| invimage5 = Gray Shulker Box
| group6 = Black
| 6-1 = Black Shulker Box.png
| invimage6 = Black Shulker Box
| group7 = Brown
| 7-1 = Brown Shulker Box.png
| invimage7 = Brown Shulker Box
| group8 = Red
| 8-1 = Red Shulker Box.png
| invimage8 = Red Shulker Box
| group9 = Orange
| 9-1 = Orange Shulker Box.png
| invimage9 = Orange Shulker Box
| group10 = Yellow
| 10-1 = Yellow Shulker Box.png
| invimage10 = Yellow Shulker Box
| group11 = Lime
| 11-1 = Lime Shulker Box.png
| invimage11 = Lime Shulker Box
| group12 = Green
| 12-1 = Green Shulker Box.png
| invimage12 = Green Shulker Box
| group13 = Cyan
| 13-1 = Cyan Shulker Box.png
| invimage13 = Cyan Shulker Box
| group14 = Light Blue
| 14-1 = Light Blue Shulker Box.png
| invimage14 = Light Blue Shulker Box
| group15 = Blue
| 15-1 = Blue Shulker Box.png
| invimage15 = Blue Shulker Box
| group16 = Purple
| 16-1 = Purple Shulker Box.png
| invimage16 = Purple Shulker Box
| group17 = Magenta
| 17-1 = Magenta Shulker Box.png
| invimage17 = Magenta Shulker Box
| group18 = Pink
| 18-1 = Pink Shulker Box.png
| invimage18 = Pink Shulker Box
| transparent = {{jebe|No|Yes}}
| light = No
| tool = pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| waterloggable = {{jebe|No|Yes}}
| stackable = No
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
|mapcolor={{TooltipSprite||Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Shulker Box}}
{{Collapse|title={{TooltipSprite||Shulker Boxes|Dyed Shulker Box}}  16 colors|content= 
{{TooltipSprite||White Shulker Box}} {{Map color|White}}<br>
{{TooltipSprite||Light Gray Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Light Gray}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Gray Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Gray}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Black Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Black}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Brown Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Brown}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Red Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Red}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Orange Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Orange}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Yellow Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Yellow}} 
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Lime Shulker Box}} {{Color|rgb({{Map color/data|block=Lime}})|19 <small>COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN</small>}} 
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Green Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Green}} 
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Cyan Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Cyan}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Light Blue Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Light Blue}} 
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Blue Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Blue}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Purple Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Purple}} 
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Magenta Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Magenta}}
<br>{{TooltipSprite||Pink Shulker Box}} {{Map color|Pink}} 
}}
}}
A '''shulker box''' is a [[Minecraft:dye]]able [[Minecraft:block]] that stores items, and, unlike all other storage blocks, keeps its contents in [[Minecraft:item]] form when broken.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
All shulker boxes can be mined with any tool or by hand, but using a [[Minecraft: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 {{cmd|gamerule doTileDrops}} is set to "false".
{{breaking row|Shulker Box,Dyed Shulker Box|sprite=,all shulker boxes|Pickaxe|drop=1|horizontal=1}}
When a shulker box is pushed by a [[Minecraft:piston]], it breaks and drops as an [[Minecraft:Item (entity)|item]]. It cannot be pulled.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head = 1
|showdescription = 1
|name = [[Minecraft:Shulker Box]]
|B1 = Shulker Shell
|B2 = Chest
|B3 = Shulker Shell
|Output = Shulker Box
|type = Utilities
}}
{{Crafting
|ingredients = Any [[Minecraft:Shulker Box]] +<br />Matching [[Minecraft:Dye]]|Shulker Box; Any Shulker Box|Matching Dye
|Output = Matching Shulker Box
|Olink = Dyed Shulker Box
|description = When you dye the shulker box, it retains its contents. If it is renamed on an [[Minecraft:anvil]], it also retains its contents.
|type = Decoration block
|name = [[Minecraft:Dyed Shulker Box]]
|foot = 1
}}
<div style="display:none">
<!--
    This is for the pre-Village & Pillage dyes to have dye-related crafting recipes show on their respective pages.
    They don't need to be displayed on this page because they already intuitively list "Any Matching/Colored Dye".
-->
{{Crafting
 |showdescription=1
 |Any Shulker Box
 |Bone Meal; Lapis Lazuli; Cocoa Beans; Ink Sac
 |Output=White Shulker Box; Blue Shulker Box; Brown Shulker Box; Black Shulker Box
 |type=Decoration block
 |description={{only|bedrock|education}}
}}
</div>

== Usage ==
=== Storage ===
[[File:Shulker Box GUI.png|thumb|right|176px|GUI of the shulker box.]]

All shulker boxes have 27 inventory slots, the same as a [[Minecraft:barrel]], a [[Minecraft:chest|single chest]], or an [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:item]] if pushed by [[Minecraft:piston]]s or destroyed by an [[Minecraft: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{{only|be}} or is in a container's inventory, the items are listed on the tooltip as properties.

[[File:Shulker Box Tooltip.png|114px|thumb|Items inside the shulker box are listed on the [[tooltip]].]]

Any shulker box's items can be fed or removed by a [[Minecraft:hopper]].

All shulker boxes can be stored in all containers except for other shulker boxes and [[Minecraft:bundle]]s.

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. [[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s 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{{only|je}}, or a redstone conductive block{{only|be}}. 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 [[Minecraft:anvil]] or by changing the <code>CustomName</code> tag using the {{cmd|data}} command.{{only|je}}

When any shulker box [[Minecraft:item (entity)|item]] is destroyed, the contents of the shulker box are dropped as items.

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

=== Piglins ===
[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s become hostile toward players who open or mine any shulker box.<ref>{{bug|MC-189485|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Undyeing ===
Dyed shulker boxes can be undyed using a [[Minecraft:cauldron]]. To do this, {{control|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 [[Minecraft:redstone comparator]]s, unlike chests.

[[Minecraft:Observer]]s 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 [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Block update detector|BUD state]] redstone wires{{only|je|short=1}}.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Unique ===
{{:Shulker Box/Sounds}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=White Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=white_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Orange Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=orange_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Magenta Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=magenta_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Blue Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_blue_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Yellow Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=yellow_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lime Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lime_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Pink Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=pink_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Gray Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gray_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Light Gray Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_gray_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cyan Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cyan_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Purple Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=purple_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Blue Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=blue_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brown Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=brown_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Green Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=green_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Black Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=black_shulker_box
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins, shulker_boxes
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=shulker-boxes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=shulker_box
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table2
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=undyed_shulker_box
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|id=205
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBox.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=White Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=white_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 0
|id=218
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxWhite.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Orange Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=orange_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 1
|id=-613
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxOrange.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Magenta Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=magenta_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 2
|id=-614
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxMagenta.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Light Blue Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_blue_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 3
|id=-615
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxLightBlue.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Yellow Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=yellow_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 4
|id=-616
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxYellow.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Lime Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lime_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 5
|id=-617
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxLime.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Pink Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=pink_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 6
|id=-618
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxPink.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Gray Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gray_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 7
|id=-619
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxGray.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Light Gray Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=light_gray_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 8
|id=-620
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxSilver.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Cyan Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cyan_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 9
|id=-621
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxCyan.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Purple Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=purple_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 10
|id=-622
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxPurple.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Blue Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=blue_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 11
|id=-623
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxBlue.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Brown Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=brown_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 12
|id=-624
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxBrown.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Green Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=green_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 13
|id=-625
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxGreen.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Red Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 14
|id=-626
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxRed.name}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Black Shulker Box
|spritetype=block
|nameid=black_shulker_box
|aliasid=shulker_box / 15
|id=-627
|blocktags=minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible
|translationkey=tile.shulkerBoxBlack.name
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=shulker-boxes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=ShulkerBox
|foot=1}}

=== Block states === 
{{see also|Block states}}

{{el|je}}:
{{bst|facing|up|down,east,north,south,up,west|The direction the shulker box is pointing.<br>The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the shulker box.|foot=1}}

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

{{el|java}}:
{{see also|Block entity format}}
<section begin="block data"/><div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}} Block entity data
** {{nbt inherit/blockentity}}
** {{nbt inherit/nameable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt inherit/lockable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt inherit/lootable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt|list|Items}}: List of items in this container. Does not exist if the shulker box is empty (unlike all other container blocks with the <code>Items</code> tag, which store an empty list). Represents the {{DCL|minecraft:container}} component. The component is still present on the block entity, even if the tag does not exist.
*** {{nbt|compound}}: An item, including the slot tag. Shulker box slots are numbered 0–26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
**** {{nbt inherit/item|indent=****}}
</div><section end="block data"/>

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

=== Item data ===
{{JE}}:
{{see also|Data component format}}
<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound|components}}: the item's '''components''' tag.
{{:Data component format/block_entity_data}}
{{:Data component format/container}}
{{:Data component format/container_loot}}
{{:Data component format/custom_name}}
{{:Data component format/lock}}
</div>

{{BE}}:
{{see also|Bedrock Edition level format/Item format}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Organizational Wizard}}

== History ==
{{info needed section|
* Verify if the original purple shulker box ([[File:Purple Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]]) differs in texture or model from the modern undyed shulker box ([[File:Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]]) - the renders look subtly different, but there is a possibility that one of them is simply mapped incorrectly}}
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|[[File:White Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shulker boxes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=16w39c|"Silver Shulker Boxes" have been now renamed to "Light Grey Shulker Boxes", in keeping with naming consistencies across [[Minecraft:dye]]d blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=16w40a|Renamed "Light Grey Shulker Box" to "Light Gray Shulker Box".<ref>{{bug|MC-107929}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w16a|[[File:White Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Shulker Box JE4 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Shulker boxes have been recolored.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=17w17a|[[File:Purple Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] The color of purple shulker boxes has been reverted.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|The ID for the light gray shulker box has been changed from <code>silver_shulker_box</code> to <code>light_gray_shulker_box</code>.
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition Flattening|Removed the numeric IDs]] of all types of shulker boxes.
{{{!}} class{{=}}"wikitable collapsible collapsed"
{{!}}Old IDs
{{!}}-
!Block
!ID
{{!}}-
{{!}}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
{{!}}}
}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10b|[[File:Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added a default shulker box.
|Purple shulker boxes from previous versions are now converted to default shulker boxes instead of purple ones.
|[[File:Purple Shulker Box JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The purple shulker box texture has been changed to the one used in [[Minecraft:17w16a]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10d|Dyed shulker boxes can now be un[[Minecraft:dye]]d in a [[Minecraft:cauldron]].
|Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w45a|Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w51a|All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an [[Minecraft:item entity]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|dev=22w45a|Blocks attached to the sides and lid of any shulker box now pop off when the shulker box opens.<ref>{{bug|MC-177789}}</ref>}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|[[File:White Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shulker boxes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=alpha 1.1.0.9|[[File:White Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color palette for shulker boxes has been updated.}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|dev=?|Shulker boxes no longer use the wood sound.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|[[File:Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added a default shulker box.
|[[File:Purple Shulker Box JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The purple shulker box color has been changed to the new palette.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=beta 1.8.0.13|A recipe for undyed shulker boxes has been added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Dyed shulker boxes can now be un[[Minecraft:dye]]d in a [[Minecraft:cauldron]].
|Undyed shulker boxes can now be obtained by undyeing dyed shulker boxes in a cauldron.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.30|dev=beta 1.17.30.22|All shulker boxes now drop their contents when destroyed as an [[Minecraft:item entity]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.30|dev=beta 1.18.30.22|Shulker post-generation mechanic is now added, making all shulker boxes [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.10|dev=Preview 1.20.10.20|The different [[Minecraft:block states]] for the dyed shulker box ID, the <code>shulker_box</code> ID, have been split into their own IDs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of shulker boxes and dyed shulker boxes from 2.5 to 2.
|Shulker boxes no longer receive a mining speed penalty when being mined without a pickaxe.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
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|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps3=1.49|psvita=1.49|ps4=1.50|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|[[File:White Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] Added shulker boxes.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xI3RA152g</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU63|xbone=CU53|ps3=1.67|psvita=1.67|ps4=1.67|wiiu=Patch 32|switch=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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Shulker Box LCE1.png|32px]] Added a default shulker box.
|[[File:Purple Shulker Box LCE2.png|32px]] The purple shulker box color has been changed to the new palette.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
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|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.19|[[File:White Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Shulker Box JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added shulker boxes.|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 ==
{{Issue list}}

== 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.{{only|Java}}
* Before they were added to ''Minecraft'', storage objects that keep their inventory when picked up were already present in ''[[Minecraft:Minicraft]]''.

== Gallery ==
{{Needs render|section=1|All the color variants of shulker boxes opening and closing animation and opened renders}}

=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Shulker Box.gif|Opening and closing animation of a shulker box.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
Annual 2022 pages 34 and 35.jpg|[[Minecraft:Monty]] with two shulker boxes
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week--shulker-box Block of the Week: Shulker Box] – Minecraft.net on November 19, 2020

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