Minecraft:Turtle Egg

Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox block A turtle egg is a block that can be placed up to four times within one block space that hatches Minecraft:turtles.

Obtaining

Breaking

A turtle egg drops as an item when mined using any Minecraft:tool<ref>Template:Bug</ref> with the Minecraft:Silk Touch enchantment. If broken without the enchantment, pushed by a Minecraft:piston, or broken by a player or mob falling onto it, the egg breaks without dropping anything.

When mining a cluster of more than one turtle egg, the eggs break one at a time, instead of all at once. This is different from other clustered blocks, such as Minecraft:sea pickles or Minecraft:candles.

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

Post-generation

When two Minecraft:turtles are bred with Minecraft:seagrass, one of them returns to its home beach, and after several seconds it lays a cluster of 1–4 eggs on the Minecraft:sand.

Trampling

File:Zombie stomping on eggs.jpg

A zombie stomping on turtle eggs.

File:Husks Breaking Turtle Eggs.png

Two husks breaking turtle eggs by trampling on them.

Turtle eggs can be trampled by living entities (players, mobs, livestock, etc.), except Minecraft:bats, that fall onto or stand on top of them. Eggs in a cluster of eggs are trampled one at a time until no eggs remain.

Under no circumstance can Minecraft:turtles break turtle eggs. Crouch-walking (or "Minecraft:sneaking") on turtle eggs prevents them from breaking. Jumping of any kind still breaks the eggs.

Though eggs cannot be trampled by non-living entities like arrows, items or falling blocks, they can be trampled by Minecraft:armor stands.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> When a falling block such as an Minecraft:anvil or Minecraft:sand block is dropped onto an egg, the falling block is dropped and turned into an item, leaving the egg unharmed.

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

Unlike zombies and their variants, other mobs do not seek out turtle eggs to trample them. However, they can still break turtle eggs by accident. Almost all entities, except for those mentioned above, when falling onto an egg, have a Template:Frac chance of trampling it. Standing on top of an egg has a Template:Frac chance each game tick of trampling the egg.

Usage

Placement

Up to 4 turtle eggs can be placed in a cluster on one block. Even though turtle eggs can be placed on any block, they only hatch on sand blocks. When adding more eggs to an existing cluster, they retain their hatching progress.

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.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Hatching

Turtle eggs hatch on sand, red sand, or suspicious sand in any dimension. Eggs crack over time and hatch after cracking three times. Eggs hatch significantly faster at the end of the night.

Turtle eggs have a 1/500 chance of cracking if they are randomly ticked during the day. However, if the in-game time is between 21062 and 21904 ticks (3:03 am and 3:54 am), then turtle eggs always crack when random ticked. 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 to 5 nights. 90% of eggs hatch in 7 nights or less.<ref>https://github.com/jeremy-rifkin/MC-Turtle-Mechanics</ref>

When a cluster of eggs hatches, all eggs hatch simultaneously.

Baby turtles always hatch facing south.

Sounds

Unique

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Data values

ID

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Block states

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History

Gallery

Renders

• File:Turtle Egg 1.png
• File:Turtle Egg 1 (slightly cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 1 (very cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 2 (slightly cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 2 (very cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 3.png
• File:Turtle Egg 3 (slightly cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 3 (very cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 4.png
• File:Turtle Egg 4 (slightly cracked) JE2.png
• File:Turtle Egg 4 (very cracked) JE2.png

Screenshots

• First image of turtle eggs.
  First image of turtle eggs.
• Second image of turtle eggs.
  Second image of turtle eggs.
• A Minecraft:zombie stomping on turtle eggs.
  A Minecraft:zombie stomping on turtle eggs.
• The 3 stages a turtle egg goes through before it hatches: plain, slightly cracked, and very cracked.
  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 Minecraft:block.
  The different numbers of turtle eggs that can fit in one Minecraft:block.
• Turtle eggs on a small island.
  Turtle eggs on a small island.
• The detection range of hostile mobs toward turtle eggs.
  The detection range of hostile mobs toward turtle eggs.
• Graph of simulation results showing how long it takes turtle eggs to hatch.
  Graph of simulation results showing how long it takes turtle eggs to hatch.

In other media

• Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex digging near turtle eggs
  Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex digging near turtle eggs
• A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
  A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
• Turtle eggs as they appear in Minecraft:Mojang Presents... An Update Aquatic
  Turtle eggs as they appear in Minecraft:Mojang Presents... An Update Aquatic
• A turtle egg factory inside of the shell
  A turtle egg factory inside of the shell