This Minecraft tutorial explains all about shulkers with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about shulkers in Minecraft.
Supported Platforms
Shulkers are available in the following versions of Minecraft:
| Yes (1.9) | |
| Yes (1.0) | |
| Yes (TU46) | |
| Yes (CU35) | |
| Yes (1.38) | |
| Yes (1.38) | |
| Yes (Patch 15) | |
| Yes | |
| Yes (1.0) | |
| Yes (1.0) |
* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.
Background
The following is a picture of what a shulker looks like in Minecraft:
| Hostile Mob |
| 30 health points |
| 20 armor points when shell is closed |
| In the End dimension towards the End City |
| Shulker bullets |
| Shoots shulker bullets. These bullets are guided and will follow you. When one hits, it will give you the Levitation effect and cause you to float upwards. |
| 5 experience points |
| When a shulker is being attacked, it can teleport away and attach to another solid block close by. |
Hostility Level (Hostile)
A shulker is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, endermen, and shulkers. Because a shulker is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.
Health Points
In Minecraft, a shulker has 15 hearts
Armor Points
When a shulker closes its shell, it has 20 armor points (
Where to Find Shulkers
In Minecraft, you can find shulkers in the End dimension in the End City (outer islands in the End). Here, you will find the shulker attached to a solid block. It will blend in with the purpur blocks around it when its shell is closed.
If you are having trouble finding a shulker, you can summon a shulker using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Weapon
A shulker has shulker bullets as a weapon.
Attack Method
When a shulker attacks you, it will open its shell and shoot shulker bullets at you. These bullets will act like guided missiles and follow you. When you are struck by a bullet, it will cause damage and give you the Levitation effect. This will cause you to float up until the effect wears off.
Drops
When you kill a shulker in Minecraft, it may sometimes drop a shulker shell. If you don't get a shulker shell after killing the first shulker, be patient, and try killing another.
Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.
Experience Points
As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.
These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a shulker, you will gain 5 experience points.
Special Skills
Shulkers will close their shell to blend in with the purpur blocks around them. When a shulker is being attacked, it can teleport away and attach to another solid block close by.
Spawn Egg for Shulker
You can spawn a shulker using the following spawn egg:
Command Examples
Here are some game command examples for a shulker in Minecraft:
NBT Tags for Shulker (Java Edition)
Here are the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use in game commands for a shulker in Java Edition:
Spawn Events for Shulker (Bedrock/Education)
Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a shulker in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:
Other Mobs
Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft:
Shulker boxes are a rare item in Minecraft, but they are very helpful to players once they are obtained.
Shulker boxes can come in multiple different colors, including pink, purple, blue, yellow, lime, etc. To make a shulker box, players need to find shulkers, which are only located in end cities.
Shulker boxes make it easier for players to carry around all of the tools that are needed in order to go mining, and it also adds space to the players inventory.
Creating a shulker box can be difficult for some players, but once the player makes it to the end cities, it can be fairly easier. Shulkers will usually spawn on the walls of the end cities and respawn when the Ender Dragon is summoned and killed in Minecraft.
What is a shulker box?
A shulker box is a small box in Minecraft that players can place items in for protection.
A shulker box is like a 10x better version than a chest. The difference is when items are placed inside of a chest, and the chest is broken, all of the items spill out. When items are placed inside of a shulker box, the items that the player puts inside will stay protected inside, and they will not spill out.
The shulker box is a very big help to players who are looking for a lot of material in Minecraft. It adds 27 extra slots to the player's inventory.
What do players need to make a shulker box?
To create a shulker box in Minecraft, players will need two shulker shells and one regular chest. A shulker is a kind of mob that is only found in the end biome inside of the end city. The shulkers are purple, which are the same color as the blocks inside end city, so make sure to keep an eye out when searching for one.
When a shulker is found, players will need to start attacking the shulker until it is killed. However, it is not guaranteed that a shulker shell will drop every time a shulker is killed, but using a sword with looting attached to it raises the chances 6.25%.
An iron and above sword is recommended for fighting a shulker because they can be pretty strong when their shell is closed.
How to get to end cities?
To get to the end in Minecraft, players must find the stronghold using an ender eye. To make an ender eye, players will need one ender pearl and one blaze powder.
Throw the eye down until it hovers over one spot; that is where the strong hold is located. Also, make sure to bring multiple ender eyes; there is a 20% chance of the eye shattering when it is thrown down. Make sure to have extra eyes.
Once the player reaches the stronghold, players need to activate the end portal using 12 ender eyes. When the player spawns inside of the end, they can either build a bridge to get to the ender cities (not recommended), use an elytra, or use pearls to throw into the portals.