Turtle Egg
Turtle Egg — block.
Obtaining
Turtle eggs are laid when two turtles are bred with seagrass. The breeding turtle returns to its home beach and places a cluster of one to four eggs on sand.
Loot tableTurtle EggDetailed drops are not published yet.| Cluster size | 1–4 eggs |
|---|---|
| Required surface | Sand at the turtle's home beach |
| Growth state | Three cracking stages before hatching |
Breaking
Only a tool with Silk Touch can mine a turtle egg as an item. Without it, the egg breaks without dropping; the same loss occurs when a piston moves it or an entity tramples it. Eggs in a cluster break one at a time.
| Hardness | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Blast resistance | 0.5 |
| Required enchantment | Silk Touch |
| Cluster breaking | One egg at a time |
| Cracked egg with Silk Touch | Stage resets when placed again |
Usage
The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.
Place up to four eggs in one block space to build a cluster. Eggs do not need a supporting block and are not affected by gravity, so lanterns can hang beneath them. Hatched turtles grow into the source of turtle scutes.
| Shape | Full cube |
|---|---|
| Rendering | Isometric preview |
Sounds
Turtle eggs use a fragile block sound when placed, cracked, or broken. Hatching uses the turtle family of ambient sounds.
| Placement | Fragile block placement |
|---|---|
| Cracking | Egg crack |
| Hatching | Baby turtle emergence |
Behavior
Players, mobs, livestock, and armor stands can trample eggs by standing on or falling onto them. Sneaking prevents a player from breaking an egg, but jumping does not. Zombies and their variants actively seek exposed eggs when mob griefing is enabled.
Eggs hatch only on sand, red sand, or suspicious sand. They crack three times, advance only while a player is within 128 horizontal blocks, and progress much faster late at night. A cluster hatches all of its eggs together, with baby turtles facing south.
| Stack size | 64 |
|---|---|
| Solid block | No |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Map color | sand |
| State count | 12 |
| Hatching surface | Sand, red sand, or suspicious sand |
| Crack stages | 3 |
| Player distance | 128 blocks horizontally |
| Typical time | 4–5 nights |
Data values
The block identifier is `minecraft:turtle_egg`. Its states track the number of eggs in the cluster and the current cracking stage.
| Identifier | minecraft:turtle_egg |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Blockstate | assets/minecraft/blockstates/turtle_egg.json |
| Loot table | Turtle EggLoot table |
| Eggs per block | 1–4 |
| Hatch state | 0–2 cracks |
History
- 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
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References
| Source | Validated DeepMine snapshot |
|---|---|
| Snapshot ID | 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5 |
| Digest | 3dcf4b6b9e8b3bf87c51ab8bff123beb395ba13004f86c48f0dcbbf95a6a35b8 |
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Data and provenance
minecraft:turtle_egg
Snapshot digest verified.
3dcf4b6b9e8b3bf87c51ab8bff123beb395ba13004f86c48f0dcbbf95a6a35b8Provenance and publication
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- Pending
- Snapshot
- 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
- Source set
- 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
- Entity identifier
- minecraft:turtle_egg
- Digest
- 3dcf4b6b9e8b3bf87c51ab8bff123beb395ba13004f86c48f0dcbbf95a6a35b8
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