Lime Shulker Box
Lime Shulker Box is a dyed storage block with 27 slots that keeps its contents (stored items stay inside the box when it is broken).
Description
The base shulker box recipe uses two shulker shells and one chest in a vertical column; one lime dye beside any shulker box then colors the box lime, and items inside survive the dyeing. A hopper can load and empty a placed Lime Shulker Box, a redstone comparator reads the fill level of the box, and a water-filled cauldron washes the lime dye off at the cost of one water level. Piglins turn hostile toward players who open or mine any shulker box, and a piston push drops a loaded Lime Shulker Box as a single item — a full cargo in one inventory slot.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:lime_shulker_box
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:lime_shulker_box
|
| Stackable | No |
| Best tool | Pickaxe |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Java Edition | 1.11 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.1.0 |
Guide
How to Get a Lime Shulker Box in Minecraft
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1
Collect two shulker shells
Shulker shells come from shulkers, the hostile End city mob, and one shulker box needs two shells.
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2
Craft the plain shulker box
Place one shulker shell, one chest, and the second shulker shell in a vertical column on the crafting grid; the grid yields one plain shulker box.
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3
Dye the box lime
Combine any shulker box with one lime dye in the crafting grid; the output is one Lime Shulker Box, and items left inside the box survive the dyeing.
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4
Load, mine, move
Fill up to 27 slots, then mine the Lime Shulker Box with any tool — a pickaxe is fastest — and every stored item travels inside the dropped box to the next placement.
A piston push breaks a Lime Shulker Box and drops the box as an item, and a shulker box destroyed in item form spills the contents; a water-filled cauldron washes the lime dye off at the cost of one water level.
How to craft this block
Frequently asked questions
Can a shulker box hold another shulker box?
No, shulker boxes do not fit inside other shulker boxes, so nesting a Lime Shulker Box inside another shulker box is impossible.
Does renaming a Lime Shulker Box empty the box?
No, renaming a shulker box on an anvil keeps the whole contents inside the box.
Do two Lime Shulker Boxes stack in an inventory slot?
No, shulker boxes never stack: the maximum is one box per slot, so a loaded Lime Shulker Box takes exactly one inventory slot.
Is the Lime Shulker Box a renewable block?
Yes, all shulker boxes are renewable since the shulker post-generation mechanic arrived in Java 1.17 and Bedrock 1.18.30.
Can pistons or dispensers move a Lime Shulker Box?
Dispensers place shulker boxes, and a piston push breaks a Lime Shulker Box into an item drop; a piston cannot pull the box.
What do comparators and observers read from a Lime Shulker Box?
A redstone comparator reads the fill level of any shulker box, even one that cannot open, and an observer detects every opening and closing.
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