White Shulker Box
White Shulker Box stores 27 item stacks and keeps its contents when broken — the cleanest color for labeled, portable Minecraft storage.
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Description
White Shulker Box is a portable storage block with 27 inventory slots that keeps every stored item when broken, making it the safest way to move a base in Minecraft. White Shulker Box is crafted by combining any existing shulker box with one white dye, which recolors the box without emptying its contents. The base shulker box itself comes from two shulker shells and one chest, and shulker shells drop only from shulkers found in End Cities, so White Shulker Box is an end-game storage upgrade.
White Shulker Box was added in Java Edition 1.11 and Bedrock Edition 1.0, and it can be mined with any tool, though a pickaxe breaks it fastest. When broken, White Shulker Box drops itself with its full inventory intact, unlike a chest that scatters items on the ground. The clean white texture makes White Shulker Box the easiest variant to read at a glance, so builders often use it as a labeling color for sorting systems, ender-chest backups, and tidy storage rooms.
White Shulker Box was added in Java Edition 1.11 and Bedrock Edition 1.0, and it can be mined with any tool, though a pickaxe breaks it fastest. When broken, White Shulker Box drops itself with its full inventory intact, unlike a chest that scatters items on the ground. The clean white texture makes White Shulker Box the easiest variant to read at a glance, so builders often use it as a labeling color for sorting systems, ender-chest backups, and tidy storage rooms.
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to craft and use a White Shulker Box in Minecraft
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Get a base shulker box
Defeat shulkers in End Cities to collect two shulker shells, then combine the shells with one chest on a crafting table to make a shulker box.
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Add white dye
Place the shulker box and one white dye anywhere in the crafting grid to recolor it into a White Shulker Box; the stored items stay inside.
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Place and fill it
Set the White Shulker Box on any surface and open it to access 27 storage slots, just like a chest.
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Move it safely
Break the White Shulker Box with any tool to pick it up with all items still inside, then replace it wherever you need the storage.
Opening space
A White Shulker Box needs one free block on the side it faces to open its lid; placing it flush against a wall on that side blocks the animation.
How to craft this block
Crafting
White Shulker Box
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Frequently asked questions
Does a White Shulker Box keep items when broken?
Yes. A White Shulker Box drops itself with all stored items intact when mined, so you can move a full inventory without losing anything.
How do you make a White Shulker Box?
Combine any shulker box with one white dye in the crafting grid. The dye recolors the box to white while keeping its contents.
How many slots does a White Shulker Box have?
A White Shulker Box has 27 storage slots, the same capacity as a single chest.
Can you put a shulker box inside another shulker box?
No. Shulker boxes, including the White Shulker Box, cannot be nested inside one another in survival Minecraft.
What tool breaks a White Shulker Box fastest?
A pickaxe breaks a White Shulker Box fastest, but any tool or your bare hand will still drop it with its contents.
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