Overview
Blue Shulker Box is one of the 17 variants of Shulker Box: same recipe, same hardness, same drops — only the look differs. The full write-up for the set is on the Shulker Box page.
Minecraft classifies Blue Shulker Box as a storage block. Blue Shulker Box is made at a crafting table. Hardness 2 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
It drops as the same block you mined. Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it. It offers almost no protection from explosions (2 blast resistance).
Every copy occupies a full inventory slot. It is crafted from White Shulker Box and Blue Dye. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the blue set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Blue Shulker Box takes 3 seconds to punch out and 0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
An iron tool takes 0.5 seconds and a diamond one 0.4, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3.5 times faster than the plain tool.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 3 s | 3 s | 3 s |
| Wooden | 1.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Stone | 0.75 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.5 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.4 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.35 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
With 2 blast resistance Blue Shulker Box goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. 1 fit in a slot, and it will not stack at all. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Blue Shulker Box
Drops
Mined with any, Blue Shulker Box drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Blue Shulker Box in Minecraft?
Blue Shulker Box is crafted from White Shulker Box and Blue Dye.
What tool do you need to break Blue Shulker Box?
No specific tool is required — Blue Shulker Box can be broken by hand.
Is Blue Shulker Box blast resistant?
Blue Shulker Box has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Blue Shulker Box fit in one stack?
Blue Shulker Box does not stack: every one takes an inventory slot of its own, which is worth planning for before a long trip.
How long does Blue Shulker Box take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 3 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Blue Shulker Box is one of 17. Every other member behaves the same way:
