Overview
Brown 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 Brown Shulker Box as a storage block. A crafting table turns its ingredients into Brown Shulker Box. Its hardness of 2 makes it a normal, unhurried block to mine.
Mining it returns the block itself, so it is safe to relocate. It is transparent, which matters when you are managing light levels. With a blast resistance of only 2 it will not survive an explosion.
It is unstackable. The recipe calls for White Shulker Box and Brown Dye. It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the brown set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Brown Shulker Box takes 3 seconds to punch out and 0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
Iron takes 0.5 seconds against diamond's 0.4, so the upgrade worth making for this block is the one to iron.
No particular tool tier is required: any tool, or none at all, still yields the drop, so the table below is about speed rather than about whether you get anything.
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
Brown Shulker Box has a blast resistance of 2, so any explosion nearby destroys it. It lets light through and emits no light of its own. One inventory slot holds 1 — it does not stack at all. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Brown Shulker Box
Drops
Mined with any, Brown Shulker Box drops itself.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you get Brown Shulker Box in Minecraft?
Brown Shulker Box is crafted from White Shulker Box and Brown Dye.
What tool do you need to break Brown Shulker Box?
No specific tool is required — Brown Shulker Box can be broken by hand.
Is Brown Shulker Box blast resistant?
Brown Shulker Box has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Brown Shulker Box fit in one stack?
Brown 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 Brown Shulker Box take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 3 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Brown Shulker Box is one of 17. Every other member behaves the same way:
