Overview
Purple 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.
Purple Shulker Box counts as a storage block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Purple 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 Purple Dye. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the purple set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Purple Shulker Box at 3 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.35 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
Iron manages 0.5 seconds and diamond 0.4, which makes iron the tier that changes how this block feels.
There is no tier requirement to worry about. Any tool, or none, returns the drop; the numbers below just say how fast.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 3.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| 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 Purple Shulker Box goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. A single slot takes 1 — no stacking at all, one slot each. A pickaxe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Purple Shulker Box
Drops
Mined with any, Purple Shulker Box drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Purple Shulker Box in Minecraft?
Purple Shulker Box is crafted from White Shulker Box and Purple Dye.
What tool do you need to break Purple Shulker Box?
No specific tool is required — Purple Shulker Box can be broken by hand.
Is Purple Shulker Box blast resistant?
Purple Shulker Box has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Purple Shulker Box fit in one stack?
It does not stack — every Purple Shulker Box needs its own inventory slot, which is worth planning around before a long trip.
How long does Purple Shulker Box take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.35 seconds. Bare hands take 3.
The rest of the set
Purple Shulker Box is one of 17. Every other member behaves the same way:
