Minecraft Turtle Shell
A green helmet made from turtle scutes. It accepts armor trims and pairs with any other armor pieces, giving aquatic builds and character outfits a distinctive headpiece.
- Armor points
- 2
- Durability (Java)
- 275
- Recipe
- 5 turtle scutes
- Water Breathing
- 10 seconds
Turtle shell · Silence · Netherite
Preview turtle shell armor trims
Choose a pattern and material. Open the result in the workshop to add the rest of your outfit or upload your own skin.
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Trim material
Turtle shell crafting recipe
Collect five turtle scutes from baby turtles as they grow into adults. Arrange them at a crafting table in the same shape as a helmet:
Repair a damaged shell with turtle scutes in an anvil. Its Water Breathing effect gives ten extra seconds when you enter water and refreshes when you return to air; it is not unlimited underwater breathing.
How to trim a turtle shell
- Find an armor trim smithing template.
- Place the template, turtle shell and a trim material into a smithing table.
- Take the decorated helmet. The template and trim material are consumed, so duplicate rare templates before using them.
The shell cannot be dyed. Try quartz for contrast or netherite for dark markings on its green base.
Deku turtle-shell trim combination
Our Deku recipe pairs a Silence/netherite turtle shell with cyan leather: Ward/quartz on the chest, Tide/redstone on the leggings and Eye/redstone on the boots. The recipe page opens the complete outfit in the editor.