Can you put a shulker box inside a shulker box?

No. Minecraft blocks shulker boxes from being nested inside each other, otherwise storage would be effectively infinite.

How many items does a shulker box hold?

It has 27 slots, the same as a single chest — up to 1,728 items if every slot holds a full stack of 64.

Are shulker boxes lava-proof?

Yes, shulker boxes are immune to fire and lava damage as dropped items, so they survive accidents that would destroy most other loot.

Where do shulker shells come from?

From shulkers in End cities, found on the outer End islands after you defeat the Ender Dragon. Each kill has a 50% base chance to drop a shell.

How to Make a Shulker Box in Minecraft

Every Minecraft player eventually hits the inventory wall: 37 slots is never enough when you are hauling building blocks, redstone parts and loot across the world. The shulker box is the fix. It is a chest you can break, pick up, and carry — with everything still inside. Getting one takes a trip to the End, but it changes how you play from that moment on.

What You Need

Item	Amount	Where to Get It
Shulker Shell	2	Dropped by shulkers in End cities
Chest	1	Crafted from 8 planks
Crafting Table	1	Crafted from 4 planks

How to Get Shulker Shells

Shulkers only live in End cities, so this is a post-dragon project. Find a stronghold, activate the End portal, defeat the Ender Dragon, then step through an End gateway to reach the outer islands where the cities generate. Shulkers guard the city walls and the End ship, spitting homing bullets that make you levitate — bring a shield and watch your footing.

Each shulker you kill has a 50% chance to drop a shell, and Looting III on your sword raises that to about 68.75%. Two shells per box adds up quickly, so most players clear a couple of cities and stockpile shells for a whole set of boxes.

Crafting the Shulker Box

Open a crafting table.
Place the chest in the center slot.
Place one shulker shell directly above the chest and one directly below it, filling the middle column.
Take the shulker box from the result slot.

How Shulker Boxes Work

A shulker box has 27 slots, exactly like a single chest. Place it, open it, and fill it like any storage block. The magic happens when you break it: instead of spilling items everywhere, the box drops as a single item with its contents sealed inside. Place it at your destination and everything is right where you left it. A row of full shulker boxes inside an ender chest effectively turns your personal storage into a portable warehouse.

Two limits worth knowing: you cannot put a shulker box inside another shulker box, and boxes are naturally fire and lava resistant as items, which makes them safer to carry through the Nether than most gear.

Dyeing Your Boxes

Place a shulker box in a crafting grid with any of the 16 standard dyes to recolor it — 17 looks in total including the default pale purple. The difference is purely visual, but color-coding boxes for building blocks, redstone, food and loot saves a surprising amount of rummaging.

Making Boxes Easy to Tell Apart

Beyond dyeing, you can rename a shulker box on an anvil, and the custom name shows up when you hover over it in your inventory. Veterans keep named kits ready to grab: one box of building blocks for a project, one of redstone components, one with spare armor, food and rockets for emergency trips. When a box is always packed the same way, heading out becomes a ten-second job instead of a ten-minute one. It is a small habit that quietly transforms how organized a long-term world feels.

Shulker Box or Ender Chest?

They solve different problems. An ender chest gives you access to the same private inventory from anywhere and keeps it safe when you die. A shulker box simply moves far more stuff per trip. Serious bases use both: ender chest full of shulker boxes, one for every project.