Turtle Egg Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a turtle egg with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a turtle egg is an item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead, you need to find and gather this item in the game.

Let’s explore how to add a turtle egg to your inventory.

Where to find a Turtle Egg in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a turtle egg in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.13 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3	Natural Blocks

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make a Turtle Egg

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft a turtle egg:

2 Seagrass
2 Turtles

How to get a Turtle Egg in Survival Mode

You can add a turtle egg to your inventory in Survival mode by breeding turtles. Let’s explore how to do this.

1. Find Two Turtles

Once you have the required materials, you will need to find two turtles to breed.

Turtles can usually be found in the Beach biome.

Your turtles will need to be close together when breeding, so we have built a sand wall to keep our two turtles from running away.

2. Use the Seagrass

Next, with the seagrass selected in your hot bar, you will need to feed the seagrass to each of the turtles, one at a time.

The game control to use/feed the seagrass to the turtles depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the turtles one at a time.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the turtles one at a time.
• For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the turtles one at a time.
• For Education Edition, right click on the turtles one at a time.

As you feed the seagrass to the turtles, you will see red hearts appear over their heads. Each of these turtles is entering love mode.

Once you have fed both turtles, they will turn to each other and red hearts will continue to appear over their heads.

After a moment, the red hearts will disappear and one of the turtles will start to dig in the sand.

Once the turtle is done digging, it will lay different sizes of turtle eggs on the ground. The turtle will lay up to 4 eggs.

You will now have two adult turtles and a nest of turtle eggs. These eggs will hatch into baby turtles.

TIP: You will have to wait 5 minutes before your turtles can breed again.

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a turtle egg has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Minecraft ID	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Turtle Egg (minecraft:turtle_egg)			64	Java	1.13 – 1.19.3

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the item.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Turtle Egg

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.3, the /give command for Turtle Egg is:

/give @p turtle_egg 1

Things to Do with Turtle Eggs

Here are some activities that you can do with turtle eggs in Minecraft:

How to Hatch Turtle Eggs