Turtle Scutes are items that baby turtles drop when they grow into adults. They can be used to craft turtle shells which can be used to brew the potion of the Turtle Master.
Obtaining
Mob loot
Baby turtles drop a single scute when they grow up into adults, which is the only way possible to obtain the item.
Usage
Scutes can be crafted into turtle shells.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Turtle Shell | Scute |
Repairing
Scutes are the repair items for the turtle armor material, and thus can be used to repair turtle shells in an anvil.
Trading
Expert-level cleric villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 4 scutes for an emerald as part of their trades.[Java Edition only]
Expert-level cleric villagers have a 50% chance to buy 4 scutes for an emerald as part of their seventh trades.[Bedrock Edition only]
Expert-level leatherworker villagers buy 4 scutes for an emerald as part of their trades.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scute | scute | Item | item.minecraft.scute |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scute | scute | turtle_shell_piece | 572 | Item | item.turtle_shell_piece.name |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w07a | Added turtle shell pieces. | |||
| 18w07b | "Turtle Shell Pieces" have now been renamed to "Scutes." | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w11a | Cleric and leatherworker villagers now buy scutes. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Added scutes. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Scutes can be sold to cleric and leatherworker villagers. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added scutes. | ||
Issues
Issues relating to "Scute" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Scutes used to be called "Turtle Shell Pieces", they were renamed after it was pointed out that "Scute" was a more technical term.[1]