Sea Turtle

**Sea Turtles** are passive animals that spawn in any beaches in the Overworld.

## Appearance

Sea Turtles are medium-sized mobs that comes in 24 variants in different colors and patterns, including on the first sea turtle variant added to Minecraft, many real life sea turtle species, and several other variants.

## Behavior

Sea Turtles can both move around on land and swim in water. They move slowly on land, but they can swim at a fast speed in the water. Like other passive mobs, they move around aimlessly and flee when attacked. When on land, they generally attempt to move to the nearest water source with direct sky access. When in an enclosed area, such as a player-made enclosure, they generally swim in circles if the water is in the area, and rarely go on land to explore, if there is any.

Sea Turtles cannot be attached to leads, but they can be led by a player holding seagrass within 10 blocks of the turtle. Sea Turtles can be picked up by boats‌ and minecarts. Sea Turtles are killed instantly when struck by lightning. As with other aquatic mobs, Sea Turtles suffer extra damage when hit by a trident with the Impaling enchantment, and cannot drown, despite the fact that real-life turtles breathe air.

### Riding

It is possible to ride a Sea Turtle by using a saddle on it. When a saddle is used on a Sea Turtle, the Sea Turtle might stare at the player for a few seconds. Saddled Sea Turtles are controllable with a seagrass. They start slow but accelerate to 3.50 blocks/s. Sea Turtles can be controlled through bodies of water with a seagrass. Using the seagrass while riding a Sea Turtle makes it swim faster at the cost of 7 durability. Saddled Sea Turtles cannot be ridden while on land, and Baby Sea Turtles cannot be saddled and ridden.

## Breeding

Feeding two Sea Turtles seagrass causes them to enter love mode, causing one of the Sea Turtles to have eggs in its inventory and appear a bit bigger (about 0.2 of a block) than normal Sea Turtles. The pregnant Sea Turtle then travels back to its home beach, which is where it first spawned. Upon arrival, it seeks a nearby sand block on which to lay its eggs. The Sea Turtle digs vigorously while turning 360 degrees for several seconds a few times - with pauses, on top of the sand, and then lays 1–4 turtle eggs. The pregnant Sea Turtle can breed again immediately after laying the eggs while the other Sea Turtle can mate immediately after mating. On Bedrock Edition Sea Turtle have a 90-second cooldown between breeding.

### Eggs

Sea Turtle eggs can be placed on any block in clusters of up to 4, however, they hatch only on sand or red sand, above or below water. Eggs can be broken without tools and can also be trampled by living entities falling or walking on them. When a multi-egg block is trampled, eggs are broken one at a time. A Sea Turtle can walk on the eggs without breaking them. Harvesting eggs with Silk Touch drops an egg, which the player can collect. Mining an egg with Silk Touch resets the egg's growth.

Sea Turtle eggs progress toward hatching by cracking. Cracking occurs during random ticks, and an egg hatches once it has cracked 3 times. When a multi-egg block hatches, all eggs within the block hatch simultaneously. Eggs grow fastest during the night and typically take 4 to 5 in-game days to hatch.