Exact Answer: 3 days
Once two turtles are bred with seagrass, one will return to its home beach. When at the beach, the turtle will dig into the sand and lay four eggs within a few seconds.
Before hatching, the egg will go through three stages.
The egg will hatch once it is placed on the typical sand. You should note that the egg will not hatch when placed on the red sand.
Time taken until hatching differs, the egg might grow and hatch during the day and night; however, it will grow faster at night.
How long does it take for turtle eggs to hatch?
Time taken for four eggs to hatch in Minecraft without having to speed the progress is approximately three days. You will obtain the turtle in the inventory using silk touch enchantment.
The egg will break without dropping anything when pushed by a piston or falling on to it, or a block affected by gravity falls onto it.
You can farm turtle eggs in Minecraft by breeding turtles. When they produce and feed on seagrass, they will be able to lay 1 to 4 eggs on the nearby sand.
The control for feeding your turtle seagrass differs from one device to the other.
When using Xbox One and Xbox 360, you will press on LT button on the controllers. However, when operating on a Mac or PC, you will right-click on the turtle to feed it seagrass.
Why does it take that long for turtle eggs to hatch?
You can place turtle eggs as the regular solid blocks, and they will hatch slowly into turtles. Furthermore, you can place approximately 4 eggs onto a block.
You should note that the turtle eggs will only hatch on the sand and not the red sand, and they hatch faster during night hours
If items or players fall onto the egg couple of times, it will end up breaking. However, when the eggs emit a cracking sound and hatch a baby turtle, you will be able to have extra turtles
Often, skeletons, zombies, ocelots, and wolves will try to destroy your turtle eggs. Therefore, you should always guard them until they hatch.
Baby turtles as they develop into adults they will drop scutes. It will take approximately 5 turtles scutes to craft the turtle shell, which will then provide the wearer with the ability to breath in water.
When you use the turtle shell, you will be able to craft turtle master potion. This potion will grant you resistance IV and slowness IV.
Trivia
Once your turtle lays eggs, you will be able to breed it once again. You should note that turtles are quite different from other animals; therefore, it has a distinct breeding cooldown.
Other than fish, turtles are water-friendly, unlike other passive mobs. In Minecraft, baby, turtles are the smallest mobs half the size of endermite.
Moreover, turtles are the only mobs that can breed a block in this game.
You should note that an adult turtle can swim into a boat and get stuck. However, this will not affect your ability as a player; the turtle will remain in the boat and ride along with you.
Conclusion
Often turtle eggs take plenty of time to hatch; however, you can speed the hatching process by increasing the random tick speed. Three is the default speed of the random tick.
You should always wait for the eggs to crack three times before it hatches.
There will be cracking sound when hatching, and green particles will appear. Once the turtle eggs have hatched, you should set the random tick speed to default.
References
- https://academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstract/20/3/575/213372
- https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2307/1938369
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I like that you have to wait for the eggs to crack three times. It’s a nice touch.
Definitely adds to the anticipation and realism of the hatching process.
The scientific references at the end are a nice touch. It’s always good to see where information comes from.
Absolutely, it helps to validate the content and shows the depth of research.
I appreciate that level of detail. It adds credibility to the article.
So, it’s possible to farm turtle eggs and make turtle master potions? That’s very cool.
Absolutely, it’s a nice feature that adds depth to the game.
It’s unbelievable that it takes three days for turtle eggs to hatch in Minecraft. Seems like a long time in video game terms.
I agree, it feels like forever. I wish there was a way to speed it up.
Well, it just adds to the realism of the game. It’s not supposed to be easy.
This is an interesting read, I never knew that the time of day would affect the hatching speed.
Yes, I found that surprising too. It’s details like this that make the game so rich.
It’s fascinating to learn so much detail about a specific aspect of the game. Minecraft is full of surprises.
Definitely, it’s one of the things that makes it such a rich experience.
What a fascinating life cycle. I didn’t know that about turtles!
Yes, it is really interesting. I love learning about different animals and their habitats.
I had no idea. Very informative.
I’m glad they clarified that the turtle can still ride in a boat, despite getting stuck. That would have been frustrating otherwise.
Definitely, it’s a good thing to know for players.
Agreed, little things like that make a big difference in how players experience the game.
The trivia section at the end was fun. I love little tidbits like that.
Yes, it’s always fun to learn more about the game world.
I didn’t know about the turtle shell and breathing in water. That’s a useful item.
A turtle master potion sounds very powerful! I’ll have to try that.
Yes, it can be a lifesaver in certain situations.