To hatch turtle eggs in Minecraft, follow these steps:
- Find Turtle Eggs: Turtles will naturally lay eggs along the edge of the sand in the Beach biome. If you’re having trouble finding turtle eggs, you can breed turtles to create a nest of eggs[2].
- Increase the Random Tick Speed: Turtle eggs can take a long time to hatch. To speed up the hatching process, you can increase the random tick speed. The default random tick speed is 3, but you can increase it to a higher value, such as 100, using the /gamerule randomTickSpeed command[2].
- Protect the Eggs: Turtle eggs are vulnerable to zombies, zombie villagers, husks (in deserts or near deserts), zombified piglins, and drowned. To protect the eggs, light up the area around them and create a safety fence so that no mobs can enter and break the eggs[5].
- Wait for Hatching: The hatching process takes place during the day, but it is quicker at night[1]. On average, it takes about four to five in-game days for an egg to hatch, which is approximately two hours in real life[5]. Players must stay within 128 blocks of the turtle eggs for them to hatch[6].
Citations:
[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=aBi0CrbsZfE&t=0
[2] https://www.digminecraft.com/getting_started/how_to_hatch_turtle_eggs.php
[3] https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Turtle_Egg
[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/o1q5z6/turtle_eggs_not_hatching/
[5] https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/turtle-eggs-minecraft-all-need-know
[6] https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/when-turtle-eggs-hatch-minecraft
