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# ✦ ── Shulker Plus

Coppercore uses **Shulker Plus** to make Shulker Boxes considerably more convenient to use while carrying them.

Instead of repeatedly placing a Shulker Box, opening it, taking out one item and immediately breaking it again, eligible players can open a Shulker Box directly while holding it.

Because sometimes you just need one specific block from the bottom of a Shulker and do not wish to begin a small construction project first.

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#### **Portable Shulker Access**

Portable Shulker access is unlocked from the **Copper Vote Rank** onwards.

Once you have reached Copper Rank, you can use Shulker Plus with any normal or coloured Shulker Box you are carrying.

This perk remains available through all higher Vote Ranks.

See the **Vote Ranks** page for more information about Vote Rank progression and other unlockable perks.

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#### Opening a Shulker Box

To open a Shulker Box without placing it:

1. Hold the Shulker Box in your hand.
2. **Sneak**.
3. **Right-click the air** while holding it.

The Shulker Box inventory will open directly from your hand without needing to place the box in the world.

You can then move items in or out just as you would with a normally placed Shulker Box.

Close the inventory when you're finished and the contents will remain stored inside the Shulker as normal.

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#### When Is This Useful?

Inventory Shulkers are particularly useful while:

* Building large projects
* Gathering resources
* Mining
* Exploring
* Terraforming
* Organising storage
* Carrying several different block palettes
* Realising the item you need is, inevitably, in the very last Shulker you check

Instead of needing a free block to place your Shulker on every time you need something, simply hold the Shulker Box and access its contents without placing it down first.

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#### Normal Shulker Boxes Still Work

Shulker Plus does not replace normal Shulker Box behaviour.

You can still:

* Place Shulker Boxes in the world
* Open placed Shulker Boxes normally
* Break and collect them
* Rename them
* Dye them
* Store items inside them as usual

The inventory-opening feature is simply an additional way of accessing a Shulker you are already carrying.

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#### Shulker Safety

While a Shulker Box is being accessed through Shulker Plus, protections are used to prevent the held box from being moved or dropped during the interaction.

Shulker Boxes also cannot be stored inside other Shulker Boxes.

This prevents invalid storage and, presumably, whatever horrifying consequences would result from infinitely recursive Shulker Boxes.

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#### Useful Organisation Tip

If you regularly carry several Shulker Boxes, naming or colour-coding them can make finding things considerably easier.

For example:

* Stone
* Wood
* Landscaping
* Decoration
* Redstone
* Tools
* Important Stuff
* Miscellaneous Nonsense

Combined with inventory Shulker access, this is especially useful for larger builds where you're constantly swapping between different materials.

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#### Quick Guide

**Unlock:** Copper Vote Rank

**How to open:** Hold a Shulker Box, sneak and right-click the air

**Placement required:** No

**Resource pack required:** No

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Final reminder: if you've ever placed a Shulker Box, removed one item, broken it again and then repeated the exact same process thirty seconds later, congratulations. You no longer have to do that.
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