Turtles do not spawn on snowy or stony beaches. Turtles will only lay eggs on their home beaches. You cannot lure a turtle away from its home beach to another beach and get it to lay eggs.

Iron bars can be crafted by smelting iron ore in a furnace. iron ore can be found in caves. It’s the stone blocks with the yellowish spots on them. You can mine iron ore using a stone pickaxe or stronger.

You can feed turtles immediately after mating to get them to breed again.

Turtle lays egg and egg hatches only on Sand or Red Sand blocks and not on any other blocks. Warning: Avoid walking over the cluster of eggs and try to prevent mobs from walking over them. This can trample the eggs and break them. You may want to build a fence and place torches around them to protect them from hostile mobs. [3] X Research source

The beach should be relatively flat and level with the water. If there are too many elevated sand blocks too close to the water’s edge, remove them to flatten the surface of the beach. You’ll need a flat area that is about 6x6 blocks wide right next to the water’s edge.

You can craft once fence piece out of 4 wooden sticks and two wooden plank blocks using a crafting table. Make sure the back of the enclosure isn’t too far away from the water’s edge, or this could make it harder for the baby turtles to get to the water.

The floor can be built out of sand or whatever building material you are using to make your enclosure.

If you want the adult turtles to be able to leave the enclosure and come back, do not build a fence on top of the wall furthest from the water’s edge. Instead, build a row of slabs along the top of that wall from the top of the fence on one side, to the top of the fence on the other side.

You can craft a chest out of 8 wooden plank blocks using a crafting table.

You can craft a hopper from a chest and 5 iron bars using a crafting table.

Slabs can be crafted from any three building blocks of the same type using a crafting table.

If you want your adult turtles to be able to enter and leave, place an additional row or slabs along the top of the underwater enclosure next to the opening in the fence furthest from the water’s edge.

You create an easy entry into the enclosure by placing some carpet on top of one of the fence posts around the enclosure. This will allow you to jump on top of it and get in while blocking hostile mobs from getting in or turtles from getting out.

If the adult turtles are blocking the babies from getting to the water, you can give them a whack to get them to move out of the way.

You can build a nether portal by constructing a frame that is at least 4x5 blocks tall out of obsidian. Then light the inside of the frame using flint and steel. You can mine flint by digging through gravel with a shovel. You can craft flint and steel from flint and an iron bar using a crafting table. Obsidian is found where lava touches still water. It must be mined with a diamond pickaxe.

Blaze Rods: Blaze rods are used to craft a brewing stand, as well as craft blaze powder, which is needed to operate the brewing stand. You’ll need a few blaze rods. You can get them by killing blazes in the Nether. Nether Wart: Nether wart is a red plant that grows in the Nether. It can usually be found inside fortresses in the Nether. You can harvest nether wart by attacking it and then walking over it to pick it up. [6] X Research source