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The End is the third and final dimension Dimensions may refer to: The Overworld - The starting dimension in Minecraft. The Nether - The hellish dimension accessible by entering a nether portal from the Overworld. The End - The dimension with floating end in Minecraft Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria .
Trivia
- The End ⃢₀ₔ an endless noised sky with infinite masses of end stone ⃢₀ₔ can be considered the complete antithesis of the Nether, an endless cave filled with masses of air.
- The End has its own soundtrack that you can only hear in the End.
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Accessing
To access the End, the player The Player Health points 20 () Armor points Varies Attack strength Fist: 1 () Items: Varies Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks While sneaking: Height: 1.65 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks While gliding: Height: 0.6 must go through the process of finding and activating the end portal End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First , found within a stronghold Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes .
An activated end portal will allow the player to enter the End immediately.
Environment
The End consists of one large island surrounded at a distance by many smaller outer islands, all mainly comprised of end stone End Stone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 45 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 121 hex: 79 bin: 1111001 Name end_stone “ Journey to the End and you’ll find a . The gap between the central island and the outer islands is a void The void is pure black. The void is the name given to the empty space below layer 0. Contents 1 Effects 1.1 Pocket Edition 1.2 Console Edition 2 Video 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia of about 1000 blocks.
The starless sky and the Void of the End are both composed of a blank, static pattern. The day-night cycle is absent in the End, similar to the Nether A view of the Nether. The Nether is a hell-like dimension, filled with fire, lava, and dangerous mobs. Contents 1 Accessing 2 Environment 2.1 Mobs 3 Generation 3.1 Naturally generated 3.2 Naturally created 3.3 Structures , being replaced by a constant dim light Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 .
Most items See items as they are in the inventory. For the entity that items and blocks turn into when dropped, see Item (entity). For the items that mobs leave behind on death, see and blocks See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 function in the End exactly as they do in the Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 , with a few notable exceptions:
- Beds Bed Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Hardness 0.2 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable No Flammable PC: No, but catches fire from lava PE: No First appearances See will explode A TNT explosion. An explosion is a physical event, generally destructive, that can be caused by several different circumstances. It can destroy nearby blocks, propel and damage nearby players, entities, and their armor, and cause and cause fires Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1 when one attempts to use them, as they do in the nether Nether may refer to: The Nether, a hell-like dimension, filled with fire, lava, and dangerous mobs. Advancements#Nether, an advancement by entering the Nether dimension. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If .
- Lava flows faster in the End as it does in the Nether, but only to a distance of 3 as in the Overworld.
- Water flows at the same speed as in the Overworld.
- Compasses Compass Type Tools Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 345 hex: 159 bin: 101011001 Name compass Compasses are an item used to point to the world spawn. Contents 1 Obtaining are unable to find the original spawn point, as it cannot be set to a place within the End.
- Clocks Clock Type Tools Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 347 hex: 15B bin: 101011011 Name clock See the in-game item. For the redstone circuit, see clock circuit. are unable to determine the position of the sun The sun. The sun is a celestial body that provides light and life for the Minecraft world. Contents 1 Daytime 2 Sunlight 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 and moon A full moon. The moon is a celestial body that appears during the Minecraft night. Contents 1 Nighttime 1.1 Stars 2 Phases 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 , as there is no day-night cycle in the End, therefore going haywire.
- Nether portals Nether portal Consists of Obsidian Nether Portal Can generate post-generation Yes, when the player builds an appropriate frame and lights it with flint and steel First appearances See History See the structure. will not activate in the End (although they can be placed through commands).
- Fire burns indefinitely on bedrock Bedrock Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 18,000,000 Tool None Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 07 hex: 7 bin: 111 Name bedrock Bedrock is a block, indestructible by survival means. Contents , but will not naturally spread onto other blocks of bedrock.
Central island
All players will begin their exploration of the End on the central island. They will appear at X=100, Y=49, Z=0, facing west (negative X) on top of a 5ℂₗ5ℂₗ1 obsidian platform, generated either on or within the island, or at a relatively small distance from it.
Once one enters the End, the only way out is to defeat the ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after , or die. The dragon will spawn naturally and fly around above a number of obsidian pillars Obsidian Pillar Biome The End Consists of Obsidian Bedrock Iron Bars End Crystal Can generate post-generation Yes, while the Ender Dragon is respawning First appearances See History Obsidian pillars, also known as obsidian spikes or arranged in a circular fashion around 0,0. On top of each pillar lies an ender crystal End Crystal Type Decorations Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Internal ID PC: 200 PE: 71 Network ID PC: 51 Entity ID ender_crystal Drops None First appearances See History Data value dec: 426 hex: 1AA bin: 110101010 , some protected by cages of iron bars Iron Bars Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 101 hex: 65 bin: 1100101 Name iron_bars See the decorative block. For the .
Once defeated, the ender dragon will explode, drop up to 70 levels of experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience orbs, and create an exit portal End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First and a gateway portal End Gateway Portal Biome The End Consists of Bedrock End Gateway Can generate post-generation Yes, when an ender dragon is killed. First appearances See history See the portal created after defeating the . Atop the exit portal lies a dragon egg Dragon Egg Transparency Yes Luminance 1 Blast resistance 45 Tool None Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 122 hex: 7A bin: 1111010 Name dragon_egg Heatmap of where dragon eggs land after clicking . After slaying the ender dragon, it can be respawned an unlimited number of times by placing four ender crystals upon the exit portal.
When the player enters the exit portal, the " end poem The "End Poem" is a text-based message written by Julian Gough 1] that appears after the player travels to the End and kills the Ender Dragon. Notch has stated that Gough s short story The iHole " and the credits will roll shortly afterwards, thus "completing" Minecraft and earning the player the "The End." achievement Pocket Edition & Console Edition only The popup that appears when an achievement is earned. "The End?" and "The End." redirect here. For the dimension, see The End. Certain names of achievements redirect here. For . The player will then re- spawn See the natural spawning of players and mobs. For mob spawners, see Monster Spawner. For the player, see The Player. This article needs updating. Description: Rabbits now spawn in deserts with new in the Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 and may return to the End through the same portal; the End will remain in the same state as the player left it.
Outer islands
When the player enters one of the gateway portals that generate Every specific group of blocks purposefully formed in Minecraft based on coding is part of a natural structure. Contents 1 The Overworld 1.1 Terrain 1.1.1 Mountain 1.1.2 Floating "island" 1.1.3 Hollows 1.1.4 Hill 1.1.5 Beach , they are instantly teleported over the 1000 block void to the outer End islands. These gateway portals can only be entered through the use of ender pearls Ender Pearl Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (16) Internal ID PC: 14 PE: 87 Network ID PC: 65 Entity ID ender_pearl First appearances See History Data value dec: 368 hex: 170 bin: 101110000 Name , minecarts Minecart Type Vehicles Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable No Internal ID PC: 42 PE: 84 Network ID PC: 10 Entity ID minecart Drops Minecart (1) Health points 6 () First appearances See History Data value or through skilled use of elytra Elytra Type Transport Durability 431 Renewable No Stackable No First appearances See History Data values PC: dec: 443 hex: 1BB bin: 110111011 PE: dec: 444 hex: 1BC bin: 110111100 Name elytra “ Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid , due to the one block tall gap between the bedrock blocks.
These outer islands generate infinitely, topped with a forest of chorus trees Every specific group of blocks purposefully formed in Minecraft based on coding is part of a natural structure. Contents 1 The Overworld 1.1 Terrain 1.1.1 Mountain 1.1.2 Floating "island" 1.1.3 Hollows 1.1.4 Hill 1.1.5 Beach that may be harvested for its fruit. One may find end cities and end ships on these islands, which hold highly valuable loot, including elytra and the dragon head.
Mobs
The End is home to only 3 naturally occurring mobs. Endermen will spawn naturally throughout the entire dimension. The dragon only spawns once naturally on the central island, but can be respawned by placing 4 ender crystals on each side of the portal. Shulkers appear only on the outer islands, within End cities, and do not respawn once killed. Other mobs, excluding bosses, may be sent into the End through an End portal.
Enderman | Shulker | Ender Dragon |
Generation
I | Has a different ID as an inventory item. |
D | Use the item`s Damage field to define its durability. |
S | Requires additional data from the saved game`s Data array to fully define the block. |
B | Requires additional data in the item`s Damage field to fully define the inventory item. |
E | Requires a block entity to store additional data. |
Red | Cannot be legitimately obtained. Only available using the /give command or via inventory editors. |
Light Blue | Cannot be obtained no matter what.(Some can be placed using /setblock ) |
Blue | Available in Creative mode by item list. |
Purple | Available in Creative mode by block picking. |
Teal | Can be obtained by trading with villagers or in Creative mode. |
Green | Only available by having Enchanted tools or in Creative mode. |
Lime Green | Only available by having Enchanted tools or via use of /give or inventory editors, but unobtainable in the Creative mode menu. |
Gray | Unused data. |
Naturally generated
Naturally generated includes blocks that are created through the world seed.
Icon | Dec | Hex | Name | Block |
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0 | 0 | minecraft:air | Air | |
7 | 7 | minecraft:bedrock | Bedrock | |
49 | 31 | minecraft:obsidian | Obsidian | |
121 | 79 | minecraft:end_stone | End Stone | |
199 | C7 | minecraft:chorus_plant | Chorus Plant | |
200 | C8 | minecraft:chorus_flower | Chorus Flower |
Naturally created
These blocks are created through a combination of events that lead these blocks to be placed by natural causes, not by the player.
Icon | Dec | Hex | Name | Block |
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0 | 0 | minecraft:air | Air | |
7 | 7 | minecraft:bedrock | Bedrock | |
49 | 31 | minecraft:obsidian | Obsidian | |
50 | 32 | minecraft:torch | Torch S | |
51 | 33 | minecraft:fire | Fire | |
119 | 77 | minecraft:end_portal | End Portal E | |
122 | 7A | minecraft:dragon_egg | Dragon Egg | |
209 | D1 | minecraft:end_gateway | End Gateway |
Structures
These blocks are generated as part of end cities, but only when the "generated structures" option is on.
Icon | Dec | Hex | Name | Block |
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49 | 31 | minecraft:obsidian | Obsidian | |
54 | 36 | minecraft:chest | Chest S E | |
82 | 52 | minecraft:ender_chest | Ender Chest S E | |
95 | 5F | minecraft:stained_glass | Purple Stained Glass S B | |
117 | 75 | minecraft:brewing_stand | Brewing Stand I S E | |
198 | C6 | minecraft:end_rod | End Rod | |
201 | C9 | minecraft:purpur_block | Purpur Block | |
202 | CA | minecraft:purpur_pillar | Purpur Pillar | |
203 | CB | minecraft:purpur_stairs | Purpur Stairs | |
204 | CC | minecraft:purpur_double_slab | Purpur Double Slab | |
205 | CD | minecraft:purpur_slab | Purpur Slab | |
206 | CE | minecraft:end_bricks | End Stone Bricks |
Technical information
The End is saved in the same way normal worlds are, in the DIM1
subdirectory of the world save.
Deleting the DIM1 directory will reset the End, including all player-made changes.
Achievements
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
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Xbox | PS | Wii U | |||||||
The End? | Locate the End | Enter an end portal End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First . | Yes | PSVita | Yes | Yes | 20G | Bronze | |
Alt | PS3, PS4 | Alt | ⃢₀ₔ | Gold | |||||
The End. | Defeat the Ender Dragon | Enter the end exit portal End Portal Room Biome Any Overworld biome Consists of Mossy Stone Bricks Cracked Stone Bricks Stone Bricks Stone Brick Stairs Iron Bars Lava Silverfish spawner End Portal Frame End Portal Can generate post-generation No First . | Yes | PS4 | Yes | Yes | 40G | Bronze | |
Alt | PS3, PSVita | Alt | ⃢₀ₔ | Gold | |||||
The End... Again... | Respawn the ender dragon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 30G | Silver |
Advancements
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Internal ID |
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The End? | Enter the End Portal | Eye Spy | Enter the End dimension. | minecraft:story/enter_the_end | |
The End | Or the beginning? | ⃢₀ₔ | Enter the End dimension. | minecraft:end/root | |
Free the End | Good luck | The End | Kill the ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after . | minecraft:end/kill_dragon | |
The Next Generation | Hold the Dragon Egg | Free the End | Get the dragon egg Dragon Egg Transparency Yes Luminance 1 Blast resistance 45 Tool None Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 122 hex: 7A bin: 1111010 Name dragon_egg Heatmap of where dragon eggs land after clicking in your inventory. | minecraft:end/dragon_egg | |
Remote Getaway | Escape the island | Free the End | Throw an ender pearl through an End gateway. | minecraft:end/enter_end_gateway | |
The End... Again... | Respawn the ender dragon. | Free the End | Summon an ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after . | minecraft:end/respawn_dragon | |
You Need a Mint | Collect dragon`s breath in a glass bottle. | Free the End | Get a bottle of dragon`s breath in your inventory. | minecraft:end/dragon_breath | |
The City at the End of the Game | Go on in, what could happen? | Remote Getaway | Enter an End city. | minecraft:end/find_end_city | |
Sky`s the Limit | Find an Elytra | The City at the End of the Game | Get a pair of elytra Elytra Type Transport Durability 431 Renewable No Stackable No First appearances See History Data values PC: dec: 443 hex: 1BB bin: 110111011 PE: dec: 444 hex: 1BC bin: 110111100 Name elytra “ Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid in your inventory. | minecraft:end/elytra | |
Great View From Up Here | Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker | The City at the End of the Game | Have the Levitation effect applied, and move a vertical distance of 50 blocks. | minecraft:end/levitate |
History
Indev | |||||
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0.31 | Jan. 6, 2010 | Added a map type called "Floating." It generated floating islands full of terrain based on the selected map theme. Falling from these islands meant death, as the "surface" was covered in bedrock. Map types were later removed in Infdev. | |||
Beta | |||||
May 19, 2011 | Notch tweeted several picture of the third playable dimension, then known as the Sky Dimension. It had Overworld blocks and mobs, as well as a sky similar to that of the Overworld. | ||||
Jul. 30, 2011 | Notch first mentioned the End with his comment regarding the theoretical name-change of the endermen - some players petitioned Mojang to have the mob renamed "Far Landers", a reference to the Far Lands. He joked that instead of renaming the mobs Far Landers, he was more likely to change the name of the Far Lands to "the End". | ||||
Oct. 6, 2011 | Reddit user "cptqwashi" posted the idea that the new dimension would be called "the Ender", and would be home to the endermen and ender dragons. Notch soon gave more information and said that cptqwashi was "100% correct." Be that as it may, it was later revealed that it was just called "the End" and that there would be only one ender dragon there. | ||||
Oct. 7, 2011 | Notch tweeted the first image of the End and the ender dragon flying overhead. | ||||
Oct. 10, 2011 | Notch released a video showing a small clip of the End that also shows the ender dragon fly into the top of the frame. Brightened version here. | ||||
Oct. 12, 2011 | The original concept of the Sky Dimension was officially rebranded as "the End." | ||||
Several years later, Jeb explained the reason behind the shift from the Sky Dimension to The End: "The Sky Dimension didn`t work so well because of how light is calculated ... The Sky Dimension originally had this top down light that the Overworld has, so you get like shadows in caves and such. But performance wise, it didn`t work - it was extremely slow. So we removed the sun ⃢₀ₓ now everything is evenly lit unless you⃢₀ₙve got a torch." | |||||
Official release | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre4 | Added the End. The End portal now functions to access it. | |||
An ender dragon spawned near a portal that it would destroy, but end portal blocks would continue to function even if the frame was destroyed. The ability to create end portal frame blocks in Creative Singleplayer mode was also removed. | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w23a | Added end portal frames to the creative inventory. | |||
12w25a | The End`s sky is now a dark shade of purple static instead of the multicolor noise it originally was. | ||||
2013 Music Update | Ambient music track added for the End. | ||||
1.8 | 14w17a | The End`s biome name is now "The End" instead of "Sky" | |||
1.9 | 15w31a | A set amount of differently-sized pillars are arranged in a circular fashion. The tallest pillars have iron bars around the ender crystals. | |||
The exit portal is pre-generated, but without the dragon egg and portal blocks | |||||
Added infinitely generating outer islands, separated from the central island by a gulf of about 1000 blocks. | |||||
Added End cities and End ships that generate in the outer islands. | |||||
15w32c | The beacons in End ships were replaced with pumpkins. | ||||
15w33c | Replaced pumpkin in End ships with a hopper containing a book written by Searge in it | ||||
15w41a | Replaced the hopper and book with a pair of elytra Elytra Type Transport Durability 431 Renewable No Stackable No First appearances See History Data values PC: dec: 443 hex: 1BB bin: 110111011 PE: dec: 444 hex: 1BC bin: 110111100 Name elytra “ Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid in an item frame. | ||||
16w07b | Removed the cages that were protecting the crystals during the dragon fight. | ||||
pre1 | Re-added cages, which now protect the crystals of some of the shorter obsidian pillars. | ||||
1.11 | 16w39a | Maps will now work in the end. | |||
Added return portals, which can be found randomly throughout the islands. | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0 | build 1 | Added the End. | |||
Console Edition | |||||
TU9 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | Added the End. Obsidian pillars are generated in a spiral circling. The bedrock shell of the Exit portal generates when you enter the End but is only activated when the Ender Dragon is killed. | |
TU14 | 1.04 | The End`s sky is now a dark shade of purple static instead of the multicolor noise it originally was. | |||
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | The exit portal is pre-generated, but without the dragon egg and portal blocks | |
Added infinitely generating outer islands, separated from the central island by a gulf of about 1000 blocks. | |||||
Added End cities and End ships that generate in the outer islands. |
Issues
Issues relating to ⃢₀ₜThe End⃢₀ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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The first released screenshot of the End, with an ender dragon Ender Dragon Health points 200 ( × 100) Attack strength Peaceful: 0 () Easy: 6 () Normal: 10 () Hard: 15 () Breath attack: 6 () after a half-second Exploding fireball attack: 12 () after visible.
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What happens when you attempt to use a bed in the End.
Contents
showGetting to The End
To gain access to the End, a player must first locate a rare End Portal, which leads to this realm. Due to the large scale of a Minecraft world, End Portals are nearly impossible to stumble upon by chance, as they are located in randomly-generated Strongholds deep underground. To find an End Portal, a player needs to acquire and use one or more . This is a craftable item, created by combining Eyes of Ender and an Blaze Powder. The End Portal can be located by throwing an Eye of Ender into the air (by right-clicking while holding the item),₠which will send it flying through the air and other Blocks until it eventually falls down.₠The player will need to throw multiple Eyes of Ender and pick them up. Multiple are needed, because there is a 1/5 chance the Eye of Ender will break and vanish. It will likely take multiple throws to become close to a Stronghold, indicated when an Eye of Ender hovers in one place after being thrown. Use each throw to get the general direction in which to go, and travel a fair distance before throwing it again. Ender PearlOnce a player finds the End Portal within the Stronghold, the player must repair it with several more Eyes of Ender. Activating the End Portal requires 12 Eyes of Ender, however, there is a possibility of finding some Eyes of Ender inside of Chests in the Stronghold. It is best to be prepared with a surplus of Eyes of Ender before journeying forth. The 12 Eyes of Ender must be placed in the End Portal Frames surrounding the End Portal. Once all 12 are in place, the portal will become active. By jumping into the portal, the player will be teleported to The End.
Geography
The End consists of several large islands within a black void. There is plenty of Obsidian, End Stone and special blocks known as Ender Crystals which heal the Ender Dragon.
Inner End
As soon as the player enters The End, a long purple bar (health) can be seen on top of the screen. This indicates the health of the Ender Dragon flying above (unless the player has already killed it previously). The player will spawn in a random location, sometimes in a small room underground, surrounded by End Stone.
There are₠tall pillars of obsidian scattered throughout The End. These pillars have Ender Crystals on top of them that will regenerate the Ender Dragon`s health when it is nearby. These crystals can be destroyed by hitting them once. However, because they explode upon being destroyed, it is advised to use a Bow and Arrows. They can also be safely destroyed by a thrown Egg or Snowball.
After defeating the Ender Dragon, a portal will spawn directly under the spot where it was killed. Stepping through the portal will trigger the End Credits, giving the player the "The End" achievement before returning the player to the Overworld at the place of the player`s spawn point. Before defeating the Ender Dragon, it is impossible to return to the Overworld without dying. That being said, it is most advisable to create a few Ender Chests in which items can be stored, and then accessed from any dimension to avoid losing any important items while destroying the healing crystals.
Outer End
In The Combat Update, a new area of The End was made accessible to players. To teleport to this new region of the End, a player must:
- Kill the Ender Dragon
- Find the End Gateway
- Throw an through the gateway Ender Pearl
It is possible to physically build a bridge to the islands of the outer end, but this isn`t a viable option, as the gap is around 1000 blocks long. The Outer End consists of a number of large islands, with Chorus Plants and End City structures.