How to get end crystals in survival

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An end crystal is both an item and an entity found in the End.

Spawning[]

Natural generation[]

An end crystal is found atop each obsidian pillar on the central island of the End, each on top of a piece of bedrock. There are 10 end crystals in total, of which two are protected in "cages" of iron bars. All end crystals respawn one after another as the respawning process of the ender dragon starts.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Glass +
Eye of Ender +
Ghast Tear


How to get end crystals in survival

Usage[]

Healing the ender dragon[]

Their primary purpose is to recharge the health of the ender dragon, who gains a charge from the nearest crystal within a cuboid extending 32 blocks from the dragon in all directions. The dragon is healed 1 each half-second. If multiple ender dragons are spawned, an end crystal can affect multiple dragons at the same time. The healing beam is neither obstructed nor is its power diminished by entities or blocks.

Respawning the ender dragon[]

How to get end crystals in survival

How to arrange end crystals on the exit portal to respawn the ender dragon.

As items, end crystals may be placed on bedrock and obsidian, if the two blocks above the bedrock or obsidian block are air or replaceable blocks and no other entities intersect the area. If four are placed on the end exit portal, one on each of the flat sides, the crystals respawn the original end crystals on the obsidian pillars, as well as resurrect the dragon itself, before exploding. The top of each pillar also explodes, destroying any player-placed blocks. This happens even if TNT explosions are turned off in settings.

If the exit portal is ever broken for any reason, end crystals can still be placed on obsidian blocks with the same location as the exit portal.

Explosions[]

End crystals explode when attacked or damaged in most ways, even by attacks that normally do zero damage. They are not affected by exploding fireworks, and if damaged by an explosion, they disappear instead of exploding.‌[Java Edition only] The end crystal's explosion has an explosion strength of 6, the same as a charged creeper. The end crystal's fire often remains after the crystal explodes. Any ender dragon charging from the crystal when it is destroyed takes 10 damage.

Although an ender dragon damages most blocks and entities in its path, it cannot destroy end crystals simply by going near them.

Placing water on the end crystal will neutralize the blast effect, but not the damage or knockback.

In Java Edition, end crystals with obsidian or bedrock below them will not damage blocks below them when they explode.

Beams[]

The end crystal naturally shoots a beam at the ender dragon and heals it when the dragon is within range. This beam can be manually created using the command /data merge entity @e[type=end_crystal,limit=1] {BeamTarget:{X:0, Y:0, Z:0}}. The beam can be pointed in any direction, allowing it to mark locations or objects.

Properties[]

How to get end crystals in survival

A base-less end crystal.

End crystals are of two kinds: the ones with a base beneath them are created either by game mechanism or by the /summon command; while the base-less ones are created by players by manually placing the crystal items on top of obsidian or bedrock.

The base appears to be made of bedrock, with a crystal hovering over it. While in the End, a crystal continually generates fire at its current position, one block above the base (directly on top of the block the base is embedded in), replacing any other block at that location. This fire is capable of spreading.

The end crystal entity is not solid and can be walked through freely. End crystals can be pushed by pistons, but they explode if moved while on fire. Because fire is checked only when an entity moves, end crystals do not normally take damage from their own fire unless moved.

The text on the end crystal spells out Mojang.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

ItemIdentifierFormTranslation key
End Crystalend_crystalItemitem.minecraft.end_crystal
EntityIdentifierTranslation key
End Crystalend_crystalentity.minecraft.end_crystal

Bedrock Edition:

ItemIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
End Crystalend_crystal637Itemitem.end_crystal.name
EntityIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
End Crystalender_crystal71entity.ender_crystal.name

Entity data[]

End crystals have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format

  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities
    •  BeamTarget: The block location its beam points to.
      •  X: X-coordinate.
      •  Y: Y-coordinate.
      •  Z: Z-coordinate.
    •  ShowBottom: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, the End Crystal shows the bedrock slate underneath. Defaults to false when placing by hand and true using /summon.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
The End... Again...Respawn the Enderdragon [sic]30GSilver

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
How to get end crystals in survival
How to get end crystals in survival
The End... Again...
Respawn the Ender Dragon Free the EndBe in a certain radius from the exit portal when an ender dragon is summoned using end crystals.end/respawn_dragon

History[]

How to get end crystals in survival

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How to get end crystals in survival

Java Edition 19w38a

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6
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Added ender crystals.
1.2.112w04aPreviously, ender crystals could be spawned using spawn eggs with ID 200 (in a server, these were created using /give 383 1 200). The spawned crystal would be positioned where a natural crystal would be if there was a bedrock block at the location. It was still possible until 1.9 to obtain an end crystal spawn egg, but it would not spawn anything.
1.7.213w36aEnder crystals can now be spawned with the /summon command.
1.814w06aEnder crystals now generate one block lower. The fire they generate destroys the bedrock block that is supposed to be underneath (see MC-47526).
1.915w31aEnder crystals generate at the correct Y-level again.
15w33cRespawning the ender dragon now also respawns the ender crystals on the obsidian pillars.
Ender crystals now have a compound BeamTarget tag that hold the X, Y, Z block location the beam points to.
15w44a"Ender crystals" have been renamed to "end crystals".
How to get end crystals in survival
End crystals can now be obtained as an item.
End crystals now drop from skeleton trap horses and can be placed only on obsidian or bedrock. Placing several of them atop the end exit portal respawns the ender dragon.
15w44bEnd crystals are no longer dropped by skeleton horses.
Added crafting recipe for end crystals.
15w49aEnd crystals now require air/replaceable blocks and lack of entities for placement.
15w51aEnd crystals can no longer be placed in Adventure mode.
1.1116w32aThe entity ID has been changed from EnderCrystal to ender_crystal.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 426.
18w20bRenamed to "End Crystal".
pre5Entity ID has been changed to end_crystal.
1.1418w43a
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How to get end crystals in survival
The textures of end crystals and the end crystal item have been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1
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How to get end crystals in survival
Added end crystals.
Bedrock Edition
1.6.0?
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The model of the end crystals has been changed. It has now two cubes instead of three.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3
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How to get end crystals in survival
The textures of end crystals and the end crystal item have been changed.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.20
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The model of the end crystals has been changed to have three cubes again, and to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9CU1 1.0 Patch 1
How to get end crystals in survival
Added ender crystals.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Ender crystals now generate one block lower. The fire they generate destroys the bedrock block that is supposed to be underneath.
TU46CU36 1.38 Patch 15"Ender crystals" have been renamed to "end crystals".
How to get end crystals in survival
End crystals can now be obtained as an item.
End crystals now drop from skeleton trap horses and can be placed only on obsidian or bedrock. Placing several of them atop the end exit portal respawns the ender dragon.
Added a crafting recipe for end crystals.
1.90
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How to get end crystals in survival
The textures of end crystals and the end crystal item have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10
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How to get end crystals in survival
Added end crystals.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "End Crystal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

  • According to Jeb, the reason behind the current crafting recipe using glass as opposed to chorus fruit or any materials introduced in 1.9 is as a means for players to craft end crystals in older worlds that the dragon has already been killed in.[1]
  • A historical rendition of the beacon block featured an animated entity within it, which resembled a yellow miniaturized end crystal. The bedrock platform of the end crystal entity would also render below the beacon, though this would normally be hidden within the block below.
  • Using a piston to push an end crystal's fire into an end portal block deletes the end portal block. However, natural portal blocks regenerate if the end crystal is moved.

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References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/jeb_/statuses/667000226524372992

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