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The End

Minecraft's The End biome is the third dimension of Minecraft, and is widely considered to be the end of the game (even though the game doesn't actually end by visiting it). In this realm, you will find only islands of End Stone, pillars of Obsidian, Ender Crytals, Endermen, and the famous Ender Dragon. There are only two ways to leave The End: by getting killed, or by defeating the Ender Dragon and using the Exit Portal.

The most bountiful resource here is End Stone, which has extremely high blast resistance and cannot be picked up by Endermen, making it an ideal building material. End Ships in the outer areas are also the only source of Elytra, which allow the player to glide through the air.

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The End Variants

The End is rather unique because it can be considered a singular location: while it does use Biome variants to generate its terrain formations in the Java Edition, in the Bedrock Edition, the core The End biome is used to create everything, so these variants technically do not exist on their own.

The structure of the End is formed by the core The End biome in the middle where the Ender Dragon is, which is encircled by the outer islands formed by the other four biomes. The only way to get to the outer islands is to spawn an End Gateway by defeating the Ender Dragon.

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The End End Barrens
The initial arrival point when going to The End, this is the central island where you encounter the Ender Dragon. Defeat it, and you'll spawn an End Gateway that takes you to the other three biomes that encircle it. The End Barrens are part of the outer islands that sound the main one. This biome exists purely to give edges to the outer islands.
End Highlands End Midlands
This Biome exists to form the central hilltops on each of the outer islands. End Cities, End Ships and Chorus Trees can appear here. The End Midlands form the parts of the outer islands between the Barrens and Highlands, and are relatively flat. While End Cities can appear here, Chorus Trees cannot.
Small End Islands
A minor biome, this forms the various smaller islands that accompany the main outer islands. They mainly exist to help cross to the other, larger islands.

How to Get to The End

Getting to The End is one of the most difficult and involved things to do in Minecraft, as it requires finding and activating an End Portal.

  • End Portals are made of End Portal Frame Blocks, which cannot be crafted. You must instead find one in a Stronghold, which are generated underground in different spots, depending on the version of the game you're playing:
    • In Bedrock Edition, Strongholds are generated randomly, but usually under a village. There are an infinite amount of them. However, not all Strongholds will have a room with an End Portal in the Bedrock Edition of the game.
    • In Java Edition, Strongholds appear in ring formations that spread out from the center of the world. Each ring has a different number of Strongholds for 128 total, but past 24,320 blocks of the center, no Strongholds appear.
  • Locating Strongholds can be done by crafting an Eye of Ender using an Ender Pearl and Blaze Powder. You can then throw these to be led in the direction of the nearest Stronghold, although it has a 20% change of shattering and being lost for good.
  • The Portal itself is made of twelve End Portal Frame Blocks, each of which requires an Eye of Ender to be placed into it. Each block has a 10% chance of already having one in it, however no Eye of Ender can be removed from an End Portal Frame Block.
  • Once all twelve End Portal Frame Blocks have an Eye of Ender in them, the Portal will activate.

The End Quirks

As The End is a different dimension, there are various things that do not work normally there, similarly to the Nether:

  • Beds and Respawn Anchors do not work here, instead exploding instantly and hurting the player if they attempt to use them.
  • Unless paired with a Lodestone in The End, Compasses no longer point anywhere. Similarly, Clocks do no work as there's no daylight cycle in The End, and spin about wildly.
  • While The End is a source of plentiful Obsidian, Nether Portals cannot be activated here.

The End Resources

As of Minecraft 1.19, these resources can be found in the The End:

  • Chorus Flower (Bedrock Edition only)
  • Chorus Plant (Bedrock Edition only)
  • End Stone
  • Obsidian

The End Mobs

As of Minecraft 1.19, these mobs can be found in The End:

  • Ender Dragon
  • Endermen
  • Shulkers

Generated The End Structures

As of Minecraft 1.19, these structures can be found in The End:

  • Chorus Tree
  • End City
  • End Gateway
  • End Ship
  • End Spike / Obsidian Pillar
  • Exit Portal

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