End Crystal

End Crystal

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Size	Height: 2 blocks Width: 2 blocks
Drops	None

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An End crystal is an entity that can be crafted or found on the End's main island, where it heals the ender dragon. It can be placed only on obsidian or bedrock, and it explodes instantly when attacked or damaged in most ways.

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

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glass + Eye of Ender + Ghast Tear

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 1HP each half-second. If multiple ender dragons are spawned, an End crystal can affect multiple dragons at the same time. Entities and blocks neither obstruct the healing beam nor diminish its power.

This healing can be manually created using the command /data merge entity @e[type=end_crystal,limit=1] {beam_target: [I; 0, 0, 0]}. The beam can be pointed in any direction, allowing it to mark locations or objects.

As items, End crystals may be placed on bedrock and obsidian, as long as the two blocks above the bedrock or obsidian are air or replaceable blocks and no other entities intersect the area.

When an End crystal is placed in the End, a fire block is created at the End crystal location. 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, resurrect the dragon, and then explode. 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 that are at the same location as where the exit portal would have been.

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  The end crystals need not be aligned to the central pillar.
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  The end crystals may be placed on obsidian instead of bedrock.

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][1]} The End crystal's explosion has an explosion power 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 10HP damage.

Due to the high explosion power and damage, end crystals can be used in a form of PvP known as Crystal PvP.

An End crystal's explosion can be blocked by a shield.

Although an ender dragon damages most blocks and entities in its path, it cannot destroy End crystals.

Placing water on the End crystal neutralizes the blast effect but not the damage or knockback.

End crystals with obsidian or bedrock below them do not damage blocks below them when they explode because the center of the explosion center is at the bottom of the End crystal.

In Bedrock Edition, setting the game rule mobGriefing to false prevents the End crystal from destroying any blocks.

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.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Item	Identifier	Form	Translation key
End Crystal	end_crystal	Item	item.minecraft.end_crystal

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
End Crystal	end_crystal	entity.minecraft.end_crystal

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
End Crystal	end_crystal	637	Item	item.end_crystal.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Ender Crystal	ender_crystal	71	entity.ender_crystal.name

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	—	30	Silver

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Be within a 192-block radius from the coordinates (0.0, 128, 0.0) when an ender dragon is summoned using End crystals.

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Added ender crystals.
1.2.1			12w04a				Previously, 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.
1.7.2			13w36a				Ender crystals can now be spawned with the /summon command.
1.8			14w06a				Ender crystals now generate one block lower. The fire they generate destroys the bedrock block that is supposed to be underneath (see MC-47526).
1.9			15w31a				Ender crystals generate at the correct Y-level again.
			15w33c				Respawning 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".
							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.
			15w44b				End crystals are no longer dropped by skeleton horses.
							Added crafting recipe for End crystals, making End crystals renewable.
			15w49a				End crystals now require air/replaceable blocks and lack of entities for placement.
			15w51a				End crystals can no longer be placed in Adventure mode.
1.13			18w20b				Renamed to "End Crystal".
			18w21a				The rarity of End crystals has been changed from "Common" to "Rare".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of End crystals and the End crystal item have been changed.
1.19.3			22w43a				End crystal explosions can now be blocked by shields.[2]
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Wind charges no longer collide with End crystals.
1.21			pre1				In this version, End crystals were vulnerable to their own fire, and would immediately explode when placed.[3]
			pre2				The previous bug was fixed.[4]
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of End crystals has been changed from "Rare" to "Common".
1.21.9			25w33a				Black and white smoke particles are once again shown when end crystal explodes.[5]

Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added End crystals.
Bedrock Edition
1.6.0			beta 1.6.0.1				The model of the End crystals has been changed. It has now two cubes instead of three.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of End crystals and the End crystal item have been changed.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.20				The model of the End crystals has been changed to have three cubes again, and to match Java Edition.
1.19.70			Preview 1.19.70.20				Increased End crystal collision box size to match Java Edition.
							End crystals with obsidian or bedrock below them now do not damage blocks below them when they explode.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added ender crystals.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Ender crystals now generate one block lower. The fire they generate destroys the bedrock block that is supposed to be underneath.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		"Ender crystals" have been renamed to "End crystals".
							End crystals can now be obtained as an item.
							Placing several End crystals atop the exit portal respawns the ender dragon.
							Added a crafting recipe for End crystals.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	The model of the End crystals has been changed. It now only has 1 glass cube instead of 2, no longer matching Java Edition.
TU63	CU53	1.67	1.67	1.67	Patch 32	1.0.13	Added chat message to inform users once they reach the maximum number of End crystals in a world.
			1.90				The textures of End crystals and the End crystal item have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added End crystals.

• 
  The End crystal as seen in Java Edition 18w43a

Issues relating to "End Crystal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 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.^[6]
• 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.

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  Using End crystals to respawn the ender dragon.
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  An ender dragon being hit with the "healing beam" of an End crystal.
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  An End crystal.
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  An End crystal in the Overworld spawned using /summon.
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  End crystals respawning the ender dragon.
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  A caged End crystal.
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  A player trying to respawn the ender dragon.

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  Official artwork of an End crystal, pictured without its base.
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  A duo dressed as a piston and end crystal

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