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The ultimate victory in Minecraft involves conquering the Ender Dragon, the most formidable challenge crafted in the game. Your mission: navigate to The End and overcome the Ender Dragon.
SoftwareTips provides a step-by-step guide to approach and defeat this final boss dragon. Follow along!
Preparation Essentials
Embark on this real adventure with certainty in your preparations. Include these essentials:
- Carry a chest and bed near The End portal for a quick return after death. Sleep once and store items in the chest. Do not bring a bed into The End as it explodes when used.
- Armor: Wear your best, preferably enchanted diamond armor.
- Boots: Opt for Feather Falling enchanted boots to reduce fall damage.
- Sword: A diamond sword with Sharpness enchantment is ideal.
- Pickaxe: A must-have for any adventurer.
- Bow and arrows: Carry at least two slots full, equivalent to 128 arrows.
- Food: Bring cooked meats for quick health recovery.
- Ladders: Carry at least three slots full of ladders.
- Ender Pearls: Useful for instant short-distance teleportation during combat.
- Blocks: Fill a slot with any blocks, like stone or dirt.
- Potions of Healing, Regeneration, and Night Vision.
- Pumpkin head: Useful to avoid Enderman engagements, though it limits visibility.
- A Piston or Redstone source (redstone torch, lever, or button) to collect the Dragon Egg post-victory.
- Glass bottles to collect Dragon's Breath for potion brewing.
Locate an underground stronghold
To reach The End, first find the End portal within an underground stronghold. Constructed from mossy stone bricks, you might encounter libraries and unexpected silverfish outbreaks here.
If the stronghold eludes you, craft around 15-20 Eyes of Ender. Pack for a long journey and set off.
Step outside, cast the Eye of Ender into the air. It will guide you towards the nearest stronghold, falling back to the ground for retrieval. Sometimes, it may shatter mid-air, hence the need for extras.
Follow the Eye's direction, throwing another periodically to ensure you're on the right path. Mark your route with torches to avoid getting lost on your return.
Upon locating the stronghold, the Eye of Ender will plummet directly to the ground at the precise location, instead of floating upwards.
Begin your descent, employing the two-block mining technique for safety: Check for lava by mining a side block before the one beneath you.
Continue with this method and you will surely reach the stronghold.
Upon digging down, you'll discover a room housing an End Portal and a Silverfish spawner. Quickly destroy the spawner with your pickaxe and eliminate the Silverfish.
Activate the End Portal
Insert Eyes of Ender into the remaining slots to open the portal. Leap into it to transition to The End.
Arrive at The End
Upon arrival, you'll find yourself on an End stone platform, surrounded by Endermen. Seek out the area encircled by 8 Obsidian Towers (End Spikes) where the Ender Dragon awaits your challenge.
If you find yourself in a small cave, carve a staircase to the surface. If you're on a distant outcropping from the main island, use Ender Pearls to teleport across or build a bridge with blocks you've brought.
The Hazards
Enderman
Avoid making eye contact and move swiftly past them. If avoidance is challenging, wear a pumpkin on your head to safely navigate to the battleground.
Ender Dragon
The Dragon attacks with fireballs or breath attacks from above, creating toxic zones on the ground to avoid. Physical attacks on its head or wings also result in damage to you.
Collect Dragon's Breath with glass bottles for potion brewing if you've brought them along.
The greatest risk is being flung into the air by the Dragon or when deactivating an End Spike.
Counter the Dragon's assaults by striking its head with arrows or a sword, interrupting its attack. Destroy Ender Crystals promptly as they regenerate the Dragon's health.
Destroy all Ender Crystals on the End Spikes.
Scale the towers or use arrows to dismantle the Crystals atop each of the eight End Spikes.
Ender Crystals explode upon destruction. Use a ladder and distance strategy to stay safe, and quickly target other crystals to avoid fall damage.
Eliminate the Ender Dragon.
Once all Ender Crystals are destroyed, the Ender Dragon will perch on the Bedrock nest at the center.
Wait at the center, attack the dragon from behind as it descends. Avoid its head and wings to prevent being launched.
Repeat the process until the Ender Dragon is defeated.
Conclusion
The Dragon Egg appears atop the nest, and the End gateway activates, allowing return to your world with a bounty of experience dropped.
To claim the Dragon Egg, position a Piston adjacent to it and activate it with a lever or redstone to push the egg off.
To reinitiate the battle, place four Ender Crystals around the nest symmetrically, summoning the Ender Dragon back to the fray.
This concludes the guide on defeating the Ender Dragon in Minecraft. Enjoy your adventure!
