Ender Dragon

The Ender dragon is currently the only boss mob in Mine Blocks.

The Ender dragon has 333 ( × 166.5) health. If it is naturally spawned, it will drop some dragon scale and experience when killed, and also spawns a chest with the Ender Dragon Egg and 16 diamonds.

Spawning

The ender dragon can only spawn naturally once when the player first enters the End. You can also spawn it with an ender dragon spawn egg. The only way to obtain the spawn egg is with the /give spawn_egg 1 0 {type:"enderdragon"} command.

Commands

The ender dragon can be spawned with commands while cheats are enabled on the world, using the /summon enderdragon command.

You can also add data tags to customize the ender dragon. Two examples include:

• /summon enderdragon 1 ~ ~ {health:5, drops:[{item:{id:"diamond"}, quantity:5, bonus:3}]}
• /summon enderdragon 1 ~ ~ {name:"Ender Boss", health:500, defaultDrops:0, drops:[{item:{id:"ender_gem"}, quantity:10, bonus:3}]}

Behavior

The dragon has two attacks:

• Charge attack: The dragon charges at the player. It does about 6 () hearts of damage
• Explosive flame wave attack: The dragon spits out a lot of small fireballs. They do 2 () heart each and they can destroy everything except the blocks in the End Dimension (Those are obsidian, obsidian backdrops, bedrock, enderstone, and ender gem ore).

Once the dragon is killed, her death animation is played and a portal to the overworld is generated as well as a chest that contains 16 diamonds and the ender dragon egg.

Drops

The ender dragon will drop 40 levels of experience orbs and 60 dragon scales upon death.

Crafting

Crafting with the ender dragon drops:

Dragon Scale Helmet	Dragon Scale Chestplate	Dragon Scale Leggings	Dragon Scale Boots	Dragon Scale Block

Tasks

Number	Icon[ng]	Name	Newgrounds name	Description [ng]	Objective	Points[ng]	Requirements
37		Slay the ender dragon	Slay the Ender Dragon	Congratulations! You beat the first boss of Mine Blocks!	Kill the Ender Dragon	100

History

Version	Date	Changes
1.23	Oct 31, 2012	Added End. Added Ender dragon. Added Dragon scales. Added Ender dragon scale armor.
1.24	Dec 22, 2012	Shortened ender dragon spawning text in creative.
1.26.0	Mar 28, 2014	Gave the ender dragon some more health. Ender dragon XP orbs no longer get stuck off-screen.
1.26.5	Jul 03, 2014	Fixed ender dragon health being too low
1.30.3b	Nov 21, 2021	Ender dragon fireballs properly explode when hitting mobs while player is in spectator mode.
1.30.3b	Dec 5, 2021	Ender dragon can no longer nudge the player in spectator mode. Ender dragon no longer disappears in peaceful mode.

Trivia

• The Ender dragon is the boss that is believed to be the ultimate challenge in the game, making killing her "completion of the game" to many.
• The Ender dragon is female, because she drops the ender dragon egg.
• The Ender dragon can be healed by healing crystals. Destroying the healing crystal while the Ender dragon is healing harms the dragon due to the resulting explosion

Gallery

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  The Ender dragon in the End

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  The Ender dragon in the overworld

See also

• Mobs
• Skyhold
• Ender portal
• Endermen