How to Respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft

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This wikiHow teaches you how to respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft. You can do this in all versions of Minecraft by going back to the end.

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    In order to respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, you must have killed the Ender Dragon, and you must have a portal available to travel back to The End.
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    You will need the following ingredients to respawn the dragon:
    • 4 Ender Pearls - Kill Endermen, as they usually drop 1-2 Ender Pearls.
    • 2 Blaze Rods - Kill Blazes in The Nether , as they occasionally drop 1-2 Blaze Rods.
    • 4 Ghast Tears - Kill Ghasts, as they occasionally drop Ghast Tears. A Looting Sword should help significantly at this. Ghasts are found in the Nether.
    • 28 Glass blocks - Made by smelting sand blocks in a furnace.
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    Select the Crafting Table to open the crafting interface.
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    Place your two Blaze Rods in the middle square of the crafting interface, click or tap the stack of four Blaze Powder, and click or tap your inventory to move the Blaze Powder to your inventory.
    • On console editions, scroll over to the "Food" tab, select the Blaze Powder icon, and press A or X twice.
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    Place the four Ender Pearls in the middle square of the crafting interface, place the stack of four Blaze Powder in the middle-left square of the crafting interface, and then move the Eyes of Ender into your inventory.
    • On console editions, scroll over to the "Tools and Weapons" tab, select the Clock icon, scroll down to the Eye of Ender icon, and press A or X four times.
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    Place your four Eyes of Ender in the middle square, place the four ghast tears in the bottom-middle square, and place four glass blocks in each remaining square. When the violet End Crystal icon appears, you can move the End Crystal to your inventory.
    • On console editions, scroll over to the "Mechanisms" tab, select the End Crystal icon, and press A or X four times.
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    Hop through your End portal to get back to The End. If you don't have an End portal, you'll have to make another Eye of Ender and use it to find an End portal.
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    When looking at the pedestal base, you should see four distinct edges. You'll place each End Crystal atop the middle block of each edge.
    • If you made a dirt scaffold, break it down before doing this.
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    After placing the End Crystals, the Ender Dragon will respawn within around 20 seconds, at which point you can fight it again.
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