How to Respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft

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Last Updated: October 11, 2024

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.

1

Meet the prerequisites and gather your resources.

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Kill the Ender Dragon and ensure there's a portal to travel to The End. In order to respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, you must have killed the Ender Dragon and have a portal available to travel back to The End. You will also 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.

2

Craft Blaze Powder.

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Select the Crafting Table to open the crafting interface. Then, 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.

3

Craft four Eyes of Ender.

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Place the four Ender Pearls in the middle square of the crafting interface. From there, 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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Craft four End Crystals.

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Use the four Eyes of Ender to make the End Crystals. 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.

5

Go back to The End.

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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.

6

Place the End Crystals and wait for the dragon to respawn.

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Place each End Crystal atop the middle block of the pedestal base. You should see four distinct edges when looking at the pedestal base. 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.
- 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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How do I get that dragon's egg?

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Use a piston to push egg from the end and collect it or make it fall on a torch.

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Will this enderdragon mod cause any viruses?

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When I try to open the egg, it teleports away. Why is this?

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You can't open the dragon egg. For now, it will teleport away, so don't touch it. Notch said that in a future update, he will add a new mob that comes out of the egg. So until the time comes, don't touch it.

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How to Respawn the Ender Dragon in Minecraft

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Meet the prerequisites and gather your resources.

Craft Blaze Powder.

Craft four Eyes of Ender.

Craft four End Crystals.

Go back to The End.

Place the End Crystals and wait for the dragon to respawn.

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