Small End Islands

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Small End Islands

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            "label": "(link to Biome#Downfall article, displayed as Downfall)"
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            "label": "(link to Biome#Precipitation article, displayed as Precipitation)"
        },
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            "field": "",
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            "label": "Foliage color"
        },
        {
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}

The small End islands is a biome used to generate outer End islands.

Description

This biome generates as part of the outer islands of the End which consists of the empty expanses between the larger islands, populated only by smaller, circle-shaped islands. Neither End cities nor chorus trees can generate in this biome and it is the only biome where small islands can generate.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Enderman	1	4

{ "notes": [], "1": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "monster" } }

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the small end islands:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
The End		1	100%	—	—

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier
Small End Islands	`small_end_islands`

History

Java Edition
1.9	15w31a	Added infinitely generating outer islands, separated from the central island by a gulf of about 1000 blocks.
1.13	18w06a	The outer islands of the End biome are now divided up into four separate biomes: The End - Floating Islands, The End - Medium island, The End - High island, and The End - Barren island.
1.13	18w19a	"The End - Floating island" has been renamed to "Small End Islands."

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			pre5				The biome ID `sky_island_low` has been changed to `small_end_islands`.
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 40.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

Often crossing between outer islands requires the use of bridges, ender pearls, or elytra.
A small End islands single biome world before 1.18, which generates normal terrain instead of islands.

External links

"Around the Block: Small End Islands" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 28, 2023.