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The End (biome)

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The End

The End.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'The End'

The End Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'The End'

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The End is a biome used to generate the End dimension. There are five biomes in the End, but they are considered separate biomes only in Java Edition, while generating the same terrain as in Bedrock Edition.

Description

This biome is exclusive to the End dimension. Islands of End stone generate dispersed in the void, with the surface almost completely flat. One island, where the player spawns upon entering and End portal, generates in the center far from all others.

Endermen frequently spawn all around the biome. In Bedrock Edition, water placed in the End takes on a unique purple color and underwater fog is much denser.

With Vibrant Visuals, the sky is slightly tinted dark purple, more visible near the zenith. During an End flash, a strong purple volumetric fog effect is visible, while it illuminates the environment with a purple tint. Water is also colored purple, and the water fog much denser than in the Overworld.

Main island

The End central island is generated around coordinates 0, surrounded by emptiness all the way to one thousand blocks in every direction. Most of the End features are exclusive to here, including the ender dragon, the End spikes, the End crystals, the 5×5 spawn platform, the exit portal, and the 20 central End gateways, which generate after the ender dragon has been defeated.

In Java Edition, this biome is only used in a circle of radius 1024 centered at the 0,0 coordinates in the End, containing this main island. This makes it the biome that occupies the smallest portion of the map: a circular radius of 1000 blocks, covering 3.5 billionths of the entire dimension.

In Bedrock Edition, this biome is instead the biggest, as it is used to generate the whole dimension.

Outer islands

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.
 

In addition to the features from the main End island, the rest of the features in the End are also part of this biome in Bedrock Edition, including outer End islands, rogue End gateways, End cities, and chorus plants. Shulkers can be found in End cities as well as the elytra. End cities and chorus plants only generate on the larger islands; small square islands are dispersed in the void surrounding them.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Enderman14
{ "notes": [], "1": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "monster" } }
In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Enderman14
{ "notes": [], "1": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "monster" } }
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Enderman14
{ "notes": [], "1": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "monster" } }

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the End:

TitlePreviewJava EditionBedrock Edition
WeightProbabilityWeightProbability
The End1100%1100%

Additionally, "Boss" plays continuously when the player is within a Euclidean distance of 192 blocks of the island's center point while the ender dragon is alive.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifier Translation key
BiomeSprite the-end.png: Sprite image for the-end in Minecraft The Endthe_end biome.minecraft.the_end

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite the-end.png: Sprite image for the-end in Minecraft [No displayed name]the_end9

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Adventuring TimeDiscover 17 biomes.Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.40Silver

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Added sky. The End portal now functions to access it.
1.3.112w25aThe End's sky is now a dark shade of purple static instead of the multicolor noise it originally was.
2013 Music UpdateAmbient music track added for the End.
1.814w17aThe End's biome name is now "The End" instead of "Sky", inherited from the scrapped Sky dimension concept.
Data history
Java Edition
1.13pre5The biome ID sky has been changed to the_end.
1.1821w37aPrior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 9.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added the End.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.90Preview 1.21.90.26Added unique sky colors, lighting, and volumetric fog to the End with Vibrant Visuals. The sky is bright purple at the horizon and black at zenith.
1.21.120Preview 1.21.120.22The sky with Vibrant Visuals is now mostly black, with a slight purple tint at zenith.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU9CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added the End.
TU141.04The End's sky is now a dark shade of purple static instead of the multicolor noise it originally was.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Outer islands have been added to the End, which are separated from the central island by an invisible wall and can only be accessed by End gateways.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10Added the End.

Issues

Issues relating to "The End (biome)" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

  • The edge of the End island
    The edge of the End island
  • A screenshot from above a group of hostile endermen
    A screenshot from above a group of hostile endermen
  • Outer End islands are also considered part of this biome in Bedrock Edition.
    Outer End islands are also considered part of this biome in Bedrock Edition.
  • A common occurrence of the End platform in the ground
    A common occurrence of the End platform in the ground
  • An End flash creating dense volumetric fog
    An End flash creating dense volumetric fog
  • The dense water fog in the End biome
    The dense water fog in the End biome
  • An End crystal
    An End crystal
  • A caged End crystal
    A caged End crystal
  • The exit portal
    The exit portal
  • 2×2 map of the End
    2×2 map of the End
  • A group of endermen near the boundaries of the main End island
    A group of endermen near the boundaries of the main End island
  • The End with ray tracing. Note that there are barely any ray tracing effects because of the lack of daylight.
    The End with ray tracing. Note that there are barely any ray tracing effects because of the lack of daylight.
  • The End single biome world in the Overworld
    The End single biome world in the Overworld
Historical screenshots

Development images

  • The first released screenshot of the End, with an ender dragon visible
    The first released screenshot of the End, with an ender dragon visible
  • A still photo of the End from a video uploaded by Notch, clearly showing the End stone
    A still photo of the End from a video uploaded by Notch, clearly showing the End stone
  • First image of the revamped central island
    First image of the revamped central island

Sources