Ender Dragon
Ender Dragon — mob.
Obtaining
The Ender Dragon is the hostile boss of the End dimension. The End fight starts around the central exit portal; four end crystals can be used to respawn the dragon after the first victory, and the fight controller records the arena origin for its phases.
| Dimension | The End |
|---|---|
| Respawn trigger | Four end crystals |
| Victory result | Dragon egg and an opened exit route |
Drops
The entity loot table is intentionally empty; the dragon egg and portal progression are produced by the End fight rather than by a normal mob loot roll.
| Entity loot table | entities/ender_dragon.json |
|---|---|
| Fight reward | Dragon egg |
Sounds
The dragon has separate ambient, growl, hurt, flap, shoot, and death sound events. It uses the hostile sound category, with loud movement and attack cues that carry across the central island.
| Ambient | entity.ender_dragon.ambient |
|---|---|
| Growl | entity.ender_dragon.growl |
| Hurt | entity.ender_dragon.hurt |
| Flap | entity.ender_dragon.flap |
| Shoot | entity.ender_dragon.shoot |
| Death | entity.ender_dragon.death |
Behavior
The Ender Dragon is a hostile flying boss with 200 health. Its phase manager moves through holding, strafing, landing, takeoff, sitting, charging, and dying states; the dragon can damage the arena while circling the island, breathe a damaging cloud, and fire a dragon fireball.
| Category | hostile |
|---|---|
| Max health | 200 |
| Width | 16 |
| Height | 8 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | Yes |
| Health | 200 |
| Phase count | 11 validated phases |
| Damage source | Dragon breath and dragon fireball |
| Sound source | Hostile |
| Flight | No-physics boss movement around the fight origin |
| Arena interaction | End stone and other blocks can be damaged during attacks |
Data values
The entity identifier is `minecraft:ender_dragon`; its default attribute set defines 200 maximum health and a camera distance of 16 blocks.
| Identifier | minecraft:ender_dragon |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Entity ID | minecraft:ender_dragon |
| Maximum health | 200 |
| Camera distance | 16 |
| Phase persistence | DragonPhase |
History
The Ender Dragon is the central boss of the End fight. Its fight state, phase, death timer, and sitting damage are saved with the entity so the encounter can continue after a world is saved and loaded.
Trivia
The dragon's default phase is hovering. Respawn crystals do not create a normal mob drop: they re-open the fight sequence, while the dragon egg is produced by the completed encounter.
Gallery
See also
References
| Local source | Ender Dragonender_dragon |
|---|---|
| Entity behavior | net/minecraft/world/entity/boss/enderdragon/EnderDragon.java |
| Fight controller | net/minecraft/world/level/dimension/end/EnderDragonFight.java |
| Phase manager | net/minecraft/world/entity/boss/enderdragon/phases/EnderDragonPhaseManager.java |
| Entity loot | data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/ender_dragon.json |
| Sound registry | net/minecraft/sounds/SoundEvents.java |
Navigation
Data and provenance
minecraft:ender_dragon
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Facts
| Category | hostile |
|---|---|
| Max health | 200 |
| Width | 16 |
| Height | 8 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | Yes |
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