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End Podium

The End podium (also known as the End fountain or exit portal) is a portal that enables the player to return to their spawn point, activating upon each…

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Contents (17)
  1. Generation
  2. Construction
  3. Behavior
  4. Achievements
  5. Data values
  6. Config
  7. History
  8. Java Edition
  9. Bedrock Edition
  10. Legacy Console Edition
  11. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  12. Issues
  13. Trivia
  14. Gallery
  15. Screenshots
  16. In other media
  17. References
End podium
Exit portal (empty).png: Infobox image for Minecraft structure 'End podium'

Inactive

EnderDragonPortal.png: Infobox image for Minecraft structure 'End podium'

Active

Biomes The End
Generates in
existing chunks   		Yes
Consists of

The End podium (also known as the End fountain or exit portal) is a portal that enables the player to return to their spawn point, activating upon each defeat of the ender dragon. It is the only way for entities to leave the End dimension without dying.

Generation

The End podium always generates at the coordinates 0,0 in the End, and is de-activated whenever an ender dragon fight is in progress. The y-level of the End podium is determined by the height of the terrain, placing the End portal blocks at the y-level of the highest block found at 0,0. If the End podium spawns at the height limit, the portal blocks are the highest blocks generated, with the top 3 blocks of the bedrock pillar failing to generate due to the maximum build height having been reached. If there are no blocks at 0,0, the portal generates with the base at Y=0.

Construction

Main article: End Podium/Structure
Activated End podium (top view).

The End podium looks similar to the End portal but differs in its design. Instead of a frame of End portal frame blocks, it has a 7-block wide bowl-shaped frame of bedrock, and a central pillar of bedrock with a torch on each side. A dragon egg generates atop the pillar upon defeating the ender dragon for the first time (and the second time in Bedrock Edition[1]).

There are 16 End stone blocks, one under each outer bedrock block, as well as four torches. The ender dragon can destroy the torches when it perches. If any of the blocks other than the dragon egg are removed, they regenerate when the ender dragon is defeated or respawned, making it the only renewable source of End stone.

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Behavior

The podium returns the player to their individual spawn point. The credits roll when a player enters the End podium for the first time. If the player doesn't have a spawn point or it is obstructed, they return to the world spawn. If the player's respawn point is set with a respawn anchor, the charge will not be used upon returning.

If an entity other than a player goes through, like a falling block or a thrown item, it is sent to the world spawn. The area it arrives in remains loaded for 15 seconds,‌[JE only] similar to the behavior of Nether portals.

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
The EndKill the Ender DragonEnter the end exit portal.40Gold

Data values

Java Edition:

Feature typeIdentifier
EnvSprite end-podium.png: Sprite image for end-podium in Minecraft [No displayed name]end_podium
Configured featureIdentifier
EnvSprite end-podium.png: Sprite image for end-podium in Minecraft [No displayed name]end_podium_active
EnvSprite end-podium.png: Sprite image for end-podium in Minecraft [No displayed name]end_podium_inactive

Config

Main article: Configured feature

Java Edition:

  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] config
    • [Boolean] active Controls if the portal is active.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 Added the End podium.
1.915w31a The End podium no longer generates after the ender dragon is killed. It is now pre-generated, but without the dragon egg and End portal blocks, and it is inactive while the ender dragon lives.
15w44a End crystals on the End podium in a specific arrangement can now respawn the dragon.
1.10.1release End crystals on a pre-1.9 End podium can no longer respawn the dragon. Previously it would also create a new End podium at X=0, Z=0 and replace the blocks from the old End podium with End stone.
1.17Pre-release 1 End crystals on a pre-1.9 End podium can now respawn the dragon again.[2]
1.20.524w03a When entities leave the End, the area where they arrive remains loaded for 15 seconds, matching the behavior of Nether portals.
1.2124w20a The player now keeps effects upon going through the portal.[3]
1.21.525w03a When changing state, any blocks that are in its radius are dropped as items and also make breaking sounds, rather than outright overwritten.
25w09a The End podium now generates properly when there are no blocks at 0, 0.
Previously, the portal would try to generate out of bounds, making the seed unbeatable.
26.3snap1 It is now properly handled as a generated feature.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Added the End podium.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU9CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added the End podium.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15 End crystals on the End podium in a specific arrangement can now respawn the dragon.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10 Added the End podium.
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Issues

Issues relating to "End Podium", "End Fountain", or "Exit Portal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • In Bedrock Edition, if the player manages to break all of the End portal blocks in the End podium, the entire structure regenerates after 5 seconds. If all of the portal blocks have End crystals above (so the fire constantly eliminates the portal), this regeneration process repeats until a portal block successfully regenerates.
  • If the End podium generates at the tallest possible height and the ender dragon is defeated, the portal blocks generate in the End podium as normal, but the dragon egg does not spawn due to its intended location surpassing the build height limit.
  • In Bedrock Edition, if there are other End portal blocks in the End and the End podium structure is completely destroyed, it does not regenerate until the other end portal blocks are removed.

Screenshots

  • An unlit End podium with one torch destroyed by the dragon
    An unlit End podium with one torch destroyed by the dragon
  • The dragon perching above the End podium
    The dragon perching above the End podium
  • End crystals placed on the podium to re-summon the dragon
    End crystals placed on the podium to re-summon the dragon
  • A lit End podium with some experience from the killed dragon
    A lit End podium with some experience from the killed dragon

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MCPE-51345
  2. ↑ MC-104897 – End crystals placed on exit portals generated before 1.9 do not respawn the ender dragon – resolved as "Fixed".
  3. ↑ MC-6431 – Status effects are lost when returning to the Overworld from the exit end portal – resolved as "Fixed".
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