End Spike

End spike

Biomes	The End
Generates in existing chunks	Yes, while the ender dragon is respawning
Consists of	Air Bedrock Fire Iron Bars (in some cases) Obsidian End Crystal

End spikes^[1] (also known as obsidian spikes, pillars, towers, or End pillars) are features in the End that are made of obsidian. There are ten End spikes per world, all generating on the central End island.

Generation

End spikes generate naturally the first time the player enters the End, and regenerate when the ender dragon is respawned.

When the ender dragon respawns, any blocks the player had placed within 10 blocks in all directions of the bedrock block at the top of the End spikes are deleted, as well as blocks inside the square containing the edge of the pillar down to Y=66.

Construction

End spikes are composed of obsidian, with a single bedrock block, a fire block, and an End crystal on top of each pillar. They have cylindrical forms.

The following 10 pillars generate in a 43-block radius circle around the exit portal in a random order (total of 40499 obsidian):

• A 3-block radius pillar ending at Y=76 (total of 1596 blocks of obsidian);
• A 3-block radius pillar with iron bars ending at Y=79 (total of 1659 blocks of obsidian);
• A 3-block radius pillar with iron bars ending at Y=82 (total of 1722 blocks of obsidian);
• A 4-block radius pillar ending at Y=85 (total of 3145 blocks of obsidian);
• A 4-block radius pillar ending at Y=88 (total of 3256 blocks of obsidian);
• A 4-block radius pillar ending at Y=91 (total of 3367 blocks of obsidian);
• A 5-block radius pillar ending at Y=94 (total of 5358 blocks of obsidian);
• A 5-block radius pillar ending at Y=97 (total of 5529 blocks of obsidian);
• A 5-block radius pillar ending at Y=100 (total of 5700 blocks of obsidian);
• A 6-block radius pillar ending at Y=103 (total of 9167 blocks of obsidian).

The bottom of all pillars are at Y level 0, which means that pillars are generated through the island. If the End biome is used in the Overworld, End spikes generate all the way down to Y=-64, replacing all other blocks, including bedrock. The second and third shortest pillars include a cage comprised of 73 iron bars surrounding the End crystal, to protect it from projectiles.

The pillars are generated at the following coordinates (center of the pillar) regardless of the seed:

• (-42, -1)
• (-34, -25)
• (-34, 24)
• (-13, -40)
• (-13, 39)
• (12, -40)
• (12, 39)
• (33, -25)
• (33, 24)
• (42, 0)

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Feature type	Identifier
[No displayed name]	end_spike

Configured feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	end_spike

Bedrock Edition:

Feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	[No ID]

Config

Java Edition:

{
  "type": "minecraft:end_spike",
  "config": {
    "crystal_invulnerable": false,
    "spikes": []
  }
}

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "End spike", "Obsidian spike", "Obsidian pillar", "Obsidian tower", or "End pillar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A caged End spike
• 
  An End crystal on a small spike healing the dragon
• 
  When re-summing the dragon, all End crystals get lit.

Historical screenshots

• 
  End spikes in the End before End crystals were added
• 
  A square End spike

See also

• Enderman
• End Stone
• Ender Dragon

References