Ender Pearl

This article is about the item in Minecraft. For the scrapped consumable in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Ender Pearl. For the object in A Minecraft Movie, see Movie:Ender Pearl. For the item in Minecraft: Story Mode, see Story Mode:Ender Pearl.

Ender Pearl

Rarity tier	Common
Use cooldown	1 second (20 ticks)
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (16)

An ender pearl is an item that can be thrown to teleport to where it lands, or used to craft eyes of ender, which are required to access the End.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Enderman	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	75.00%	1.00	0–3	87.50%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Enderman	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	3⁄4	1	0–3	7⁄8	3⁄2	0–4	11⁄12	2

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Enderman	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		2	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		3	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	1⁄2 (0.50)	1 (1.00)	3⁄2 (1.50)	2 (2.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Enderman	2.00	1.00	0.67	0.50

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Enderman	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	50.00%	0.75	0–3	50.00%	1.00	0–4	50.00%	1.25

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Enderman	0–1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0–2	1⁄2	3⁄4	0–3	1⁄2	1	0–4	1⁄2	5⁄4

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Enderman	0	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)
		1	1⁄2 (50.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		2	0	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)
		Average	1⁄2 (0.50)	3⁄4 (0.75)	1 (1.00)	5⁄4 (1.25)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Enderman	2.00	1.33	1.00	0.80

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Ender Pearl	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	22.8% { "item": "Ender Pearl", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.228404126561073, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Corridor chest	1–2	19.6% { "item": "Ender Pearl", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.19614132283617636, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Ender Pearl	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	22.2% { "item": "Ender Pearl", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2219449589866087, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Corridor chest	1–2	19.6% { "item": "Ender Pearl", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.19614132283617636, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }

A trapped chest always containing 2 ender pearls can be found in the "fake end portal" room of woodland mansions.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Cleric	Expert	67%	100%	5 × Emerald	Ender Pearl	12	15	0.05

Bartering

Piglins have a ¹⁰⁄₄₆₉ (~2.13%) chance to barter 2–4 ender pearls when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Ender pearls can be thrown by pressing the use button, which consumes the item and teleports the player to where the pearl lands, dealing 5HP damage of the ender_pearl damage type. In Bedrock Edition, the player will only be teleported if they are in the same dimension as where the ender pearl landed. Wearing armor enchanted with Protection or Feather Falling reduces the damage taken from the ender pearl, but unenchanted armor does not. If a player dies from damage due to throwing an ender pearl, the death message says "<player> hit the ground too hard".

However, if the player throws an ender pearl before hitting the ground, the fall damage is negated, dealing only the pearl’s damage.

Ender pearls have a cooldown of one second (20 ticks) before they can be used again. The cooldown is shown in the hotbar slot with the pearl by a white overlay that moves downward and must disappear before the player can use it again. If there are other inventory or hotbar slots containing ender pearls, they are covered with the white overlay as well.^[1]

If the player throws an ender pearl and then dies while the pearl is in a loaded chunk before impact, the pearl disappears and the player is not teleported; in Java Edition, the pearl does not vanish upon the player's death if the ender_pearls_vanish_on_death game rule is set to false.

Ender pearls that fall into the void disappear and do not trigger player teleportation. Ender pearl entities are invincible and therefore are not destroyed by lava, and can teleport the player to the bottom of lava pools and lava seas.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Eye of Ender	Blaze Powder + Ender Pearl

Spawning endermites

An ender pearl has a 5% (¹⁄₂₀) chance to spawn an endermite when it lands, being the only way the mob can spawn in normal gameplay. The endermite spawns at the player's position when the pearl lands‌^{[Java Edition only]}, or at the pearl's landing site‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

Chunk loading

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

An ender pearl creates a ticket for chunk loading every time it moves (due to its own tick) into a new chunk, and also periodically almost every 2 seconds (39 ticks). It loads and ticks the chunk it is in with a ticket level of 31 as entity processing. It also loads a two-chunk wide ring (a 5×5 chunk area centered on the pearl's chunk) around it as lazy chunks, the first ring being block ticking and the second ring being border chunks. The ender pearl continues to load chunks as long as the player who threw it is online, even when that player is in a different dimension. The pearl stops loading chunks when the player logs off, and starts loading chunks again when the player logs in.

Ender pearls spawned with commands can only load chunks if they are spawned with a player's UUID (Mob UUIDs do not work). If an ender pearl is summoned with /summon and is later given a player's UUID via the /data command, it will still not load chunks.

Behavior

Thrown Ender Pearl

Hitbox size	Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks
Ticking order	Acceleration, Drag, Position
Gravity	0.03 (double)
Drag	0.99 (float)
Terminal velocity	2.97 b/t (59.4 m/s)
Maximum travel	99 blocks per b/t of initial velocity

Motion

When thrown straight up, ender pearls travel 27.68993 blocks‌^{[Java Edition only]} or about 45 blocks‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} on average. They travel up to ~51.5 blocks horizontally on even ground when thrown at the optimal launch angle of ~40°.

Since the thrower's velocity influences the throw, timing a throw with a jump towards the target can increase the throwing range. It increases to about 42 blocks when thrown straight up and 64 blocks forward at a 35° angle. When sprint-jumping and throwing at a 35° angle, the range increases to about 90 blocks. For the same reason, throwing while falling significantly decreases the range.

A thrown ender pearl experiences initial speed of about 1.5 blocks per tick. Its movement follows acceleration, drag, and position (in subtick order); these variables can be simulated to predict the overall trajectory. Below is a calculator to predict the initial conditions in order to hit a desired coordinate:

Collisions

Thrown ender pearls collide with blocks according to their collision box. They also collide with entities, but with the entities' collision box inflated to about 0.3 blocks in every direction. They collide with all living entities, including minecarts, boats, end crystals, falling blocks, and TNT.

An ender pearl can remain afloat on top of an upward bubble column, allowing it to be stored indefinitely.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

• If a pearl hits a Nether portal, it is sent to the Nether. If the pearl would have hit other blocks after the portal, that collision position is used as the position where the pearl entered the portal. Otherwise, the final position it would've ended at is used. See Nether portal for more details on how entities get placed after going through portals.
• If a pearl hits an End gateway, it teleports the player as if the player had gone into the gateway. The pearl itself is deleted.
• As with other entities, an ender pearl which ticks inside an End portal block will be teleported, either to the obsidian platform (if it was outside the End) or to world spawn (if it was in the End). However, if the pearl enters the portal but collides with something before it ticks, it will teleport the thrower into the portal instead.^[2]
  • Due to a bug, it is possible to teleport from a stronghold end portal to your respawn point or from the exit portal to the obsidian platform, if you time the throw correctly.^[3]
  • The information in this bullet point pertains only to Java Edition; behavior in other editions has not yet been documented.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Thrown ender pearls use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	Item	item.minecraft.ender_pearl

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Thrown Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	entity.minecraft.ender_pearl

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	422	Item	item.ender_pearl.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Ender Pearl	ender_pearl	87	entity.ender_pearl.name

Entity data

Thrown ender pearls have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Beam Me Up	Teleport over 100 meters from a single throw of an Ender Pearl	Throw an ender pearl 100 blocks in any direction	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Remote Getaway	Escape the island	Enter an End gateway.
	Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Be at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added ender pearls along with endermen.
							Ender pearls have no use, but can stack up to 64.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Ender pearls are now less commonly found near bodies of water since endermen now teleport away when in contact with water. Before this version, endermen didn't attempt to teleport and were damaged/killed from water much more frequently, causing numerous ender pearls to occur around bodies of water.
							Later, on a suggestion from Reddit user isJesus, Notch implemented the teleporting feature for ender pearls.[4][5][6]
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Added teleporting feature to ender pearls.
							Using an ender pearl to teleport resulted in being kicked from servers for "hacking". This is due to a check triggering that was supposed to prevent modified clients from moving too quickly.
							Ender pearls now stack up to 16.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Ender pearls are now used to craft eyes of ender.
							Ender pearls can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.3.1			12w24a				The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
1.8			14w02a				As part of the revamp of the trading system, cleric villagers now buy ender pearls.
			14w03a				Villager clerics no longer buy ender pearls.
			14w11b				Ender pearls have a 5% chance to spawn endermites when used.
			14w32a				Thrown ender pearls now vanish when their owner dies.
1.9			15w31a				Ender pearls can now be thrown in Creative mode.
			15w34c				Ender pearls now have a cooldown after using them.
			15w41a				Villager clerics now sell ender pearls for 4–7 emeralds, as one of their tier III trades.
			15w49a				Thrown ender pearls now take the user's motion into account. For example, an ender pearl thrown forward lands closer if the player is falling, and lands farther if the player is ascending.
1.10			16w21a				Ender pearls can now teleport riders off their mounts.
1.11			16w39a				Ender pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' fake portal room chests.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
			18w50a				Thrown ender pearls now have an optional Item tag that can specify a different item stack to render.
			19w11a				Cleric villagers now sell ender pearls for 5 emeralds.
1.16			20w07a				Ender pearls have a 2⁄109 (~1.83%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
			20w09a				Ender pearls now have a 10⁄226 (~4.42%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
			20w10a				Ender pearls now have a 20⁄411 (~4.87%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 4–8.
			20w20a				Ender pearls now have a 20⁄423 (~4.73%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 4–8.
1.16.2			20w28a				Ender pearls now have a 10⁄459 (~2.18%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
			pre1				Ender pearls are now affected by bubble columns.[7]
							Ender pearls no longer get destroyed at contact with non-solid blocks.[8]
1.20.2			pre1				Added the game rule enderPearlsVanishOnDeath.
1.20.3			23w43a				Thrown ender pearls produce a teleportation sound on impact.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Ender pearls can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.
1.21			24w19a				Ender pearls are no longer able to teleport the player in spectator mode.[9]
			24w21a				Ender pearls are once again able to teleport the player in spectator mode.[10]
			pre1				Ender pearls that are thrown through portals can now teleport players to a different dimension than the one they are currently in.
1.21.2			24w34a				Thrown ender pearls no longer go through the world border if hit.
			24w36a				Ender pearls now teleport the player following this formula: Teleport destination equals the current player coordinates plus the Ender pearl destination block coordinates.
			24w37a				Ender pearls now teleport the player where they land again, reverting previous snapshot changes.
							Ender pearls now load the chunk around it when thrown and when landing.
26.3			?				Thrown ender pearls, alongside other projectiles, now actually collide with the world border as though it were a solid block, rather than becoming stuck to it and falling down until it hits the ground.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added ender pearls.
							While fully implemented, ender pearls currently have no assigned ID and are currently unobtainable in-game.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Ender pearls are now obtainable in-game.
							Ender pearls can now be used to craft eyes of ender.
			alpha 1.0.0.0				Ender pearls now require a 1-second cooldown.
			alpha 1.0.0.1				Ender pearl cooldown now has an animation.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Ender pearls can now be bought from cleric villagers for 4–7 emeralds.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Ender pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed, expert-level cleric villagers now sell an ender pearl for 5 emeralds as part of their trade.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Ender pearls can now be obtained from bartering with piglins.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Ender pearls now have a 10⁄459 (~2.18%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Ender pearls can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.20				The sprite of ender pearls, when rendered in the world, now have the correct scaling and positional offset.
							They now match Java Edition, and also match better with their collider.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added ender pearls.
TU7							Ender pearls can now be thrown in survival and creative mode, which teleports the player.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Ender pearls now have a chance to spawn endermites.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Villager clerics now sell ender pearls for 4–7 emeralds, as one of their tier III trades.
							Thrown ender pearls now take the user's motion into account. For example, an ender pearl thrown forward lands closer if the player is falling, and lands farther if the player is ascending.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Ender pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' fake portal room chests.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Ender pearls now have a cooldown after using them.
TU63	CU53	1.67	1.67	1.67	Patch 32	1.0.13	Ender pearls that land above the nether ceiling no longer teleport the player.
TU72		1.81	1.81	1.81	Patch 41		Thrown ender pearls produce a teleportation sound on impact.
			1.90				The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
			1.91				Trading has been changed, expert-level cleric villagers now sell an ender pearl for 5 emeralds as part of their trade.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added ender pearls.

• 
  Ender pearls were formerly found in water, however endermen now teleport out to prevent damage.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Ender Pearl" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Ender pearls can be used to teleport/move through non-solid blocks without suffocation and solid blocks by pressing against the blocks and using the ender pearl at the player's feet until the player goes through.^[11][12]
• In Java Edition, it is possible to spawn a thrown ender pearl using commands, but it does not teleport, unless it is assigned an owner.
• If the player throws an ender pearl in Survival mode and changes to Creative mode before the pearl lands, the player is still teleported.
• The player is still teleported by throwing an ender pearl and entering the Nether before it lands. The pearl is not lost if an ender pearl is thrown into a nether portal and the player travels through the portal; the pearl lands and teleports the player as usual.
• If multiple ender pearls are thrown in succession, the player can be hurt only once from fall damage within about a one-second span.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  "Sunny and Noor are next to a fully rebuilt Ruined Portal. The brave Sunny throws an Ender Pearl towards the lit Nether Portal. Noor is to the side holding a Leash tied to a Boat with a Sheep in it."
• 
  A recipe using an Ender pearl

In other media

• 
  The original suggestion image for teleporting with ender pearls
• 
  Ender pearl in A Minecraft Movie

References

See also

• The End
• Ender Dragon
• End Portal
• Enderman

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Ender Pearl" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 18, 2025.