Teleportation is a form of transportation in which the moving object is instantaneously moved to its target location.
Overview
Teleportation can occur under numerous circumstances. The target object appears to instantly be at its destination afterward, usually[1] playing a sound in the process (cases, where they do not, are not accidental). It can also refer to entities traveling through portals.
Player teleportation
- Throwing an ender pearl.
- Eating a chorus fruit.
- Using the
/teleportcommand. - Passing through a nether portal, end portal, exit portal or end gateway.
- Entering a bed.
- Mounting a horse, mule, donkey, llama, camel, saddled pig or saddled strider.
- Entering a boat or minecart.
- Dying and respawning.
- Quitting and re-logging the game while above the Nether roof, or above Y=512 in the Overworld and End.[Bedrock Edition only]
Other mobs
Other mobs can teleport via other methods:
- Tamed wolves, cats, and parrots teleport to their owner if not sitting and their owner is far enough away.
- Endermen teleport under numerous circumstances.
- Shulkers are also capable of teleportation.
- As with players, foxes can teleport upon consumption of chorus fruit.
- Other entities can also be teleported using
/teleport. - They can be teleported by passing through a nether portal, end portal, exit portal or end gateway.
Non-entities
Dragon eggs can also teleport when clicked on.
Ender chests allow the same set of items to be accessed from multiple locations, effectively teleporting them.
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Enderman teleports | Hostile Mobs | When an enderman teleports | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Player teleports[sound 1] | Players | When a player teleports by eating chorus fruit | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Shulker teleports | Hostile Mobs | When a shulker teleports | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Fox teleports | Players & Friendly Creatures | When a fox teleports by eating a chorus fruit | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Portal noise fades | Ambient/Environment | When a player enters another dimension using any portal except the End exit portal | block[sound 3] | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.8–1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| ? | Hostile Mobs | When something teleports | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Hostile Mobs | When an enderman teleports | mob | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| ? | Ambient/Environment | After the player is teleported through a nether portal | portal | ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.18a | Added /teleport. | ||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
| 20100327 | The player now drops their inventory and respawns at their spawn location upon death, rather than having to reload the last save. | ||||||
| 20100625-1917 | Saddles were added, allowing the player to mount saddled pigs. | ||||||
| 20100624 | Minecarts are now rideable, and can be entered instantly. | ||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.0.6 | Added boats, which can be entered instantly. | ||||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added nether portals. | |||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.3 | Added beds, which can be entered instantly. | ||||||
| 1.4 | Added wolves, as the first mob that can teleport. | ||||||
| 1.4_01 | Beds now act properly as respawn point. | ||||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Added endermen, which can teleport. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Ender pearls now teleport players when thrown. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | End portals now teleport players to the End. | ||||||
| Added exit portals, which bring players back to the Overworld. | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Added cats as tamed ocelots, which can teleport. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w25a | /tp Can now be used to teleport to any coordinates rather than just another player. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Entities can now travel through portals. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Added horses and their variants, which can be mounted. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added chorus fruit. | |||||
| Added end gateways. | |||||||
| Added shulkers, which can teleport. | |||||||
| Ender pearls can now be thrown in Creative mode. | |||||||
| 15w34c | A cooldown for using chorus fruit has been added. | ||||||
| Ender pearls now have a cooldown after using. | |||||||
| 15w37a | The chorus fruit's teleportation range has been reduced from ±32 to ±8. | ||||||
| 1.10 | 16w21a | Ender pearls can now teleport riders off their mounts. | |||||
| pre1 | Added /teleport. | ||||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Added llamas, which can be mounted. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w13a | Added parrots, which can teleport. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w44a | Since ocelots are no longer tameable, cats are now added as a separate mob, which can teleport. | |||||
| 19w09a | Foxes now teleport after they eat chorus fruits. | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w12a | Added respawn anchors, allowing setting spawn in the Nether. | |||||
| 20w13a | Added striders, which can be mounted. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added all teleportation features from and prior to Java Edition Beta 1.6.6. |
| TU5 | Added endermen, which can teleport. | ||||||
| TU7 | Ender pearls now teleport players when thrown. | ||||||
| TU9 | End portals now teleport players to the End. | ||||||
| Added exit portals, which bring players back to the Overworld. | |||||||
| TU12 | Added cats as tamed ocelots, which can teleport. | ||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Added host options for teleporting players to each other. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Entities can now travel through portals. | ||
| Added horses and their variants, which can be mounted. | |||||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added chorus fruit. | |
| Added end gateways. | |||||||
| Added shulkers, which can teleport. | |||||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added llamas, which can be mounted. |
| Added parrots, which can teleport. | |||||||
| TU57 | CU49 | 1.57 | 1.56 | 1.56 | Patch 27 | 1.0.7 | Ender pearls now have a cooldown after using. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Teleportation" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
