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Template:For Template:Infobox item Elytra are endgame equipment that can be found only in Minecraft:End ships, which are located in the Minecraft:outer islands of Minecraft:the End. While worn in the chest Minecraft:armor slot, they allow for gliding by pressing Template:Control while midair. Minecraft:Firework rockets can be Template:Control as propulsion while gliding, allowing for true flight.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Elytra are found only in Minecraft:End cities in Minecraft:item frames in the treasure room of the Minecraft:End ship. A Minecraft:shulker guards the elytra and the ship's two loot chests.

Usage

File:Steve in elytra.png File:Alex in elytra.png

Elytra are equipped in the Minecraft:chestplate slot, either by placing the item directly in the slot, by pressing Template:Ctrl while held in hand, or by firing a point-blank Minecraft:dispenser at a target. They are gray in color by default, but they adopt the design of any Minecraft:cape the player is wearing. They maintain their in-world texture design even when they're broken or Minecraft:enchanted.

Flying

Template:Redirect To fly, the player must press the Template:Ctrl key while in mid-air (i.e., while jumping or falling), causing the elytra to spread apart like a beetle's wings. In flight, the player controls movement direction by turning (moving the aim point) as normal. To adjust pitch, the player moves the aim point upward and downward. Losing altitude increases speed, and gaining altitude decreases speed. Minecraft:Firework rockets can be Template:Control to increase speed. Additionally, speed is quickly lost from sharp changes in direction.

The player can take Minecraft:fall damage while flying unless they land at a shallow angle or a low enough speed. The critical, damaging angle is about 50°. Additionally, colliding with a vertical surface while gliding too fast causes damage to the player and their armor. When a player dies in this way, they receive the Minecraft:death message "<player> experienced kinetic energy". Note that colliding with a horizontal surface does not cause this type of damage, so the player takes no damage when flying into a ceiling. The amount of damage caused by a collision is determined by the formula:

<math display="block">\text{damage} = 10\times(\text{change in horizontal velocity}) - 3</math>

A safe and simple cruise with the highest travel distance can be achieved by aiming directly at the horizon while at the glide's altitude limit. The player's speed is slow enough to allow them time to do other things during a long flight, like sort out their inventory.

A player stops gliding when colliding with a Minecraft:ladder, as well as with all types of Minecraft:vines Template:In. Touching Minecraft:water also stops flight in Bedrock Edition. In Bedrock Edition, flight can be stopped at any moment by pressing the Template:Control key.

Template:IN, a player in Minecraft:Creative mode or with the "mayfly" Minecraft:ability can alternatively hold the Template:Ctrl key to fly up while gliding with elytra. Double-pressing the jump key enters the regular Creative flight instead.

Speed and altitude

Elytra have a minimum speed of about 7.2 m/s (obtained by gliding at the altitude cap with a strong upward pitch of 30°). A player in flight who drops to 0 speed quickly accelerates back up to at least this minimum. The player can increase speed by choosing to descend faster, but afterward, they typically do not regain nearly as much altitude. In the real world, drag increases with speed and slows an aircraft; Minecraft also mimics this.

Sharp turns are a fast way to lose speed. Quicker turns cause greater losses, while gentle movements have small effects. Making a hairpin turn can actually be used for making high-speed landings safe as well as for precise landings on small targets like rooftops. The player should aim to glide just above the target then immediately reverse direction right over the target, making adjustments as necessary.

With the right technique<ref>Template:Cite</ref>, it is possible to glide as far, as high, and for as long as the player wants, until the elytra breaks. First, start from 50 blocks above the ground, though around 80 blocks up is ideal. Fly down with a pitch between 32–33° to build up speed until you lose about 60-70 blocks of altitude. Then, immediately pitch up to about -50°, and slowly pitch down by +0.5° per tick (+10° per second) until reaching 32° again, and repeat. If done correctly, the player can gain 3 blocks of altitude per cycle, though it may be possible to gain up to 10 blocks of altitude per cycle on average.<ref>https://youtu.be/N3-hYjDvZS0?t=296</ref>Template:More info

The lowest rate of altitude loss without changing your pitch is about 1.5 m/s, obtained by gliding at the altitude cap with a slight upward pitch (12° or 15°).

To get the best possible glide ratio (and thus the furthest distance out of their altitude) without changing pitch, the diver pilot should aim directly at the horizon (0°). This ratio is about 10.06 blocks travelled horizontally per 1 block of starting altitude on average. This does not include the time and altitude that it takes to build up speed.

Minecraft:Slow Falling potions greatly decrease the player's vertical (fall) speed, which also greatly decreases their horizontal speed (clearly, it depends on the vertical fall rate, as one might expect from flight modeling). The net result is that the player flies extremely slowly — but their elytra still takes durability damage at the usual rate (1 durability per second without Minecraft:Unbreaking). The Minecraft:Feather Falling enchantment does not affect elytra speed and does not reduce fall damage from hitting things with elytra.

It is possible to calculate the glide range by dividing the altitude by the tangent of the glide angle (altitude/tan(glide angle)). For example, a player who glides from an altitude of 64 blocks above ground with a glide angle of 15° can glide for 237 blocks (ignoring terrain), since floor(64 / tan(15)) is 237.

Stalling

Trying for too high a pitch reduces the player's lift. At a pitch of 30° above the horizon, the player has the lowest possible airspeed of 7.2 m/s. Above that, the player might be considered to be in a stall. Increasing the pitch gets closer to a free-fall, and stalled flight at 60° is enough to cause fall damage. Stalling at 90° is a true free-fall.

Recovering from a stall is done by readjusting to any safe pitch as quickly as the player likes. This can be just changing to look at the horizon.

Powered flight

File:Firework Rocket JE2 BE2.png

Firework rockets are used for speed boosts while gliding.

Minecraft:Firework rockets can be used for propulsion during flight by placing it in either hand and Template:Ctrl. Using a firework rocket while gliding makes the player move in the direction they're facing at 33.5 blocks per second, for a time dependent on the rocket's flight duration. If any entities are Minecraft:leashed to the player, they instantly detach from the player when they use a firework rocket.

If the rocket is equipped with Minecraft:firework stars, it explodes at the end of its flight, inflicting damage based on the number of stars.

It is possible to gain altitude during powered flight. This makes it possible to glide for extreme distances and had been used extensively by Minecraft:far lands/Minecraft:World Border challenges.

Durability

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Minecraft:Durability decreases by one point each second when gliding. A pair of elytra has 432 durability, allowing 7 minutes and 12 seconds of gliding time without enchantments, providing more than 10,000 blocks of transport distance. It is possible to apply the Minecraft:Unbreaking enchantment using an Minecraft:anvil and an Minecraft:enchanted book, which affects the elytra, in the same way it does to Minecraft:tools. Unbreaking III increases elytra's flight time to about four seconds per durability point, a total of 28 minutes and 48 seconds.

When the durability reaches 1, elytra stop working until they are repaired, adopting a tattered texture in the inventory. The damage ends at durability 1, so they can never fully break.

The usage of Minecraft:firework rockets doesn't decrease the elytra's durability.

Repairing

Combining

Template:Crafting Template:Grinding

Unit repair

Template:Main Template:Repairing A pair of elytra can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding Minecraft:phantom membranes, with each membrane restoring 108 durability. Two pairs of elytra can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the elytra's Minecraft:enchantments.

Enchanting

Elytra cannot be enchanted on the enchanting table, but on an anvil it can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:


Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the elytra when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The elytra vanishes on death and does not drop as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1
Minecraft:Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to un-equip the elytra.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

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History

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Issues

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Trivia

In reality, Template:W are not used for flight. They are the tough forewings of beetles and earwigs that cover the wings they actually use for flight. However, like Minecraft elytra, some beetles can use them for gliding.
A flying player has a shorter hitbox than usual: A 0.6 block cube centered on the player's feet.
Template:IN if the player glides into deep Minecraft:water with elytra equipped, the animation does not stop, giving it the appearance of a Minecraft:swimming animation.<ref name="MC-97190">Template:Bug</ref> The animation stops once the player touches the ground. Additionally, Minecraft:firework rockets can be used with elytra underwater with a short boost duration.
Elytra do not deactivate when the player flies into Minecraft:lava.<ref name="MC-97190"/>
Elytra can be equipped onto some Minecraft:mobs using Minecraft:commands. This has no effect unless the mob has the Template:Cd tag set to Template:Cd. Except for Minecraft:squid, mobs glide forward, unable to control the movement before landing, at which time they regain their AI.
- Exceptions to this are Minecraft:squid as the squid's AI causes it to attempt swimming in midair, making it fall straight down because it conflicts with the elytra mechanics.
- Because Minecraft:chickens fall slowly, they can move more distance.
- Minecraft:Endermen, tamed Minecraft:wolves, and tamed Minecraft:cats that are not sitting cannot teleport until they hit the ground.
- Because mobs do not regain control until they hit the ground, Minecraft:vexes fall until they die or despawn as they cannot touch the ground.
- Mobs capable of flying, such as Minecraft:parrots or vexes can steer in air, though they cannot travel up or down. Dolphins also have this ability.
Minecraft:4J Studios created an elytra-centered tutorial map for console edition when elytra were first introduced to this platform, this map is themed as "ruins of an ancient civilization of Minecraft:Minecraft worshippers" and showcases the new amplified terrain generation. This map can be seen behind the scenes.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> On 28 March 2017, 4J Studios added an elytra-themed minigame for Legacy Console Edition called "Glide;" it consists of Time Attack and Score Attack mode.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref><ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
A player who jumps with both elytra and the Minecraft:Slow Falling effect travels slightly upward, which is a cheap but time-consuming alternative to Minecraft:fireworks and Minecraft:Riptide-enchanted Minecraft:tridents.
Mojang has considered the suggestion of combining elytra with a chestplate, but eventually decided against it, stating that elytra taking up armor is an intentional decision of game balancing.<ref>

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In Minecraft:Minecraft is turning 15, Minecraft:Zuri can be seen wearing elytra. However, instead of the model, they're wearing the item itself, making the elytra disporportionately small.

Gallery

Renders

Worn

Alex gliding with elytra

Alex gliding with elytra
Ari gliding with elytra

Ari gliding with elytra
Kai gliding with elytra

Kai gliding with elytra
Noor gliding with elytra

Noor gliding with elytra
Steve gliding with elytra

Steve gliding with elytra
Sunny gliding with elytra

Sunny gliding with elytra
Zuri gliding with elytra

Zuri gliding with elytra
Efe gliding with elytra

Efe gliding with elytra
Makena gliding with elytra

Makena gliding with elytra

Capes

Item

A pair of enchanted elytra

A pair of enchanted elytra

Screenshots

Elytra in an Minecraft:End ship

Elytra in an Minecraft:End ship
A Minecraft:player wearing elytra

A Minecraft:player wearing elytra
A player using elytra

A player using elytra
Elytra with only 1 Minecraft:durability

Elytra with only 1 Minecraft:durability
A player gliding while blocking with a Minecraft:shield

A player gliding while blocking with a Minecraft:shield

In other media

Minecraft:Efe wearing elytra with the zombie horse cape

Minecraft:Efe wearing elytra with the zombie horse cape
Super Sonic and Shadow flying alongside Steve with elytra

Super Sonic and Shadow flying alongside Steve with elytra
Screenshot of Glide mini-games

Screenshot of Glide mini-games
Another screenshot of Glide mini-games

Another screenshot of Glide mini-games
Official elytra themed tutorial map

Official elytra themed tutorial map
Artwork of Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex using elytra.

Artwork of Minecraft:Steve and Minecraft:Alex using elytra.
Glide launch poster

Glide launch poster
Minecraft:Ari flying with several Minecraft:parrots

Minecraft:Ari flying with several Minecraft:parrots
Minecraft:Makena flying with elytra

Minecraft:Makena flying with elytra
Minecraft:Zuri wearing the elytra item, not the elytra model

Minecraft:Zuri wearing the elytra item, not the elytra model
Elytra concept art for Template:AMCM

Elytra concept art for Template:AMCM
Two pairs of Template:AMCM as they appear in A Minecraft Movie

Two pairs of Template:AMCM as they appear in A Minecraft Movie

References

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External links

Taking Inventory: Elytra – Minecraft.net on December 14, 2019

Navigation

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-'''Elytra''' are endgame equipment that can be found only in [[Minecraft:end ship]]s, which are located in the [[Minecraft:outer islands]] of [[Minecraft:the End]]. While worn in the chest [[Minecraft:armor]] slot, they allow for gliding by pressing {{Control|jump|text=jump}} while midair. [[Minecraft:Firework rocket]]s can be {{Control|use|text=used}} as propulsion while gliding, allowing for true flight.
+'''Elytra''' are endgame equipment that can be found only in [[Minecraft:End ship]]s, which are located in the [[Minecraft:outer islands]] of [[Minecraft:the End]]. While worn in the chest [[Minecraft:armor]] slot, they allow for gliding by pressing {{Control|jump|text=jump}} while midair. [[Minecraft:Firework rocket]]s can be {{Control|use|text=used}} as propulsion while gliding, allowing for true flight.
 == Obtaining ==
 === Natural generation ===
-Elytra are found only in [[Minecraft:end cities]] in [[Minecraft:item frame]]s in the treasure room of the [[Minecraft:end ship]]. A [[Minecraft:shulker]] guards the elytra and the ship's two loot chests.
+Elytra are found only in [[Minecraft:End cities]] in [[Minecraft:item frame]]s in the treasure room of the [[Minecraft:End ship]]. A [[Minecraft:shulker]] guards the elytra and the ship's two loot chests.
 == Usage ==
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 {{HistoryTable
 |{{HistoryLine||October 5, 2015|link=https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/651042141397979136|[[Minecraft:Tommaso Checchi]] tweets that [[Minecraft:Jeb]] is working on a secret feature for Minecraft Java Edition, saying "it's like [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Super Mario 64|Mario 64]]."}}
-|{{HistoryLine||October 6, 2015|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/651416814791081984|[[File:Elytra Prerelease.png|32px]][[Minecraft:Jeb]] tweets a [https://web.archive.org/web/20230820173231/https://gfycat.com/serpentinehighlevelamurminnow-minecraftsuggestions-ethoslab animated GIF] revealing a [[Minecraft:player]] gliding around an [[Minecraft:end city]]. Elytra have a dragon-wing texture.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||October 6, 2015|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/651416814791081984|[[File:Elytra Prerelease.png|32px]][[Minecraft:Jeb]] tweets an [https://web.archive.org/web/20230820173231/https://gfycat.com/serpentinehighlevelamurminnow-minecraftsuggestions-ethoslab animated GIF] revealing a [[Minecraft:player]] gliding around an [[Minecraft:End city]]. Elytra have a dragon-wing texture.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||October 6, 2015|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/651419480187346944|Jeb tweets an [https://web.archive.org/web/20230219045525/https://i.imgur.com/LBgZCyW.png image] of folded wings, which replace the cape the player is wearing.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||October 6, 2015|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/651423700777074688|Jeb tweets another [https://web.archive.org/web/20230820083025/https://gfycat.com/leadingindolentgangesdolphin animated GIF] of his character with Mojang-themed elytra, gliding along a [[Minecraft:river]] through a [[Minecraft:taiga]] forest.}}
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 * {{IN|java}} if the player glides into deep [[Minecraft:water]] with elytra equipped, the animation does not stop, giving it the appearance of a [[Minecraft:swimming]] animation.<ref name="MC-97190">{{bug|MC-97190||While gliding into water or lava, player continues gliding|WAI}}</ref> The animation stops once the player touches the ground. Additionally, [[Minecraft:firework rocket]]s can be used with elytra underwater with a short boost duration.
 * Elytra do not deactivate when the player flies into [[Minecraft:lava]].<ref name="MC-97190"/>
-* Elytra can be equipped onto some [[Minecraft:mob]]s using [[Minecraft:command]]s. This has no effect unless the mob has the {{cd|FallFlying}} tag set to {{cd|1b}}. Except for [[Minecraft:squid]]s, mobs glide forward, unable to control the movement before landing, at which time they regain their AI.
+* Elytra can be equipped onto some [[Minecraft:mob]]s using [[Minecraft:command]]s. This has no effect unless the mob has the {{cd|FallFlying}} tag set to {{cd|1b}}. Except for [[Minecraft:squid]], mobs glide forward, unable to control the movement before landing, at which time they regain their AI.
-** Exceptions to this are [[Minecraft:squid]]s as the squid's AI causes it to attempt swimming in midair, making it fall straight down because it conflicts with the elytra mechanics.
+** Exceptions to this are [[Minecraft:squid]] as the squid's AI causes it to attempt swimming in midair, making it fall straight down because it conflicts with the elytra mechanics.
 **Because [[Minecraft:chicken]]s fall slowly, they can move more distance.
-** [[Minecraft:Endermen]], tamed [[Minecraft:wolves]] and tamed [[Minecraft:cat]]s that are not sitting cannot teleport until they hit the ground.
+** [[Minecraft:Endermen]], tamed [[Minecraft:wolves]], and tamed [[Minecraft:cat]]s that are not sitting cannot teleport until they hit the ground.
 ** Because mobs do not regain control until they hit the ground, [[Minecraft:vex]]es fall until they die or despawn as they cannot touch the ground.
 ** Mobs capable of flying, such as [[Minecraft:parrot]]s or vexes can steer in air, though they cannot travel up or down. Dolphins also have this ability.
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 ==== Worn ====
 <gallery>
-Elytra fly alex.png|Alex gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly alex.png|Alex gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly ari.png|Ari gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly ari.png|Ari gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly kai.png|Kai gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly kai.png|Kai gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly noor.png|Noor gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly noor.png|Noor gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly steve.png|Steve gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly steve.png|Steve gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly sunny.png|Sunny gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly sunny.png|Sunny gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly zuri.png|Zuri gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly zuri.png|Zuri gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly efe.png|Efe gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly efe.png|Efe gliding with elytra
-Elytra fly makena.png|Makena gliding with elytra.
+Elytra fly makena.png|Makena gliding with elytra
 </gallery>
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 ==== Item ====
 <gallery>
-Enchanted Elytra (item).gif|A pair of enchanted elytra.
+Enchanted Elytra (item).gif|A pair of enchanted elytra
 </gallery>
 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-ElytraEnd.png|Elytra in an [[Minecraft:end ship]].
+ElytraEnd.png|Elytra in an [[Minecraft:End ship]]
-PlayerElytraBack.png|A [[Minecraft:player]] wearing elytra.
+PlayerElytraBack.png|A [[Minecraft:player]] wearing elytra
-PlayerElytraFront.png|A player using elytra.
+PlayerElytraFront.png|A player using elytra
-Broken Elytra.png|Elytra with only 1 [[Minecraft:durability]].
+Broken Elytra.png|Elytra with only 1 [[Minecraft:durability]]
-FlyBlock.png|A player gliding while blocking with a [[Minecraft:shield]].
+FlyBlock.png|A player gliding while blocking with a [[Minecraft:shield]]
 </gallery>
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 <gallery>
 File:Zombie horse cape art.jpg|[[Minecraft:Efe]] wearing elytra with the zombie horse cape
-File:Supers and Elytra.jpg|[[Minecraft:Sonic Add-On|Super Sonic]] and [[Minecraft:Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] flying alongside Steve with elytra.
+File:Supers and Elytra.jpg|[[Minecraft:Sonic Add-On|Super Sonic]] and [[Minecraft:Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] flying alongside Steve with elytra
-File:Glide Score Cavern 2.png|Screenshot of Glide mini-games.
+File:Glide Score Cavern 2.png|Screenshot of Glide mini-games
-File:Glide Time Cavern 2.png|Another screenshot of Glide mini-games.
+File:Glide Time Cavern 2.png|Another screenshot of Glide mini-games
-File:Elytra Tutorial Map.jpg|Official elytra themed tutorial map.
+File:Elytra Tutorial Map.jpg|Official elytra themed tutorial map
 File:Suspic10us.jpg|Artwork of [[Minecraft:Steve]] and [[Minecraft:Alex]] using elytra.
-File:GLIDE Official.jpg|''Glide'' launch poster.
+File:GLIDE Official.jpg|''Glide'' launch poster
-File:Ari flies with parrots.png|[[Minecraft:Ari]] flying with several [[Minecraft:parrot]]s.
+File:Ari flies with parrots.png|[[Minecraft:Ari]] flying with several [[Minecraft:parrot]]s
-File:Overhead the redstone project.png|[[Minecraft:Makena]] flying with elytra.
+File:Overhead the redstone project.png|[[Minecraft:Makena]] flying with elytra
-File:Zuri swoops in with fireworks.png|[[Minecraft:Zuri]] wearing the elytra item, not the elytra model.
+File:Zuri swoops in with fireworks.png|[[Minecraft:Zuri]] wearing the elytra item, not the elytra model
-File:Minecraft Movie Elytra Concept Art.jpg|Elytra concept art for {{AMCM}}.
+File:Minecraft Movie Elytra Concept Art.jpg|Elytra concept art for {{AMCM}}
-File:AMCM Elytra wingset.jpeg|Two pairs of {{AMCM|elytra}} as it appears in ''A Minecraft Movie''.
+File:AMCM Elytra wingset.jpeg|Two pairs of {{AMCM|elytra}} as they appear in ''A Minecraft Movie''
 </gallery>