Minecraft:End City

Template:For Template:Infobox structure Template:Relevant tutorial End cities are tall Minecraft:structures found on the outer islands of Minecraft:the End. They are inhabited by Minecraft:shulkers and hold valuable loot, including Minecraft:enchanted iron and diamond Minecraft:tools and Minecraft:armor. End ships, found in some End cities, are the only source of Minecraft:elytra other than Minecraft:Creative mode and the Template:Cmd command.

Generation

End cities naturally generate all over the End's outer islands. They can easily be accessed by entering the Minecraft:End gateway, but it is possible to cross the gap between the islands in other ways. They generate on the large islands, where Minecraft:chorus trees grow. If the End gateway teleports the Minecraft:player to a small island, the player can get to the nearest large island by building, using Minecraft:elytra, or throwing Minecraft:ender pearls.

End cities usually generate in flat areas, in "midlands" or "highlands" biomesTemplate:Note, which are found on larger Minecraft:end islands. One may find several cities clustered together, or travel for thousands of blocks before finding one. Unlike other structures, End cities are generated in a noticeable grid. They are located only in chunks numbered 0-8 ± a multiple of 20. For example, one possible "cell" for an End city to be generated in is x_chunks=0-8 and z_chunks=80-88 which is equivalent to the coordinates x=0-128 and z=1280-1408. There can never be an End city at for example z=961-1279 or z=1409-1599 because it is outside any "cell".

Structure

File:InsideEndCity.png

A view inside of an End city tower.

File:EndCityTreasure2.png

A treasure room with both a regular chest and an Minecraft:ender chest.

End cities consist of tall skyscraper-like towers constructed out of Minecraft:End stone bricks and Minecraft:purpur blocks. An End city may generate as a single tower by itself, or as a sprawling complex of inter-connected towers and pathways branching from a main tower. Minecraft:End rods and Minecraft:ender chests are the only source of light. Many shulkers spawn around the city and guard its various treasures. Decorative Minecraft:banners hang at the tops of some towers.

Several types of rooms can be found in an End city, and several different floors, including:

• Base floors which are empty floors found at the base of every city; they are three stories tall, with each room wider than the one below it.
• Banner rooms that have banners hanging on the outside, and a Minecraft:shulker attached to the ceiling.
• Small rooms that have nothing in them at all.
• Large rooms that have precarious parkour-like staircases often leading up to another tower or a loot room.
• Loot rooms that consist of two Minecraft:chests with valuable loot at the End of a small parkour area; some rooms may have one normal Minecraft:chest next to an Minecraft:ender chest instead.

There are two types of towers:

• Small towers that are hollow, consisting of a single Minecraft:purpur slab spiral staircase of sorts.
• Skyscrapers that consist of a treacherous double spiral staircase made of Minecraft:purpur slabs and Minecraft:End rods; many shulkers spawn here.

File:EndCityBanners.png

Banners hanging on top of a small tower.

End shipTemplate:Anchor

Template:Infobox structure An End ship is a floating, boat-like structure found alongside End cities. It is relatively small, but holds even more valuable treasure than the city itself.

Generation

Each direction of every tower of the End city has a 50% chance of generating a bridge, and the bridge itself has a 12.5% chance to generate an End ship. At most one ship can generate in a given End city.

When generated, the stern of the ship always faces toward the city, and the bow always faces away. It generates in front of a bridge with a gated arch at the end, from which one can throw an Minecraft:ender pearl to reach the ship or build a bridge or an Minecraft:elytra.

Structure

The End ship is made of Minecraft:End stone bricks and Minecraft:purpur blocks, just like the city's main towers. Their design resembles that of European square rig sailing ships, commonly seen during the golden age of exploration. Three Minecraft:shulkers spawn on the ship; one on the main deck, one behind the stern of the ship, and one in the treasure room.

Main deck

The ship's main deck amounts to less than half of the walkable space on the ship. A Minecraft:ladder leads up the mast to an empty crow's nest, about 20 blocks high. There are no sails connected to the mast.

A Minecraft:dragon head sits at the bow of the ship, making this the only way to obtain the dragon head in Minecraft:Survival mode. There are two small staircases on the outside; one that leads up to the empty upper deck, and one that leads to the cabin below.

Aftercastle

The aftercastle contains a Minecraft:brewing stand sitting on a small table, with two Minecraft:potions of Healing. Another staircase leads below deck to the ship's "hotspot"; the treasure room.

Treasure room

The floor of the treasure room is lined with Minecraft:obsidian. There are four small windows on the sides. It contains two loot chests and an Minecraft:item frame holding a pair of Minecraft:elytra; this is the only way to obtain Minecraft:elytra in Survival mode. A Minecraft:shulker guards the Minecraft:elytra and the two loot chests.

• An End ship.
  An End ship.
• The bridge that leads to the End ship.
  The bridge that leads to the End ship.
• The Minecraft:dragon head, with the End city in the background.
  The Minecraft:dragon head, with the End city in the background.
• The sterncastle of the ship. The doorway in the back leads to the treasure room. A Minecraft:brewing stand can be seen.
  The sterncastle of the ship. The doorway in the back leads to the treasure room. A Minecraft:brewing stand can be seen.
• The treasure room, where a Minecraft:shulker guards the Minecraft:elytra.
  The treasure room, where a Minecraft:shulker guards the Minecraft:elytra.
• The treasure room without the Minecraft:shulker.
  The treasure room without the Minecraft:shulker.

Structure details

One may access the individual structures of an End city by utilizing Minecraft:structure blocks to manually load city structures from the data/minecraft/structures/end_city folder in Minecraft:minecraft.jar. To do so, set a structure block to Load mode, enter end_city/StructureName and press LOAD. The names of these structures and a small description is provided below:

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Images
Template:Cd	A small room with 2 Minecraft:shulkers guarding the entrance. Forms the entrance of End cities as well as the "empty rooms" found higher up in the city. 2 Shulkers always generate here.	68 Template:BlockLink 54 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:EntityLink	File:End city base floor.png
Template:Cd	The roof generated on top of base rooms.	100 Template:BlockLink 44 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city base roof.png
Template:Cd	The small arch that forms the End and start of bridges, pointing toward End ships, or connecting to other rooms.	21 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 3 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:BlockLink	File:End city bridge end.png
Template:Cd	Stairs on a bridge built at a small incline.	42 Template:BlockLink 22 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink	File:End city bridge gentle stairs.png
Template:Cd	A straight piece of bridge.	20 Template:BlockLink 10 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city bridge piece.png
Template:Cd	Stairs on a bridge built at a steep incline.	24 Template:BlockLink 15 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink	File:End city bridge steep stairs.png
Template:Cd	The entrance to the large towers. Preceded by an opening with a single purpur slab.	84 Template:BlockLink 80 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 3 Template:BlockLink	File:End city fat tower base.png
Template:Cd	The center of the large tower, lined with the purpur slab and End rod spiral staircase. 4 Shulkers always generate here.	164 Template:BlockLink 62 Template:BlockLink 8 Template:BlockLink 8 Template:BlockLink 8 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:EntityLink	File:End city fat tower middle.png
Template:Cd	The "loot room" of the large tower, generated with 2 chests in the corner and a staircase to the roof.	352 Template:BlockLink 131 Template:BlockLink 106 Template:BlockLink 26 Template:BlockLink 18 Template:BlockLink 9 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink	File:End city fat tower top.png
Template:Cd	The second floor of the base tower, preceded by a purpur slab staircase. The room is otherwise empty.	95 Template:BlockLink 84 Template:BlockLink 44 Template:BlockLink 16 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 7 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city second floor 1.png
Template:Cd	Begins with a small spiral staircase in the center, with a small "statue" made of stairs in the upper corner. A Shulker always generates here.	82 Template:BlockLink 70 Template:BlockLink 54 Template:BlockLink 14 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 9 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:EntityLink	File:End city second floor 2.png
Template:Cd	Similar in structure to base_roof, but slightly larger.	144 Template:BlockLink 52 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city second roof.png
Template:Cd	The End ship. 3 Shulkers always generate here.	557 Template:BlockLink 175 Template:BlockLink 97 Template:BlockLink 36 Template:BlockLink 26 Template:BlockLink 14 Template:BlockLink 7 Template:BlockLink 7 Template:BlockLink 6 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:BlockLink with two Minecraft:potions of Healing 1 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:EntityLink with Template:ItemLink 3 Template:EntityLink	File:End city ship.png
Template:Cd	A purpur pillar structure sits in the center, surrounded by purpur stairs. Preceded by a purpur slab staircase.	140 Template:BlockLink 90 Template:BlockLink 64 Template:BlockLink 32 Template:BlockLink 18 Template:BlockLink 7 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city third floor 1.png
Template:Cd	The second loot room, with a regular chest and an ender chest. 2 Shulkers always generate here.	132 Template:BlockLink 98 Template:BlockLink 56 Template:BlockLink 24 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 6 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:EntityLink	File:End city third floor 2.png
Template:Cd	Similar in structure to base_roof and second_roof, but is even larger.	196 Template:BlockLink 60 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city third roof.png
Template:Cd	Entrance to the small tower with a ladder preceding it.	40 Template:BlockLink 39 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 3 Template:BlockLink	File:End city tower base.png
Template:Cd	Similar in structure to tower_base, but the ladder entrance is replaced with a solid floor.	36 Template:BlockLink 28 Template:BlockLink 21 Template:BlockLink 3 Template:BlockLink	File:End city tower floor.png
Template:Cd	The middle of the small tower, with a purpur slab spiral staircase.	36 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink	File:End city tower piece.png
Template:Cd	The roof of the small tower, with banners hanging from the sides. A Shulker always generates here.	66 Template:BlockLink 56 Template:BlockLink 26 Template:BlockLink 12 Template:BlockLink 8 Template:BlockLink 6 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 2 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:EntityLink	File:End city tower top.png

Data values

ID

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Config

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History

Trivia

• Some End city rooms are structured similarly to traditional Asian pagodas. Jeb had visited the Summer Palace before the release of Minecraft:15w31a.<ref>Template:Cite Instagram</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The banners atop the towers have a magenta and black pattern that resembles the Minecraft:missing texture: File:Missing Texture.png
• End cities can be over 100 blocks tall.
• On the End ship, there is a hole in the crow's nest atop of the mast, which is directly above a piece of magenta Minecraft:stained glass on the ship's deck. This is a relic feature from the early days of the ship's development, when the main loot inside the ship was a Minecraft:beacon that shoots its beam through the magenta glass and the hole in the crow's nest, creating a magenta beam. Although the beacon was replaced with the Minecraft:elytra, the magenta glass and the hole remained unchanged.
• The reason on why End cities have Minecraft:beetroot seeds in their chests is because on Minecraft:Legacy Console Editions of the game, the worlds were limited sizes, so they had to add a way to obtain Minecraft:beetroot in Minecraft:Survival worlds. They were then added to Template:JE for parity reasons.

Gallery

Screenshots

• An End city and an End ship as seen from afar (before 15w32c).
  An End city and an End ship as seen from afar (before 15w32c).
• The entrance to the city, which is guarded by two Minecraft:shulkers.
  The entrance to the city, which is guarded by two Minecraft:shulkers.
• A room with a complex staircase, which often has two treasure Minecraft:chests at the top.
  A room with a complex staircase, which often has two treasure Minecraft:chests at the top.
• A treasure room.
  A treasure room.
• A hanging bridge with stairs, connecting one tower to another.
  A hanging bridge with stairs, connecting one tower to another.
• Another bridge, but this one is much steeper.
  Another bridge, but this one is much steeper.
• Two cities generated within a relatively short distance.
  Two cities generated within a relatively short distance.
• An End ship drifts lazily into the Minecraft:void.
  An End ship drifts lazily into the Minecraft:void.
• A single tower that generated by itself.
  A single tower that generated by itself.
• A large End city.
  A large End city.
• A view of an End city from one of the bridges.
  A view of an End city from one of the bridges.
• A Minecraft:chorus tree generated inside of a room.
  A Minecraft:chorus tree generated inside of a room.
• 5 End cities generated nearby. Note that there is also four End ships generated near each End city too.
  5 End cities generated nearby. Note that there is also four End ships generated near each End city too.
• Minecraft:Elytra and loot chests being guarded by a shulker.
  Minecraft:Elytra and loot chests being guarded by a shulker.
• Smallest possible End city.
  Smallest possible End city.
• 2 End cities next to each other.
  2 End cities next to each other.
• A magenta stained glass window in an End city.
  A magenta stained glass window in an End city.
• End cities are not centered.
  End cities are not centered.
• An End ship.
  An End ship.

In other media

• An image released on Minecraft:Jens Bergensten's Instagram reveals a mysterious structure now known as an End city.
  An image released on Minecraft:Jens Bergensten's Instagram reveals a mysterious structure now known as an End city.
• An End city appears in the background of the official Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9 poster.
  An End city appears in the background of the official Minecraft:Java Edition 1.9 poster.
• An Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
  An Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD
• An end city as it appears in Minecraft:Last Block Standing!
  An end city as it appears in Minecraft:Last Block Standing!

External links

• Template:Mcnet