Minecraft:Dragon Egg

Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox block The dragon egg is a gravity-affected Minecraft:block that can be obtained only once per Minecraft:world (or twice Template:In<ref name=TwoEggs>Template:Bug</ref>) by defeating the Minecraft:ender dragon. It Minecraft:teleports to avoid being Template:Control, but drops as an Minecraft:item if it falls onto a non-full block such as a Minecraft:torch or is pushed by a Minecraft:piston.

Obtaining

The dragon egg is available in the Creative inventory. It can be obtained with Template:Control or the Template:Cmd command, or placed in the world with commands such as Template:Cmd and Template:Cmd.

Breaking

The dragon egg usually cannot be mined directly, as trying to do so causes it to teleport within a 31×15×31 volume centered on the egg, with locations toward the center more likely. If all air blocks in that area are filled so there is nowhere for the egg to teleport to, or if it fails to find an air block after 1,000 attempts at teleporting, it can be mined.

The dragon egg is a gravity-affected block, and drops as an item when pushed by a Minecraft:piston or when it falls onto a block less than a full block tall, such as a Minecraft:torch or a bottom Minecraft:slab.

When destroyed by an Minecraft:explosion, the block always drops as an item.

The dragon egg is not immune to destruction by the ender dragon, despite being produced by it.<ref name=":0">Template:Bug</ref> Template:Breaking row

Post-generation

Template:IN, a single dragon egg is generated on top of the Minecraft:exit portal when the first Minecraft:ender dragon is defeated. Template:IN, two dragon eggs generate on top of the exit portal; one generates when the first ender dragon is defeated, while the other generates when the second ender dragon is defeated.<ref name=TwoEggs/>

Usage

File:Dragon Egg Heatmap.png

Heatmap of where a dragon egg lands after trying to mine it.

File:Particles of a dragon egg.png

Particles of a dragon egg.

The dragon egg, if there is no block below it, falls until it lands on the next available block. When it is being affected by gravity and falling, it exhibits a smooth falling animation.

It does not Minecraft:suffocate mobs or players when it falls and covers them, nor does it squash mobs or players like Minecraft:anvils and Minecraft:stalactites do.

The dragon egg can be placed on a non-solid block without falling.

Like other falling blocks, when the dragon egg is floating, it has black particles falling from it.

Light source

The dragon egg emits a Minecraft:light level of 1.

Teleporting

To cause the egg to teleport, press Template:Control or Template:Control while in Survival or Adventure mode (or only Template:Control in Creative). It teleports to an air block nearby (up to seven blocks vertically and fifteen blocks horizontally), creating the same particles as an Minecraft:enderman. It may teleport into the air and subsequently fall to the ground since it forcefully obeys gravity. However, it always checks if there is ground beneath the teleport destination.

When the egg teleports, it creates a particle trail that, Template:In, leads from its prior location to where it has teleported to; however, Template:In, a bug<ref name="MC-2157" /> causes the particles not to point correctly to the egg's new location.

If all available air blocks are filled, it is possible to break the block.

Dragon egg teleportation lacks teleportation sounds.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

If egg teleportation finds an invalid location (such as below the world), it makes an additional attempt to find a valid location centered on the invalid location rather than the original position.

Data values

ID

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Falling block entity

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History

Trivia

• Developer Minecraft:Ulraf in a livestream expressed the idea of giving the dragon egg the use of modifying the Minecraft:world spawn, because there is only one dragon egg per world. He clarified that he experimented with this idea using Minecraft:commands, and that there weren't plans to add this function to vanilla.<ref> https://youtu.be/2cxUNoWNy50?t=11284</ref>
• The writer of the Minecraft comic WonderCraft, Samcube, was requested by Minecraft:Mojang Studios to create official Minecraft posters. In a part of these works, one can see an area with an ender dragon and a Minecraft:chicken on top of a Minecraft:huge mushroom. In the same scene, the dragon egg is visible near the chicken.
• If the dragon egg teleports and falls into the portal, it spawns in the Overworld at the world spawn.
• Minecraft:Mojang Studios is aware that the dragon egg generates twice per world in Template:BE in an official video.<ref>https://youtu.be/xPOZqNjOMpA?t=43</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

• The teleporting distance of a dragon egg.
  The teleporting distance of a dragon egg.
• An example of using a Minecraft:piston and a Minecraft:lever to obtain the dragon egg.
  An example of using a Minecraft:piston and a Minecraft:lever to obtain the dragon egg.
• A dragon egg on a Minecraft:snow layer.
  A dragon egg on a Minecraft:snow layer.

In other media

• Samcube's Minecraft:Minecraft poster showing the dragon egg.
  Samcube's Minecraft:Minecraft poster showing the dragon egg.
• The Model and Texture used in Minecraft: Story Mode
  The Model and Texture used in Minecraft: Story Mode
• A developer concept for a remodeled dragon egg.
  A developer concept for a remodeled dragon egg.
• Dragon egg in A Minecraft Movie McDonald's commercial.
  Dragon egg in A Minecraft Movie McDonald's commercial.

See also

• Template:EnvLink
• Template:EntityLink

External links

• Template:Mcnet