Small End Islands

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

 

Small End Islands

Features	End gateway Small island
Blocks	End Stone
Climate
Temperature	0.5
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	No
Colors
Fog color	#a080a0
Grass color	#8EB971
Foliage color	#71A74D
Dry foliage color	#A17448
Water color	#3F76E4

The small End islands is a biome used to generate outer End islands.

This biome generates as part of the outer islands of the End which consists of the empty expanses between the larger islands, populated only by smaller, circle-shaped islands. Neither End cities nor chorus trees can generate in this biome and it is the only biome where small islands can generate.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Enderman	1	4

These music tracks play while the player is in the small end islands:

Name	Identifier
Small End Islands	small_end_islands

Issues relating to "Small End Islands" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 
  Often crossing between outer islands requires the use of bridges, ender pearls, or elytra.
• 
  A small End islands single biome world before 1.18, which generates normal terrain instead of islands.

• "Around the Block: Small End Islands" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 28, 2023.

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