The End

The End is a dark, void-like, and space-like dimension consisting of separate islands in the void, made out of End stone. It is inhabited by endermen and shulkers. The ender dragon also spawns when the player first arrives. The End is often considered the final goal of Minecraft, and is usually the last dimension a player will travel to. The ender dragon is considered the final boss, and it is necessary to defeat it to return to the Overworld without dying, and see the End Poem.

To access the End, the player must go through the process of finding a stronghold using eyes of ender, finding the portal room, and activating the End portal in the End portal room. The room consists of a 5×5 square of End portal frames, with the corners cut out, making a total of 12. The portal hangs over a lava pool, with a staircase leading up to it. A silverfish spawner sits on top of the staircase.

The player can activate the portal by filling the 12 End portal frames each with an eye of ender. Each frame block has a 10% chance of generating with an eye in it. Once all the eyes of ender are placed, the portal activates and emits a loud noise audible from anywhere in the world. As soon as it is activated, the portal destroys all blocks in the central 3×3 square, including bedrock or another portal frame, and replaces them with the End portal blocks that can teleport an entity into the End dimension. Upon jumping into the portal, the player immediately arrives in the End (X: 100, Z: 0), along with any prior entities that may have teleported.