Ender Dragon in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about ender dragons with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about ender dragons in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Ender dragons are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.0)
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The following is a picture of what an ender dragon looks like in Minecraft:

ender dragon

Hostility Level	Hostile Mob
Health Points	200 health points x 100 (The ender dragon heals itself by flying near ender crystals)
Where to Find	In the End dimension
Weapon	None
Attack Method	Dives towards you and tries to hit you, or performs a Dragon's Breath attack
Drops	Dragon Egg
Experience Points	12,000 experience points

Hostility Level (Hostile)

An ender dragon is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and ender dragons. Because an ender dragon is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.

Health Points

In Minecraft, an ender dragon is a boss mob. When this mob spawns naturally in the End dimension, it has a purple health bar that goes down as it takes damage. When the purple health bar is depleted, the ender dragon will die.

An ender dragon has 100 hearts for health. This gives an ender dragon 200 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill an ender dragon, you need to inflict 200 points of damage to the ender dragon.

The ender dragon will heal itself by flying close to ender crystals. In the End, ender crystals can be found on top of obsidian pillars.

TIP: It is a good idea to destroy all of the ender crystals before attacking an ender dragon so that it can not heal itself.

Where to Find Ender Dragons

Ender dragons are only found in the End dimension.

end dimension

If you haven't been to the End, you need to build an End Portal to take you to the End. When you walk through an End Portal, it will transport you between the Overworld and the End. This is what an End Portal looks like:

how to make an end portal

If you are having trouble finding an ender dragon, you can summon an ender dragon using a cheat. Starting in 1.19.3, you can also use a spawn egg to create an ender dragon.

Weapon

An ender dragon does not carry a weapon.

Attack Method

In Minecraft, an ender dragon will dive towards you and try to hit you. It also has a special breath attack where the dragon breathes a purple cloud of acid breath. If you run through this breath, it will cause you damage.

Drops

When you kill an ender dragon in Minecraft, it will drop a dragon egg.

dragon egg

Follow these special instructions to add the dragon egg to your inventory (you can not just pick up the dragon egg like other items in Minecraft).

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

experience points