End gateway

The end gateway portal is created after defeating the ender dragon and is used to gain access to the surrounding islands containing chorus plants and end cities quicker than by other means.

Generation
A new end gateway portal generates each time the ender dragon is defeated.

Structure
The end gateway portal is composed of bedrock blocks surrounding a 1 block teleporting block opening (the end gateway block). When it is generated, a purple beacon effect shoots out vertically from the top and bottom, which disappears after a few seconds.

Due to its size, it is only accessible using ender pearls, or by riding pigs, boats, or minecarts. The end gateway portal is used to warp to other end islands depending on the direction of the ender pearl throw.

Trivia

 * When an entity enters the gateway, it emits a yellow beacon beam momentarily.
 * The teleport location for naturally generated gateways are usually around 1,000 blocks from the main island.
 * Although they look exactly alike, the texture for the beams that end gateways emit is actually a different file than the beacon beam.
 * The file name is end_gateway_beam.png.