End City

End cities are structures that are naturally generated in the outer islands of the End. They are tall castle or tree-like structures constructed primarily of end stone bricks and purpur blocks and their variants. They are lit up by End rods. They are also the only places where shulkers can be found.

Structure
End cities may spawn as a single tower by itself, or as a sprawling complex of inter-connected towers and pathways branching from a main tower. Within certain rooms (often at the top of the towering structure) are treasure chests and sometimes Ender chests. On the outside of some towers, you can see banners with a purple and black pattern that is similar to the 'missing block' texture.

Towers
The towers found in End Cities are special compared to the other rooms and structures due to the fact that they spawn in varying heights. In total there are two types of towers in an End City.
 * Standard (Small) Tower
 * Standard Towers are the most common type of tower found in end cities. They are composed of purpur blocks, pillars, slabs, and stairs, and are generally connected to the tops of rooms. They have ladders that drop down into the room they're standing on allowing access to players on foot. On the outside of these towers, Purpur stairs protrude from the tower for decoration. The inside of these towers are hollow with walls lined with Purpur Slabs which stick out towards the center. These slabs serve as steps spiraling up towards the top of the tower; however, these steps are configured in a way that forces the player to parkour in order to get to the next step. If viewed from the outside these towers are clearly seen to be composed out of sections that are identical to one another. This allows the the size of these towers to differ among each other as one tower can have a different amount of sections compared to another.


 * Loot (Large) Tower
 * Loot Towers are much rarer than standard towers and are generally much larger in size. These towers are three times as wide as the standard type having a diameter of nine blocks and usually are much taller in comparison. They are composed of mainly the same blocks as the standard tower but with two new additions: end rods and shulkers. This type of tower is always connected at the bottom by a Standard tower and is topped by a special loot room. The sides of this tower can branch off to new rooms. This tower has a spiral staircase and purpur stair decorations similarly to its counterpart, but there are two staircases in the loot tower unlike the single staircase in the Standard Tower, and some of the steps of the staircases are end rods. The end rods make the parkour in these loot towers much harder than the parkour in the standard towers. Another difference is that there are a vast amount of shulkers found in this tower while there are none to be found in the standard type. On top of every loot tower there is a special loot room only found on these towers. These rooms contain two chests with very valuable loot. Like standard towers, loot towers are composed of identical sections which allow different sizes of tower to generate on the end city.

Rooms
In total there are eight different rooms in the End City:
 * The Base Rooms
 * The City can consist of anywhere from 1 to 3 Base Rooms.
 * The bottom-most room will have a doorway that serves as the main entrance.
 * The Top Floor
 * A small room similar to that of a base room.
 * It has banners hanging from the side.
 * The Loot Room
 * A room similar to the base rooms, but consists of 2 chests.
 * The Large Loot Room
 * A larger version of the loot room, but has an Ender chest and a normal chest.
 * The Bridge
 * A pathway that connects the main tower to smaller, floating towers.
 * The Dock
 * The pathway that leads to the end ship.

End ship


There is also a small chance for an "end ship" to be spawned outside of end cities. These floating structures are comprised of the same materials as end city dungeons, and are marked with a purple beacon that often give the Speed status effect. Inside the ship lies treasure chests, often guarded by Shulkers, that contain highly valuable loot (including enchanted diamond and iron equipment). They are often prefaced by a "dock" branching from an End city tower, from which one can enderpearl onto the ship.

The inside of the ships are rather small. Inside the ship is a brewing stand that contains two potions of healing. Also, there are two chests guarded by a shulker, and inside the chests are usually diamonds, tools, or sometimes, full sets of armor. Inside is the origin of the purple beacon, and some obsidian for the flor.

End Ships
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