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. End rods are the only source of light. End cities are currently the only place where shulkers naturally spawn.

Generation
End cities naturally generate in the outer islands of the End, which are accessible via the end gateway portal obtained by killing the ender dragon. They are fairly rare; one can travel for hundreds of blocks without encountering a city.

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. Decorative purpur stairs protrude from the sides of the towers. Banners wave along the outside of some towers.

In total there are eight different rooms in the End City, including the towers and the End ship.

Rooms

 * Base rooms
 * An End 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.
 * Typically 3 storeys tall, with each storey wider than the one below it.
 * Mainly empty, except for the ladder at the top floor.


 * Banner rooms
 * A small room similar to that of a base room.
 * Has banners hanging from the side.
 * Typically accessed by ascending small towers
 * Often has a shulker attached to the ceiling
 * A two-by-two doorway leads to the outside of the tower, or to another pathway


 * Loot rooms
 * Found at the top of large towers
 * Similar to the base rooms, but consists of two chests with very valuable loot
 * Typically has a slab staircase that leads to the roof of the tower


 * Large loot rooms
 * A larger version of the loot room, with an ender chest and a normal chest.
 * The ender chest holds no loot


 * Dead ends
 * Dark and empty rooms at the end of pathways
 * Typically found near the top of the End city structure


 * Bridges
 * Pathways with stairs that connect the main tower to other towers.


 * Docks
 * Variant of a bridge, but with an arch at the end that faces the end ship.
 * From here one can throw an enderpearl to reach the ship.

Towers
The two types of towers found in End Cities are special compared to the other rooms and structures, due to the fact that they spawn in varying heights.


 * Small tower
 * Standard Towers are the most common type of tower found in end cities. A ladder leads up into this room from the room below it. The inside of these towers are hollow, and its walls are lined with purpur slabs that serve as steps; however, these steps are configured in a way that forces the player to parkour in order to get to the top.


 * Large tower
 * Large towers are more rare than their smaller counterparts. They are three times as wide as the standard type, having a diameter of nine blocks. Rather than ladders, these types of towers are always connected at the bottom by a smaller tower. The large tower has two spiral staircases; some of the steps of the staircases are sideways end rods, which make ascending these towers much more difficult. There are also vast amount of shulkers within this tower, adding to the difficulty of climbing to the top.

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 material as end cities, and are marked with a purple beacon (to be removed ) that gives the Speed status effect.

The inside of the ships are rather small. The first room inside the ship contains only a brewing stand, with two potions of healing. A staircase leads below deck to the treasure room. In this room lies two treasure chests, guarded by a shulker, that often contain highly valuable loot. Also in this room is the origin of the beacon, along with some obsidian that lines the floor of the ship.

Trivia

 * Some end city rooms are structured similarly to traditional Asian pagodas.
 * The banners atop the towers have a purple and black pattern that resembles the 'missing texture' block.