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The Ender Dragon is Minecraft's first and primary boss, an enormous flying black beast circling the center end island, capable of shooting toxic purple fireballs and flinging its targets dozens of blocks, the ender dragon is a difficult enemy to kill.

As her name implies, the Ender Dragon is a dragon that lives in, well, the end, and is currently the only dragon in the game. Only one spawns per world in The End, where she forever circles the center island- if artificially summoned in any dimension, she will head to the 0,0 coordinates on the XZ axis. The Ender Dragon is hostile towards the player but will automatically attack and fling any mob that is in her path; this can be observed in the end when the Ender Dragon angers endermen. It can also destroy most blocks. The Ender Dragon when damaged is healed by ender crystals obsidian pillars that naturally generate with the island. She can also fire dragon's breath from its mouth, which harms any mob touching it. She also shoots it (although it is a bit different) when landing on the center end island's portal frame (Java Edition only), which she does from time to time; when perched on it she is immune to arrows, any arrows that hit her catch on fire and bounce off. When she leaves the portal frame she charges the player in an attempt to fling them before resuming to her normal flying pattern. The Ender Dragon is immune to water, fire, lava, and potion effects. When killed, she has an exploding animation, and the player gets the "Free the End" advancement on Java Edition or "The End" achievement on Bedrock Edition (although the player does not get this until entering the exit portal). The dragon drops 12,000 experience points the first time she is killed, as well as a dragon egg (in block form, not item form) on the exit portal, which is opened upon the dragon's death. The dragon can be resurrected using four end crystals on each side of the exit portal, giving the player "The End... Again..." advancement or achievement, for Java Edition or Bedrock Edition respectively. The ender dragon can be resurrected an infinite number of times. The first 20 times the dragon dies an end gateway will appear allowing easy, fast travel to the outer end islands. If the dragon is killed any more times after the 20 end gates are created, no more will form. If a resurrected dragon is killed, she will only drop 500 experience points and no dragon egg. The ender dragon cannot be renamed with a name tag nor her vision be viewed in spectator mode, unlike other mobs. According to Minecraft's original creator, Notch, the Ender Dragon is female (hence her laying an egg) and her name is "Jean".