Talk:Ender Dragon/Archive 1

What's with this video ?
Mwiki'snot a way to boost your views ! This think shoulda been removed.

Screenshot lacks citation.
Its too early, so I probably wont do it, someone throw the twitpic link of the dragon as a source. –The preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;)  Please sign your posts with
 * Done. -- 10:20, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Album
Notch just released a whole album of dragon pictures, we have lots of work to do. 15:26, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Aargh troll on the page!-- 17:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Question - October 7th 2011
Couldn't EnderDragons be the dragons Notch mentioned making just renamed? Even if it isn't, shouldn't EnderDragon be a sub catagory of dragon, or Ender mobs?

Sure, we could do that. (NOW DONE) 02:28, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Enderagons? XD-- 15:04, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

They Look Like Reshiram
And they'll continue to until they get skinned.
 * Mildly. Resharim is a white dragon, this is a white dragon... that's about where the similarities end. -- 02:43, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, Reshiram is technically a wyvern (two legs with wings as forelimbs), not a dragon (four legs with wings growing from back). 21:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

(comment for above) Wyverns are a kind of dragon... 23:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

They probobly will have a texture pack for that. 12:58, 8 October 2011 (UTC)Tropius

Lol yeah, in the Pokemon pack. 15:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

It looks more like Zekrom, actually... 03:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Pokemon is cool! also the diffrence is you can't befriend a enderdragon. don't try this at home kids! 08:59, 22 December 2012 (UTC) I did... with a dragonite.- 20:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Merge?
Someone added a merge tag to the page, should we merge it or keep it like this? 22:49, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * We should keep this separate until there is clarification that this is the same thing Notch was talking about before. - 22:56, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe the pages should be merged with Dragon turned into a disambiguation page. -- 10:26, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The page should be merged with this one, if anything. The mob's name is "EnderDragon", not "Dragon". Dragon is a conjectural name given to the mob many many months back, and is quite obselete.
 * Remove either merge tag, if not both. Having two crossdirectional page merge templates is almost confusing as two neither/either move templates. -- 11:22, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Merged. BTW only the Enderdragon has been announced, which is why CDI's edits make no sense. -- 14:21, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute, Notch has already animated the "Enderdragon". If so, why would he say that he would have to animate the Enderdragon then? Wouldn't that mean that he animated the Dragon and that the Enderdragon would have a different animation? Context clues. 21:25, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Name Confirmed!
notch Markus Persson Add scales, tint black, and add purple eyes. Ender dragon! Tomorrow, I animate. http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/123168328574447617 So you can removed the article name conjectural bit. It is still not known whether this is it for Dragons or if this is simply a prefix mob (I Hope it is a prefix mob :D) -- 03:55 10 October 2011

disapearing pictures
i go on this alot and each time some would either add pictures or just deleted them and information on them for no reason and what noob is doing it theres been a bunch of stuff about the enderdragon that is basicly just released gets deleted by propely noob admins –The preceding unsigned comment was added by (&#124;)  Please sign your posts with
 * i go on this alot and each time some would either deleted them or just added them with no references to official information and what noob is doing it theres been a bunch of stuff about the enderdragon that is not even true gets added by propely noob users
 * TL;DR, A silly question deserves a silly answer. -- 19:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, a lot of people will post a new picture twitted by Notch just because they think they are the first to see it. But in reality, if you pay attention the time posted was 4 hours ago and you should always check to see if its already uploaded anyway. So don't be a nub before you post info or pictures. Double check first.. :o --
 * This is probably happening because the "information" is speculative or simply false, pictures are probably removed because they are outdated or duplicated.  ☁ ☂  ☁ 21:40, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * has been banned for vandalism of multiple pages and abuse of . This topic is closed. -- 03:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

enderdragon destroys blocks?
"i made it vanish all blocks it hit. That was awesomely destructive, but expensive in MP. =D" - notch twitter

should this be added too the page?
 * He's just testing out how to make them harder. I'm pretty sure he won't keep that ability on them. -- 18:08, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * where did he say he was just testing?
 * It should still be mentioned, at least in history. Also, no information was given to prove its just for testing. -- 19:35, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * He used the past tense; it's already changed. Still should be noted because enderdragons might still have a similar ability (i.e. it could be limited to a list of blocks now). 19:43, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

ha looks like i was right notch confirmed enderdragons destroy blocks

say i built a house in the nether, and have chest in there, the enderdragon flys through my house. would it destroy the chests in the house?-- 17:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Um...Enderdragons don't spawn in the Nether...so you don't have anything to worry about. If you built a house in the End, the Enderdragon might be able to fly through it and destroy it, if Notch decides to keep the ability. Though really, I don't know why you'd build a house in the End... 08:05, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Interestingly in 1.9 Pre6 (playing with multiple Dragons) they also destroy Ender Dragon eggs and EndPortal blocks, but no longer seem to destroy bedrock 12:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

And at which range or by what part of body it destroys blocks? 16:14, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

I am confused.
I Thought that the Dragon and EnderDragon were both going to be part of the update. and that the enderdragon was only going to appear in the enderworld. Can someone Clarify?
 * Okay, the Enderdragon is the only thing confirmed. It will appear in the Ender. As for all these other skins and dragons flying around in the Overworld, that is just the Enderdgragon being tested in all different circustances and situations (and mucking around with the skin). As of yet there is no regular dragon, just the ender one. -- 19:55, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Ghast vs Enderdragon?
I don't mean one pitted against the other, but which would be more difficult enemy? BTW, I know only limited info is out, but what do you guys think?
 * The ghast is pathetic and only has 5 health. Anyway, notch said that his guidlines for designing the enderdragon were that if he can beat the Enderdragon, it's too easy. -- 23:24, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

ender dragon would propley win but we dont know its attacks yet

New Video where you can see EnderDragon!
New video published by Notch -The_Dark_Killer

Ender Dragon name change
Now that Notch has announced Red Dragons, Enderdragon may need to be renamed to Ender Dragon. "After release, I will totally work on slightly less dangerous dragons that don't destroy terrain and can land and whatnot. They will be red." and "The End now kind of sort of works in multiplayer, yay! Tomorrow, I make the ender dragon work in MP." -- 16:33, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I see it as ENDERMEN...ENDERDRAGON... its one word. -- ''' 22:24, 12 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The video title says Ender Dragon. -- 01:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Enderdragon fits better -- 18:42, 18 November 2011 (UTC)TSO42

Notch's Collision physics quote from Reddit
"Partly, yes. I've added the code for multiple segments for larger mobs so each part has its own collisions and physics. It knows if you hit it in the head or the left wing, and each part has individual player collisions, and so on. On a technical level, it works by letting each entity define a bunch of sub entities if it wishes to. The entity is fully responsible for all physics and saving and loading of the sub entities. It's working surprisingly well, and it appears to be working in multiplayer as well, although I haven't started testing the dragon in MP yet. Originally, it hit walls and couldn't move through them. It awkwardly turned around and changed direction. The player can easily create walls on their own, and trying to make an AI to properly navigate arbitrary terrain before the code freeze next tuesday isn't feasible when there's so much more we need to do. And since the dragon is going to start out as an overpowered boss enemy (I'm definitely adding less overpowered dragons for the main world after release), we don't want too many easy ways to deal with it, so we had a short design meeting and decided to make it cheat." -- 18:22, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

I say we create on page for all dragons
Like how all the stairs are put on the Stairs page. It'll be easier to keep track of one page than a bunch of pages. We don't know how many dragon types there will be, too.

According to the new twitter post from Notch, dragons will consist of 6 limbs. I would have to say 2 wings, 2 legs and 2 arms.. I added it to the page cause I do not feel that it is speculation, but truth. lol Common-sense. -- ''' 22:23, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Since there are two (and possibly more) dragons, we need an unmerge of at least the history section of the dragon pages. (since both the and the Enderdragon have the exact same history information and it is redundant. Perhaps restore the dragon page to its original state and then delete the history sections off both this and the Enderdragon pages. -- 13:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I just edited the history sections on both pages to cut down on repetition. -- 22:08, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

The two announced dragons will greatly differ from eachother. From what's mentioned one is supposed to land and be smaller, having a normal attack routine while the other (Ender) dragon flies through things like a true behemoth. They are no more the same than the Zombie and PigZombie and also occur in separate realms. They may look alike but that's probably where similarities end. The Zombie and PigZombie probably have more in common with eachother. -

Endredragons and dragons may be much alike, zombie pigmen and regular zombies have very different behaviour since one is neutral and the other is hostile and one carries a wepon. Enderdragons are are most likely going to be like regular dragons only bigger, can fly through and destroy blocks, and a different tone for its texture. Similar to the fact that endermen are basically zombies with telerporation and can pick up blocks -


 * @HamMaster4, Your backup statements are full of holes. Firstly, the only similarities between zombies and zombie pigmen is the adjective word "zombie". A "zombie" actually means "zombie human". A human is unlike a pigman. Secondly, weapons carried by mobs have no impact on their behaviour, they are purely visual. When skeletons were first released they didn't have bows, they fired arrows from thin air. This is also supported by the fact that they do not drop bows when they die. Thirdly, an Enderman also differs from a zombie by its method of aggrovation, attack power, size, speed, spawning numbers, frequency, animation, health and drops. The ONLY real similarity they really share is that they both attack with melee. Then again, so do blaze, zombie pigmen, and spiders.


 * I support Sarajte in his statement that dragons will be quite a lot different from Enderdragons. -- 23:24, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Youre kinda out of topic but quite a convincing statement about mob. I guess Im now convinced to having seperate pages thanks to HexZyles statement. -


 * Slightly off topic. According to, I was in the third rung. (For a good argument, one must stay in the top three rungs.) -- 04:20, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Enderdragons and Strongholds
I heard somewhere that if an ED is hacked into the Overworld that they will fly toward the nearest stronghold and fly around it. Is this true? or is this just the work of some troll? 04:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Most likely false. Notch is too busy working on the physics, AI and pathfinding of the dragon to bother with silly A.I quirks like that. The code freeze is rapidly approaching, and Mojang probably wants 1.9 out before then. -- 08:22, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Someone wrote on the page that what I said was true, I suggest that you test/fix this personally, Hex. 17:52, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Testing shows they fly to x=0 y=whatever z=0. This makes sense as in The End realm those coords are both central and that of a 5x5x1 platform in the sky. -
 * y=72. Ouch. So it pretty much tries to kill you from word "go". -- 05:19, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * So far it doesn't attack much yet. The only death I suffered was being pushed off a tower I built to fight the EnderDragon.
 * I meant in the official release, as soon as you step into the End and the Enderdragon spawns, it heads straight to your position (gulp) -- 00:44, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I spawned three Enderdragons into The Overworld and they flew to my spawn point, but my spawn changed when i died. Before it was next to mountains and now its in the middle of the water in a swamp... As for a stronghold being there im not quite sure.
 * YEAH! The spawn keeps resetting, even if you change it with MCEdit! It's freaking annoying, especially for my server >:( -- 01:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Does the Exit Portal need Sky Access?
Trivia: "If the Ender Dragon is killed when there is no solid ground _below_, the portal to the Overworld will appear approximately where the Ender Dragon died."

I killed the end dragon within a radius on ten blocks from 0,2,0. (Water breathing potions down a 2x2 shaft to an endstone fortification built beneath the land mass.) The exit portal formed at 8,72,3; does the exit portal need sky access? 23:35, 7 December 2013 (UTC)Drifter

Enderdragon gif
Hello i am helping the German Wiki of Minecraft but idont now how you habe maked that Dragon have you used Cinema 4D.

11:15, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Ender dragon taking damage when crystal is destroyed when attempting to heal dragon?
"Destroying an Ender Crystal while the Ender Dragon is being charged by it (indicated by a series of circles appearing between the Ender Crystal and the Ender Dragon) will cause the Ender Dragon to take additional damage instead of being healed."

Are you sure it isn't blast damage? –Preceding unsigned comment was added by &#32;07:37, 2 March 2014(UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * Yes, it takes 10 points of damage just from the crystal being destroyed; the explosion may cause more damage. -- undefined 07:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I can confirm this. I have killed the Ender Dragon about 5 times (but I guess it doesn't count as a big acheivement as I was in creative each time) and I once destroyed an Ender Crystal while the Dragon was getting healed. It lost some health. I thought maybe when the Ender Dragon has a line with an Ender Crystal when they are getting healed, they feel the same stuff as the Ender Crystal (though not when they're not being healed) so when the Ender Crystal takes damage, they take damage. I don't blame you if you don't understand a word of what I just said. 23:47, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Red dragon?
Did you guys know about the red dragon? It was planned to be in minecraft' but was cancelled. Look it up on. BTW' my account is.

Glydia?
I thought its name was Glydia?. Lots of others thought it was, too. 02:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Who said it was Glydia? if it was an official source, it may get added to the article. Otherwise, it is a fan theory which has been proven wrong. -- ( 02:47, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

When i kill the enderdragon i cant kill it again?
so i played on creative mode. and killed the enderdragon. But then i started a new world, but when i made an end portal, it didnt work! And yes, i know how to make an end portal. it just doesnt work after a killed it a few days ago, even in a new world. –Preceding unsigned comment was added by  at 15:19, 30 August 2014 (UTC). Please sign your posts with


 * As stated on the page, portals have to be built correctly to work: the blocks must be placed from within the circle they form. -- undefined 22:42, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Custom ender dragon chicken jockey spawn command
So, does anybody know what the summon command would be for a chicken jockey that has the ender dragon as the chicken and a witch as the baby zombie? It would the summon command that was used for the giant riding the ender dragon but with a witch instead of the giant. If someone could tell me this it would be much obliged. It's for a project I'm working on. Thank you. 18:16, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Ride the ender dragon
O.K., so since a custom chicken jockey can be made with an ender dragon for the chicken and a giant for the baby zombie I was wondering something. Could it be possible for one to use a custom summon command to summon a horse that was an ender dragon? I don't mean to sound stupid but I would really like to know this. It's for a project I'm working on. Thank you. And please don't delete this, I really need a response fast. Again, thank you. 18:22, 8 September 2014 (UTC)