Credit Sequence

The "End Poem" is a text-based message written by Julian Gough that appears after the player travels to the End and kills the Ender Dragon. Notch has stated that Gough's short story The iHole convinced him that Gough was the right person to write the End Poem.

Obtaining
Upon the Ender Dragon's death, an End Portal is generated, allowing the player to travel back to the Overworld safely. Every time the portal is used, the poem is shown, but it can be skipped by pressing.

Contents
The poem itself takes the form of a dialog between two unidentified speakers who are discussing the player's accomplishments, and lasts 9 minutes 28 seconds. After the poem is finished, the credits play. During the poem and the credits, the track  plays.

Technical details
The text of the End Poem is located in, meanwhile the credits are stored in. The first speaker's dialog uses the formatting code  (or dark aqua), and the second speaker's uses   (or dark green). The player's name is inserted with, and the scrambled text is stored as.