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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 the name implies, the ender dragon is a dragon that lives in, well, the End, and is currently the only dragon in the game. It has 200 health points (100 hearts) and various amounts of damage resistance depending on the part of the body (the head being the most vulnerable). Only one spawns per world in the End, where it forever circles the center island- if artificially summoned in any dimension, she will head to the coordinates 0,0 on the XZ axis.

The ender dragon is hostile towards the player but will automatically attack and fling any mob that is in its 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 end crystals on obsidian pillars that naturally generate with the island. It can also fire dragon's breath from its mouth, which harms any mob touching it. The ender dragon also shoots it, although a bit different, when landing on the center end island's portal frame in Java Edition, which the dragon does from time to time. When perched on the portal frame the ender dragon is immune to arrows, any arrows that hit it catch on fire and bounce off. When it leaves the portal frame it charges at the player in an attempt to fling them before resuming to its normal flying pattern.

The ender dragon is immune to water, fire, lava, and potion effects. When killed, it 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 ender dragon drops 12,000 experience points the first time it is killed, as well as spawning a dragon egg on the exit portal, which is opened upon the ender dragon's death. The ender 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 ender dragon dies an end gateway will appear allowing easy, fast travel to the outer end islands. If it is killed any more times after the 20 end gates are created, no more will form. If a resurrected ender dragon is killed, it will only drop 500 experience points and spawn no dragon egg. The ender dragon cannot be renamed with a name tag nor its vision be viewed in spectator mode, unlike other mobs.