Minecraft Wiki
Advertisement

Template:Tool

Marsh Davies Mojang avatar

Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid glider, or, if you’d rather practice first, why not put your aerobatic skills to the test by generating a world with the new Amplified Terrain option?

Marsh Davies[1]
and chickens, as the squid's AI causes it to attempt swimming in midair, making it fall straight down because it conflicts with the elytra mechanics. Because chickens fall slowly, they move only a short distance. 
    • Endermen, tamed wolves and tamed cats that are not sitting cannot teleport until they hit the ground.
  • 4J Studios created an elytra-centered tutorial map for console edition when elytra were first introduced to this platform, this map is themed as "ruins of an ancient civilization of Minecraft worshipers" and showcases the new amplified terrain generation. This map can be seen behind the scenes here. On 28 March 2017, 4J Studios added an elytra themed Mini Games for console edition called "Glide"; it consists of Time Attack and Score Attack mode.[2][3]
  • A player who jumps with both the elytra and the slow falling effect travels slightly upward, which is a cheap but time-consuming alternative to fireworks and Riptide tridents.
  • On May 5, 2019, Mojang tweeted 'The End never yields enough adequate resources, sadly.' along with a sad emoji.[4] The first letter of each word spells 'T E n y e a r s' (Ten Years). Attached was a picture of Steve and Alex wearing both a Chestplate and an Elytra. The next day, they tweeted, "Have you noticed something suspic10us here lately?"[5]

References

  1. "On consoles this holiday!" – Minecraft.net, November 28, 2016
  2. "Glide Mini Game on Consoles Tomorrow" – Minecraft.net, March 23, 2017
  3. "Mini Game Masters Glide onto Console" – Minecraft.net, March 28, 2017
  4. "The End never yields enough adequate resources, sadly. 😔"@Minecraft (Minecraft) on X, May 5, 2019
  5. "Have you noticed something suspic10us here lately?"@Minecraft (Minecraft) on X, May 6, 2019
Advertisement