Elytra (pronunciation: [ˈɛl ɪ trə] el-i-trə)[1] are items that allow the player to glide.
Obtaining
Elytra are found in end cities. One pair of elytra is found within an item frame in each end ship.
Repairing
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Damaged Elytra |
Usage
Flight
Elytra are equipped in the chestplate slot. LOL
To initiate flying, the player must fall from a height of at least four blocks. From there, direction is controlled by looking left or right, and the flying speed and rate of descent is controlled by looking up or down. Looking upwards while gliding temporarily increases the player's altitude, however doing this for too long stalls the player, causing it to descend at a faster rate (indicated by the player moving their limbs).
Elytra allow the player to travel 10 blocks horizontally for each block fallen when flying at a constant 0° pitch, not including the initial fall, resulting in a best constant glide angle of about 5.7°. The maximum flight time is obtained with a pitch of about 14° up. The maximum terminal horizontal velocity is approximately 67.5 m/s and is obtained with a pitch of about 52° down.[2]
It is possible to fly longer and farther by varying the pitch. The player can stay in the air until the item durability depletes, and travel thousands of blocks by repeatedly nose-diving at 45° down and pitching 45° up when close to the ground. To build up enough speed for this technique to work, an initial fall of at least 45 to 50 blocks seems to be needed. Jeb however wrote on Reddit that this behavior will be nerfed in upcoming snapshots.[3]
Durability decreases by one point each second when flying. Elytra have 431 durability, resulting in 7 minutes and 11 seconds of flight. It is possible to apply the Unbreaking enchantment using an anvil and an enchanted book, which affects the Elytra in the same way that enchantment affects tools.
The player will not take fall damage while the elytra are equipped unless hitting the ground at an excessive rate of descent, which can be caused by nose-diving or stalling. Fall damage will then be a result of the height fallen during the nose-dive or stall.
A player gliding with elytra will have a shorter hitbox, 0.6 blocks in height rather than the usual 1.8 blocks.
Repair
When durability reaches 1, elytra will no longer work until they are repaired, and cannot lose more durability. These “broken” elytra have a different, tattered item texture, though they do not appear differently on the player. They may be repaired either by crafting two together or in an anvil, using leather: each piece of leather will repair the elytra by 108 durability, therefore requiring 4 leather to fully repair.
History
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1.9{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Balloon|Balloon]]<br/>{{exclusive|bedrock|education}}
{{education feature}}
{{ItemEntity
|image=White Balloon.png
|extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
|invimage=White Balloon
|invimage2=Orange Balloon
|invimage3=Magenta Balloon
|invimage4=Light Blue Balloon
|invimage5=Yellow Balloon
|invimage6=Lime Balloon
|invimage7=Pink Balloon
|invimage8=Gray Balloon
|invimage9=Light Gray Balloon
|invimage10=Cyan Balloon
|invimage11=Purple Balloon
|invimage12=Blue Balloon
|invimage13=Brown Balloon
|invimage14=Green Balloon
|invimage15=Red Balloon
|invimage16=Black Balloon
|renewable=No
|stackable=Yes
|size=Height: 0.4 Blocks<br>Width: 0.4 Blocks
}}
'''Balloons''' are [[entities]] that float upward when placed.
== Obtaining ==
Balloons are not available in the [[Creative]] inventory or [[commands]].
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1= Latex
|B1= Matching Dye
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= Matching Balloon
|description={{only|bedrock|education}}
|type= Miscellaneous
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|A1= Latex
|B1= Bone Meal; Lapis Lazuli; Cocoa Beans; Ink Sac
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= White Balloon; Blue Balloon; Brown Balloon; Black Balloon
|description={{only|bedrock|education}}
|type= Miscellaneous
|foot=1
}}
== Usage ==
When {{control|used}} on a [[mob]], a [[fence]], or a [[wall]], balloons attach to the mob or block, similarly to a [[lead]]. Balloons float into the air faster than the speed the [[player]] flies up, but remain grounded if tied to a fence. If tied to a mob, the balloon floats away and carries the mob into the air, before both eventually [[despawn]] or disappear.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|+ Balloon-attachable mobs
! Mob
! Mass
|-
| {{EntityLink|Chicken}}
| 0.6
|-
| {{EntityLink|Cow}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Donkey}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Horse}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Iron Golem}}
| 2.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Llama}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Mule}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Mooshroom}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Panda}}
| 1.5
|-
| {{EntityLink|Pig}}
| 0.75
|-
| {{EntityLink|Sheep}}
| 0.75
|-
| {{EntityLink|Snow Golem}}
| 1.0
|-
| {{EntityLink|Fox}}
| 0.6
|}
When a balloon is shot by an [[arrow]] or a [[trident]], or floats into a solid block, it pops, summons [[particles]], and is destroyed. It drops nothing. A balloon tied to a fence post bursts when a player strikes it in any direction.
== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Balloon pop1.ogg
|sound2=Balloon pop2.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When a balloon collides with a block from above
|id=balloon.pop
|volume=10.0
|pitch=1.75/2.0
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Balloon
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item
|spritename=balloons
|spritetype=item
|nameid=balloon
|id=598
|form=item
|translationkey=item.balloon.black.name,item.balloon.red.name,item.balloon.green.name,item.balloon.brown.name,item.balloon.blue.name,item.balloon.purple.name,item.balloon.cyan.name,item.balloon.silver.name,item.balloon.gray.name,item.balloon.pink.name,item.balloon.lime.name,item.balloon.yellow.name,item.balloon.lightBlue.name,item.balloon.magenta.name,item.balloon.orange.name,item.balloon.white.name
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Balloon
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Entity
|spritename=balloons
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=balloon
|id=107
|foot=1}}
=== Metadata ===
In ''Bedrock Edition'', balloon items use the following data values:
{{/DV}}
== History ==
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:White Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon BE1.png|32px]] <br> [[File:White Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added balloons.}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.24|[[Bee]]s, [[boat]]s, tamed [[cat]]s, [[dolphin]]s, [[glow squid]]s, [[goat]]s, [[hoglin]]s, [[ocelot]]s, [[panda]]s, [[parrot]]s, [[polar bear]]s, [[squid]]s, [[strider]]s, tamed [[wolves]] and [[zoglin]]s can now be leashed.}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.28|Added the [[boat with chest]], which can be leashed.}}
{{History|education}}
{{History||1.0.27|[[File:White Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon BE1.png|32px]] <br> [[File:White Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Silver Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Balloon (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added balloons.}}
{{History||1.18.32|snap=1.18.10.04|[[Bee]]s, [[boat]]s, tamed [[cat]]s, [[dolphin]]s, [[glow squid]]s, [[goat]]s, [[hoglin]]s, [[ocelot]]s, [[panda]]s, [[parrot]]s, [[polar bear]]s, [[squid]]s, [[strider]]s, tamed [[wolves]] and [[zoglin]]s can now be leashed.}}
{{History|foot}}
==Gallery==
=== Colors ===
<gallery>
Orange Balloon.png
Magenta Balloon.png
Light Blue Balloon.png
Yellow Balloon.png
Lime Balloon.png
Pink Balloon.png
Gray Balloon.png
Light Gray Balloon.png
Cyan Balloon.png
Purple Balloon.png
Blue Balloon.png
Brown Balloon.png
Green Balloon.png
Red Balloon.png
Black Balloon.png
</gallery>
=== [[Event servers]] ===
<gallery>
File:Legends Balloon.png|Differently designed balloons featured in the ''[[Minecraft Legends Live Event]]''.
File:Sniffer Balloon (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|A [[Sniffer]] balloon, featured in the [[Trails & Tales Event]].
File:Camel Balloon (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|A balloon of a [[Camel]], featured in the Trails & Tales Event.
File:Balloon Bundle (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|Bundle of balloons from the Trails & Tales Event.
</gallery>{{Items}}
{{Entities}}
{{Education Edition}}
[[Category:Education Edition entities]]
[[Category:Education Edition items]]
[[de:Ballon]]
[[it:Palloncino]]
[[ja:風船]]
[[ko:풍선]]
[[pt:Balão]]
[[ru:Воздушный шар]]
[[zh:气球]]</li><li>[[:Category:Dyes|Category:Dyes]]<br/>These are items that can be used to dye sheep, wool blocks, or combined to make other dyes.
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[[es:Categoría:Tintes]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Teinture]]
[[hu:Kategória:Festékek]]
[[zh:Category:染料]]</li></ul> | October 5, 2015 | Tommaso Checchi tweets that Jeb is working on a secret feature for Minecraft PC, saying that "it's like Mario 64." | |||
| October 6, 2015 | Jeb tweets an animated gif revealing a player gliding around an end city. Elytra have a dragon-wing texture. | ||||
| Jeb tweets an image of folded wings, which replace the cape the player is wearing. | |||||
| Jeb tweets another animated gif of his character with Mojang-themed elytra, gliding along a river through a taiga forest. | |||||
| 15w41a | Added elytra. | ||||
| 15w42a | Elytra now spread slightly when the player crouches. | ||||
| The player can now take damage from gliding into walls, and crashing into a wall now has its own death message. | |||||
| The player can now fit through 1-block gaps while gliding. | |||||
| The player is no longer able to go higher than the starting point of the glide. | |||||
| 15w43a | The player's point of view now gets shifted while gliding. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Elytra" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
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Trivia
- Despite being equipped in an armor slot, Elytra are invisible when the player is invisible.
- In real life, elytra are the tough forewings of beetles and earwigs that cover the wings they actually use for flight. Elytra are not actually used for flight in real life.
- Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection enchantments work on Elytra. However, there is no way to apply these enchantments to Elytra in Survival Mode.








