Glow Lichen

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This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Glow Lichens are non-solid blocks, ¹⁄₁₆ of a block in thickness that can be placed on all the sides of a solid block.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Glow Lichen is naturally generated on stone, andesite, diorite, granite, calcite, tuff and dripstone blocks underground.^{[more information needed]}

Post-generation

Using bone meal will spread it on a random adjacent block if possible, otherwise bone meal will be wasted. It is possible to cover the sides and the top of an adjacent block by bonemealing one lichen, but not the back. Otherwise, Glow Lichen does not spread naturally.

Breaking

Glow Lichens can be destroyed with anything, but using shears is the only way to collect them. Efficiency on Shears has no effect when used with Glow Lichens.

Block	Glow Lichen
Hardness	0.2
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.3
Shears	0.3

Usage

Light Source

Glow Lichen emit a light level of 7.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.grass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`block.grass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.vine.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	?	?	16

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Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Glow Lichen	`glow_lichen`	`block.minecraft.glow_lichen`

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
down	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the bottom.
east	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the east.
north	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the north.
south	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the south.
up	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the top.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this glow lichen.
west	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a glow lichen texture is displayed on the west.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
multi_face_direction_bits	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4` `0x8` `0x10` `0x20`	`0`	`0 to 63`	`0 to 63`	The directions the glow lichen exists. Each bit determines one direction: 0x1: Down 0x2: Up 0x4: South 0x8: West 0x10: North 0x20: East 0 is unused and it behaves like 63.

History

Upcoming Java Edition

1.17

{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Eye of Ender|Eye of Ender]]<br/>{{redirect|Ender Eye|the boss|Ender Dragon}}
{{ItemEntity
|image=Eye of Ender.png
|stackable=Yes (64)
|renewable=Yes
|size=Height: 0.25 Blocks<br>Width: 0.25 Blocks
|networkid='''[[JE]]''': 72
}}
An '''eye of ender''' is a craftable item used to locate [[stronghold]]s and activate the [[end portal]]s within them.

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |Blaze Powder
  |Ender Pearl
  |Output=Eye of Ender
  |type=Miscellaneous
}}

== Usage ==
=== Locating strongholds ===
[[File:Eye of Ender (break).gif|thumb|right|An animation of an eye of ender shattering.]]

To locate [[stronghold]]s (and the [[end portal]]s they house):
* Pressing {{control|use}} while holding an eye of ender causes it to fly approximately 12 blocks in the direction of the nearest stronghold, traveling through any blocks necessary, and leave a trail of purple particles, the same particle effect used for [[endermen]] and [[ender chests]]. 
** The eye leads to the [[chunk]] where a spiral staircase, the first room generated in the stronghold, is located.
** The center of this entrance staircase is always exactly at the chunk coordinates 4, ~, 4, although the eye of ender leads to chunk coordinates 0, ~, 0 (the northwest corner of the chunk).
* While over 12 blocks away from the northwest corner of the staircase chunk, the eye will travel upward to offer an easily-visible indication of the horizontal direction the player must travel.
* When closer than 12 blocks to the northwest corner of the staircase chunk, the eye will travel downward, to indicate the player is above a stronghold and must mine downward.
* After two or three seconds of travel, the eye floats in the air briefly, then either falls (becoming collectable again) or shatters in mid-air. The eye has a 20% chance of shattering (80% chance of surviving) per throw, therefore throwing it three times has approximately 50% overall chance to shatter the eye (0.8<sup>3</sup>=51.2%).
* The eye of ender's flying function works only in the [[Overworld]]. It does nothing in [[the Nether]], [[the End]], [[custom dimension]]s{{verify|type=current}}, or in worlds with no strongholds.

Note that the eyes may point to an incorrect location if the target chunks were generated with a different biomes map in an older version or through different generation settings.<ref>See also {{bug|MC-135996}}</ref>

=== Activating end portals ===
[[File:Active End Portal.png|thumb|right|An end portal activated with eyes of ender.]]
Once an end portal is found, the eyes of ender are required to activate it. End portals require a total of 12 eyes of ender in order to activate, though each individual frame-block has a 10% chance of containing an eye of ender when generated. Eyes can be placed in empty [[End portal frame]]s by pressing {{control|use}} on them until the entire ring of 12 is filled, thereby activating the portal. Due to the fact that there is a 10% chance of each individual end portal frame having an eye in it, there is a one out of one trillion chance of every frame having an eye in it thereby activating the portal even if the player doesn't have any eyes of ender.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+End Portal Pre-Filled Eyes
!Eyes
!0
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5-12
|-
|Exactly
|28%
|38%
|23%
|9%
|2%
|<1%
|-
|Or More
|100%
|72%
|34%
|11%
|3%
|<1%
|}

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Eyes of ender use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
{{Sound table
|sound=Ender Eye death1.ogg
|sound2=Ender Eye death2.ogg
|subtitle=Eye of Ender falls <ref group=sound name=LousyEvents>{{Bug|MC-98316||Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction}}</ref>
|source=neutral
|description=When an eye of ender drops or breaks
|id=entity.ender_eye.death|idnote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.ender_eye.death|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=LousyEvents/>
|volume=1.3
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Ender Eye launch1.ogg
|sound2=Ender Eye launch2.ogg
|subtitle=Eye of Ender shoots
|source=neutral
|description=When an eye of ender is thrown
|id=entity.ender_eye.launch
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.ender_eye.launch
|volume=0.5
|pitch={{frac|1|3}}-0.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=End portal eye place1.ogg
|sound2=End portal eye place2.ogg
|sound3=End portal eye place3.ogg
|subtitle=Eye of Ender attaches
|source=block
|description=When an eye of ender is placed in an end portal frame
|id=block.end_portal_frame.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.block.end_portal_frame.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Item Frame break1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame break2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame break3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When an eye of ender breaks <ref group=sound>{{Bug|MCPE-115646}}</ref>
|id=block.itemframe.break}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an eye of ender is thrown
|id=random.bow
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.33-0.5}}
{{Sound table
|sound=End portal eye place1.ogg
|sound2=End portal eye place2.ogg
|sound3=End portal eye place3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When an eye of ender is placed in an end portal frame
|id=block.end_portal_frame.fill
|volume=0.3
|pitch=0.9/1.0/1.1
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Eye of Ender
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ender_eye
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Eye of Ender
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=eye_of_ender
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Eye of Ender
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ender_eye
|id=433
|form=item
|foot=1}} 
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Eye of Ender
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=eye_of_ender_signal
|id=70
|foot=1}}

===Entity data===
The purple particles left by eyes of ender have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:

:See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

==Advancements==
{{load advancements|Eye Spy}}

==Video ==
{{Video note|This video does not mention that eyes of ender can be used to craft [[ender chest]]s or [[end crystal]]s.}}

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|E0AhoxYLomc}}</div>

==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|[[File:Eye of Ender JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eyes of ender.
|Eyes of ender can be used on a [[end portal frame|portal block]] to repair them, but repairing them does nothing.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Each eye can now be placed in a [[end portal frame|portal block]] or used to hone in on a [[stronghold]]. [[Jens Bergensten|Jeb]] demonstrated the new uses for an eye in his livestream.<ref>http://www.twitch.tv/jebox/b/297000418</ref> An [[end portal]] within a stronghold could be seen in the stream with two eyes inserted into blocks.
|In older worlds with chunks generated before [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3]], the eyes may mislead the [[player]] to a place where there isn't a [[stronghold]] at all. This happens because the eyes lead to where a stronghold should be based on the world seed in the current version, but before Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 strongholds generated differently based on the seed. Therefore, if the player saved the coordinates the eye traveled to in an old world and generated a new world with the same seed, the player could travel to those same coordinates and find a stronghold.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6|Eyes of ender no longer render like a tool in third person.}}
{{History|||snap=RC1|The throwing sound of eyes of ender has been changed.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Eyes of ender can now be used to craft [[ender chest]]s.
|Priest [[villager]]s would [[trading|buy]] 2–3 eyes of ender for one [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Priest villagers no longer buy eyes of ender, instead selling them for 7–10 emeralds.}}
{{History||1.6.4|snap=1.6.3-pre|Eyes of ender now lead to [[stronghold]]s based on the structure data saved in the world file instead of calculating their approximate location via the [[seed (level generation)|world seed]]. Therefore, strongholds generated in old versions can still be found even if the distribution of strongholds is changed.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w41a|Eyes of Ender now lead to the entrance of a stronghold instead of the portal room.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|With changes that have been made to villagers and the [[trading]] system, cleric villagers now sell eyes of ender for 7–11 [[emerald]]s, as one of their tier III trades.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w41a|Eyes of ender are no longer [[trading|sold]] by cleric [[villager]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44b|An eye of ender is now used to craft an [[end crystal]].}}
{{History|||snap=pre3|Eyes of ender now point to the 125 new strongholds.<ref>{{bug|MC-91173}} resolved as "Fixed"</ref>}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from <code>EyeOfEnderSignal</code> to <code>eye_of_ender_signal</code>.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w17a|A new ''pop'' [[sound]] has been added when a thrown eye of ender bursts.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 381.}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The [[entity]] ID has been changed to <code>eye_of_ender</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Eye of Ender JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eyes of ender has been changed.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Eyes of Ender now lead to the corner of the chunk (0, ~, 0) instead of the center (8-9, ~, 8-9).<ref>{{bug|MC-253394}}</ref>}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Eye of Ender JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eyes of ender.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Eye of Ender JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eyes of ender has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.15.0.51|The [[particles]] of eyes of ender have been changed to match {{el|je}}.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Eye of Ender JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eyes of ender.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Eye of Ender JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eyes of ender has been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||1.7.10|[[File:Eye of Ender JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eyes of ender.}}
{{History|foot}}


=== Historical images ===
<gallery>
File:Held_Eye_of_Ender.png|The eye of ender used to appear large in third-person view.
</gallery>

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==Trivia ==
*When thrown in third-person view, the eyes of ender fly out from the player's feet instead of their hand.
*Before [[Java Edition 1.9]], eyes of ender can be purchased from cleric villagers, which means players can find a [[stronghold]] and go to [[the End]] without accessing [[the Nether]] at all.
*{{IN|bedrock}} if the player travels beyond a certain radius (roughly 740,000 blocks), eyes of ender always point to a stronghold near spawn, even though strongholds continue to generate past this limit. If one travels to this limit, they can see eyes of ender suddenly switching direction. A similar phenomenon occurs with the {{cmd|locate}} command.

==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Stronghold Portal Room.png|An end portal frame containing a few eyes of ender.
EnderChestexample.png|An [[ender chest]] depicting an eye of ender on the front.
</gallery>
===In other media===
<gallery>
File:Eye of Ender JINX.jpg|Official T-shirt artwork "Eye of Ender" sold by JINX.
File:Happy Halloween Eye.jpg|A Halloween T-Shirt design featuring an eye of ender.
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.strongholdfinder.com/ A super-easy stronghold triangulation tool]
*[http://jsfiddle.net/42EDX/40/ JSFiddle Eye of Ender triangulator - can guess the location of other 2 strongholds in the first ring]
*[https://ens-gijs.github.io/minecraft-stronghold-locator/ Minecraft Stronghold Locator Eye of Ender throw plotting visualizer - zoomable to show all possible stronghold rings]
*[https://github.com/winny-/stronghold Python Eye of Ender throw plotting tool]
*[http://www.purplefrog.com/~thoth/MinecraftStronghold/stronghold.html HTML Eye of Ender throw plotting visualizer (not updated after 1.9 stronghold placement changes)]
*[http://chunkbase.com/apps/stronghold-finder Chunk Base Stronghold Finder (seed-based)]
*[https://github.com/toolbox4minecraft/amidst/releases Amidst - File-based world visualizer]
*[http://minecraft.tournier.org/StrongholdLocator/ Find strongholds by analyzing stronghold.dat file]


== References==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{entities}}

[[cs:Endové oko]]
[[de:Enderauge]]
[[es:Ojo de ender]]
[[fr:Œil de l'Ender]]
[[hu:Végzet szeme]]
[[ja:エンダーアイ]]
[[ko:엔더의 눈]]
[[nl:Enderoog]]
[[pl:Oko Endera]]
[[pt:Olho de ender]]
[[ru:Око Края]]
[[th:ดวงตาแห่งเอนเดอร์]]
[[uk:Око Краю]]
[[zh:末影之眼]]</li><li>[[Longer String|Longer String]]<br/>{{stub}}
{{Joke feature}}
{{exclusive|java}}
{{item
| image = Longer String.png
| rarity=Common
| renewable=Yes
| stackable=Yes (64)
}}
'''Longer string''' is a joke item from [[Java Edition 23w13a_or_b]].

==Obtaining==
===Crafting===
{{Crafting
|A1= String |B1= String
|Output= Longer String
|shapeless= 1
|ignoreusage=1
}}
==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Longer String
|spritetype=item
|nameid=string2
|form=item|foot=1}}
==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||23w13a_or_b|[[File:Longer String.png|32px]] Added longer string.}}
{{History|foot}}

{{items}}
{{Jokes}}
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[ja:Longer String]]
[[pt:Linha mais comprida]]</li></ul>

21w03a

Added glow lichen.

Issues

Issues relating to "Glow Lichen" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

If the player removes all directional states using a debug stick, the block will be invisible but the light emission will remain, unless another block is placed there.

Gallery

Glow lichens under the sea.
Glow lichens in the cave.
Glow lichens in an Amethyst Geode.

[bugMC-177082-1] MC-177082

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