Minecraft Ender Dragon: Attacks, locations and more!


Minecraft Ender Dragon: Attacks, locations and more!

Minecraft Ender Dragon (image via. progameguides.com)

Minecraft is a open-world sandbox game but it also has a definite end in its story-lie and this is defeating the Ender Dragon. Here is all about the Minecraft Ender Dragon, which is considered as the End Boss of the game.

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Ender Dragon is a huge dragon that rules the End Dimension and players will meet it when they first enter the End Portal. The End Portals are found in the Strongholds and players need to find them and unlock the Portal using Eye of the Enders. Players need to be highly equipped with the best armor and weapons in order to beat it.

Players need to free The End from the Minecraft Ender Dragon in order for the end-credits scene to roll.

Minecraft Ender Dragon

Minecraft Ender Dragon
Minecraft Ender Dragon (image via. YouTube: Cubey)

The Ender Dragon is the end boss and players can find him in The End dimension. This is a hostile mob and and is the largest spawning mob in the game.

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Th mob will spawn right as the player enters the End and will be flying on the Outer island which is filled with Ender men.

Stats for the Ender Dragon

Minecraft Ender Dragon
Battle of the End (image via. pulseheadlines.com)

The Dragon is one of the strongest naturally spawning mob in the game and has a huge health pool of 100 hearts.

In Hard mode the mob has a attack power of 7.5 hearts with melee hits and 3.5 hearts damage with its wings.

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Dragon’s Breath does 1.5 hearts per second and Dragon Fireball has 3 hearts per hit damage.

Behaviour and attacks

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The Ender Dragon is protected by the End crystals on the towers and players need to first destroy them in order to damage the Dragon. Players can see the Purple health bar appear above the screen when in range of the Dragon.

The Dragon is hostile and is immune to status effects and any form of damage other than explosions and player damage. Moreover, the dragon is only hostile towards the player and is neutral towards other mobs.

The Ender Dragon has 4 states of behaviour:

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Guarding: It will circle the pillars and guard them. Destroying the End Crystals will damage the Ender Dragon.

Targeting Player: This will target the player and she will attack them with fireballs and breath.

Strafing: After a End Crystal is destroyed, the dragon will shoot a fireball and then start circling the towers again.

Diving: The Dragon will start diving towards the player and attack them.

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Perching: The Dragon will come down the End portal and perch on top of it. During this stage she is immune to arrows and will attack the players using its wings and melee hits. Moreover, she can also launch the player high to the sky.

Drops

Minecraft Ender Dragon
Ender Dragon destroyed (image via. Sportskeeda)

The Ender Dragon will drop 12,000 EXP point when she is killed for the first time. However, on other consecutive defeats, she drops only 500 EXP orbs.

Players can also get a Dragon Egg when defeated for the first time.

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