Endermen are truly fascinating mobs in Minecraft! They can pick up blocks and teleport. They are also significantly taller than most and even tower over the player. Their strength should not be underestimated either. However, if you defeat them, they have a chance to drop a strange Ender Pearl. This item has many special properties and is even necessary to reach the end of the game. So today, we’ll take a closer look at it, show you how to use it, and how to build an Enderman farm. With this, you’ll never run out of pearls!
Ender Pearls in Minecraft: Functions and Benefits
Similar to Endermen themselves, Ender Pearls have the ability to teleport. As a player, you must throw one of these pearls and will then be teleported to the pearl’s impact point. This has many useful applications and can be very helpful when exploring your world or working on construction projects. However, be cautious, as you receive 2.5 hearts of damage upon landing! This can be reduced with the enchantments “Feather Falling” and “Protection.” Ender Pearls are therefore a great piece of equipment and should be in your hotbar.
A small but often forgotten feature is a side effect of teleportation. With only a 5% chance, an Endermite can appear. This monster can only be obtained this way and will be important for the later construction of our Ender Pearl farm!
Crafting and Using an Eye of Ender: Step by Step
However, with Ender Pearls alone, you can’t do much more than teleport. For additional functions, you need to craft an Eye of Ender. For this, you’ll need the pearl and blaze powder. An automatic blaze farm (Build an Automatic Blaze Farm: Endless Blaze Rods and Experience Points) is therefore a good investment!
The Eye of Ender opens many doors for you and is necessary to find a stronghold, defeat the Ender Dragon, and complete the game.
Finding a Stronghold: How to Use Eyes of Ender
Strongholds are the places where you can find an End Portal. They are always at fixed coordinates in the world but can also be located by throwing Eyes of Ender. Throw the eye and see in which direction it flies. It always flies about 12 blocks and then falls back down. Sometimes the eye breaks, so it’s best to have several with you. Repeat this step until it eventually reverses direction or flies towards the ground instead of up in the air. The eye always flies towards the nearest stronghold. Once you’re sure you’ve arrived, you just need to search for it underground.
You should also keep 12 Eyes of Ender for the found End Portal. The chances that all 12 slots are not filled are low, but better safe than sorry! Sometimes you’re extremely lucky and all the eyes are activated, but that happens very rarely. Place the eyes in the empty slots and the End Portal should appear.
Ender Chest: A Magical Backpack in Minecraft
Even if you’ve already been to the End, Eyes of Ender are still a useful item. For one, you can create End Crystals for re-summoning the dragon, but perhaps more importantly, they are used for Ender Chests.
With 8 obsidian and an Eye of Ender, you can create a cross-dimensional inventory with an Ender Chest! It’s only a single chest, but you can access the contents anytime and anywhere. This is useful if you’re in multiple locations or don’t want to lose valuable items on the go. It works like a magical backpack! Keep in mind, though, that you can only pick it back up with “Silk Touch.”
Minecraft Ender Pearl Farm: Efficient Farming Guide
We’ve previously created a comprehensive building guide for an Enderman farm (Building an Enderman Farm in Minecraft: Quickly Gather Infinite Ender Pearls and XP) that you can read and replicate. It works extremely well but is quite complex.
Today, we’re introducing another design that allows you to collect Ender Pearls efficiently while also gaining some XP. Although it’s not as fast, it’s simpler to build. Unlike the first farm, this time we’ll utilize the little Endermite! This creature has the unique property of attracting Endermen. We then trap them and collect the Endermen in a basin below.
Materials for the Ender Pearl Farm: What You Need
- 4 Ladders
- 8 Trapdoors
- Minecart + Rail
- Ender Pearls (for Endermite)
- Name Tag (labeled in an Anvil)
- Building Blocks
- 1 Glass
- 9 Hoppers + Double Chest
- Sword with: Looting, Sweeping Edge, Sharpness, Unbreaking
Construction Guide: Ender Pearl Farm Step by Step
- We build the farm in the End because there are plenty of Endermen to defeat there. Find a good spot on the large platform with the obsidian pillars and dig a 3x3 and 4-block deep hole. Next to it below, dig a small alcove for the chest and a ladder leading up.
- Cover the 3x3 floor with hoppers that lead into a chest.
- Around the edge at the top, place 2 trapdoors on each side. This tricks the Endermen into thinking they can walk over the hole. In the end, they fall down.
- Now we need to catch an Endermite. Build a box 2 blocks above the hole with a 3x4 dimension and 2-block high walls. The center remains open.
- Place a rail with a minecart on the outer block in the box. The open field is now for spawning the Endermite. You have a 5% chance that one will appear when teleporting with an Ender Pearl. This may take several tries, but eventually, one should appear. Quickly rename it with a name tag and push the minecart into the Endermite.
Remove the box, except for the block under the minecart with the Endermite. Place a glass block above to prevent Endermen from spawning. You should already notice the Endermen falling into the hole.
Go down to your small antechamber and defeat the Endermen with an enchanted sword. With Looting, you should receive quite a few Ender Pearls within a few minutes! Also, use Sweeping Edge to hit multiple at once.
Conclusion: Endlessly Farming Ender Pearls Made Easy
Ender Pearls are a fantastic item that allows you to teleport throughout the world! They are also crucial for reaching the End and defeating the Ender Dragon there. Don’t underestimate an Ender Chest, as it’s extremely important for protecting your best items. Move swiftly through your world with endless Ender Pearls on your own server. Rent your Minecraft server and travel like never before!
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