Elytra are of the greatest end-game rewards inMinecraft. Even with theNether Update adding Netherite equipment, the Elytra’s use stopped it from becoming obsolete. Gliding around worlds is loads of fun, but when combining them with Fireworks, players have pretty much free flight.
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This makes them a great tool for navigation in a place like The End, as well as the construction of the massive buildings in a player’s world. Naturally, as an end-game item, they can be quite difficult to come by, and knowing where to go and what to look for is essential for players to get their hands on one.
6Craft Eyes Of Ender
Before players can get anywhere close to an Elytra, they must first gather the necessary materials to reachThe End dimension. The most important of these are theEyes of Ender, which must be placed into theslots on the portalin order to open it.
The amount that players will need is random for each portal, but the maximum possible is12. To craft them, players must combine anEnder Pearl, dropped by Endermen, withBlaze Powder, obtained from crafting the Blaze Rods, dropped byBlazes in The Nether.
5Locate A Stronghold & Portal
Once everything is ready to go, players need to find where the portal is, as they cannot be builtlike a Nether Portal. They will always be contained somewhere in aStronghold structure, a place filled with cramped tunnels and Silverfish in the walls.
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The Eyes of Ender can help here. If a player uses one, it will float in thedirection of the Stronghold. Using one of these every now and then will allow players to slowly home in on its location. Once they’re in, players must navigate the winding corridors, finding some treasure along the way before eventually seeing the portal.
4Defeat The Ender Dragon
Once in The End, the battle begins, as nothing can be achieved whilethe Ender Dragonis still alive. Damaging it is fairly simple, however, it will use thecrystals on top of pillars to heal, so these must first be destroyed. Theunguardedones can be hit with awell-placed arrow, but the ones incagesmay requiremore explosive solutions.
Once the crystals are destroyed, chipping away at the Dragon is pretty easy as long as players are careful. When it lands on theBedrock pillarin the middle, that is the time to strike, but don’t hang around too long, as it will send players flying when it takes off again.
3Travel To The Outer End
Once the Dragon is defeated, a big portal will open up in the middle. This will roll the credits and take the player back to the overworld, but don’t do this. Instead,look around the edge of the islandand asmall bedrock structurewill have appeared with a portal in the middle.
Throw anEnder Pearlinto this portal (beVERYcareful, as missing could result in plummeting into the void), and players will be teleported to the Outer End, where many floating islands are dotted with nothing butEndermen and Chorus Fruit.
2Find An End City With A Ship
The reason players must come to this dreary place is to findan End City.These tall and strange structures are home to the rather pretty Purpur Blocks, which are great for building. They are also infested withShulkers, who shoot projectiles that cause players to float up into the sky. This sounds useful, and it can be, but be careful, as goingtoo highwill cause players tohit the ground hard and die.
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However, not all End Cities contain an Elytra. To be sure, players must look around thetop of the End City for an End Ship, which is a boat made of Purpur floating in the air. If there is one, that’s where theElytrais guaranteed to be.
1Claim Your Prize (& Some Other Goodies)
After dealing with the Shulkers (don’t forget to pick up their shells for Shulker Boxes), players will get high enough to cross onto the ship. There’s little to worry about here other than a couple more Shulkers, sodescend the stairsto the ship’s interior, and apair of Elytrawill be hanging in anItem Frame on the wall.
With the main prize obtained, verify to search the ship, as a chest full ofEnchanted Diamond gearwill be in there. That’s still not all, though, as on thevery front of the shipshould be an item just as rare as the Elytra, theEnder Dragon’s Head. This item can be mounted on a wall or worn as a helmet for great effect.
Minecraft 1.18: Caves & Cliffs Part 2was released on June 19, 2025 and is available for Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.
