Dragon Egg
Rarity |
Epic |
---|---|
Renewable |
No |
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool |
None |
Blast resistance |
9 |
Hardness |
3 |
Luminant |
Yes (1) |
Transparent |
Yes |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
The dragon egg is a decorative block or a "trophy item", and is the rarest item obtainable in the game, as it generates once and once only.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
A single dragon egg is generated on top of the exit portal when the first ender dragon is defeated. A dragon egg usually cannot be mined directly, as trying to do so causes it to teleport within a 31×31×31[verify] volume centered on the egg. If all air blocks in that area are filled so there is nowhere for the egg to teleport to, it can be mined. The dragon egg is a falling block and drops as an item when pushed by a piston or when it falls onto a block less than one meter tall, such as a bottom slab.
Block | Dragon Egg | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 3 | |
Breaking time | ||
Default | 4.5 |
Usage[edit]
The dragon egg, if there is no block below it, falls until it lands on the next available block. When it is being affected by gravity and falling, it exhibits a smooth falling animation.
It does not suffocate mobs or players when it falls and covers them.
The dragon egg can be placed on a non-solid block without falling.
Like other falling blocks, when the dragon egg is floating, it has black particles falling from it.
Light source[edit]
Dragon eggs emit a light level of 1.
Teleporting[edit]
To cause the egg to teleport, press attack while in Survival or Adventure mode (press use in Creative). It teleports to an air block nearby (up to seven blocks vertically and fifteen blocks horizontally), creating the same particles as endermen. It may teleport into the air and subsequently fall to the ground since they forcefully obey gravity. If all available air blocks are filled, it is possible to break the block.
Dragon egg teleportation is completely silent.[1]
The Void[edit]
In the case that egg teleportation finds an invalid location such as a negative y value, it makes an additional attempt to find a valid location, centered on the invalid location rather than the original position.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Breaking the block | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Mining the block | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | Placing the block | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|
Dragon Egg | dragon_egg | block.minecraft.dragon_egg |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Egg | dragon_egg | 122 | tile.dragon_egg.name |
Falling block entity[edit]
- Dynamic block entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- TileEntityData: Optional. The tags of the block entity for this block.
- BlockState: The falling block represented by this entity.
- Name: The namespaced ID of the block.
- Properties: Optional. The block states of the block.
- Name: The block state name and its value.
- Time: The number of ticks the entity has existed. If set to 0, the moment it ticks to 1, it vanishes if the block at its location has a different ID than the entity's
TileID
. If the block at its location has the same ID as itsTileID
whenTime
ticks from 0 to 1, the block is deleted, and the entity continues to fall, having overwritten it. When Time goes above 600, or above 100 while the block is below Y=0, the entity is deleted. - DropItem: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should drop as an item when it breaks. Any block that does not have an item form with the same ID as the block does not drop even if this is set.
- HurtEntities: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should hurt entities it falls on.
- FallHurtMax: The maximum hit points of damage to inflict on entities that intersect this
falling_block
. For vanilla falling_block, always 40× 20.
- FallHurtAmount: Multiplied by the
FallDistance
to calculate the amount of damage to inflict. By default this value is always 2.
Advancements[edit]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | The Next Generation | Hold the Dragon Egg | Free the End | Have a dragon egg in your inventory. | end/dragon_egg
|
History[edit]
October 26, 2011 | The dragon egg is first mentioned by Notch, supposedly before there was the feature freeze,[2][3] though it seems to have been worked on during it. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | ![]() | |||
1.3.1 | 12w17a | Pick Block no longer works on dragon eggs. | |||
1.9 | 15w49a | Pick Block now works on dragon eggs again. | |||
1.12 | 17w17a | Obtaining the Dragon Egg now unlocks The Next Generation advancement. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 122. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ![]() | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.200 | beta 1.16.200.56 | Dragon Egg now always drops as an item when it's destroyed by an explosion.[4]. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU9 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
1.7.10 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Dragon Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- When destroyed by an explosion, the block always drops as an item.
- The writer of the Minecraft comic WonderCraft, Samcube, was requested by Mojang to create official Minecraft posters. In a part of these works, one can see an area with an ender dragon and a chicken on top of a huge mushroom. In the same scene, the dragon egg is visible near the chicken.
- The dragon egg was technically renewable on Legacy Console Edition versions of the game, using the option to completely reset the end and get another 'first' dragon kill.
- If the dragon egg teleports and falls into the portal, it will spawn in the Overworld at the world spawn.
Gallery[edit]
Samcube's Minecraft poster showing the dragon egg.
A dragon egg on a snow layer.