End Gateway (block)

This article is about block. For structure, see End Gateway.

End Gateway

Tool	None
Blast resistance	3,600,000
Hardness	-1
Luminant	Yes (15)
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Lava susceptible	No

The end gateway is a block that appears as part of end gateways, which teleport the player between the main island and the other islands in the End.

Obtaining

The command used to get an end gateway.

The end gateway block cannot be obtained as an item and can be placed in Java Edition only by using block placement commands such as /setblock or /fill.

They generate naturally as part of end gateways.

In Bedrock Edition, it may be obtained as an item via inventory editing. It cannot be placed by block placement commands in this edition, but it can be placed using structure blocks.

Usage

End gateway blocks in their original form can be used to teleport to the outer islands of the end. End gateway blocks can be used as a custom teleporter using NBT tags‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

• ExitPortal tag holds a set of X/Y/Z coordinates to determine the general location the player can be "safely" teleported to when entering.
• Setting ExactTeleport to 1 teleports entities to the specified coordinates exactly instead of at a safer location around those coordinates.
• Age determines how long the gateway has existed. This is used to determine when the beam is rendered.
• Example: /setblock ~ ~-1 ~1 minecraft:end_gateway{Age:180,ExactTeleport:1,ExitPortal:{X:1,Y:2,Z:3}} replace

When created in a dimension other than the End without ExitPortal NBT data, it does not teleport entities but still activates its beam effect when an entity enters.

In Bedrock and Education editions, when the gateway is placed and entered in the End, it teleports the user to coordinates 0, 0, 0, below the main island. In the Overworld, it acts as a solid block and cannot be entered.

A piston cannot push an end gateway block.

Gateways have a small chance to teleport the player directly into the void at y=0.

Beam

When generated (either naturally as part of an end gateway, or through /setblock‌^{[Java Edition only]} ), the block emits a
 magenta beam of light vertically from its top and bottom, lasting for 200 game ticks (10 seconds) while fading in and out.

An end gateway block also emits a
 purple beam of light vertically from the top and bottom when an entity enters it. During the 40 game ticks (2 seconds) this beam is visible, no additional entities can be teleported.

It also emits the
 purple teleport beam every 2400 game ticks (2 minutes) without an entity being teleported.

The creation beam extends from around Y=0 through the block up to Y=256; the teleport beam goes 50 blocks above and below the beam. The beam is visible from roughly the same distance as a single ordinary stack of blocks. If a render distance of 16 chunks is set, the beam of light is visible from up to 255 blocks away. Unlike the beam of a beacon, this beam does not change color if the player puts stained glass over it.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
?	Explosion	Blocks	Blocks get spawned	block.end_gateway.spawn	?	?	?	?
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	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

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
End Gateway	end_gateway	dragon_immune portals wither_immune	block.minecraft.end_gateway

Name	Namespaced ID
Block entity	end_gateway

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
End Gateway	end_gateway	209	tile.end_gateway.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	EndGateway

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

An end gateway block has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  Age: Age of the portal, in ticks. This is used to determine when the beam is rendered.
  •  ExactTeleport: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Teleports entities directly to the ExitPortal coordinates instead of near them.
  •  ExitPortal: Location entities are teleported to when entering the portal.
    •  X: X coordinate of target location.
    •  Y: Y coordinate of target location.
    •  Z: Z coordinate of target location.

History

Java Edition
1.9		15w31a			Added the end gateway block, part of the end gateway.
		15w33a			The texture of the end gateway block's starfield pattern has been changed, so that it does not change with respect to the viewer.
					Added ExactTeleport NBT tag to end gateway blocks.
					The beam of end gateway blocks have been changed to use a separate texture from the beacon beam.
1.11		16w32a			The block entity ID has been changed from EndGateway to end_gateway.
		16w39a			The entity-teleporting beam color of end gateway blocks has been changed from  #DECF2A to  #7B2FBE, matching the beam's color when the gateway is generated.[verify]
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 209.
		?			The particles of end gateway blocks have been changed to those of obsidian.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added end gateway.
Bedrock Edition
?					End gateway blocks now have an item texture, if obtained through add-ons or editing. Previously, end gateway blocks showed an info update texture.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added end gateway.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added end gateway.

Issues

Issues relating to "End Gateway" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

• 

  An End gateway block emitting a magenta beam after being created.

• 

  An End gateway block emitting a purple beam after teleporting an entity.

• 

  Comparison between the magenta (left) and purple (right) beams.

• 

  An End gateway block emitting a yellow beam after teleporting an entity (before Java Edition 1.11).

• 

  An interior view of an End gateway block.

• 

  Comparison of the historically emitted yellow beam with a yellow-tinted beacon beam.

Trivia

• The end gateway is the only 'portal' block that is a full cube.
• The End Gateway starfield pattern is different from the End Portal Block, which does not add extra blue streak flying horizontally on the screen.
• In Bedrock Edition if one manages to place an end gateway at the center of the obsidian platform, it teleports the player before the platform regenerates. As a result, the platform appears in a different location than it should, like below the main island.
• In Bedrock Edition end gateways have no name. It shows "tile.end_gateway.name" because of a missing translation string.

References

Blocks

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