End Gateway (block)

End Gateway

Type	Non-Solid Block
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	Yes, 15
Blast resistance	18,000,000
Hardness	-1
Tool	None
Renewable	No
Stackable	N/A
Flammable	No
First appearances	See history
Drops	None
Block entity id	end_gateway
Data value	dec: 209 hex: D1 bin: 11010001
Name	end_gateway

This article is about the block that makes up the portal. For the portal itself, see End gateway portal.

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

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

The end gateway block can only be obtained by using block placement commands such as /setblock or /fill, and not ones such as /give that drop the item directly. They generate naturally as part of end gateway portals.

Usage[edit | edit source]

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.

ExitPortal tag will hold a set of X/Y/Z coordinates to determine the general location the player will 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. When lower than 200, the block will emit a purple beam.
Example: /setblock ~ ~2 ~ minecraft:end_gateway 0 replace {Age:180,ExactTeleport:1,ExitPortal:{X:1,Y:2,Z:3}}

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

A piston cannot push an End gateway block.

Beam[edit | edit source]

When generated, either naturally or through /setblock, the block will shoot a magenta beam of light vertically from its top and bottom. An end gateway block will shoot a magenta beam of light vertically from the top and bottom when an entity enters it.

The beam extends from Y=0 through the block up to Y=255. 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 a beacon's beam, this beam won't change color when you put stained glass over it.

Data values[edit | edit source]

See also: Block entity format

An end gateway block has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. The block's block entity ID is end_gateway.

Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
- Age: Age of the portal, in ticks. When lower than 200, will emit a purple beam
- 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[edit | edit source]

Official release
1.9			15w31a	Added the end gateway block, part of the end gateway portal.
			15w33a	Changed the block's starfield pattern so that it does not change with respect to the viewer.
				Added `ExactTeleport` NBT tag.
				Changed the beam to use a separate texture from the beacon beam.
1.11			16w32a	The block entity ID is changed from `EndGateway` to `end_gateway`.
1.11			16w39a	The entity-teleporting beam color was changed from yellow to magenta, matching the beam's color when the portal is generated.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1	Added end gateway.
Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	Added end gateway.