End Gateway (block)

End Gateway

Transparent	No
Luminance	Yes (15)
Blast resistance	18,000,000
Tool	None
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	BE: Itself JE: Nothing
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 gateway. For the gateway itself, see End gateway.

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 in Java Edition. It can only be placed 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 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. If somehow obtained and renamed, when the player places it down, the game immediately crashes.

In Bedrock and Education editions, the tile.end_gateway.name block can be obtained if the block is destroyed by the wither's initial explosion.

Usage

End gateway blocks in their original form can be used to teleport to the outer islands of the end. There is a small chance for the block to teleport players away from islands and into the void. 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. 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 will still activate its beam effect when an entity enters.

In Bedrock and Education editions, when the gateway is placed and entered in the End, it will teleport the user to coordinates 0, 0, 0, which is 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.

Beam

When generated (either naturally as part of an end gateway, or through /setblock), the block will emit a
 magenta beam of light vertically from its top and bottom which lasts for 200 game ticks (10 seconds) and fades in and out.

An end gateway block will also emit 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 will also emit 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

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.stone.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16

Data values

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 now 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 now been changed to use a separate texture from the beacon beam.
1.11		16w32a			The block entity ID has now been changed from EndGateway to end_gateway.
		16w39a			The entity-teleporting beam color of end gateway blocks has now been changed from  yellow to  purple, matching the beam's color when the gateway is generated.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 209.
		?			The particles of end gateway blocks have now 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		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.

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 add extra blue streak flying horizontal 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.

References

Blocks

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