End Gateway (block)

End Gateway

Type	Non-Solid Block (Solid in Bedrock Edition if placed via world editing or add-ons)
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	Yes, 15
Blast resistance	18,000,000
Hardness	-1
Tool	None
Renewable	No
Stackable	?
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

The end gateway block cannot be obtained as an item. It could 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 gateway portals.

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.

• 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.

A piston cannot push an End gateway block.

Beam

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

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

It will also fire the
 purple teleport beam every 2400 ticks 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 a beacon's beam, this beam won't change color when you put stained glass over it.

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. 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. 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 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.
			16w39a		The entity-teleporting beam color was changed from  yellow to  purple, matching the beam's color when the portal is generated.
1.13			17w47a		Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 209.
			?		Changed particles to those of obsidian.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1		Added end gateway.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added end gateway.

Issues

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

Gallery

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

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

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

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

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  An interior view of an End gateway block.

Blocks

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