Ender Chest

Ender Chest

Type	Tile Entity
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency	Yes
Luminance	7
Blast resistance	3,000
Hardness	22.5
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Obsidian (8)
Sounds	Close Open
Block Entity ID	See § Data values
Data value	dec: 130 hex: 82 bin: 10000010
Namespaced ID	ender_chest

Ender chests are a type of chest that can store items, and whose contents can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Obtaining

Ender chests can only be reclaimed by mining them using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, or it will drop 8 blocks of obsidian if mined with a regular pickaxe. If it is mined using a fist, it will drop nothing.

Block	Ender Chest
Hardness	22.5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	112.5
Wooden	16.9
Stone	8.45
Iron	5.65
Diamond	4.25
Golden	2.85

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Obsidian + Eye of Ender

Natural generation

Ender chests naturally generate in end cities.

Usage

Ender chests can be opened by pressing use. If a solid block is placed above an ender chest, it will not be able to open.

Ender chests can be used like chests, except all ender chests in the world are interconnected, including in different dimensions. The ender chest's inventory is also separate for each player; consequently, items stored in an ender chest cannot be seen or taken by other players.

Ender chests contain 27 slots for storage, and can be placed next to other ender chests without joining.

Ender chests cannot be moved by pistons and will not interact with hoppers, droppers, or comparators.

Ender chests emit a light level of 7.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Ender Chest	Namespaced ID
Block	ender_chest
Block entity

Bedrock Edition:

Ender Chest	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Block	ender_chest	130
Block entity	EnderChest	-

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, ender chests use the following data values:

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5: 2: Chest facing north 3: Chest facing south 4: Chest facing west 5: Chest facing east Invalid values default to 2.
0x8	Unused.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the ender chest's latch is on. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing an ender chest.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this ender chest.

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

An ender chest 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

History

Java Edition
1.3.1		12w21a			The Ender chest was added to the game and shared the same inventory for all players on a server; Jeb stated that this would be changed to a separate inventory for every player in snapshot 12w24a.
					The Ender chest was based on a suggestion thread on Reddit. This idea was previously made into a mod by Ecu and ChickenBones.
					In response to some users' feelings on the functionality of Ender Chests, Jeb planned to test a feature he has yet to specify in relation to them.
		12w24a			Ender chests now work per-player in multiplayer (holds an inventory per player instead of shared across the world).
					Ender chests drop 8 obsidian when destroyed, except when mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
1.8		14w29a			Now shows the cracking animation.
1.9		15w31a			Ender chests now naturally generate in end cities.
					Now have their item model rotated, to have the front face in view of the player.
1.10		1.10-pre2			Ender chests now have unique sound effects.
1.11		16w32a			The tile entity ID is changed from EnderChest to ender_chest.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 130.
		17w50a			Ender chests will now look like presents between December 24 and 26 to suit Christmas.
		18w10d			Water can now be placed on the same block as an ender chest.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added ender chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13		beta 1.2.13.5			Ender chests now have unique sound effects.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Water can now be placed on the same block as an ender chest.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1		Added ender chests.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added ender chests.

Issues

Issues relating to "Ender Chest" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• An ender chest's particles exist only in the 1 block radius around the chest, so if the chest is placed next to a wall its particles will not be seen on the other side.
• Unlike chests, changes to an ender chest's name are not reflected in its inventory GUI.
• Unlike chests, when broken, it will not drop the items inside it, due to the fact that the items aren't only in that chest.
• If all ender chests are broken, the items inside will be inaccessible until a new ender chest is placed.
• Ender chests render as a full block when in the inventory, but not when placed.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Gallery

• 

  An ender chest in the Nether.

• 

  Light from an ender chest.

• 

  The original suggestion for the ender chest.

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  An open ender chest.

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  An ender chest and regular chest in the End City.

References

Blocks

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