End Portal Frame

End Portal Frame
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	3,600,000
Hardness	-1
Luminous	JE: Yes (1); BE: No
Transparent	Partial (does not block light)
Waterloggable	JE: No; BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	; 27 COLOR_GREEN

An end portal frame is an indestructible block that forms the frame of an end portal. It resembles end stone with a decorative bluish-green top, and sides decorated in hollow rounded rectangles with the same color as the top.

Obtaining Edit

End portal frames, like bedrock, are unobtainable in Survival or Adventure mode. It can be obtained only by accessing the creative inventory or commands.

Natural generation Edit

End portal generation design

12 end portal frames generate naturally to form the end portal in each stronghold end portal room, over a pool of lava with a staircase containing a silverfish monster spawner. The frames generate in a 5×5 square formation, with 3 frames on each side, without the corners. Each end portal frame generates facing inward, with a 10% chance of containing an eye of ender.

Each stronghold contains an end portal. In Java Edition, each world contains exactly 128 strongholds, so a total of 1,536 end portal frames are generated. In Bedrock Edition, there is an unlimited amount of strongholds in each world, so the amount of end portal frames that may generate is unlimited. In Legacy Console Edition, there was only one end portal per world, so 12 end portal frames were generated.

There is an extremely low chance (10^-12 or 10^-10% or one in a trillion) for all twelve end portal frames to be filled in strongholds.

The chart below shows the probability of having each number of eyes of ender filled in (some values may be rounded).

End portal frame generation
Frames filled	Probability		Probability ≥
0	28.24 %	1 : 3.54	100 %	1 : 1
1	37.66 %	1 : 2.66	71.76 %	1 : 1.39
2	23.01 %	1 : 4.35	34.10 %	1 : 2.93
3	8.52 %	1 : 11.7	11.09 %	1 : 9.02
4	2.13 %	1 : 46.9	2.56 %	1 : 39
5	0.38 %	1 : 264	0.43 %	1 : 231
6	4.91⨯10^-4	1 : 2,036	5.41⨯10^-4	1 : 1,848
7	4.68⨯10^-5	1 : 21,383	5.02⨯10^-5	1 : 19,928
8	3.25⨯10^-6	1 : 307,911	3.41⨯10^-6	1 : 292,952
9	1.60⨯10^-7	1 : 6,235,191	1.66⨯10^-7	1 : 6,030,090
10	5.35⨯10^-9	1 : 187,055,743	5.45⨯10^-9	1 : 183,318,064
11	1.08⨯10^-10	1 : 9,259,259,259	1.09⨯10^-10	1 : 9,174,327,988
12	10^-12	1 : 1,000,000,000,000	10^-12	1 : 1,000,000,000,000

Calculating the chance for a specific amount of eyes generating is done with the probability mass function:

P(X=amount of eyes) = $(\binom{12}{k}) \cdot 0 . 1^{k} \cdot (1 - 0.1)^{12 - k}$ with k being the amount of eyes.

Usage Edit

Using eyes of ender on end portal frames inserts them to the top of the frame if it is not inserted previously.

An end portal frame has a front face that faces the player when placed. Although the facing is almost invisible (one can distinguish only 2 rotations of end portal frames), all end portal frames must be placed correctly and face inward in order to be able to activate the end portal, and if all of the frames have eyes of ender inserted, the portal activates, replacing the inner 3×3 space with end portal blocks.

If an end portal is built in the End, entities are teleported back to the world spawn point in the Overworld, similar to the exit portal.

Redstone Edit

End portal frames output a redstone comparator signal of 15 when an eye is present. If there is no eye in the frame, it outputs a signal of 0.

Light source Edit

End portals frames emit a light level of 1.

Note blocks Edit

End portals frames can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Piston interactivity Edit

End portal frames cannot be pushed by pistons. They also cannot be pushed nor pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds Edit

Generic Edit

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e `glass` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.glass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.glass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.glass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.glass.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.glass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e `glass` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`random.glass`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.4	0.6
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Unique Edit

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Eye of Ender attaches	Blocks	When an eye of ender is placed in an end portal frame	`block.end_portal_frame.fill`	`subtitles.block.end_portal_frame.fill`	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When an eye of ender is placed in an end portal frame	`block.end_portal_frame.fill`	0.3	varies ^{[sound 1]}

↑ Can be 1.0, 0.9, or 1.1

Data values Edit

ID Edit

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
End Portal Frame	`end_portal_frame`	Block & Item	`dragon_immune` `wither_immune`	`block.minecraft.end_portal_frame`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	[hide]Translation key
End Portal Frame	`end_portal_frame`	`120`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.end_portal_frame.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states Edit

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
eye	`false`	`false` `true`	If true, the portal frame block contains an eye of ender.
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction of the end portal frame block. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block. In order to activate a portal, all 12 blocks must be facing inward; for example, the northern three blocks must all face south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
end_portal_eye_bit	`0x4`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the portal frame block contains an eye of ender.
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	`south`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	`Unsupported`	The direction of the end portal frame block. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block. In order to activate a portal, all 12 blocks must be facing inward; for example, the northern three blocks must all face south.

History Edit

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added end portal frames. Frames has cross model and filled end portal frames has cube model; both have a full cube hitbox.
							The block emits a light at level 15.
							It can drop as an item due to explosions.
							The item form of the end portal is a flat texture of the filled frame, and has an empty tooltip.
							This item is one of four given to all players upon world creation or respawning in the pre-reupload.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				The end portal now has a dark green and yellow texture. The unrepaired version is visually ¹³⁄₁₆ of a block high, and the repaired version sits a full block high with the addition of a ³⁄₁₆-block-high eye of ender in its middle.
							The end portal now emits its light of level 1.
							The end portal can no longer be broken by explosions.
							The texture of the end portal item has been changed.
1.3.1			12w23a				The end portal is now available in the Creative inventory and with the pick block option, with the tooltip 'End Portal'.
1.3.1			12w23a				The end portal now renders correctly as an item.
1.6.1			13w18a				The end portal now gives off a redstone signal to redstone comparators based on whether there is an eye of ender in it.
1.8			14w10a				End portal frames now appear to use the incorrect textures in several places.
1.8			14w10c				End portals now use the right textures again.^[1]
1.12			17w17a				Putting an eye of ender in an end portal now plays a dinging sound.
1.13			17w47a				"End Portal" has now been renamed to "End Portal Frame" to match Legacy Console Edition.^[verify]
1.14			18w43a				The textures of end portal frames have now been changed.
			19w03c				End portal frames now use correct cullface arguments.
			19w14a				Putting an eye of ender into an end portal frame now emits particles again.^[2]
1.19			22w11a				The side texture of an end portal frame has been slightly changed, to make better transition with the end stone texture.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added end portal frames.
							End portal frames have no collision box, allowing entities to move through them. They are considered a solid block in all other aspects.
							The item form of the end portal frame is a flat texture of an unfilled frame, with the tooltip ".name<".
			build 4				Filled and unfilled end portal frames are now available in the Creative inventory, both with the tooltip "End Portal".
							End portal frames now have a collision box.
							End portal frames now render correctly as an item.
			build 7				The filled end portal frame has been removed from the Creative inventory.
v0.12.1			build 11				End portals now rotate based on the direction they are placed.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added the End, with some eye of enders filling it up.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of end portals have now been changed.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				The side texture of end portal has been changed.
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.20				Renamed "End Portal" to "End Portal Frame".
1.20.70			Preview 1.20.70.22				End portal frames have been moved from the "Items" to the "Nature" category in the Creative inventory.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added end portal frames. They can't be filled with eyes of ender.
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00			End portal frames can now be used to access the End.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			The end portal frame now gives off a redstone signal to redstone comparators based on whether there is an eye of ender in it.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		End portal frames have been added to the custom superflat block selection menu, alongside all types of logs.^{[is this the correct version?]}
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Putting an eye of ender into an end portal frame now emits particles.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Removed end portal frames from the custom superflat block selection menu.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Putting an eye of ender in an end portal now plays a dinging sound.
			1.90				^[verify] The textures of end portal frames have now been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added end portal frames.

Data history Edit

[hide]Java Edition
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 120.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.30.20	End portal frames now use the `minecraft:cardinal_direction` block state instead of `facing_direction`.

Issues Edit

Issues relating to "End Portal Frame" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

MC-97216 – End Portals can generate the portal blocks outside of the portal if the portal frames are incorrectly rotated
MC-267260 – Display Entity can be pushed by placing Eye of Ender into End Portal Frame
MC-50734 – Light-emitting blocks (including end portal frames) ignore ambient occlusion/smooth lighting, regardless of model's settings
MC-172901 – Inconsistency: Can add eye of ender to end portal frame while standing on top of it, despite this changing the hitbox
MC-208805 – Sculk sensors are not activated upon placing eyes of ender into end portal frames
MC-147253 – Buttons and levers cannot be placed on top of filled end portal frames
MC-207208 – End portal is activated when placing an eye in a corner frame

Bedrock Edition

MCPE-135591 – Brewing Stand and End Portal Frame do not emit a light level of 1
MCPE-108882 – Red mushroom breaks end portal frame
MCPE-130158 – End portal frame with the eye item doesn't place the actual block
MCPE-185651 – Russian translation of End Portal Frame, Enderman Spawn Egg and Endermite Spawn Egg is incorrect
MCPE-186601 – Filling End Portal Frames does not emit particles anymore
MCPE-188347 – The end portal breaks when you break an end portal frame

Trivia Edit

End portal frames were obtainable and could be placed facing in different directions in the april fools snapshot 22w13oneBlockAtATime.

Gallery Edit

Screenshots Edit

Inactive end portal.
End portal, which had been activated by a player.
Minecart with chest generated on top of an end portal frame, because there is a mineshaft behind the wall.
Beacon beam going through an end portal frame block.

References Edit

↑ MC-50235
↑ MC-10369

External links Edit

Block of the Week: End Portal Frame – Minecraft.net on December 2, 2021

Navigation Edit

[1] Can be 1.0, 0.9, or 1.1

[bedrock-item-id-2] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-3] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-4] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

[5] MC-50235

[6] MC-10369

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