Ender Chest

Ender Chest

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	600
Hardness	22.5
Luminous	Yes (7)
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	11 STONE

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Ender chests are a type of chest whose contents are exclusive to each player, and they can be placed and accessed from anywhere in any dimension.

Obtaining

Breaking

Ender chests drop themselves if mined with any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, despite obsidian itself only being obtainable with a diamond or netherite pickaxe.. Otherwise, they drop 8 obsidian, even if mined without a pickaxe, requiring an additional eye of ender to craft the chest again.

In Java Edition, an ender chest produces obsidian particles when breaking and walking or falling on it, while in Bedrock Edition, an ender chest produces particles of the block itself.

Block	Ender Chest
Hardness	22.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	33.75
Wooden	16.9
Stone	8.45
Iron	5.65
Diamond	4.25
Netherite	3.75
Golden	2.85
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Ender chests naturally generate alongside a chest in certain end city treasure rooms.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Obsidian + Eye of Ender

Usage

GUI of the ender chest.

Ender chests can be opened by pressing the use control. If a solid block is placed above an ender chest, it cannot be opened.

Ender chests can be used like normal 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. Items stored inside of an ender chest remain even if the player dies. If an ender chest is destroyed, the items inside it are not dropped and can be retrieved again by accessing or placing another ender chest. Because of this player-specific property, ender chests are useful on multiplayer servers to secure valuable items.

Donkeys, mules, and llamas cannot be equipped with ender chests; they support only normal chests.

Ender chests contain 27 slots for storage and can be placed next to other ender chests without joining; they cannot be combined into double chests. It is possible to greatly increase the space of an ender chest by pairing it with shulker boxes (i.e. filling the shulker boxes with desired items, then placing them inside the ender chest). Placing 27 shulker boxes in the ender chest increases the storage space to 729 slots.

Ender chests do not interact with hoppers, droppers, or comparators.

Despite being made of obsidian, an ender chest is not immune to destruction by the ender dragon.

Light source

Ender chests emit a light level of 7.

Note blocks

Ender chests can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Piglins

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or mine an ender chest.

Piston interactivity

Ender chests cannot be pushed by pistons. They also cannot be pushed nor pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e normal sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	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	0.27	0.5
	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

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Chest closes	Blocks	When an ender chest closes	block.ender_chest.close	subtitles.block.chest.close​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16
	​Chest opens	Blocks	When an ender chest opens	block.ender_chest.open	subtitles.block.chest.open​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When an ender chest closes	random.enderchestclosed	0.5	0.9-1.0
	Blocks	When an ender chest opens	random.enderchestopen	0.5	0.9-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Ender Chest	ender_chest	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins	block.minecraft.ender_chest

Name	[hide]Identifier
Block entity	ender_chest

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Ender Chest	ender_chest	130	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.ender_chest.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	EnderChest

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the ender chest's latch is on. The 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.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	north	east north south west	Unsupported	The direction the ender chest's latch is on. The opposite from the direction the player faces when placing an ender chest.

Block data

An ender chest has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template[show]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Inventory

The contents of an ender chest are not stored in the block, but in the player-NBT under the tag EnderItems‌/EnderChestInventory‌. Thus ender chests can be viewed as "portals" to a player's 27 additional slots of secure and exclusive inventory, which are not lost on death.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.3.1			12w21a				Added ender chests.
							Ender chests currently share 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.
							Ender chests are 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 plans 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 now drop 8 obsidian when destroyed, except when mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
1.8			14w29a				Ender chests now show the cracking animation.
1.9			15w31a				Ender chests now naturally generate in end cities.
							The item model of ender chests has been rotated, to have the front face in view of the player.
1.10			pre2				Ender chests now have unique sound effects.
1.13			17w50a				Ender chests now look like presents between December 24th and 26th to suit Christmas.
			18w10d				Water can now be placed on the same block as an ender chest.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of ender chests has been changed.
1.15			19w39a				The ender chest texture layout has been changed.
1.18.2			22w03a				Ender chests no longer look like presents between December 24th and 26th.
1.21.4			24w44a				Now drops obsidian with incorrect tool.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added ender chests.
							Item form appears as a full block.
[hide]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.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of ender chests has been changed.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Ender chests are mined faster when using an improper tool.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added ender chests.
TU32	CU20	1.23	1.23	1.23	Patch 3		Ender chests now show the cracking animation.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Ender chests now naturally generate in end cities.
							Ender chests now have unique sound effects.
TU63	CU53	1.67	1.67	1.67	Patch 32	1.0.13	Ender chests can no longer be opened when an entity is standing on top of it.
			1.90				The texture of ender chests has been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added ender chests.

• 

  The original suggestion for the ender chest.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				The tile entity ID has been changed from EnderChest to ender_chest.
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 130.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.20.40			Preview 1.20.40.20				Ender chests now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of facing_direction.

Issues

Issues relating to "Ender Chest" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Because an ender chest's particles exist only in a 1 block radius around the chest, the particles from a chest placed next to a wall are not seen on the other side.
• Unlike chests, changes to an ender chest's name are not reflected in its inventory GUI.
• Ender chests render as a full block when in the inventory, but not when held or placed.‌
• Ender chests cannot be locked by NBT tags.
• The texture of ender chests does not change during Christmas in contrast to trapped chests and normal chests.‌
• Mining an ender chest with a wooden pickaxe takes the longest time in the game (16.9 seconds) to mine a block with the correct tool, without the effect of Mining Fatigue and other mining speed reduction events.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  An ender chest in the Nether.

• 

  Light from an ender chest.

• 

  An open ender chest.

• 

  An ender chest and regular chest in an end city.

• 

  An ender chest as it appears in the Timeless Trails DLC.

In other media

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  Artwork of an ender chest.

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  An Ender Chest as depicted on Minecoin gift cards.