Exit portal

Exit portal

Biomes	The End (biome)
Generates in existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Bedrock End Stone End Portal (appears only after the ender dragon is defeated) Torch (appears only after ender dragon is defeated) Dragon Egg (appears only after the first ender dragon is defeated, respawned ones never generate another egg)

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The exit portal (also known as the end podium or end fountain) is a feature that enables the player to return to their spawn point, activating upon each defeat of the ender dragon.

Generation

The exit portal always generates at the coordinates 0,0 in the End, and is de-activated whenever an ender dragon fight is in progress. The y-level of the exit portal is determined by the height of the terrain, placing the end portal blocks at the y-level of the highest block found at 0,0. If the exit portal spawns at the height limit, the portal blocks are the highest blocks generated, with the top 3 blocks of the bedrock pillar failing to generate due to the maximum build height having been reached. If there are no blocks at 0,0, then the portal generates out of bounds, and only the top 3 blocks of the bedrock pillar generate.

The exit portal regenerates its blocks except the dragon egg when re-summoning the ender dragon, making it the only renewable source of end stone.

Construction

Exit portal (activated)(top view).

The exit portal looks similar to the end portal but differs in its design. Instead of a frame of end portal frame blocks, it has a 7-block wide bowl-shaped frame of bedrock, and a central pillar of bedrock with a torch on each side. A dragon egg generates atop the pillar upon defeating the ender dragon for the first time.

There are 16 end stone blocks, one under each outer bedrock block, as well as four torches. If any of the blocks are removed, they regenerate when the ender dragon is defeated or respawned. (Note: the torches are attached to the central second-to-the-top block of bedrock pillar)

Behavior

The portal returns the player to their spawn point. The credits roll when a player enters the exit portal for the first time.

If an entity other than a player goes through, like a falling block or a thrown item, it is sent to the world spawn.

If a player dies above the portal (for example by flying into the bedrock column with enough momentum) the player goes through. If this happens, the player's items return to the world spawn point.

In Bedrock Edition, due to a bug, entities except the player teleport to the overworld coordinates X=0, Y=32766, Z=0. However, if the player logs out and then logs back in, all entities except the player above Y=512 teleport to Y=512 while the player teleports to the ground. This means that it is possible to recover your items as it goes through the portal.

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other

Data values

ID

Name	[hide]Identifier
[No displayed name]	[No ID]

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added the exit portal along with the End.
1.9			15w31a				The exit portal no longer generates after the ender dragon is killed. It is now pre-generated, but without the dragon egg and end portal blocks, and it is inactive while the ender dragon lives.
			15w44a				End crystals on the exit portal in a specific arrangement can now respawn the dragon.
1.10.1			release				End crystals on a pre-1.9 exit portal can no longer respawn the dragon. Previously it would also create a new exit portal at X=0, Z=0 and replace the blocks from the old exit portal into endstone.
1.17			Pre-release 1				End crystals on a pre-1.9 exit portal can now respawn the dragon again.
1.20.5			24w03a				When entities leave the End, the area where they arrive remains loaded for 15 seconds, matching the behavior of nether portals.
1.21			24w20a				The player now keeps effects upon respawning.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added the exit portal.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the exit portal.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		End crystals on the exit portal in a specific arrangement can now respawn the dragon.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added the exit portal.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, if the player manages to break all of the end portal blocks in the exit portal, the entire structure regenerates after 5 seconds. If all of the portal blocks have end crystals above (so the fire constantly eliminates the portal), this regeneration process repeats until a portal block successfully regenerates.
• If the exit portal generates at the tallest possible height and the ender dragon is defeated, the portal blocks generate in the exit portal as normal, but the dragon egg does not spawn due to its intended location surpassing the build height limit.
• It is possible for the exit portal to not generate at all. If no blocks generate at x=0, z=0, the exit portal fails to generate because it is out of bounds. Instead, only the middle pillar generates.
• In Bedrock Edition, if there are other end portal blocks in the End and the exit portal structure is completely destroyed, it does not regenerate until the other end portal blocks are removed.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A lit exit portal.

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  An unlit exit portal.