Ender Pearl

This article is about the object in Minecraft. For the scrapped consumable in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Ender Pearl. For the object in A Minecraft Movie, see Movie:Ender Pearl.
Ender Pearl
Ender Pearl.png: Infobox image for Ender Pearl the item entity in Minecraft
Invicon Ender Pearl.png: Inventory sprite for Ender Pearl in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Ender Pearl
Rarity tier

Common

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (16)

Size

Height: 0.25 blocks
Width: 0.25 blocks

An ender pearl is an item that can be thrown to teleport to where it lands, or used to craft eyes of ender, which are required to access the End.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman0–150.00%0.500–275.00%1.000–387.50%1.500–491.67%2.00

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman0–112120–23410–378320–411122

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman012 (50.00%)14 (25.00%)18 (12.50%)112 (8.33%)
112 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)38 (37.50%)14 (25.00%)
2014 (25.00%)38 (37.50%)13 (33.33%)
30018 (12.50%)14 (25.00%)
4000112 (8.33%)
Average12 (0.50)1 (1.00)32 (1.50)2 (2.00)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman2.001.000.670.50

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman0–150.00%0.500–250.00%0.750–350.00%1.000–450.00%1.25

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman0–112120–212340–31210–41254

MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman012 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)12 (50.00%)
112 (50.00%)14 (25.00%)18 (12.50%)112 (8.33%)
2014 (25.00%)14 (25.00%)16 (16.67%)
30018 (12.50%)16 (16.67%)
4000112 (8.33%)
Average12 (0.50)34 (0.75)1 (1.00)54 (1.25)

Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kill
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Enderman2.001.331.000.80

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Stronghold Altar chest 1 23%
Trial Chambers Corridor chest 1–2 19.6%
Bedrock Edition
Stronghold Altar chest 1 22.4%
Trial Chambers Corridor chest 1–2 19.6%

A trapped chest always containing 2 ender pearls can be found in the "fake end portal" room of woodland mansions.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receives
JEBE
Expert Cleric67%100%5 × Emerald

Bartering

Piglins have a 10459 (2.18%) chance to barter 2–4 ender pearls when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Ender pearls can be thrown by pressing use. After it is thrown, the ender pearl is consumed, and the player teleports to where it lands, taking 5HP♥♥♥ fall damage. This will work even if the ender pearl lands in another dimension. Wearing armor enchanted with Protection and/or Feather Falling reduces the damage taken from the ender pearl. If a player dies from fall damage due to throwing an ender pearl, the death message says "<player> hit the ground too hard".

Ender pearls have a small cone of travel; they do not all follow the same path when thrown in the same direction. The direction and velocity of ender pearl throws is slightly randomized. They can travel about 30 blocks‌/45 blocks‌ when thrown straight up, and up to 54 blocks forward when thrown at an optimum launch angle of ~35° (on even ground).

The thrower's vertical velocity influences the throw. Hence timing a throw with a jump can increase the throwing range to 42 blocks when thrown straight up and 64 blocks forward at a 35° angle. Throwing while falling significantly decreases the range. Ender pearls collide with all minecart types, boats and end crystals, and travel through nether portals and end portals. Ender pearls that fall into the void disappear, and do not trigger the player to teleport. However, ender pearl entities (instead of dropped items) are not destroyed by lava and teleport the player to the bottom of lava pools/lava oceans.

Ender pearls have a cooldown of one second before they can be used again. The cooldown is shown in the hotbar by a white overlay on the ender pearl that shrinks and must disappear before the player can use it again. If there are other inventory or hotbar slots containing ender pearls, they are covered with the white overlay as well.[1]

Ender pearls can be thrown into end gateways to reach the outer islands of the End. They can also be thrown into the exit portal to reach the world spawn point.

If the player throws an ender pearl and then dies while the pearl is in a loaded chunk before impact, the pearl disappears and the player is not teleported; in Java Edition, the pearl does not vanish upon the player's death if the game rule enderPearlsVanishOnDeath is set to false.

Stasis chamber

Ender pearls are affected by bubble columns. An ender pearl can remain afloat on top of an upward bubble column, allowing it to be stored indefinitely‌. A mechanism can then be triggered to make the ender pearl hit a solid surface (e.g. by closing a trapdoor), teleporting the thrower back to the setup wherever they are.

Chunk loading

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
 

An ender pearl creates a ticket for chunk loading every time it moves into a new chunk, and also periodically almost every 2 seconds (39 ticks). It loads and ticks the chunk it is in with a ticket level of 31 as entity processing. It also loads a two-chunk wide ring (a 5×5 chunk area centered on the pearl's chunk) around it as lazy chunks, the first ring being block ticking and the second ring being border chunks. The ender pearl continues to load chunks as long as the player who threw it is online, even when that player is in a different dimension. The pearl stops loading chunks when the player logs off, and starts loading chunks again when the player logs in.

Spawning endermites

An ender pearl has a 5% chance to spawn an endermite when it lands. This is the only way through which endermites can spawn, without using cheats. The endermite spawns at the player's position when the pearl lands‌, or at the pearl's landing site‌.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Eye of Ender Blaze Powder +
Invicon Blaze Powder.png: Inventory sprite for Blaze Powder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blaze Powder with description: Blaze PowderInvicon Ender Pearl.png: Inventory sprite for Ender Pearl in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Ender Pearl
Invicon Eye of Ender.png: Inventory sprite for Eye of Ender in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Eye of Ender with description: Eye of Ender

Sounds

Java Edition:
Thrown ender pearls use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Ender Pearl fliesFriendly MobsWhen an ender pearl is thrownentity.ender_pearl.throwsubtitles.entity.ender_pearl.throw0.513-0.516
​Player teleportsPlayersWhen an ender pearl teleports a playerentity.player.teleportsubtitles.entity.player.teleport1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhen an ender pearl is thrownrandom.bow0.50.33-0.5
PlayersWhen an ender pearl teleports a playerentity.player.teleport1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

ItemIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite ender-pearl.png: Sprite image for ender-pearl in Minecraft Ender Pearlender_pearlItemitem.minecraft.ender_pearl
EntityIdentifierTranslation key
EntitySprite ender-pearl.png: Sprite image for ender-pearl in Minecraft Thrown Ender Pearlender_pearlentity.minecraft.ender_pearl

Bedrock Edition:

ItemIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite ender-pearl.png: Sprite image for ender-pearl in Minecraft Ender Pearlender_pearl422Itemitem.ender_pearl.name
EntityIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
EntitySprite ender-pearl.png: Sprite image for ender-pearl in Minecraft Ender Pearlender_pearl87entity.ender_pearl.name

Entity Data

Thrown ender pearls have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
    • Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Item: The item to render as, may be absent.
      • A single item stack see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Beam Me UpTeleport over 100 meters from a single throw of an .Throw an ender pearl 100 blocks in any direction20Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
BullseyeHit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters awayBe at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player.
Remote GetawayEscape the islandEnter an end gateway

History

Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-release Added ender pearls along with endermen.
Ender pearls have no use, but can stack up to 64.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseEnder pearls are now less commonly found near bodies of water since endermen now teleport away when in contact with water. Before this version, endermen didn't attempt to teleport and were damaged/killed from water much more frequently, causing numerous ender pearls to occur around bodies of water.
Later, on a suggestion from Reddit user isJesus, Notch implemented the teleporting feature for ender pearls.[2][3][4]
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Added teleporting feature to ender pearls.
Using an ender pearl to teleport resulted in being kicked from servers for "hacking". This is due to a check triggering that was supposed to prevent modified clients from moving too quickly.
Ender pearls now stack up to 16.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Ender pearls are now used to craft eyes of ender.
Ender pearls can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.3.112w24a The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
1.814w02aAs part of the revamp of the trading system, cleric villagers now buy ender pearls.
14w03aVillager clerics no longer buy ender pearls.
14w11bEnder pearls have a 5% chance to spawn endermites when used.
14w32aThrown ender pearls now vanish when their owner dies.
1.915w31aEnder pearls can now be thrown in Creative mode.
15w34cEnder pearls now have a cooldown after using them.
15w41aVillager clerics now sell ender pearls for 4–7 emeralds, as one of their tier III trades.
15w49aThrown ender pearls now take the user's motion into account. For example, an ender pearl thrown forward lands closer if the player is falling, and lands farther if the player is ascending.
1.1016w21aEnder pearls can now teleport riders off their mounts.
1.1116w39aEnder pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' fake portal room chests.
1.1418w43a The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
18w50aThrown ender pearls now have an optional Item tag that can specify a different item stack to render.
19w11aCleric villagers now sell ender pearls for 5 emeralds.
1.1620w07aEnder pearls have a 2109 (~1.83%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
20w09aEnder pearls now have a 10226 (~4.42%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
20w10aEnder pearls now have a 20411 (~4.87%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 4–8.
20w20aEnder pearls now have a 20423 (~4.73%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 4–8.
1.16.220w28aEnder pearls now have a 10459 (~2.18%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
Pre-release 1Ender pearls are now affected by bubble columns.[5]
Ender pearls no longer get destroyed at contact with non-solid blocks.[6]
1.20.2Pre-release 1Added the game rule enderPearlsVanishOnDeath.
1.20.323w43aThrown ender pearls produce a teleportation sound on impact.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21
23w45aEnder pearls can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.
1.2124w19aEnder pearls are no longer able to teleport the player in spectator mode.[7]
24w21aEnder pearls are once again able to teleport the player in spectator mode.[8]
Pre-Release 1Ender pearls that are thrown through portals can now teleport players to a different dimension than the one they are currently in.
1.21.224w34aThrown ender pearls no longer go through the world border if hit.
24w36aEnder pearls now teleport the player following this formula: Teleport destination equals the current player coordinates plus the Ender pearl destination block coordinates.
24w37aEnder pearls now teleport the player where they land again, reverting previous snapshot changes.
Ender pearls now load the chunk around it when thrown and when landing.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0build 1 Added ender pearls.
While fully implemented, ender pearls currently have no assigned ID and are currently unobtainable in-game.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Ender pearls are now obtainable in-game.
Ender pearls can now be used to craft eyes of ender.
alpha 1.0.0.0Ender pearls now require a 1-second cooldown.
alpha 1.0.0.1Ender pearl cooldown now has an animation.
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Ender pearls can now be bought from cleric villagers for 4-7 emeralds.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Ender pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Trading has been changed, expert-level cleric villagers now sell an ender pearl for 5 emeralds as part of their trade.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Ender pearls can now be obtained from bartering with piglins.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54Ender pearls now have a 10459 (~2.18%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Ender pearls can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.100Preview 1.21.100.20The sprite of ender pearls, when rendered in the world, now have the correct scaling and positional offset.
They now match Java Edition, and also match better with their collider.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added ender pearls.
TU7Ender pearls can now be thrown in survival and creative mode, which teleports the player.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Ender pearls now have a chance to spawn endermites.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Villager clerics now sell ender pearls for 4–7 emeralds, as one of their tier III trades.
Thrown ender pearls now take the user's motion into account. For example, an ender pearl thrown forward lands closer if the player is falling, and lands farther if the player is ascending.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4Ender pearls can now be found in woodland mansions' fake portal room chests.
TU57CU491.571.561.56Patch 271.0.7Ender pearls now have a cooldown after using them.
TU63CU531.671.671.67Patch 321.0.13Ender pearls that land above the nether ceiling no longer teleport the player.
TU72 1.811.811.81Patch 41 Thrown ender pearls produce a teleportation sound on impact.
1.90 The texture of ender pearls has been changed.
1.91Trading has been changed, expert-level cleric villagers now sell an ender pearl for 5 emeralds as part of their trade.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10 Added ender pearls.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1116w32aThe entity ID of ender pearls has been changed from ThrownEnderpearl to ender_pearl.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 368.​

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Ender pearls can be used to teleport/move through non-solid blocks without suffocation and solid blocks by pressing against the blocks and using the ender pearl at the player's feet until the player goes through.[9][10]
  • In Java Edition, it is possible to spawn a thrown ender pearl using commands, but it does not teleport, unless it is assigned an owner.
  • If the player throws an ender pearl in Survival mode and changes to Creative mode before the pearl lands, the player is still teleported.
  • The player is still teleported by throwing an ender pearl and entering the Nether before it lands. The pearl is not lost if an ender pearl is thrown into a nether portal and the player travels through the portal; the pearl lands and teleports the player as usual.
  • If multiple ender pearls are thrown in succession, the player can be hurt only once from fall damage within about a one-second span.

Gallery

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In other media

References

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