Wiki 9Minecraft Wiki 9Minecraft

Ender Dragon

Mobs & entity

The Ender Dragon is an entity in Minecraft. A spawn egg exists for it, so players can bring the creature into a world with that item.

Contents (7)
  1. Sounds
  2. Stats
  3. Advancements
  4. History
  5. Registry entry
  6. Related items
  7. See also

Sounds

6 sound events for this mob, 20 files in all. Where an event lists more than one file the game picks one at random.

EventSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation key
ambientDragon roarsentity.ender_dragon.ambientsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.ambient
deathDragon diesentity.ender_dragon.deathsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.death
flapDragon flapsentity.ender_dragon.flapsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.flap
growlDragon growlsentity.ender_dragon.growlsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.growl
hurtDragon hurtsentity.ender_dragon.hurtsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.hurt
shootDragon shootsentity.ender_dragon.shootsubtitles.entity.ender_dragon.shoot

Stats

Mojang publishes these numbers in the Bedrock behaviour pack (bedrock-samples); the Java edition keeps them in code, not in any data file. Most values match across editions, but not all — treat them as the Bedrock figures.

Health points200
Attack strength3
Movement speed0.3
Hitbox size13 blocks wide, 4 blocks tall
Mob typedragon, mob
Immune to fireYes
Knockback resistance100

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this entry. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w50a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w50a (12 December 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

Registry entry

Identifierminecraft:ender_dragon
Registryminecraft:entity_type

See also