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End Rod
MiscellaneousCraftable

End Rod

A decorative light source that emits light level 14 and can be placed facing any direction. Generates naturally in End cities.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.9

Item ID

end_rod

End Rod at a glance

End Rod, an item out of crafting and mining, sits under Miscellaneous. A slot of End Rod holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

A single tap removes End Rod; the game gives it a hardness of 0. It carries the same 0 into an explosion. As a light source End Rod is worth 14. It sits between Empty Map and Ender Pearl in Miscellaneous, number 40 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Blaze RodBlaze Rod
Popped Chorus FruitPopped Chorus Fruit
End RodEnd Rod4

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Mining

Notes

Emits white particles from its tip and does not melt ice or snow.

Frequently asked questions about End Rod

  1. Blaze Rod, Popped Chorus Fruit going into End Rod, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get End Rod in Minecraft?

    End Rod is crafted from Blaze Rod and Popped Chorus Fruit at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 4. It also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.

  2. 64 End Rod drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many End Rod can you stack?

    64 End Rod fills a slot, and that slot costs 16 Blaze Rod and 16 Popped Chorus Fruit, since each one returns 4, which is 16 crafts at the crafting table.

  3. End Rod as a block, the one this breaking time belongs to

    How long does End Rod take to break?

    End Rod carries a hardness value of 0, and it stands up to explosions at 0. Both numbers on End Rod being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. Being untagged, End Rod drops the same whatever you hold while breaking it. On top of that End Rod emits 14 light, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 is the release End Rod was read from, figure by figure on it.

  4. End Rod on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is End Rod used for?

    A decorative light source that emits light level 14 and can be placed facing any direction. Generates naturally in End cities.

  5. End Rod coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.9

    When was End Rod added to Minecraft?

    End Rod was added in version 1.9.

Building with it

A blaze rod and a popped chorus fruit give four end rods, light level 14, and they can be placed pointing in any direction. That freedom makes them the most flexible light source in the game for detailing, since they work as a lamp, a post or a beam.