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Ender Chest
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Ender Chest

A storage block that shares a single 27-slot inventory across all ender chests, accessible from any dimension.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.3.1

Item ID

ender_chest

Ender Chest at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Ender Chest: a block out of crafting. 64 Ender Chest fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Hardness 22.5 is what Ender Chest is worth in the block data. Blast resistance is a different story at 600: creepers and TNT leave it standing. Use a pickaxe on Ender Chest to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Light level 7 comes off Ender Chest without any help. It sits between Enchanting Table and Fence in Utility Blocks, number 123 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
Eye of EnderEye of Ender
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
ObsidianObsidian
Ender ChestEnder Chest

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Each player accesses their own private inventory. Must be mined with a pickaxe; drops 8 obsidian unless mined with Silk Touch.

Frequently asked questions about Ender Chest

  1. Obsidian, Eye of Ender going into Ender Chest, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Ender Chest in Minecraft?

    Ender Chest is crafted from Obsidian and Eye of Ender at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. 64 Ender Chest drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Ender Chest can you stack?

    64 Ender Chest fills a slot, and that slot costs 512 Obsidian and 64 Eye of Ender, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.

  3. Ender Chest coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.3.1

    When was Ender Chest added to Minecraft?

    Ender Chest was added in version 1.3.1.

  4. Ender Chest on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Ender Chest used for?

    A storage block that shares a single 27-slot inventory across all ender chests, accessible from any dimension.

  5. How long does Ender Chest take to break?

    Ender Chest answers to 22.5 hardness, and it answers to 600 when something explodes. That second figure on Ender Chest is what makes it worth hauling into a build meant to take a hit. Use a pickaxe on Ender Chest to speed it up; no particular tier is required. On top of that Ender Chest emits 7 light, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 keeps Ender Chest on file as printed, which is what it shows here.

Building with it

An ender chest is eight obsidian around an eye of ender, and every ender chest in the world opens the same twenty-seven slots for you. That makes it the safe deposit box of the game: mine one and its contents stay, and a chest at home and one in the Nether are the same chest.

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