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Ender Pearl
Miscellaneous

Ender Pearl

A throwable item that teleports the player to where it lands, dealing 5 fall damage. Essential for reaching the End.

Stack Size

16

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

ender_pearl

Ender Pearl at a glance

Minecraft files Ender Pearl under Miscellaneous: an item you get from mob drops (Enderman), trading (Cleric), and Piglins bartering. A single slot takes 16 Ender Pearl, a hotbar row 144, and 864 fill a double chest.

Ender Pearl additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Eye of Ender. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Ender Pearl, stronghold corridor chests are the best bet at about 23% per chest. It sits between End Rod and Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template in Miscellaneous, number 41 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Only Eye of Ender uses Ender Pearl as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. Each link below opens that recipe with Ender Pearl in the grid.

How to obtain

  • Mob drops (Enderman)
  • Trading (Cleric)
  • Piglins bartering

Mobs that drop it

Killing a Enderman leaves 0 to 1 behind. Looting on Enderman pays 1 more Ender Pearl a level, 1 becoming 4.

Notes

Deals 5 fall damage on teleport (negated by Feather Falling boots). Used to craft Eyes of Ender.

Frequently asked questions about Ender Pearl

  1. Mob drops (Enderman) leading to Ender Pearl, the way this answer says Ender Pearl arrives

    How do you get Ender Pearl in Minecraft?

    Ender Pearl is obtained through mob drops (Enderman), Ender Pearl from trading (Cleric), and Ender Pearl from Piglins bartering. No crafting grid makes Ender Pearl, and 1 recipe takes it as an ingredient.

  2. Several Ender Pearl at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Ender Pearl?

    Killing a Enderman leaves 0 to 1 behind. Looting on Enderman pays 1 more Ender Pearl a level, 1 becoming 4.

  3. A chest beside Ender Pearl, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Ender Pearl in chests?

    Ender Pearl is chest loot in stronghold corridor chests (about 23%) and trial chamber corridor chests (about 20%, 1 to 2 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  4. Ender Pearl turning into Eye of Ender, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Ender Pearl used for?

    Ender Pearl is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Eye of Ender.

  5. 16 Ender Pearl drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Ender Pearl can you stack?

    Ender Pearl at 16 a slot, and Eye of Ender takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 16 Eye of Ender with nothing left over. A double chest of Ender Pearl comes to 864, spread over 54 slots.

  6. Ender Pearl coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.0

    When was Ender Pearl added to Minecraft?

    Ender Pearl was added in the 1.0 full release.

Building with it

Endermen drop ender pearls, and throwing one teleports you where it lands at the cost of a few hearts. That makes it the escape route, the shortcut up a cliff and, combined with blaze powder, the eye of ender that finds the stronghold in the first place.