How To Find The Stronghold! ▫ Minecraft Survival Guide S3 ▫ Tutorial Let's Play [Ep.49]

[@giovannirocket9954]

Don't forget a few empty bottles to bottle up the dragon's breath

[@nmgg6928]

Oh and the spy glass might as well grab that advancement too

[@idrissafernandez6699]

No need you'll got them back when you drink the slow falling potion😁

[@nmgg6928]

@@idrissafernandez6699 excellent point. I guess it just depends if you want a few or a lot. But ya average player just re using the bottles you have is very smart

[@idrissafernandez6699]

​@@nmgg6928thkx😁

[@arasdeeps1852]

@@idrissafernandez6699 why limit yourself to only a few? I always bring a full stack of empty bottles with me.

[@aggelosktistis755]

11:55 that jump scared me so hard

[@titanicnerd179]

I was wondering if I was the only one😅

[@skyhijinx]

S A M E

[@matthewparker9276]

If you're traveling to the end cities for the first time, I recommend putting a book with unbreaking III and mending on it, an anvil, and some flight rockets in your ender chest before leaving.

[@yooooooohth]

Or just ender chest everything and then jump in the void

[@StarNanny]

@@yooooooohthThis is for going home after traveling to the various end cities, and is an excellent time-saver, if you’re not trying to build up exp points.

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn3798]

​@@yooooooohthyou'll waste tons of exp gained from killing the dragon that way

[@jasonreed7522]

And a stack of logs to make crafting tables and chests for shulker boxes with. (Separate from bridgeing/building blocks brought to get between islands and up to the ships with elytra)

[@T0NI_]

@@lorenzovonmatterhorn3798 Traveling to the end cities for the first time doesn't necessarily equal traveling to the end for the first time, though

[@akshatchheda1102]

lore wise, the people on the ship were so close to finding the stronghold

[@theseusRJ7]

I hope he sees this comment and include it in his world lore

[@shanesunil]

Maybe Pix can restore that ship as a landmark to the End portal.

[@Undercover_Pineapple]

This is brilliant! Those poor shipwrecked people took a huge L there. Lol

[@mikekuppen6256]

Maybe they did and they turned into Endermen or were killed by the dragon after going through the portal.

[@octaviosoares2494]

​@@mikekuppen6256this

[@sharkdentures3247]

I recommend bringing TWO water buckets! (instead of one) That way you can (quickly) make an infinite water source on the end island! You MIGHT not need it. But I find the option of throwing down (and leaving) water pools, waterfalls, etc. around the battlefield, rather convenient at times! (Multiple Enderman free "safe zones", safe landing areas for when your Slow Falling potion isn't active, etc.)

[@_Abjuranax_]

Also good to put at the base of towers, just in case you fall or get knocked off of them.

[@nicholasfitzgerald5482]

Definitely! Many times that I’ve fought the dragon on the Bedrock edition, the dragon likes to charge directly at the player and pretty often have I lost my water (the dragon destroys all except a few blocks) while climbing the obsidian pillars with it. A water bucket is pretty essential for the end fight.

[@Danjag]

Another thing to prepare you either forgot to mention or you're saving for the next episode is before you go through the portal, put a bed in the end portal room incase you die so you can easily go back through to the boss fight, also maybe a chest near it with backup gear if you don't trust yourself to succeed in picking up your items or you end up falling in the void

[@doggysalami]

NOT UNDER THOUGH YOU'LL BE SOFT LOCKED

[@twinkyoctopus]

​@@doggysalamiisn't that a bedrock only bug? besides, it's not something you'd do on accident, seeing as there is lava under the portal.

[@KitsukiiPlays]

That’s a very nice tip, actually!!! I never fight the dragon because I’m too bad at combat, but with this I can give it a try!

[@itzNøva87]

I wanna do that but I’m worried I won’t be able to get back to my house

[@Danjag]

@@itzNøva87 in that case, note down the coordinates of your base so you can get back to it easily

[@Lea_D.]

In case no one has already mentioned it, bring your spyglass to get the advancement by looking at the dragon with it.

[@mineralnoodles]

11:56 that jumpscare though 😂

[@Ilit015]

A word of warning; respawn anchors also explode in End. I lost a bunch of tools once because I was trying to be smart (lazy) and set my spawn in End for duration of the dragon fight.

[@THE_bchat]

Some things I try to keep in mind when going to The End and facing the Dragon for the first time: As so many other people are pointing out, empty bottles are a great way of dealing with the Dragon's Breath. I've learned to bring Ender Pearls with me, just in case the platform you spawn onto is separated from the main End Island. It's easier/quicker to throw a pearl than risk being knocked into the void by the dragon while bridging across. I will also leave some pearls in my Ender Chest in case I die during the battle and need to bridge that gap again to recover my stuff. Ender Pearls are also a decent way to deal with getting hit by the Ender Dragon for people like myself who are terrible at using the water bucket trick. My personal preference for bows has always been Mending, but when I go to The End for the first time, I take an Infinity Bow instead. That's not just for the battle with the dragon, it's also so I don't have to worry about running out of arrows when I raid the End Cities for the 1st time. I try to have a junky pickaxe to mine End Stone blocks, rather than risk losing a Silk Touch pick to the void. Since the Dragon doesn't destroy End Stone, I prefer to use that instead of pillaring up an End Spike with wood planks or scaffolding. On Bedrock, you can place scaffolding against the side of a block without there being a block that would support it. It's treated the same way as any gravity block, and will fall & land on a solid block. If you get hit by the dragon while against an End Spike, you can spam scaffolding to decrease the number of blocks you'll fall, thus reducing the damage you'll take.

[@targetdreamer257]

Have you ever tried the fight with a crossbow and fireworks?

[@arasdeeps1852]

The things I would recommend bringing that You didn't cover are a pickaxe to collect endstone, empty bottles to collect dragons breath( I always bring a full stack), a few extra boats to catch endermen in(be aware that this is not foolproof, endermen can walk over boats as well), a spyglass for that sweet advancement, and never take your best gear in for a dragonfight. I almost always die at least once in the first fight of the world. P.S. My siblings and I like to call the outer end "the deep end". XD

[@skitteryllama]

11:50 I had a jump scare LoL I always enjoy your videos keep up the good work

[@robinday8200]

On Bedrock on a tablet... Night Vision is a must! Always used to struggle to see the Dragon, but night vision makes the void go a different colour and then the Dragon really stands out.

[@riuphane]

Nice callout

[@catmus1506]

I find night vision a must on Java edition, too. Makes it so much easier to see the dragon in the air.

[@GreatTazGaming]

Pix, don't forget taking extra empty bottles for picking up dragons breath.

[@mintycheddar3854]

One thing no one seems to be mentioning: Ender Pearls. If the obsidian platform generates away from the central island, an Ender Pearl can be thrown onto the island or against one of the obsidian pillars to quickly teleport the player onto the island. Throwing Ender Pearls can also save the player from a fall into the Void. An Infinity bow also enchanted with Flame works well against the End Dragon while it is flying but does not cause damage when the dragon is resting on the central pillar; for that a strong melee weapon is needed.

[@wyrmh0le]

Yep, pearls were the first thing I thought of when he asked if there was anything else that's good for the fight. It's great for getting to the island (bridging over the void with the dragon flying around is terrifying). Also, if you miss your throw and the pearl falls in the void it's no problem!

[@catastrophic666]

Don't forget to talk about dragons ability to destroy non native blocks and about empty bottles and dragon breath in the Monday's episode.

[@thysenb]

11:56 nearly gave me a heart attack

[@marieleelee]

Things I bring with me; a bed, a bunch of wood to make chests (if I'm going to the end islands after), back up iron armor in case the worst happens and I get yeeted off the island into the void, usually some golden carrots for that sweet saturation, a water bucket (not for MLGing because I can't really do that well, more for enderman who I accidentally look at, a boat also works for this), and of course rockets for flying (again, only if I'm going to the end islands after), sometimes I put a mending/unbreaking book in my enderchest ready to go and an anvil too to add it right away.

[@marieleelee]

OHH I forgot IF you do go to the end islands and you end up bridging out, before you bridge out pillar up a few blocks and place a torch in the direction you came from. In case you bridge out, find nothing and decide to come back. You know where you already were. Pretty sure Pix already did this in the nether, it works in the end islands as well.

[@StanliteStar283]

Water bucket is not 100% reliable to stop the enderman. Water in minecraft tends to flow towards the nearest hole or nearest lower level of the land. If the land is not flat enough to generate 8 block spreading diamond shaped water pool, the water will flow like a streamline. In this case, you will be unable to protect yourself from enderman. If you still want to use water, make sure that you do it in a nearly flat land. Instead, making 2 block height roof beforehand while fighting against the ender dragon is the most reliable way. In the dragon fight, enderman is more dangerous than the ender dragon.

[@greybeardmc]

A reminder about the end (obsidian) platform. Don't place anything on top of it because every time you go through the portal, everything on the platform is deleted (and the platform regenerated). Not knowing that, I lost a few good shulker boxes when I was trying to build an enderman farm.

[@riuphane]

I forgot the platform gets cleared and regenerated whenever anyone comes through and was using scaffolding to quickly get over to the island to grab blocks for a proper bridge. While standing on the scaffolding bridge, my daughter came through the portal, breaking my scaffolding and almost dropping me into the void. Luckily I managed to land on a lower block, but I will never forget this again...

[@greybeardmc]

@@riuphane Yeah, it's one of those "you only have to learn it once" lessons.

[@anntheresaasher5300]

Thank you for sharing 😊 I did not know that 😊

[@paulburdon7397]

Does this happen in bedrock? I’ve not noticed it.

[@greybeardmc]

@@paulburdon7397 No idea, but I would guess it would. It's easy to test. Just place any throwaway block on the end platform before returning from the end and see if it's still there.

[@TheRealWormbo]

My very first dragon fight went quite poorly, starting off with my second complete equipment wipe ever when I was pushed into the void while bridging from the platform to the island. I ended up killing the dragon in multiple runs with iron gear and a basic (maybe somewhat enchanted) bow. Once you reach the main island, chances to fall into the void go down a lot but not to zero. But what I'm trying to say is: Whatever you end up bringing with you in preparation of your first fight, leave your attachment to your gear at home.

[@SeaKnight_Rory]

11:54 oh my gosh that was a scarier jumpscare than most horror games I jumped out of my skin 😂😅

[@CZghost]

One thing about Endermen is that water hurts them, that's why they're afraid of it. Water deals environmental damage to Endermen. Of course they'll keep their distance from a source of damage. As for the Ender Dragon fight preparation, gearing up is extremely important. I've seen fights where a group of people marched in naked with nothing but a wooden sword. Set their spawn inside the stronghold, and died over and over again, but eventually managed to kill the dragon. Yeah, that's a possibility as well. Hermitcraft Season 9 is where that happened I guess, very early into the game. It was more to make a fun content for us to watch.

[@OrigamiMarie]

Even if you're a really good Minecraft player, don't count on avoiding a void death in the End. One time, I arrived through the End portal before the terrain fully generated, and I dropped straight through where the spawning platform was supposed to be. The platform spawned just after I dropped through it, and I had no way to recover from falling into the void. Now I prepare with Slow Falling potions, ender pearls, and armor that I'm willing to lose. I also put most of my dragon fight supplies in my ender chest, place it when I arrive safely, and get the stuff out then. If you're good and quick (and / or already Slow Falling), you can throw an ender pearl to teleport and recover from getting dumped in the void.

[@JimKayaker]

Very good, so glad you got to show an unusual stronghold generation. My first one was so cut up by caves it didn't have 2 libraries, just 3 bookshelves and a few spider webs!. Things I do/bring that many will call unnecessary, but... empty bottles for dragons breath, make sure you are wearing the boots with feather falling on if you have different pairs, a stack of ladders in case I can't get an angle on one of the crystals (go up the back of adjacent pillar), a few ready crafted slabs to make a roof off a pillar 2 blocks high as somewhere else to run away from endermen, and hopefully the dragon, might be worth bringing a torch in case the 4 on the portal get lost during the fight, I lost one once. Spyglass can help finding end cities and portals, if your render distance is high enough, there is maybe a post dragon fight discussion to be had on render distance. Tips to avoid: bringing any blocks that endermen can move (dirt, gravel, sand) for bridging or marking where you have been, don't follow advice to bring iron blocks and carved pumpkins, whoever wrote that never actually tried it, ender men spawn faster than you can build golems and the chance of a golem hitting you by mistake is significant.

[@Undercover_Pineapple]

Ladders is a really good idea to stop endermen from picking up any blocks placed up the side of pillars and to stop the dragon from destroying them!

[@easternv1lle]

Golems built by the player don’t attack you though

[@catastrophic666]

11:56 I'm guessing Pic heard the best before opening the door

[@Joh-Jon]

Be careful there is a jump scare at 11:55

[@TheNemesis.]

11:56 Woah jumpscare warning😂

[@PerlStalker]

There's always the option to bring bottles to collect the dragon breath to make tipped arrows or lingering potions and spy glass for the achievement for looking at the dragon with it.

[@Pirat3G4ming]

It's also a good tip to bring some empty glass bottles so you can scoop up the Dragons breath as the Enderdragon tries to hit you with its ranged attack. This will also get you the achievement for doing so!

[@El_Presidente_5337]

One tip I have is to remember that enderman can pick up certsin blocks. I once built an Endermen farm and used dirt as temporary blocks, which resulted in the Endermen picking them up and letting me fall to my death. PS: And the Enderdragon also destroys blocks.

[@norbucso]

It only destroys blocks not native to the End.

[@johnnnwickkk9969]

A major memorial landmark of the series, especially reminding us of the good times from season one and what it turned out to be one of the best survival guides ever , cheers on keeping this season as an infinite one and kudos for another amazing 1000 episodes (parts as the og's remember 😜) whatever u make pix really turns my creativity into overdrive & my singleplayer experience into another level... Keep going strong as u usually do and ill follow close by!!!

[@meheartdiggy]

That bat at 11:55 gave me a heart attack 😂

[@RealDijkstra]

11:54 The bat coming out of the door scared the hell out of me :X

[@MJDENTON]

Another perfect episode! Can't wait to see this world from the air with elytra. And yes, torches always to the left. Always. :)

[@riotbr]

This is something I learned from Pix two seasons ago and I never stopped using it

[@Time4Logan]

I literally binged the whole series while playing mc myself haha, lovin it and cant wait for more

[@nickkyri6143]

Ender Pearls are a less tight timed Water Bucket alternative, it will also save you if the dragon happens to throw you up in the air, and also above the void, just make sure you don't do a derp and manage to land a pearl at a wall with void below it. The dragon throwing you in the air is not as common from my experience, but you really need to act when it happens. Make sure you have your ender pearls/bucket in an accessible hotkey/slot to be able to switch to it at a moment's notice.

[@soultundra7869]

I find night vision potions are really handy as my vision isn't so good. The obsidian pillars being black, don't show up very well against the dark sky. Night vision makes the pillars look pink so they show up. My first dragon fight took nearly an hour cos I couldn't see the tops of the towers (or the dragon) against the sky, and I struggled to be able to hit the crystals, after the dragon yeeted me into the void, I geared back up and took night vision with me and the fight went much better after that 😄. I'd also recommend a flame bow so folks can see whereabouts their arrows are landing on the towers so they can adjust their aim. I normally take easily breakable solid blocks (moss is good) for pillaring up to get to the tops of the tallest towers... while scaffolding is fast to set up, it also collapses if the dragon flies through it, and if I'm near the top I don't want to be plummeting down from that high 🙂

[@puppet537]

I love seeing these videos so much bc it doesn't matter how much you play the game you can always learn some nifty tricks and tips As for the dragon fight question i honestly only bring my second best armor, sword and pickaxe, building blocks and a water bucket. Not bc I'm good but bc i expect to die a few times. Also i prefer to break the crystals by breaking 2 blocks down next to them and punching them (it avoids most of the dammage but not all of it)

[@veryberry2843]

Oh my gosh! I absolutely loved your video! It was so well-explained, concise, helpful, and informative. Your diction was spot-on, the pacing was perfect, and I was completely engaged-I watched the entire 30 minutes without skipping a beat! Thank you so much for such an amazing video. I've just subscribed to your channel! Please keep up the fantastic work!!!

[@deantakelly6653]

That is bringing me back to the first time I beat the dragon. Also, I may have chuckled a bit at your "should take about 12 minutes" line, since when I fought the dragon for the first time, I took over half an hour and died like five times (I had keep inventory on, so I didn't lose anything), since I didn't realize that when the dragon is perched, it is immune to arrows.

[@joshuasmith2486]

Thank you so much! I have found an Ender Stronghold in the most unique way possible. It's nice to know that I found all of the things mentioned in your video and ended up doing exactly what you suggested. Also, Thank you for tips on the Ender Dragon fight. I can't wait to fight it once I have enough Eyes of Ender.

[@mastermindgaming5803]

Omg that Bat jumpscare around 11:56 scared the hell out of me lol

[@MairJfan1]

I just found the stronghold in my world a couple weeks ago...and yet here I am. I never miss an opportunity to learn from the Sage of Survival.

[@waveclaw]

Best of luck with your dragon fight! Hopefully it isn't as difficult as hunting down the portal room in that messed up stronghold was. Give Jean your best, she's a flighty beast. Don't forget those rockets when you decide to go exploring beyond that fight in the future episodes.

[@chrisamos1426]

scaffolding can be beneficial to get quickly to the top of an obsidian pillar for a flat bowshot trajectory to the other crystals; speed is still important, though, because the dragon will target you on the pillar and scaffolding

[@herbalt]

i see a couplie folks have already mentioned bringing a couple stacks of scaffolding; but to be more specific as to why, there will typically be a couple End Crystals that generate inside a cage of iron bars. depending on the height of the pillar they sit on and your skill with a bow, it is technically possible to thread the needle with your arrow and hit the End Crystal through the gap at the bottom of the cage. But the much easier option is just to scaffold up to the top and break the cage. I recommend stacking your scaffolding on the side of the pillar towards the outside of the ring so that it is a little less likely the dragon charges you, breaking the scaffolding and likely knocking you off (that's where slow fall pots come in super handy); but it is possible to time it right and scaffold up quickly to destroy the Crystal. also, as long as you have decent armor, you don't even have to go all the way up and break the cage. you can usually target the Crystal through the gap at the bottom of the cage and destroy it. you will just probably take a little bit of damage. and don't forget a torch to collect that dragon egg!

[@thepatriotickafir8859]

11:56 Wo ,the bag give me jumpscare 😅

[@AceOfFools]

Libraries are my favorite part of strongholds. All those lovely lovely books...

[@talhaiqbal6798]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one jump scared by 11:56

[@rubenski_ruben]

Ahhhh I'm so excited to see the dragon-fight! Good luck!

[@sigurdvj1274]

That Bat at 11:55 served for an increase in the horror-quality of this Stronghold!!

[@thiagoaquino9609]

2 stacks of scaffolding to climb the obsidian pillars. I personally prefer scaffolding over something like dirt as it's easier to place, even if the Dragon can break it all the way up. 2 packs because you eventually lose some of it. Looting sword to get shulker shells after the fight. Ender pearls to teleport through the End Gates. A good pickaxe - always have one with you! I don't feel necessary to bring both Fortune and Silk Touch, I only bring the one I find it easier to replace in case of death. An extra shield, or an Unbreaking III & Mending shield. Defending when the Dragon charges towards you takes a lot of durability. An axe to break scaffolding on the way down and to break the crafting table after making wood slabs. Anvil, Unbreaking III and Mending books, 2 packs of fireworks to make the best use of Elytra as soon as you put your hands on it. Empty bottles to collect the dragon's breath. OBS: Bedrock mobile player here. YMMV

[@ggplayz14]

for me, loyalty trident is a no go, but a riptide trident is convenient. it helps vertical mobility so much that you can use to fly up to obsidian towers for positioning . also, one neat trick with riptide is to fly upwards, shoot a crystal, and do it again. this helps to break cystals with higher elevations that cant be easily shoot down

[@Surgeslayer]

That damn bat jump scare...bout dropped my phone

[@Sal-eo4xn]

There are so many overlapping structures in this world it’s so cool

[@FluffehLlama]

I don't have the best aim with the bow so I like having flame on it, that way I can see better where it hit the pillar and how much higher I need to aim

[@nou3763]

The tip about using the 9' 9' trick and searching in the chunk was a godsend

[@syystomu]

This is maybe a bit of a silly suggestion but a friend of mine (Vin_shoken) likes to bring jungle saplings, dirt and bonemeal. You can do a trick where you plant the saplings 2x2 on the dirt, throw an enderpearl directly up from the center of the saplings and then quickly bonemeal them to grow the tree before the enderpearl lands, so you end up teleporting on top of the tree where you can easily shoot the crystals. Of course the dragon can destroy the tree but you should have time to clear a few of the obsidian pillars before that. You could use a spruce tree for this too, but jungle trees have wider tops so I think they're better. And you can sometimes use the vines too.

[@adodzal]

11:56 Bat Jumpscare !!!

[@NZArchie]

Always love your vids. Did you know Enderpearls point directly at the End Portal? If you are directly over the End Portal Room, the Enderpearl will go straight down. Occasionally, I've been so lost in a Stronghold, I've even used Enderpearls as a Navigation tool to find my way though there is a chance you'll lose the thrown pearl as it will go through walls.

[@anntheresaasher5300]

Great advise 😊

[@acrm-sjork]

Have you seen those video where a guy beats Minecraft following ChatGPT instructions? At first flane it was quite awkward when the chat recommends to bring two tridents and create large water pool around central portal, but man - that battle suddenly looks sooo epic!

[@bryce37521]

It’s insane how much you got done before getting wings lol I feel like that’s always my first obj every world

[@roberto577gaming7]

11:55 legit got jumpscared by that bat lol.

[@_Abjuranax_]

Ahh! Take a Boat or two with you to trap Endermen with, and you can use their enderpearls to land safely from heights, and also to possibly avoid falling into the End.

[@raymondstheawesome]

For bedrock players that are playing on realms or server, back in April Mojang added permanently loaded chunks in the End. The main End island is always loaded just like java's spawn chunks. If you die while fighting the dragon your stuff will despawn in you don't go back in five minutes!

[@matttale7918]

Fun fact, a skeleton spawned exposed to a stronghold was poking out in a deep slate layer cave near a village I had found before I’ve even gotten the Eyes of End yet. Found the end portal and explored the stronghold using a navigation tool I’ve somewhat stolen and adapted slightly so I’ll share it for fellow players who have yet to get to the End, found the stronghold and wanted to loot it but not fight the ender dragon just yet: Use color coded blocks not found in the stronghold! Don’t use cobblestone or wood as it may blend into the stronghold and you’ll lose your way, it’s a bit of a maze of dead ends in there. For me I used random smooth variants of different blocks found in the normal top layer of caves and not the ones found in deepslate layer. Those being Smooth Diorite, Polished Tuff and Smooth Granite. When you first pop in and light the nearby vicinity you should break the stone bricks and replace them with Smooth Diorite. Use this to mark your exit, when you find a fork in the road you place 3 diorite and a torch in the middle to mark your way back to your entrance and exit. Place smooth tuff with smooth granite in the middle to mark paths you haven’t been to or explored yet. Once you’ve cleared the rooms or found a dead end and no end portal, replace the smooth granite with polished tuff to mark that you have already been there but don’t want to go back anymore. Find the end portal and mark the way back with diorite outlines till you create a path back and forth to the portal for future use mid-late game. Break all doors in the stronghold in dead ends and leave doors closed if you haven’t been there yet. Leave doors open if they are on your path to the end portal. Don’t block off libraries so you can come back for the cobwebs and bookshelves with shears and silk touch tools.

[@stlbuddhist]

I usually setup a chest at the portal with extra armour, bow, sword, blocks, bed and sleep there. I take a chest and empty bottles to collect the dragons breath.

[@Undercover_Pineapple]

I'd suggest taking extra glass bottles with you to collect dragons breath! That's the only thing I can think of that you haven't mentioned, Pix! 😀 I assume you'll talk about setting spawn in the portal room in the next ep.

[@Xolarflare]

11:56 bat jumpscare

[@veebezoo5175]

the bat at 11:55 jumpscared me so bad LMAO

[@FlashGordon1023]

Add Empty bottles for collecting dragons breath, a torch for collecting the dragon egg, and ender chest are good to bring.

[@KarahKat]

I usually bring glass bottles for dragon's breath and at least 1 torch to collect the dragon egg

[@demonletsplays]

Speaking of silverfish I remember a time trying to find the end portal and along the way being attacked by silverfish constantly everywhere it literally look like a horror scene😅

[@madflex7584]

that bat at 11:56 almost gave me a heart attack

[@bonzue]

I definitely like ur tactic of getting elytra before the dragon fight. I'm more of an aerial archer, than an ground trooper for the dragon fight. lol I forget if u can make a lingering potion of harming or not. If u can, I'd yeet 1 at the dragon's body.

[@AdityaKathirvel]

It is also recommended to bring a few stacks of glass bottles to the dragon fight to collect dragon's breath, as it is harder to summon and fight the dragon once again to collect the dragon's breath after the initial fight.

[@dorsaldawn565]

Perhaps some cyan twisted vines and bonemeal for fast lifts, preventing fall damage and making easy work of parkour walls.

[@StanliteStar283]

Is not it better with scaffolding?

[@wittingcave5591]

@@StanliteStar283Scaffolding be may better, yes.

[@wyrmh0le]

I had a stronghold generate with the End Portal room completely separated (by like 20 blocks) from the rest of the structure and sitting on the bottom of the ocean; easiest portal to find ever! This was in the first release where end portals would generate. The same world has a stronghold with no end portal because it was generated before The End was added to the game. Oh, also when they added Ocean Monuments it decided the area right next to the portal is where a monument would have been so Guardians started spawning there.

[@NaturalFireWave]

I usually just make sure that I have at least prot II on 3/4 of my armor and feather falling IV. I tend not to be able to handle phantoms too well so I can't make slowfalling potions easily. Mending on all tools and armor is also good since the dragon gives off enough exp to repair the damages done to the equipment.

[@dmorg25]

Really good, I think you did great!

[@niallhealy3039]

I would have added placing a bed in the stronghold with a chest beside it of back-up gear. For a first timer, don't bring all your best gear and rare items with you, only what you need. Bring empty bottles to gather dragon breath.

[@rlj214]

Jump scare at 11:56

[@neetscholar4149]

I think the Wiki is wrong about how good Golden Carrots are. Either that, or they are wrong about Steak/Porkchops. I haven't used mods or edited the game files to check out the actual values. But after personal testing, after letting my hunger fall just low enough for natural regeneration to stop, and then getting my HP to half a heart, I tested how much health I recovered from each food type. If the info on the wiki was accurate, the Golden Carrot should let you recover a bit more health than a Steak. But my test's results showed the exact opposite. So yeah, either the saturation values in the Wiki's chart is wrong, or the explanation on how regenerating health from burning saturation is wrong. And on another topic, in your preparations, you forgot to mention to bring plenty of empty bottles ^.^

[@LovelyLeanaMC]

Did you mention feather falling IV? I know you have it, but some people might not yet. Saved me plenty of times from the dragon throwing me in the air. Also enderpearls to break your fall, which might even save you from falling in the void if your reflexes are good enough

[@AdamNisbett]

My first ever dragon fight went hilariously bad as my strategy backfired. I decided to be “smart” and tunnel under the end stone to each tower and then carve out a staircase inside each one to get to and destroy each crystal without the dragon being able to blast me. Only trouble is, the dragon can detect you through blocks and if it’s unable to blast you it repeatedly tries to body slam you until it can get to you with a fireball. So I was getting smashed against the walls of my tunnels nonstop until I eventually succumbed to damage and died.

[@cporly3051]

29:30 I usually get my Spyglass, a couple o'Bottles and 4 End Crystals with me, to humiliate her twice in a row :P

[@SpunkieMunkieLLC]

I always get knocked off trying to pillar up for a caged crystal. I find scaffolding great for that.

[@ion0057]

grian had a small hardcore world with goodtimeswithscar and smallishbeans where he did try to fight the dragon with a trident and yes, he lost it into the void. i am a mending person myself so i do bring lots of arrows, but also make sure to bring bottles for scooping up the dragon's breath goop. i usually make sure i have a full stack of dragon's breath before even bothering to fight the dragon

[@Cxrm3n]

i fought the ender dragon in my world just earlier this week and I brought some empty bottles along to collect the dragon's breath. What i wish i had brought was some firework rockets for when i finally got my elytra.

[@psyo_nade3177]

Oh wow, I was just thinking about making a new world in Minecraft, this is gonna be fun :)

[@gemini17mc96]

Great video!!

[@easternv1lle]

Take a couple of stacks of blocks or scaffolding (or both) for pillaring up the obsidian towers

[@curtisrenwick5722]

I like to use ender pearls when I’m tossed into the air. Just throw one on the ground while in the air. Also useful if you are tossed over the void.

[@allenbrown7449]

ok, the homage to paulsoaresjr brought a tear to my eye. The nostalgia...

[@aqueous7429]

I like to bring a bit of TNT and a Flint and Steel to pillar up to the end crystals surrounded by Iron Bars, break in, place the TNT, light it, and then quickly break my way back down my pillar.

[@ringi1970]

My way to fight the ender dragon: I bridge out to the outer islands (take some time and Material, but if you have Nethertunnels, you have enough blocks, but slabs also do a good job). Then I search an end city with ship. Take the elytras, and enchant it with unbreaking III (dont forget the book and an anvil). Pull out the rockets and go through the next transit portal and fight the dragon. IMO this much more fun. Only the long bridging is a little bit annyoing. I put all my gear in my enderchest except of a silktouch pickaxe while doing that.

[@lunar0ya1]

i still have to watch this fully but i already know this will be a great video

[@TabythaK]

I found a stronghold on my world and was exploring in it (was around -45) and as I got to this set of stairs I was running away from a creeper then suddenly hear a shriek and my screen goes black, I tried it again because I didn't know at the time strongholds could spawn inside deep dark biomes and hadn't tested shriekers out yet. After testing the weird noise out for 3 times I was looking on reddit and found out that if you heard that shriek 4 times the warden spawned so I crouched the hell out of there. scariest experience ever.

[@TheMinecraftBlockHD]

Great video!

[@brandongardenhire7045]

Sometimes strongholds spawn with secret rooms, which is why it was blocked off like that. It is not a glitch but an intended feature