Feel you. I'm playing since 2010, beat it once, when it was a new feature and haven't since

Congrats! I remember the first time I beat him, I shot him with arrows for 2 hours :). It was very intense

Next up.... The Wither!!!

Same but i started 2013

So despite having played Minecraft for like… 13 years at this point, I’ve never actually beaten the Ender Dragon…

I either just get too invested in whatever it is that I’m building, or get bored of a project and create a new world. The building part in particular is silly on my part because I have heard rumours that having an elytra and like, actual good tools makes building easier. I finally decided to say screw it and actually beat the game and, well, I DID IT! I can confirm, having an elytra is fantastic, even if I have died multiple times now from slamming into a building or the ground.

If you’re at all interested in watching me bumble through and complete the game, I made a short (long) video of this horribly inefficient endeavour. I only died TWICE! - https://youtu.be/ydw1G4BWmQE?si=uwPtNv8LLk5cdvoD

congratulations, now the wither, good luck!

I still haven’t even attempted it! I’ve been playing Minecraft since it came out 😬

Took me 7 years to even try. Now I’ve beaten it 20 times in 3 separate hardcore worlds. Popped a few totems along the way- but mostly because it’s WAY more fun to beat it with elytra and bow.

Hey man same! Took me playing from launch til last winter before I finally did the deed

Great job. I've been playing for years and years and never have I accomplished this. You should be proud!

If you are going to use beds which I think makes it less rewarding but still then carry water and use full blast protection IV

I would recommend taking atleast 2 water bucket and then flooding the entire end island so you wont die if the dragon launches you. Be aware of the dragon's breath tho. Then you can easily shoot down all the crystals and kill the dragon. When it perches, try to ender pearl in the bedrock platform and then keep attacking it but DONT JUMP. Just keep repeating the process and you're good to go. If you want it to be fast, then learn the one-cycle method which all the speedrunners use. It would seem kinda hard at first but with practice you will master it.

If you are going to take the ender dragon down the original way make sure to have an infinity bow and sharpness 5 axe or sword.

You need a bow to shoot the end crystals (infinity recommended), a good food source (steak or golden carrots/apples), ender pearls in case you fall from a high place, lots of beds, and a few stacks of building blocks to get up the pillars.

I recomend using beds, and then one block in front for not take too much damage

Wear a carved pumpkin to avoid enderman

take scaffolding and potions as well as being geared up? this isnt rocket science

I got you! 1st step: get to the end. 2nd step: destroy end crystals that regenerate the dragon. Step 3: kill the dragon.

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Good job mate! I'm yet to do it and I've been playing about just as long.

its pretty fun, I always bring water buckets though

Good job man!

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I also only defeated him this year after playing for 10/11 years lol, Congratulations!

if you keep dying in the nether get some diamond armor with fire prot 4, a shield for blazes, gold for distracting/trading with the piglins and a smite sword/axe for withe skeletons/skeletons. once you get your blaze rods and pearls, go netherite mining and upgrade your tools and armor to netherite. practice killing the ender dragon with beds and finally kill the dragon with your beds on your main world

Water, bow with infinity but most importantly, water (buckets to mlg)

It isnt as hard as you think, if you have full netherite then all you need is a sword, a bow, and some food (its all i needed to beat the dragon on hardcore after only owning java edition for 3 days)

If you stay away from the edges of the island then its impossible to be knocked off, and the dragon cant knock you up more than 15 blocks

Slow falling potions are very useful for getting an elytra after the fight

Strength potions are useless, the dragon will stop perching after a certain amount of damage is dealt not after a certain amount of time.

If you want to make your life easy so you dont go to enderman hell, wait for the dragon to perch instead of shooting him to deal damage.

If you want then bring a pumpkin, but it really isnt needed

If you see the ender dragon shoot a fireball at you, run for your fucking life. That fireball negates all armor and enchantments, so if your in the area of damage for even 10 seconds then your dead

Take Potion of Night Vision - helps offset the loss of vision from the pumpkin helmet. Also, get a bow with Power V and Infinity, and just keep pinging the Ender Dragon. It honestly doesn't take that many shots to take her down. Flame helps slightly, too - it will continue to damage after the initial shot.

Wear carved pumpkin on your head, vision is partially obscured but endermans won’t attack unless you accidentally hit them. If you have feather falling and can bucket/ender pearl clutch pillar up for the taller towers, shoot a bow for the short ones. After towers are down chip away at dragon with bow and when it perches in the middle stand directly under its head

Watch some speedrun videos, it’s not as hard as it seems. No armor needed just 5-10 beds and some obsidian. Makes it feel a little anticlimactic after.

2 words: Rail Gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKvdTYzCIQ

When I beat the end I created 'bunkers' so I could heal easily.

If you do that, make them out of end stone or obsidian and make them 2-tall so endermen can't teleport in.

They won't protect you from the dragon, as it can fly through blocks, so only from the endermen. Water also helps as they can't step in it.

If pumpkin heads are a pain use resource packs to remove the overlay > bedrock | java (unobtrusive section)

I feel ya man. Try resist the urge to delete the world. Even if you make a new one, keep your old one. You may end up coming back to it

Literally same except I don’t delete the world, it just sits there haha

I dont understand why anyone would delete a world they spent any minute of progress in....

Delete the world? Why not stick to the same one

The closest I was to beat the dragon was using enchanted Netherite armor and all the stuff needed to beat the game.... And suddenly, I stoped playing and eventually deleted the game. Why? I don't even know.