{"id":1179,"date":"2016-03-26T23:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T06:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dangerzone.biz\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T01:03:51","slug":"the-search-for-the-elytra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerzone.biz\/index.php\/archives\/1179","title":{"rendered":"The Search for the Elytra"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got bored working on my new, needlessly complicated fishing sorting system and decided to take a trip to The End. \u00a0I figured it wouldn’t be too bad so I didn’t really prepare any potions, had the wrong helmet and shoes, and was carrying my good pickaxes. \u00a0The 1.9 update didn’t automatically re-spawn the dragon so I made some end crystals to do it. \u00a0They require ghast tears so we finally have a big use for the tears.<\/p>\n

When I spawned the dragon it also re-spawned the obsidian towers that the healing crystals sit on top of so that can be a pretty good renewable source of mineable obsidian. \u00a0I tried to just kill the dragon without thinking much about it and it was a bad idea. \u00a0I couldn’t hurt it enough without the healing crystals refilling it so I shot all the easy to get ones. \u00a0Still no luck, even with just two left that are protected by a cage I couldn’t out damage the heal. \u00a0It’s also impossible to leave the end without dying once you spawn the dragon because the exit goes away. \u00a0The dragon was wrecking everything we had set up in the prep room too. \u00a0I barely managed to dump all my non essential valuable into an ender chest before he destroyed that too. \u00a0Then he launched me like 200 blocks into the air and killed me.<\/p>\n

I was of course saved way far away so I made the long trek back. \u00a0This time i pillared up and blew up the last 2 crystals. \u00a0Now it was just time to chip away at his health until…<\/p>\n

\"deaddragon\"<\/p>\n

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Got him! \u00a0Unfortunately I was standing in the portal so I got warped all the way back to my bed way far away. \u00a0I made my second long trip back and went looking for the new portal.<\/p>\n

\"newendportal\"<\/p>\n

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It was floating right next to the void so I pillared right up to it before throwing in an end pearl. \u00a0Welcome to the end islands.<\/p>\n

\"chorusforest\"<\/p>\n

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Nothing but endermen and chorus trees for hundreds of blocks. \u00a0I collected some of the plants but what I really wanted was to find the cities. \u00a0After a long time wandering I found one!<\/p>\n

\"endcitytower\"<\/p>\n

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\"shulker\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After fighting through a ton of super annoying shulkers I made my way all the way up the towers. \u00a0Of course I lucked out and got 0 chests in the entire city so it was time to find another.<\/p>\n

\"endboat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Success! \u00a0I found a city with a boat. \u00a0It was a little scary getting there as I had to bridge a gap over the void just to get to the city. \u00a0This was made harder because I had a pumpkin on my head the whole time obscuring my vision. \u00a0You can switch to F1 mode which makes the pumpkin overlay disappear but it also makes it so you can’t see your inventory or health\/hunger bars. \u00a0Inside the main tower was a crazy room with no real platforms and like 10 shulkers. \u00a0You get hit repeatedly causing you to float in the air all the way up the tower. \u00a0I tried to get a screenshot but it was too much bombardment. \u00a0There were some chest up top but nothing too special. \u00a0Now I had to bridge over to the boat which was also over the void. \u00a0What made it worse was two shulkers on the back of the boat trying to knock you off your bridge or cause you to float too high and fall to death. \u00a0Of course I still didn’t have my feather falling boots but managed to make it.<\/p>\n

\"elytrafound\"<\/p>\n

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Finally! \u00a0I got my wings. \u00a0Then on my way out I noticed the front of the boat looked odd. \u00a0I didn’t know this but it had a dragon head! \u00a0Of course it was also floating over the void but I made a platform and grabbed it.<\/p>\n

\"dragonheadfound\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"endsuccess\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Not a bad loot haul for 4 or so hours of fighting and exploring.
\n\"endloot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now I had to just find my way back to the portal. \u00a0Unfortunately I didn’t screenshot the coordinates and didn’t bring a whole lot of extra food with me. \u00a0Fortunately I found it before running out of food. \u00a0Of course I had forgotten yet again to sleep in a closer bed and was warped way far away again >.><\/p>\n

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