So me and my friend went to the end on two different worlds and we can't respanwn him we used the end crystals and we didn't leave why is this happening?
By "used the end crystals", do you mean you made four End Crystals and placed one on each flat side of the bedrock exit portal? Screenshot? What version of Minecraft are you running?
You say you tried this on "two different worlds". Are these new worlds, or worlds where the Ender Dragon had been killed prior to the update that introduced respawning? If it's an older world, from the 1.38 PS4 release update: "To get the new End in an old world, select “Reset End” in the “More Options” menu when loading the world." (Caveat: I don't play the PS4 version, so I couldn't test any of this, but I trust my sources on this.)
Or, maybe a simpler question, if you create a brand new world, kill the dragon normally, and then place four End Crystals on the exit portal, does it work then? It should. If it doesn't, please do post a screenshot of your attempt.
I have the same problem. The ender dragon will not respawn. I also have 2 worlds and neither will produce a dragon.
I have used both of these worlds in the past to help people get the Dragon and Dragons Breath achievement. Ever since the last update where they added concrete and colored clay blocks, the Dragon does not spawn.
Please refrain from asking me for a screenshot. Iam not a nube at this.
Please refrain from asking me for a screenshot. Iam not a nube at this.
No need to get defensive. Nobody is calling you (or the OP) a "nube".
As I asked the OP, have you tried resetting the end in those worlds recently (i.e., after this problem began / in the current version)? (See my above post for PS4 instructions.)
If that doesn't help, my suggestion to you (and the OP) at this point would be to look at one of the many related bugs on the PS4 bug tracker, and see if there is anything there that applies to your particular situation(s). This bug provides a reasonable summary, some additional workarounds (some are PC specific), and links to related bugs. You might be able to get more specific information there, or contribute something meaningful to the developers.
I have the same issue on java edition, I killed the dragon I was on 1.8 and I updated to version 1.13 recently and when I put the four crystals as it said above and the egg on the middle, just nothing appends...
In fact I have a big bug here, because when I quit End and I go back there, the four previous crytals still there and I have four new crystals in the inventory.
Do you have a solution ? Because like I updated after killing the dragon for the first time and I cannot respawn it now, I don't have any island on the End just the fight area like in 1.8 :/
If anyone is having problems related to this, this my guide on how to fix the ender dragon not spawning and/or how to make a new portal:
Most of the problems related to this are due to the fact that your EndWorld is old (made before 1.9), thus, it's very likely that the center of the portal is not at X=0 and Z=0 which is the location that it was set out to be on all End World generations since the 1.9 update. So, the dragon will not respawn with the 4 crystals (don't bother trying spawn it will the creeper face because it was a debug feature and has been removed)
- If you want to RESET the entire end world, you just need to delete the folder "DIM1" and follow the NBTExplorer steps bellow.
- If you want to KEEP your old end world, you need to go on creative mode and destroy your entire Exit Portal, including the black End Portal block. Note that the new one will spawn at (0,Y,0). Y being the highest point where there's no structure in the way. Then exit The End. Then follow the NBTExplorer steps bellow. After you re-enter The End, the dragon will be there with no towers powering him and the new portal will also be there. After you kill the dragon, if you try to respawn it, the new (1.9) circular towers will spawn. Unless some old tower makes up for the circle, they will not be re-used according to what I tested
NBTExplorer steps - Download it
- Close minecraft (you can stay in the main menu with no world opened)
- Open NBTExplorer.exe (with the brown branch icon) and open you world folder
- Open level.dat/Data/DimensionData/1: 1 entry/ and delete "DragonFight" folder. Do the same for the level.dat_old
Note that if you're having this problem, it is also likely that you're playing in a version previous to 1.17, and the 4 crystal spawning will not work on the old portal. But in 1.17 forward it should be able to work and you don't have to this because of this History Version note that says that in 1.17 forward, old exit portals should be able to use the 4 crystal spawning technique.
Make backups and tests before trying this, although I made it all pretty clear
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Wouldn't it be better to start your own thread rather than bumping a four year old one?
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Devout 1.6.4 player, since 2013.
Long-Term World 1 March 22nd, 2013 – 2016; Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.6.1 – 0.15.7 Long-Term World 2 2018 – 2019; Minecraft for Windows 10 1.2.11 – 1.12.0 Long-Term World 3 February 15th, 2020 – Present, keeping this world for as long as possible; Minecraft: Java Edition 1.6.4
I play in the long-term, where most of my projects take a long time:
End Mining Project (Mine the entire End): 6 months
2km Long Overworld Rail From Spawn to Base: 2 months
Base Expansion Project: 1-2 months (estimate) (ongoing)
So me and my friend went to the end on two different worlds and we can't respanwn him we used the end crystals and we didn't leave why is this happening?
By "used the end crystals", do you mean you made four End Crystals and placed one on each flat side of the bedrock exit portal? Screenshot? What version of Minecraft are you running?
Yes we are using the endcrystal and we put them in the Middle of each side of the portal and it's the latest version on ps4
You say you tried this on "two different worlds". Are these new worlds, or worlds where the Ender Dragon had been killed prior to the update that introduced respawning? If it's an older world, from the 1.38 PS4 release update: "To get the new End in an old world, select “Reset End” in the “More Options” menu when loading the world." (Caveat: I don't play the PS4 version, so I couldn't test any of this, but I trust my sources on this.)
Or, maybe a simpler question, if you create a brand new world, kill the dragon normally, and then place four End Crystals on the exit portal, does it work then? It should. If it doesn't, please do post a screenshot of your attempt.
I have the same problem. The ender dragon will not respawn. I also have 2 worlds and neither will produce a dragon.
I have used both of these worlds in the past to help people get the Dragon and Dragons Breath achievement. Ever since the last update where they added concrete and colored clay blocks, the Dragon does not spawn.
Please refrain from asking me for a screenshot. Iam not a nube at this.
No need to get defensive. Nobody is calling you (or the OP) a "nube".
As I asked the OP, have you tried resetting the end in those worlds recently (i.e., after this problem began / in the current version)? (See my above post for PS4 instructions.)
If that doesn't help, my suggestion to you (and the OP) at this point would be to look at one of the many related bugs on the PS4 bug tracker, and see if there is anything there that applies to your particular situation(s). This bug provides a reasonable summary, some additional workarounds (some are PC specific), and links to related bugs. You might be able to get more specific information there, or contribute something meaningful to the developers.
Hi everyone !
I have the same issue on java edition, I killed the dragon I was on 1.8 and I updated to version 1.13 recently and when I put the four crystals as it said above and the egg on the middle, just nothing appends...
In fact I have a big bug here, because when I quit End and I go back there, the four previous crytals still there and I have four new crystals in the inventory.
Do you have a solution ? Because like I updated after killing the dragon for the first time and I cannot respawn it now, I don't have any island on the End just the fight area like in 1.8 :/
Some help will be really appraciated !
Thanks
If anyone is having problems related to this, this my guide on how to fix the ender dragon not spawning and/or how to make a new portal:

Most of the problems related to this are due to the fact that your EndWorld is old (made before 1.9), thus, it's very likely that the center of the portal is not at X=0 and Z=0 which is the location that it was set out to be on all End World generations since the 1.9 update. So, the dragon will not respawn with the 4 crystals (don't bother trying spawn it will the creeper face because it was a debug feature and has been removed)
- If you want to RESET the entire end world, you just need to delete the folder "DIM1" and follow the NBTExplorer steps bellow.
- If you want to KEEP your old end world, you need to go on creative mode and destroy your entire Exit Portal, including the black End Portal block. Note that the new one will spawn at (0,Y,0). Y being the highest point where there's no structure in the way. Then exit The End. Then follow the NBTExplorer steps bellow. After you re-enter The End, the dragon will be there with no towers powering him and the new portal will also be there. After you kill the dragon, if you try to respawn it, the new (1.9) circular towers will spawn. Unless some old tower makes up for the circle, they will not be re-used according to what I tested
NBTExplorer steps
- Download it
- Close minecraft (you can stay in the main menu with no world opened)
- Open NBTExplorer.exe (with the brown branch icon) and open you world folder
- Open level.dat/Data/DimensionData/1: 1 entry/ and delete "DragonFight" folder. Do the same for the level.dat_old
Note that if you're having this problem, it is also likely that you're playing in a version previous to 1.17, and the 4 crystal spawning will not work on the old portal. But in 1.17 forward it should be able to work and you don't have to this because of this History Version note that says that in 1.17 forward, old exit portals should be able to use the 4 crystal spawning technique.
Make backups and tests before trying this, although I made it all pretty clear
#2022
Wouldn't it be better to start your own thread rather than bumping a four year old one?
Devout 1.6.4 player, since 2013.
Long-Term World 1 March 22nd, 2013 – 2016; Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.6.1 – 0.15.7
Long-Term World 2 2018 – 2019; Minecraft for Windows 10 1.2.11 – 1.12.0
Long-Term World 3 February 15th, 2020 – Present, keeping this world for as long as possible; Minecraft: Java Edition 1.6.4