So... I found the stronghold completely by accident while digging down to diamond level near a seaside village. Imagine my surprise. No collecting ender pearls etc etc. I just needed enough to open the portal. Eventually I was ready to enter and I died many many times. But I got the sucker eventually. Sadly he died just above his perch where the portal opened and dropped EVERY Exp crystal into the portal. To worsen matters, when I popped the egg off, it too fell into the portal! Is there ANY way to get the exp crystals or egg? I suppose it is my bad luck following my good fortune of discovering the stronghold by chance.
I don't know if it's only realms that have backup saves available, but you could try loading a backup save to before you killed the dragon, and you can prepare for that outcome the next time by putting blocks over the portal while the dragon is dying.
So... I found the stronghold completely by accident while digging down to diamond level near a seaside village. Imagine my surprise. No collecting ender pearls etc etc. I just needed enough to open the portal. Eventually I was ready to enter and I died many many times. But I got the sucker eventually. Sadly he died just above his perch where the portal opened and dropped EVERY Exp crystal into the portal. To worsen matters, when I popped the egg off, it too fell into the portal! Is there ANY way to get the exp crystals or egg? I suppose it is my bad luck following my good fortune of discovering the stronghold by chance.
They should've ended up at world spawn, if end portal mechanics work the same as in Java.
Found nothing.ðŸ˜
I don't know if it's only realms that have backup saves available, but you could try loading a backup save to before you killed the dragon, and you can prepare for that outcome the next time by putting blocks over the portal while the dragon is dying.