How to use the End City Finder
End cities generate on the outer islands (more than about 1,000 blocks from the central island) in End highlands. The finder shows the closest cities; some have a ship with an elytra.
- Type or paste your seed in the seed box (numbers and text seeds both work), then pick your edition and version.
- End cities are marked on the map automatically. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and hover an icon to see its coordinates.
- Click an icon to copy the coordinates or a ready-made /tp command, and tick "Completed" to keep track of the ones you have visited.
- Use the "Nearest" list in the sidebar to jump straight to the closest ones to spawn or to any X/Z you enter.
Where End cities generate
On Java, End cities use regions of 20×20 chunks with an 11-chunk separation. Only outer islands count, so none appear within roughly 1,000 blocks of 0,0, and the island has to be high enough at the city's start for it to generate. The tall purpur towers are easy to see from a distance once you're out there.
To reach them, defeat the Ender Dragon and throw an ender pearl into the End gateway that opens. It takes you to the outer islands in the gateway's direction, and the End Gateway Finder shows where each gateway leads.
Ships, elytra and shulkers
Some cities have an End ship floating nearby with an elytra in an item frame, a dragon head and two treasure chests. Chests in cities and ships can hold diamonds, iron, gold, emeralds, enchanted diamond and iron gear, saddles and the spire armor trim template.
Shulkers guard the towers and drop shulker shells for shulker boxes. Their levitation attacks make falling deadly, so bring slow falling potions, blocks and a water bucket.
Editions and versions
| Dimension | The End |
|---|---|
| Java Edition | 1.9 – 26.3, exact positions |
| Bedrock Edition | Java only: Bedrock placement is not implemented, so nothing is shown rather than wrong positions |
Questions
Does the End city have a ship?
Roughly half of End cities generate with a ship holding the elytra and a dragon head. The popup marks ships when the engine can determine it.
How do I get to the outer islands?
Use an End gateway (see the End Gateway Finder) after defeating the dragon, or bridge 1,000+ blocks out from the main island.
Does the End city finder work for Bedrock?
No. Bedrock's End terrain differs from Java, so cities cannot be filtered reliably and the finder is Java only.
Can there be more than one elytra?
One elytra per ship, and each ship belongs to one city. Explore several cities on the map to find more ships.
What command finds an End city?
With cheats on, /locate structure minecraft:end_city, while you are in the End.
Updated · data for Minecraft Java up to 26.3