Dragon Egg (2024)

This article is about the placeable block. For the spawn egg used to spawn the Ender Dragon, see Spawn Egg.

The dragon egg is a decorative block or a "trophy item", and is the rarest item obtainable in the game, as it generates only once (or twice in Bedrock Edition^[1]).

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Post-generation
- 1.2 Breaking
2 Usage
- 2.1 Light source
- 2.2 Teleporting
- 2.3 The Void
3 Sounds
4 Data values
- 4.1 ID
- 4.2 Falling block entity
5 Advancements
6 History
7 Issues
8 Trivia
9 Gallery
10 See also
11 References

Obtaining[]

In Java Edition, the dragon egg is available in the Creative inventory. Across both Java and Bedrock editions, it can be obtained with pick block or the /give command, or placed in the world with commands such as /setblock and /fill.

Post-generation[]

In Java Edition, a single dragon egg is generated on top of the exit portal when the first ender dragon is defeated. In Bedrock Edition, two dragon eggs generate on top of the exit portal; one generates when the first ender dragon is defeated, while the other generates when the second ender dragon is defeated.^[1]

Breaking[]

The dragon egg usually cannot be mined directly, as trying to do so causes it to teleport within a 31×15×31 volume centered on the egg, with locations toward the center more likely. If all air blocks in that area are filled so there is nowhere for the egg to teleport to, or if it fails to find an air block after 1,000 attempts at teleporting, it can be mined. The dragon egg is a gravity-affected block, and drops as an item when pushed by a piston or when it falls onto a block less than a full block tall, such as a torch or a bottom slab.

When destroyed by an explosion, the block always drops as an item.

The dragon egg is not immune to destruction by the ender dragon, despite being produced by it.^[2]

Block	Dragon Egg
Hardness	3
Breaking time (secs)
Default	4.5

Usage[]

Light source[]

The dragon egg emits a light level of 1.

Teleporting[]

To cause the egg to teleport, press attack while in Survival or Adventure mode (press use in Creative). It teleports to an air block nearby (up to seven blocks vertically and fifteen blocks horizontally), creating the same particles as an enderman. It may teleport into the air and subsequently fall to the ground since it forcefully obeys gravity.

If all available air blocks are filled, it is possible to break the block.

Dragon egg teleportation lacks teleportation sounds.^[3]

The Void[]

In the case that egg teleportation finds an invalid location such as a negative y value, it makes an additional attempt to find a valid location, centered on the invalid location rather than the original position.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Dragon Egg	`dragon_egg`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.dragon_egg`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Dragon Egg	`dragon_egg`	`122`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.dragon_egg.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Falling block entity[]

Main article: Falling Block

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	The Next Generation	Hold the Dragon Egg	Free the End	Have a dragon egg in your inventory.	`end/dragon_egg`

History[]

Java Edition
October 26, 2011					The dragon egg is first mentioned by Notch, supposedly before there was the feature freeze,^[4]^[5] though it seems to have been worked on during it.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Added the dragon egg.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Dragon eggs cannot be obtained within the Creative inventory.
1.3.1		12w17a			Pick Block no longer works on the dragon egg.
		12w18a			As a result of singleplayer being changed to an internal server, the dragon egg no longer produces particles when teleporting, alongside many other features this version broke.
		12w30c			The dragon egg renders as lava with the cube model when falling.
		12w30e			The dragon egg uses its own model again when falling.
1.4.4		1.4.3			The dragon egg uses cube model when falling.^[6]
1.4.4		1.4.3			The dragon egg once again produces particles; however, it does not actually point to the location it teleports to as it did previously.^[7]
1.4.6					The dragon egg uses its own model when falling, once again.
1.8		14w07a			The dragon egg is among the earliest of many blocks to be converted to custom block models, deprecating hardcoded block rendering. The conversion, however, is flawed, as the third "tier" from the top is the same size as the second, resulting in an incorrectly shaped model as well as inconsistently sized pixels. This error continues into the present day.^[8]
1.9		15w49a			Pick Block now works on the dragon egg again.^[9]
1.12		17w17a			The advancement The Next Generation has been added, which is unlocked from obtaining a dragon egg.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 122.
1.17		21w11a			Changed lighting.
1.18		21w39a			The default brightness has been changed from "Moody" to 50.
1.19.3		22w43a			The dragon egg is now available in the Creative inventory.^[10]
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added the dragon egg.
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Dragon eggs are available in the Creative inventory.^[verify]
Bedrock Edition
?					Two dragon eggs now spawn, only when the first and second dragons are defeated.^[1]
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.56			The dragon egg now always drops as an item when it's destroyed by an explosion.^[11]
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the dragon egg.
TU9	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Dragon eggs cannot be obtained within the Creative inventory.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added the dragon egg.
1.7.10					Dragon eggs are available in the Creative inventory.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Dragon Egg" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

The writer of the Minecraft comic WonderCraft, Samcube, was requested by Mojang to create official Minecraft posters. In a part of these works, one can see an area with an ender dragon and a chicken on top of a huge mushroom. In the same scene, the dragon egg is visible near the chicken.
If the dragon egg teleports and falls into the portal, it spawns in the Overworld at the world spawn.

Gallery[]

Samcube's Minecraft poster showing the dragon egg.
The teleporting distance of a dragon egg.
An example of using a piston and a lever to obtain the dragon egg.
A dragon egg on a snow layer.

References[]

↑ ^a ^b ^c MCPE-51345
↑ MC-165218
↑ MC-166291
↑ " There isn't a lot of interesting minecraft news these days because of the feature freeze, so I will just say one thing: egg." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, October 27, 2011
↑ " I was talking about ender dragon eggs." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, October 27, 2011
↑ MC-1688
↑ MC-2157
↑ MC-120417
↑ MC-76975
↑ MC-55718—resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MCPE-52632

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Suspicious Mud Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Suspicious Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Basalt Bedrock Blackstone Calcite Deepslate Diorite Pointed Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gilded Blackstone Gold Ore Deepslate Nether Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Flowing Snow Powder Block Water Flowing
Non-physical	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Fire Soul

Biota
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Block Stripped Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Plant Chorus Plant Flower Cocoa Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Tall Torchflower Crop Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Mangrove Roots Muddy Melon Attached Stem Stem Moss Block Carpet Pink Petals Pitcher Plant Crop Potatoes Pumpkin Attached Stem Carved Stem Saplings Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Stem Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Plant Weeping Vines Plant
Algae	Kelp Dried Block Plant
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle
Fauna/Related	Bee Nest Bone Block Cobweb Dragon Egg Frogspawn Sniffer Egg Turtle Egg
Sculk	Sculk Sculk Catalyst Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Shrieker Sculk Vein

Building
Lighting	Candle End Rod Froglight Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
Ornamental	Bamboo Mosaic Bookshelf Carpets Chain Decorated Pot Fences Iron Bars Glass Pane Tinted Stained Glass Pane Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Bricks Chiseled Pillar Smooth Block of Redstone
Structural	Bricks Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Nether Bricks Chiseled Cracked Red Packed Mud Mud Bricks Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Smooth Basalt Polished Blackstone Chiseled Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Chiseled Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Reinforced Deepslate Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Chiseled Cracked Mossy
BE & edu only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane Hardened Stained Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Chipped Damaged Barrel Beacon Brewing Stand Cartography Table Chest Ender Chiseled Bookshelf Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Blast Smoker Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Hanging Smithing Table Stonecutter
Utilizable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Farmland Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Item Frame Glow Jukebox Ladder Lodestone Monster Spawner Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Sponge Wet TNT
Redstone/Mechanical	Button Daylight Detector Dispenser Dropper Doors Trapdoors Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Wire Comparator Repeater Lamp Torch Slime Block Target Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Education Edition only	Border Chalkboard
BE & edu only	Allow Compound Creator Colored Torches Deny Element Constructor Heat Block Lab Table Material Reducer Underwater TNT Underwater Torch

Creative only
All editions	Monster Spawner Player Head
Java Edition only	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Jigsaw Block Light Structure Block Void
BE & edu only	Allow Compound Creator Deny Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer
Minecraft Education only	Border Chalkboard

Commands only
All editions	Petrified Oak Slab Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head
BE & edu only	Barrier Broken Anvil Chiseled Purpur Command Block Chain Repeating Fern Fern Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Air Void Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name Unknown
China Edition only	mod_ore

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Copper Button Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Sculk Jaw Spike Block Wax Block

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand tile.client_request_placeholder_block.name Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Stonecutter (old)

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Torch (Burnt-out) Cheese Copper Sink Copper Spleaves Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal How did we get here? Leftover Other Portal Packed Air Pickaxe Block Place Block Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass USB Charger Block

Removed

Java Edition only

Bedrock Edition only

MinecraftEdu only

Legacy Console Edition only

Ring Block

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Attached Overripe Pumpkin Stem Attached Overgrown Cocoa Overeaten Cake Potted non-flower block Green Shrub Potted
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block grass_carried leaves_carried Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

Entities

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