Ender Dragon Update
Ender Dragon Updates – The Ender Dragon will have new abilities that will activate with each of the three phases of the fight.
- Phase One – This phase will remain mostly the same, however the Ender Dragon will sometimes teleport above the main island and fire a beam of bright purple energy that will slowly follow the player and will leave a trail of purple flames. This beam attack will last for a short while after which the Ender dragon will resume its normal flight and attack pattern.
- Phase Two – Once all the End Crystals have been destroyed, the Ender Dragon will land on top of one of the pillars and will have three attacks. For the first attack, the Ender Dragon will summon bright purple lightning that will leave purple flames. For the second attack, the Ender Dragon will fire three shots of the bright purple energy that will cause a bright purple explosion upon impact with the ground which will inflict heavy damage but won’t damage any blocks. Finally, for the third attack the Ender Dragon will fire three sets of bright purple homing projectiles that will work like the shulker’s projectiles, but when they hit the player, they will explode and inflict heavy damage to the player. However, these projectiles can be hit back at the Ender Dragon to inflict some significant damage to it. Once the dragon takes enough damage, it will teleport to another pillar.
- Phase three – Once the Ender Dragon reaches half health, it will fly around the island and will fire homing projectiles that can be hit back at the Ender Dragon. The Ender Dragon will also swoop down and spew bright purple energy that will leave purple flames behind. However, sometimes the dragon will perch on the exit portal and cause a purple shockwave that has a ten-block radius that will inflict heavy knockback upon any mob or player that's hit by it. Once the Ender Dragon perches, it will also spew a wave of purple energy at the player which the player will need to jump over. The Ender Dragon will also fire more of those homing projectiles however if the player hits the projectile back at the Ender Dragon it will hit the projectile back at the player, but they can still hit this projectile back at the Ender Dragon and this time the projectile will hit it and inflict significant damage to the Ender Dragon and stun it for a short while thus allowing the player to hack and slash at it with their chosen melee weapon. However, The Ender Dragon will eventually teleport away and fly around the island again.
Once the player gets through all three phases, the Ender Dragon will be slain, and the Dragon Egg will appear on the pedestal along with the exit portal. The Ender Dragon will also drop a lot of EXP. Also, the player can right-click on the purple flames with a glass bottle to get dragon breath.