End Rod

End Rod
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	Yes (14)
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No; BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color	; 0 NONE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

An End rod is a decorative light source that emits white particles.

Obtaining

Breaking

End rods can be mined instantly by any tool or by hand, and drop themselves when broken. They also drop as an item when water flows over them or when lava flows over them in Java Edition.

Block	End Rod
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

End rods generate naturally all over End cities. They may spawn upright on the outside of towers, and they may spawn sideways inside of towers.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blaze Rod + Popped Chorus Fruit	4

Usage

End rods in various positions on purpur blocks.

End rods are primarily used as light sources and decoration. They can be placed on any surface of any block, including other End rods. They do not break if their supporting block is broken. Gravity-affected blocks like sand or gravel do not break if they fall onto an End rod oriented vertically, but they do break on a rod oriented horizontally. End rods can be pushed and pulled by pistons, no matter the orientation.

Inside some End city towers, they are positioned so the player may use them to climb the tower, similar to a spiral staircase.

Light

End rods emit a light level of 14 (equal to torches), melting snow layers and ice within a 2-block radius.

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the end rods emit colored point lighting with
#da73de. This causes the bottom part of the block to render a small square shadow.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e `wood` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.wood.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.wood.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wood.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e `wood` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8
	Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`use.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	1.0	0.8
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.23	0.5
	Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.18	1.0

↑ MCPE-189879

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
End Rod	`end_rod`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.end_rod`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
End Rod	`end_rod`	`208`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.end_rod.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.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`up`	`down` `east` `north` `south` `up` `west`	The direction to the end rod, from the block it is attached to; also the direction the white end points. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing an end rod, and opposite from the wider end.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction to the end rod, from the block it is attached to; also the direction the white end points. 0: Facing down 1: Facing up 2: Facing north 3: Facing south 4: Facing west 5: Facing east

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.9	15w31a	Added End rods.
	15w38a	Height of the End rod, when placed sideways, has now been changed from 0.5625 of a block to 0.625, now matching its model.
	15w38a	The End rod can no longer be stepped up onto without jumping.
	15w44b	Added crafting recipe for End rods.
1.14	18w43a	The texture of End rods has now been changed. Notably, the base was made gray instead of purple.
1.14	19w03c	End rods now use correct cullface arguments, and a redundant face was deleted.^{[is this the correct version?]}
1.19	22w11a	Removed unused pixels in its texture.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Added End rods.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The texture of End rods has now been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added End rods.
			1.90				The texture of End rods has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10							Added End rods.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 198.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Existing end rods with metadata values 6 and 7 are converted into light blocks with light level 14.
1.20.20			Preview 1.20.20.21				Existing end rods with metadata values ≥8 are converted into downwards facing end rods.

Issues

Issues relating to "End Rod" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

While an End rod cannot be equipped in the head slot in Survival mode, equipping it using commands causes it to appear like a unicorn horn. This can be done with the /item replace command.