Ender Dragon

Ender Dragons are 7 different variants of Boss summoned with Summoning Eyes in the Dragon's Nest. They drop powerful loot including Dragon Armors and Dragon Fragments when killed.
The Ender Dragon has 7 variants: Protector, Wise, Unstable, Superior, Strong, Young and Old. 
== Mechanics ==
=== Summoning ===
The Ender Dragon is summoned with s. These eyes must be placed in the altar in the center of the nest. After all 8 are placed, the dragon is summoned and the fight will begin. This is similar to the summoning of Arachne with Arachne's Callings.
=== Variants ===
The Ender Dragon will spawn as one of seven variants. The dragon's variant affects the its health, behavior, drops, and attacks.
Dragon 	Stats	Flying Level	Abilities and Notes	Spawn Chance
Protector	 	40 	
* : Takes reduced damage from all sources	16%
Old 	 	30 	
* : Highest health of all dragons but also the slowest of them all as well.	16%
Wise 	 	40 	
* : Fireball and Lightning attacks occur more frequently
* and deal damage	16%
Unstable 	 	40 	
* : Sometimes damages players when approaching the dragon, dealing .
* : Has a chance to explode upon death, dealing to players caught in the blast.
** Grants an achievement for surviving the blast	16%
Young 	 	100 	
* : Has the highest speed of all dragons but also has the lowest health of them all as well.	16%
Strong 	 	40 	
* : Rush, Fireball and Lightning deals more damage
* and deal damage	16%
Superior 	 	65 	
* : Has all the abilities of the six previous dragons at a weaker degree. Rarest of all dragons
* and deal damage
* and deal damage	4%If at least of the placed s are recombobulated, the chance for a Superior Dragon to spawn is increased to . However, this is generally not practical and was likely added as a joke feature.
=== The Dragon Fight ===
After 8 Summoning Eyes have been placed, there will be a brief period before the dragon will hatch from an egg in the sky, knocking all players a large distance away from the Dragon Altar at the center of the Dragon's Nest. After the dragon has spawned, the dragon variant will be announced in the chat.
The door to the Dragon's Nest will shut, the gaps at the top will be covered with glass and 5 Ender Crystals will spawn around the nest on top of obsidian spikes.
Additionally, Gregory the Opportunist will spawn near the Dragon's Gate. He will sell a Decent Bow as well as Arrows at a higher price than the Weaponsmith in town.
====Ender Crystals====
At the start of a Dragon Fight, 5 Ender Crystals will spawn in 5 of 10 locations. Ender Crystals must be destroyed, as they cause the dragon to heal per second if they are actively healing the dragon. Every tick, there is a chance for the crystals' connections to the dragon to be refreshed. If the dragon is within 32 blocks of any crystal, the crystal begins to heal it. Destroying a crystal rewards its destroyer with and Dragon contributed. Destroyed crystals will respawn after 1-2 minutes, and can only respawn 3 times.
=== Attacks ===
The dragon has three attacks, which all deal . When under , they deal more damage.
# - The dragon will charge a player, inflicting , of the player's in , and .
# - The dragon will fly to a point in the arena, stop in place, then fire a barrage of fireballs at players. These fireballs explode and can damage multiple players at once. They will deal and of the player's in , and knock players high up into the air.
# - The dragon will briefly stop in place, summoning lightning around it and creating audible thunder sounds. After a brief period, it will summon lightning and smite players from above, dealing and of the player's in . This attack can be avoided if the player has a block above their head.
If the player comes into contact with the dragon, they will receive of their + in .
After some time has passed, the dragon will summon groups of Zealots. These Zealots are immediately hostile, even if the player has not damaged or looked at them. The Dragon also makes already existing Zealots hostile.
When players are killed, they must make their way down to the Dragon's Nest again, and break down the sealed door. The door has lots of health, can be attacked with both ranged and melee attacks and will open again when its health bar is depleted. Both endermites and endermen spawn as the door takes damage. This can be avoided by using a horse pet to glitch in or using the Dragon's Nest Travel Scroll.
After the Ender Dragon is defeated, Gregory will depart and hostile mobs will not spawn in the Dragon's Nest for a brief amount of time. All existing mobs within the Nest, including Voidgloom Seraphim and Necromancy mobs, will instantly despawn. During this time, dragons cannot be summoned. After this brief time has passed, a message in the chat will announce the respawning of the Dragon Egg, after which mobs will spawn as normal and players are able to summon another dragon.
== Strategies ==
== Drops ==
Each player that damages the Ender Dragon will receive individual loot, including Ender Pearls and Enchanted Ender Pearls. Loot received is governed by Dragon Weight, which determines a player's eligibility for major loot. Note that achieving a weight requirement does not guarantee the respective drop.
Total Dragon Weight is calculated using this formula: \text{Weight} = \text{BaseWeight} + 100(\text{SummoningEyesPlaced}) + 100 \left(\frac{\text{PlayerDamageDealt}}{\text{FirstPlaceDamageDealt}}\right)
Base Dragon Weight is determined in the following manner:
Condition 	Weight
Placing Summoning Eyes 	+100 Dragon Weight per eye placed (up to 800 weight from 8 eyes)
Dealing Damage 	(Player's Damage ÷ First Place Player's Damage) Dragon Weight
1st in Damage Dealt 	+300 Dragon Weight
2nd in Damage Dealt 	+250 Dragon Weight
3rd in Damage Dealt 	+200 Dragon Weight
4th in Damage Dealt 	+125 Dragon Weight
5th in Damage Dealt 	+110 Dragon Weight
6-8th in Damage Dealt 	+100 Dragon Weight
9-10th in Damage Dealt 	+90 Dragon Weight
11-12th in Damage Dealt	+80 Dragon Weight
13-25th in Damage Dealt	+70 Dragon Weight
More than dealt 	+70 Dragon Weight
Less than dealt 	+10 Dragon Weight
The player can obtain certain drops based off their total Dragon Weight. After receiving a major drop, the player's Dragon Weight is recalculated: \text{Weight} = \text{Weight} - \text{DropWeight}, and the player will not be able to receive any other pieces of major loot. After all possible pieces of major loot are rolled, the remaining weight is converted to Dragon Fragments, Enchanted Ender Pearls, and Ender Pearls, in the order of highest quality requirement to lowest. Drops are affected by and .
 Major Loot
Slot	Item 	Weight Requirement	Base Drop Chance
 	Dragon Helmet 	295 Dragon Weight 	30%
 	Dragon Chestplate 	410 Dragon Weight 	30%
 	Dragon Leggings 	360 Dragon Weight 	30%
 	Dragon Boots 	290 Dragon Weight 	30%
 	Aspect of the Dragons 	450 Dragon Weight 	Summoning Eyes placed by player × 3%
 	Ender Dragon Pet 	450 Dragon Weight 	Summoning Eyes placed by player × 0.05%
 	Ender Dragon Pet 	450 Dragon Weight 	Summoning Eyes placed by player × 0.01%
 	Dragon Scale 	300 Dragon Weight 	30% ( Dragons only)
 	Dragon Claw 	451 Dragon Weight 	Summoning Eyes placed by player × 2%
 	Dragon Horn 	452 Dragon Weight 	30% ( Dragon only)
 	Travel Scroll to Dragon's Nest	250 Dragon Weight 	35% ( Dragon only)
 	Pearlescent Dye 	 	0.001% (0.002% from Dragons instead)
 Other Drops
Slot	Item 	Weight Requirement
 	Dragon Fragment 	22 Dragon Weight
 	Enchanted Ender Pearl	15 Dragon Weight
 	Ender Pearl 	5 Dragon Weight
Slaying a Dragon for the first time also rewards .
Dragon 	
Superior 	
Strong 	
Unstable 	
Old 	
Wise 	
Young 	
Protector	
==Tips==
* The is a relatively effective early game weapon to use for Dragon fights as it is easy to obtain (through the 's quest) and deals decent damage.
*Due to the price of , summoning Ender Dragons is generally not a good idea, as it commonly results in a loss of .
== Trivia ==
* Similar to other bosses, players will see their ranking for how much damage they dealt to the boss.
* The Ender Dragon was the second Boss added to the game.
* There is currently a bug in which in certain lobbies, summoned dragons will disappear after a player hits it with the Aspect of the Dragons ability. The boss bar and Gregory the Opportunist is still present, but the dragon itself is missing. Ender Crystals still spawn around a minute after the disappearance, and it stays like that until the lobby resets.
*Ender Crystals will stop spawning after a few minutes if the Ender Dragon still has not been killed.
* When a Dragon is defeated, mobs, including Voidgloom Seraphs, in the lower areas of the Void Sepulture (between layers 10 and 26) will also despawn.
* The Old Dragon has the 6th highest health of all non-dungeon mobs, at . This is second to the Arachne tier 2 (), Minos Inquisitor (), Voidgloom Seraph tier 3 () and 4 () and Kalhuiki Tribe Member ().
* Holy Dragons do not exist, even though Holy Dragon Armor, Holy Fragments, and Holy Lost Adventurers do.
* Player and streamer Sarite has killed the most dragons in the game totaling over dragon kills as of 12/7/2022. However, Dragon kills were not counted unless you got the final blow until the bestiary update.
*According to the major loot table, a player can place four Summoning Eyes and deal more than one damage to cover the weight requirements to get any major loot drop.
== History ==
== Notes ==
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