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How to Craft Eye of Ender in Minecraft

Eye of Ender in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Locating strongholds. Minecraft has used the name Eye of Ender since 1.0.

Stand at a Crafting Table with 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Powder and you can make an Eye of Ender. The grid returns 1 Eye of Ender.

Eye of Ender Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Eye of Ender is minecraft:ender_eye. In commands the namespace may be left off, so ender_eye works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p ender_eye
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p ender_eye 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve ender_eye 1

Cheats have to be on for Eye of Ender to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Eyes of Ender float toward the nearest stronghold when thrown. Place 12 in an End portal frame to activate it. Eye of Ender uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

Minecraft has used the name Eye of Ender since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with ender pearl (kill endermen) and blaze powder (craft from blaze rods).

The Full Stack Sum

A full stack of 64 blaze powder gives 64 eye of enders, across 64 crafts at 1 for 1. The recipe wants 64 ender pearls beside it. It divides evenly, no blaze powder left over.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Ender PearlEnder PearlEnder Pearl1xKill endermen
Blaze PowderBlaze PowderBlaze Powder1xCraft from blaze rods

For Eye of Ender: Ender Pearl (kill endermen) and Blaze Powder (craft from blaze rods), brought to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

1 Blaze Rod makes 2 Blaze Powder, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Rod.

  1. 1
    Blaze RodBlaze RodBlaze PowderBlaze Powder2Blaze Powder
  2. 2
    Eye of EnderEye of EnderEye of Enderthis page

Gather this first

Ender PearlEnder PearlEnder PearlBlaze RodBlaze RodBlaze Rod

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Ender PearlEnder PearlEnder PearlBlaze PowderBlaze PowderBlaze Powder

  2. 2

    Eye of Ender

Minecraft crafting recipe for Eye of Ender: 1 x Ender Pearl, 1 x Blaze Powder in a crafting table, making 1 Eye of Ender.

Tips & Notes

  • Cell positions do not matter here: drop Ender Pearl and Blaze Powder anywhere in the grid and Eye of Ender appears.
  • Line up 1x Ender Pearl and 1x Blaze Powder before you open the Crafting Table. Ender Pearl: kill endermen.

Uses for Eye of Ender

  • Locating strongholds
  • Activating End portals

What Eye of Ender Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Eye of Ender as an ingredient.

Ender ChestEnder ChestEnder ChestCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Eye of Ender on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Eye of Ender in Minecraft?
an Eye of Ender asks for 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Powder, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. Any arrangement works as long as all of them are in the grid, and one craft produces one Eye of Ender.
What do you need to make an Eye of Ender from scratch?
Counting all the way down, an Eye of Ender comes to 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Rod, spread over 2 crafts.
What can you make with Eye of Ender?
Eye of Ender is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Ender Chest. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for an Eye of Ender?
The parts of an Eye of Ender do not all come from one place. Ender Pearl: kill endermen. Blaze Powder: craft from blaze rods.
How many Eyes of Ender do you get from one craft?
The Eye of Ender recipe makes one Eye of Ender per craft.
What is the item ID for Eye of Ender in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Eye of Ender goes by minecraft:ender_eye; ender_eye without the namespace does the same job in a command.
Can you farm everything you need for an Eye of Ender?
Eye of Ender needs nothing you have to go find: ender pearl from endermen and blaze powder from blaze rod. Set those up once and you can keep making eye of ender.
What is the give command for Eye of Ender?
Use /give @p ender_eye to put an Eye of Ender in your own inventory, or /give @p ender_eye 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Eye of Ender recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: an Eye of Ender takes 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Powder at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for an Eye of Ender?
No, an Eye of Ender is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Powder can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Eye of Ender?
The name Eye of Ender goes back to Minecraft 1.0, and no older release we can read uses it. The Eye of Ender recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Ender Pearl and 1 Blaze Powder in, 1 Eye of Ender out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.0 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Eye of Ender per craft against the stack size.

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