End Midlands
Transition biome between End Highlands and End Barrens. End Cities can generate here but without End Ships. Less chorus vegetation than the highlands.
Overview
The End Midlands biome is a common biome you will run into often, generated in the End dimension and classed as an end biome. Its climate is a fixed, weatherless temperature with no rain or snow, so the End Midlands gets no precipitation at all and stays permanently dry. In technical terms the game tracks it with a temperature value of 0.5 and the biome ID minecraft:end_midlands.
Its defining terrain features are medium-sized end islands and between highlands and barrens. Transition biome between End Highlands and End Barrens. End Cities can generate here but without End Ships. Less chorus vegetation than the highlands.
The End Midlands biome was added to Minecraft in 1.9 and is still generated in version 1.21. As an End biome the End Midlands floats in the void beneath a black sky with no weather of any kind.
Where to find it
The End Midlands biome generates in the End, reached only after activating an End Portal in a Stronghold. It commonly borders End Highlands and End Barrens, so finding any of those is a good sign you are close.
It is the middle band of the outer End islands, between the lush highlands and the bare barrens.
If cheats or operator permissions are available, the fastest method is the command “/locate biome minecraft:end_midlands”, which points you to the nearest End Midlands and gives its coordinates. Without commands you have to explore for the End Midlands on foot: because it is common, ordinary travel through End will usually reveal one before long.
Mobs
The hostile life of the End Midlands biome is led by Enderman. The Enderman teleports, picks up blocks and turns hostile if you look directly at its head.
Blocks & resources
The blocks that give the End Midlands biome its character include End Stone. Within the End Midlands, End Stone is the most useful to gather early, whether for building, crafting or decoration.
Structures & features
The End Midlands biome can generate an End City, a towering purpur structure guarded by shulkers and filled with diamond and enchanted-gear chests.
Finding the End City is one of the main reasons to seek out the End Midlands biome.
Temperature
Precipitation
Version Added
IDBiome Colors
Terrain Features
- -medium-sized end islands
- -between highlands and barrens
Unique Blocks
End StoneSpawning Mobs
EndermanStructures Found
End CityHow to Find
Use the /locate biome command to find this biome:
This command requires cheats to be enabled or operator permissions on a server.
End Midlands Biome FAQ
Where does the End Midlands biome generate in Minecraft?+
End Midlands generates in the End dimension, usually bordering End Highlands and End Barrens. It is the middle band of the outer End islands, between the lush highlands and the bare barrens.
How do I find a End Midlands biome quickly?+
If cheats are on, run “/locate biome minecraft:end_midlands” to get the coordinates of the nearest End Midlands. Without cheats you have to explore, and since the End Midlands is a common biome you will run into often, normal travel through End will usually turn one up before long.
What mobs spawn in the End Midlands biome?+
The End Midlands biome can spawn Enderman. That single species is the only mob that generates here naturally.
What structures can you find in the End Midlands biome?+
The End Midlands biome can generate End City. The headline find is an End City, a towering purpur structure guarded by shulkers and filled with diamond and enchanted-gear chests.
What can you gather in the End Midlands biome?+
The characteristic blocks of the End Midlands biome are End Stone. These are the materials most worth collecting while you are in the End Midlands.
Is there anything special about the End Midlands biome?+
End Cities can generate here but without an attached End Ship.
Related Biomes
The central End island where the Ender Dragon boss fight takes place. Features obsidian pillars with end crystals. After defeating the dragon, End Gateways appear leading to the outer End.
The primary outer End biome with End Cities containing valuable loot. End Ships have elytra and dragon heads. Shulkers guard End Cities and drop shulker shells for shulker boxes.
The outermost End biome on the edges of islands. No structures generate here. Mostly barren end stone with no chorus plants.