Here’s how to find and make an End Portal in Minecraft.

These instructions apply to Minecraft on all platforms.

How Do You Make an End Portal in Minecraft?

End Portal Frame in Minecraft inventory search

In Creative Mode, you’re free to build your own End Portal.

pop launch the inventory screen and add12 Eyes of Enderand12 End Portal Framesto your hotbar.

Place the End Portal Frame.

End Portal Frame in Minecraft Creative Mode

There must be three blocks on each side, as depicted below.

They must be placed properly, with the green marks facing toward the center.

Stand in the middle and build the portal around you to ensure the proper placements.

An Ender Eye in an End Portal Frame in Minecraft

Stand outside of the frame and put Eyes of Ender in each frame block.

When you insert the last one, the portal will activate.

How Do You Find and Activate an End Portal in Minecraft?

An Ender Pearl in front of an Enderman in Minecraft

Once you find or make an End Portal, you’ll need to activate it.

Here’s how to do both:

Collect12 Ender Pearls.

Defeat Endermen, or give Gold Ingots to Piglins in the Nether.

Blaze Powder in Minecraft crafting grid

Clerics in villages will sometimes trade Ender Pearls for Emeralds.

Craft12 Blaze Powdersout of 6 Blaze Rods.

you’re able to make 2 Blaze Powders at a time.

Crafting Table in Minecraft

To get Blaze Rods, defeat Blazes in the Nether.

Make aCrafting Tableout of 4 Wood Planks, then set it on the ground and open it.

Craft at least12 Eyes of Ender.

Eye of Ender in a Crafting Table in Minecraft

Equip an Eye of Ender and throw it.

The Eye of Ender will fly into the sky, then fall back to the ground.

Look up to see where it goes and make a run at catch it, then throw it again.

Throwing an Eye of Ender in Minecraft

Keep throwing until it keeps landing in the same spot to find a stronghold.

If this happens, you’re able to make another.

Once the Eye falls in the same spot, start digging to find the stronghold.

An inactive End Portal in Minecraft

Search for the End Portal.

Look for a room with a staircase, lava, and a monster spawner.

To activate the End Portal, place Eyes of Ender in the empty frame blocks.

Placing an Eye of Ender in an End Portal in Minecraft

Parts of the portal’s frame may already have Eyes inserted.

Go through the End portal to reach The End and prepare to battle the Ender Dragon.

After you defeat it, you canrespawn the Ender Dragonwhenever you want.

An active End Portal in Minecraft

To build a portal to the Nether dimension, you’ll need a lot of Obsidian.

To activate the portal, place fire inside the Obsidian border.