Ender Chest in Minecraft - How to Make It & Use It

Last updated: Mar 31, 2025 • 6 min read
 
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Everything you see when playing Minecraft has a purpose. You might think that blocks, chests, and other items serve simple objectives, such as store your items or craft new objects.

If you have played this game before, whether you prefer Xbox, PC, or mobile, you know how vital it is to pay attention to the player’s inventory.

But there’s a problem: regular chests are limited by their own basic nature. If only there were something more useful than standard chests…

Well, guess what? Ender Chests might be the solution to all of your problems!

In this guide, we will focus on three crucial things that you must know to continue your adventure in this game:

  • Ender Chests: all you need to know about them;
  • Resources required to have a crafted Ender Chest;
  • Storage, inventory, and other Ender Chests tips you will find useful.
ender chest guide

What Are Ender Chests and Why Are They so Important?

We all know what chests are. They serve as resource storage in our adventure, but, just as we mentioned earlier, they are very limited.

An Ender Chest allows players to store items and access them from anywhere in the Minecraft world, including other dimensions.

If, let’s say, in one world you got a nice collection of items for your Minecraft composter and you want to be a farmer and access them in another world - that’s a perfect use case for Ender Chest.

They have a max stack size of 64 and contain 27 slots for inventory storage.

If you wonder how an Ender Chest looks like, they look just like this:

image of an Ender Chest in Minecraft

Other Ender Chests Uses You Might Find Helpful

Unlike a regular chest, Ender Chests can’t be broken or destroyed with dynamite explosions.

For example, if you make something blow up around an Ender Chest, probably each block surrounding the chest will be destroyed except the chest itself.

But worry not - even if the Ender Chest gets broken, your items will still be secure in another chest.

Besides, other players won’t be able to see what’s inside your Ender Chest if they open it.

Keep in mind that the Ender Dragon can actually break an Ender Chest even if it’s made out of Obsidian, so be careful!

When blocks of the Ender Chest get destroyed, they drop 8 Obsidian, but if you want this sweet Obsidian to be dropped, you’ll need a netherite or a diamond pickaxe.

Finally, an Ender Chest also emits a light level of 8 and can produce bass sounds if a note block is placed under it.

Required Materials to Craft an Ender Chest

There are two important materials needed to make an Ender Chest:

Eight blocks of Obsidian

image of an obsidian

One Eye of Ender

image of one eye of Endern

Nonetheless, if you don’t have these items in your inventory, you might also find Ender Chests naturally generated in the treasure rooms in the End region.

Creating the Obsidian

Do you know what happens when water meets lava? Obsidian gets created! The lava will turn into Obsidian just by simply creating a coalition between these two elements.

Pro tip

Don’t forget your diamond pickaxe! Obsidian blocks in Minecraft are as hard as they get.

Obsidian can also be found by going to the Nether Portal. Also, if you want, just re-enter the End region every time you want to find this sweet material in an unlimited form.

Finding Ender pearl, Blaze Powder, and Eye of Ender

The End is one of those dimensions that we simply can’t avoid when playing this game. If your goal is to have a new Ender Chest, then prepare yourself to get an Ender Eye.

The best way to obtain an Eye of Ender is by crafting it. The materials required are the following:

Blaze powder

minecraft braze powder

You might be familiar with the way to get blaze powder already if you ever made a potion of weakness - just kill some Blazes, collect the blaze rods they drop when dying, and craft blaze powder with it.

Ender pearls

minecraft's ender pearl

So, how to get ender pearls? You’ll need to kill a couple of Endermen or slender mobs for them to drop the ender pearl.

Now, open your inventory, place the ender pearl on the bottom middle cell, place the blaze powder just above it, and you’ll have a ready-to-use Eye of Ender at your disposal!

crafting an Eye of Ender after going to the nether portal to find the materials

3 Easy Steps to Make an Ender Chest in Minecraft

Now, you are just about to craft the Ender Chest you need. Remember that Ender Chests can store your items in different dimensions, so don’t be afraid to keep a block, some diamonds, or even another chest inside them if you want!

Step 1: Open the Crafting Table

Once again, the crafting table has come to the rescue. This is the first step to having your Ender Chest as soon as possible.

Step 2: Place the materials in the following order

Now, the Eye of Ender must go in the middle cell while each block of Obsidian is around it.

crafting table when creating a new Ender Chest

Step 3: Don’t forget to place the Ender Chest in your inventory!

Now that the Ender Chest is ready to use, just place it in your inventory and enjoy.

Minecraft is a video game that never gets boring. Ender Chests are just a magnificent way to improve your gaming experience, so don’t forget to create one!

Ender Chest FAQ

Are all Ender Chests connected?

Yes, they are all connected, but only you can access your inventory, so don’t worry about other players stealing your stuff.

What happens if you break an Ender Chest with stuff in it?

The items won’t drop - you will be able to recover your items by creating another chest!

How do you make an Ender Chest in Minecraft Xbox (One or Series S/X)?

To make Ender Chest in the Xbox version of Minecraft, just follow the same steps in this guide, and your chest will be ready to use! It’s the exact same procedure.

This article is part of our The Great Minecraft Crafting Guide where you can learn everything about Minecraft crafting & builds.


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