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How To Make An Ender Chest In Minecraft

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make an ender chest in Minecraft!

A Minecraft ender chest is used by players to store items that can be accessed anywhere in the world.

How To Make An Ender Chest Video Tutorial

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Available Platforms

Edition Platform Available
Java Edition Windows, Mac & Linux PC's Yes
Bedrock Edition Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows 10 PC's Yes
Education Edition Mac, iOs 12, Windows 10 PC's Yes
PlayStation Edition PlayStation 3 & 4 Yes

Items Needed To Make An Ender Chest

Steps To Make An Ender Chest

1. Open Your Crafting Menu

First, let's open your crafting table in Minecraft. You should see the same grid as in the image below.

Open the crafting table

2. Add The Eye of Ender and Obsidian To The Menu

In the crafting table, add the eye of ender and 8 obsidian blocks to the grid.

You must add the eye of ender and obsidian blocks to the grid exactly as shown in the image below. In the 1st row place down 3 obsidian, one in each of the 3 three boxes. In the 2nd row place down 1 obsidian block in the 1st box, 1 eye of ender in the 2nd box, and 1 obsidian block in the 3rd box. In the 3rd row place down the remaining 3 obsidian. This is the Minecraft ender chest recipe.

Add The Eye of Ender and Obsidian To The Menu

Now that you've added the items to the grid as described above, you'll notice an ender chest appear in the box on the right.

3. Move The Minecraft Ender Chest To Your Inventory

Lastly, you'll need to drag the ender chest down to your inventory so you can use it.

Move The Ender Chest To Your Inventory

That's it! You now have an ender chest. A Minecraft ender chest is used by a player to store items that they can later access anywhere in the world, including different dimensions. Each chest has 27 storage slots.

How to make an ender chest in Minecraft

Minecraft Ender Chest Command

You can also use a Give Command to make ender chests in Minecraft. The ender chest command is available in the following editions:

  • Java Edition
  • Pocket Edition
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows 10 Edition
  • Education Edition

To run the ender chest command in Minecraft, open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.

Java Edition 1.13 and higher ender chest command

/give @p ender_chest 1

PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition

/give @p ender_chest 1 0

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