Summary
- An ambitious player is manually terraforming the desolate End dimension with familiar Overworld environments and structures.
- The End's vastness and limited resources have challenged players.
- Creative approaches like splitting the central island into different biomes showcase the End's versatile potential for massive build projects.
Many Minecraft fans have come up with creative builds to populate the End's desolate landscapes, and one fan has recently shown their progress in manually terraforming an entire chunk of the alien dimension. This project involves the player recreating some of Minecraft's classic Overworld environments in the End by hand, along with some common structures such as villages and temples.
It's no secret that many fans have been hoping for a Minecraft update focused on the End for years now, especially after the Nether was effectively overhauled in its very own update a few years ago. Even after more than a decade since the End was first introduced to Minecraft, the strange dimension still consists of pretty much nothing other than an endless sea of floating islands. With very few unique resources or mobs to speak of, the End offers little to reward explorers aside from the occasional End city structures, which can be rich in loot if players are able to track one down.
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The End dimension's remarkable emptiness has actually proven to be beneficial for some particularly creative players over the years, though. One player, known online as jarvis54, recently shared a project of their own that shows their progress in terraforming part of the End dimension in their world, recreating forest, desert, and even mushroom island biomes by hand. The project is complete with structures to populate these familiar environments, including Minecraft's desert temple and village structures, which have also been recreated manually.
Minecraft Fan Terraforms The End
For particularly ambitious players, the End's central island has traditionally provided the perfect ground for massive build projects after clearing out Minecraft's Ender Dragon. Terraforming the End isn't actually a completely new idea, with many players offering different ways of approaching the challenge. One popular method involves splitting the End's central island into many different biomes seen throughout the Overworld, essentially transforming it into one miniature planet.
For most players though, the End isn't usually an ideal place to build. The dimension's sheer vastness and difficulty in navigating make it a place scarcely visited by players after beating the game's final boss and perhaps looting an End city or two for an elytra, but this might not be the case forever. There's massive potential for the End to become a more rich and interesting part of the game through future Minecraft updates, which could potentially give the End unique biomes of its own.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 84%
WHERE TO PLAY
Minecraft is a game made up of blocks, creatures, and community. You can survive the night or build a work of art – the choice is all yours. But if the thought of exploring a vast new world all on your own feels overwhelming, then fear not!
Minecraft has no set goal and can be played however you’d like! This is why it’s sometimes called a “sandbox game” – there are lots of things for you to do, and lots of ways that you can play. If you like being creative, then you can use the blocks to build things from your imagination. If you’re feeling brave, you can explore the world and face daring challenges. Blocks can be broken, crafted, placed to reshape the landscape, or used to build fantastical creations.
Creatures can be battled or befriended, depending on how you play. The world of Minecraft allows for epic adventures, quiet meditations, and everything in between. You can even share your creations with other players, or play in community worlds!
- Engine
- LWJGL, PROPRIETARY ENGINE
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Minecraft
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- Vertical or Horizontal
- Platform(s)
- 3DS, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360
- Genre(s)
- Sandbox, Survival
- How Long To Beat
- 129 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- No
- File Size Xbox Series
- 1.42 GB (August 2024)
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
