Ender pearls

Vanilla short-distance teleport. Available from day one. The everyday-mobility tool.

Ender pearls are the everyday traversal tool. Throw → teleport to landing point → take a small amount of damage. Available from day one, no rank gate.

How it works (vanilla recap)

Throw an ender pearl
Wherever it lands, you teleport to that spot
You take some damage on landing
Range: ~30 blocks ground level, ~50–60 blocks if thrown high
Can pearl through 1-block gaps and into closed spaces (you arc into them)

Where to get them

Endermen — guaranteed pearl drops
Stronghold chests — common find
End city loot — rare, in shulker boxes
Trading with other players — common at shops

The endermen-in-warped-forest farm pattern is the standard pearl factory. A few sessions of pearl-grinding nets you hundreds of pearls.

Best practices

Throw high for distance

A pearl thrown straight ahead lands ~30 blocks away. A pearl thrown at a 45° upward angle lands ~50–60 blocks away. Pearl arcing is the difference between hopping a wall and hopping a building.

Don't pearl into solid blocks

You stop one block before. If you misjudge and pearl right into a wall, you take damage but go nowhere. Aim for an open space or a gap.

Pearl into water to negate fall damage

A pearl thrown into a 1-deep water pool above ground level lands you safely with no fall damage. Useful for cliff descent.

Stack pearls in your hotbar

Carry 16+ pearls when exploring far. Running out 800 blocks from base is a long walk.

What pearls won't do

Pearl through 1-block solid walls — they bounce off solid blocks (open windows or 1-block gaps work, solid walls don't)
Pearl onto a slime block and take no damage — the damage is on the teleport itself, not the landing physics
Pearl across dimensions — they work within the dimension you're in (Overworld, Nether, or End)
Cover real distance — they're short-range. For long trips, use Nether portals or sign teleporters.

Damage mitigation

Wear protection-IV armor for partial damage reduction
Use Feather Falling boots — also reduces pearl damage
Drink Resistance potions before a pearl chain
Eat right before to ensure you can heal back fast

Common patterns

"Pearl chain" travel

Throw → land → throw → land. With ~16 pearls and full health regen between throws, you can cover ~500 blocks in under a minute. Great for crossing flat terrain or deserts.

Pearl into a sealed room

Throw at a 1-block window to teleport inside. Useful for puzzle rooms, hidden bases, dungeon entries — anywhere you need to get into a closed space without breaking blocks.

Advanced: shoot a pearl into a chamber that flushes water through it, freezing the pearl in place. Activate the chamber later from anywhere — instant teleport to the chamber. Setup takes practice; it's a common base-defense or escape mechanism. Vanilla mechanic, fully supported.

Combat pearl

Throw a pearl behind your enemy mid-fight, teleport to their back, swing. Risky but stylish — only works if you can survive the pearl damage AND the enemy doesn't turn fast enough.