Advanced Ender Dragon
by HLBQ
Advanced Ender Dragon changes how the Ender Dragon fight works in Forge 1.20.1, rather than only raising its stats.
What it does
The mod reworks the Ender Dragon's mechanics. Its fight is split into two phases with a redesigned health system: defeating the first phase leads into a second phase whose attacks differ from vanilla, and the dragon can absorb health from nearby Endermen after entering it. Instead of adding stronger mobs or raising vanilla numbers, the mod changes what the fight asks of the player.
Because the second phase relies on absorbing health from Endermen, the fight calls for teamwork, and players are expected to coordinate on the battle. Both the server and every player need the mod, so it is installed on the Forge 1.20.1 server and on each client. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code and issue tracker public.
Key features
Two-phase health system
The dragon's health is divided across two phases, and the second phase starts only after the first is defeated.
Changed second-phase attacks
After entering the second phase, the dragon uses attacks that differ from those of the vanilla fight.
Health absorption from Endermen
During the second phase the dragon can absorb health from Endermen near it.
Mechanics over numbers
The fight is changed by its mechanics rather than by tweaking vanilla values or adding new mobs.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Team fights
Groups of players can divide the work of the fight, since Endermen near the dragon affect its health.
Replaying the end
Players who have beaten the vanilla dragon many times can face a fight with different phases and attacks.
Who it’s for: Players who want a changed Ender Dragon fight with a different second phase, and server owners who want the end fight to need coordination between players.
Questions
Does Advanced Ender Dragon need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Advanced Ender Dragon support?
Is the source code available?
In the catalog
Advanced Ender Dragon is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This is a very interesting mod! I’m sure you’ve beaten Minecraft countless times. Today, modpacks and mods are blooming everywhere, but they mostly boil down to two things: first, adding other powerful mobs; second, modifying vanilla values to make them extremely overpowered. For example, the "Minecraft Is Too Easy"…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/advanced-ender-dragon
- Owner
- HLBQ
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15