On my server, we've lost the dragon egg so are trying to get it back using as little cheating as possible. Because of that, we're now looking in to ways to reset the dragon counter and make the original dragon appear again. We've had no luck so far though, so I was wondering whether someone here could help. The other post on the matter: Respawn the Ender Dragon has been of no use.
So we're looking to do the following on a server:
- Summon an ender dragon
- Have this dragon drop an egg without changing loot tables (NBT editing is fine though)
- Keep the end intact
Having it drop the original 12k xp is fine.
Ideally, we'd do this using a command from the console, but other methods are acceptable. Hope you can help!
Best Answer
I don't think this is possible with commands, but if you have access to the server files you do it with a little bit of NBT editing (with e.g. NBT Explorer):
level.dat/Data/DimensionData/1/DragonFight
(save and re-start the server):Then, as soon as one enters The End the dragon will appear and the game will consider it to be the original dragon. When it is killed, the game will put a dragon egg on the portal. Also the dragon will drop the XP of the first kill (12000).