# End Island

Obsidian pillars, End gateways, the spawn platform, and the portal itself in the middle of the island have all been redesigned.

* Dragon does not spawn until a player gets close to the bell tower in the center.
* You can still do vanilla respawning mechanic.
* Dragon AI is unchanged.

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### Modified Spawning mechanic

To resummon the dragon, the 4 crystals no longer go right next to the portal. Instead, you'll see 4 bedrock blocks on the floor inside the tower, one in each directional wing of the building. The crystals can be placed on these 4 blocks to start summoning the dragon again.&#x20;