Safely Kill an Enderman in Minecraft

New to the Minecraft game? Start with step 1 for how to kill an Enderman in Minecraft; the safe way.

Steps

  1. Make sure you have a weapon. A Diamond Sword is highly recommended. Wooden or stone tools are not.
  2. Find an Enderman, but do NOT look in its eyes. This makes it teleport away and just completely rage, and it could get the first hit. Hit him first.
  3. If there is a tree very close, hide in it. Hide in a very close tree; there probably will not be one though. Then, make sure leaves or a block covers the Enderman's head. Hit him in the feet. He will not teleport.
  4. Just hit its feet. Endermen are less likely to teleport away if you are hitting their feet (the bottom of their legs).
  5. Eat before you go to the Enderman. You should fill your hunger bars. Full hunger bars, or 90% full or more, will heal you slowly.
  6. Heal before you go to the Enderman. Make sure you have full hearts.
  7. Wear good armour. Diamond is recommended.
  8. Bring food. You might lose some hunger bars.
  9. Make sure you brought a sword/armour that hasn't been too used. It could run out. You could instead bring multiple damaged armour/swords, if you have them.
  10. Hide under cobblestone blocks. Put cobblestone right above your head, as low as possible. Like #3, but this is better because, well, trees don't spawn everywhere you want 'em to. Cobblestone is highly recommended, because Endermen cannot take cobblestone and cobblestone is probably the easiest block to get that they will not take. These basic blocks they will pick up: Grass block, dirt and sand. They even pick up gold blocks, diamond blocks, iron, melon blocks, pumpkins, TNT, clay, gravel, glass blocks/panes, stained glass blocks/panes, red sand, podzol and gravel.
  11. Bring a buddy to help you fight. A buddy will make it much easier to kill mobs. Note: If you have your friend (or even brother/sister/relative) in your house, open to LAN by doing this: In your single player world, press Esc on your keyboard > Open to LAN > Start LAN World. Your friend/relative must be on a computer linked to your computer's network.

Tips

  • Never look an Enderman in the eyes.
  • You can build up 3 blocks and hit the Enderman from there- it won't be able to reach you and it is possibly the easiest way to kill the smart mob.
  • Make sure the Enderman cannot see you.

Warnings

  • Remember, do not use blocks that Endermen can pick up, or you might be in trouble.
  • Some of these tips may not work in specific versions, but they should!

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