The End is one of the least explored dimensions in Minecraft. This is largely due to the difficulty of accessing it. You need to gather a significant amount of Ender Pearls and Blaze Powder to locate fortresses with portals, not to mention that you also have to activate them. However, once you’ve collected all the necessary materials, teleported to The End, and defeated the dragon—who, to be honest, isn’t very fond of visitors—you can begin your quest for the most crucial item: the Chorus Fruit!
The chorus fruit was introduced in Minecraft during the combat update released in February 2016. In addition to overhauling the battle system, this update enhanced The End by altering the fight with the Ender Dragon and introducing numerous islands, purple blocks, shulkers, and elytra. If you consider searching for the fruit after defeating the Ender Dragon, it’s not particularly challenging. By venturing to the islands, you’ll discover many trees that yield a substantial amount of fruit at once.
Once you have completed all the challenges and gathered the fruits, you can process them into several items at once. First, you’ll need to replenish your energy. One chorus fruit restores 4 hunger points, but consuming it carries a chance of teleporting you to a random nearby location. This is not surprising, as it’s the favorite food of the End’s travelers. After regaining your strength, you can smelt the remaining fruits by placing them in a furnace. This will yield cooked chorus fruits, which are inedible but can be used to craft purple blocks and End rods.
In the original context, the fruits of the chorus are referred to as “Chorus fruit,” which translates to “choral fruit.” But what does the term “chorus” have to do with it? The initial concept was that these fruits would produce a soft sound as they grew. When players found themselves among the trees bearing these fruits, they would hear something akin to choral singing. Unfortunately, this idea was never brought to fruition, yet the name remained unchanged. In reality, while chorus fruits do not exist, there is something quite similar—pitaya (or pitahaya). It features a reddish-purple skin adorned with unique spikes and grows on large cactus plants.
The most significant connection between the chorus fruit (which can be found in Minecraft Bedrock within the End dimension) and pitaya (native to South America) is that the latter is commonly referred to as “dragon fruit.”
Dragon fruit has a flavor reminiscent of raspberries, while its texture resembles that of kiwi due to the presence of small, crunchy black seeds. Pitaya is not a specific variety but rather a general term for all fruits of this type. There are both sweet and sour varieties available. On average, a single fruit weighs no more than half a kilogram and is valued for its high content of vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and fiber.
The fruits of the pitaya grow on certain types of cacti that bloom between three to six times a year. These flowers open at night, and instead of daytime insects, they are pollinated by moths and bats. It’s quite challenging to find more suitable plants for the End in Minecraft, where perpetual twilight reigns.
If you’re heading to the End islands, make sure to gather plenty of crocus fruits. Otherwise, your character will face a long, agonizing death from starvation, as there are no other food sources available.
