Ender pearls remain one of the most important items in Minecraft for crafting Eyes of Ender and reaching the End dimension. This fully updated 2025 guide covers every current method—including the newest loot from Trial Chambers—plus advanced farms and tricks to get stacks of pearls quickly.

The shiny Ender Pearl – your ticket to the End.

How to Get Ender Pearls Fast in Minecraft 1.21+

1. Enderman Hunting & Farms (Best for Unlimited Supply)

Endermen have a 50% chance to drop 1 Ender Pearl, increased by +1 per Looting level (up to 4 with Looting III). They spawn in the Overworld at night, in Warped Forests (Nether), and everywhere in the End.

Pro Tips:

  • Attack the legs only – they can’t teleport while being hit there.
  • Fight with your back against a wall.
  • Build an Endermite lure farm: Throw pearls until an Endermite spawns (10% chance), name it, trap it in a minecart, and drop Endermen 43 blocks for one-hit kills.
  • Best location: The End (outside the main island) or a Warped Forest platform 128 blocks above the Nether roof.
  • Advanced players use shulker-box loaders and TNT dupers for 10,000+ pearls/hour farms.

2. Piglin Bartering (Fastest Early-Game Method)

Drop gold ingots near Piglins while wearing at least one piece of gold armor. There’s roughly a 2.18% chance (10/459) they throw back 3–4 Ender Pearls.

Automated bartering farms can produce hundreds of pearls per hour.

Pro Tips:

  • Pair with a simple gold farm for infinite ingots.
  • Use a hopper minecart under trapped Piglins and dispensers to auto-feed gold.
  • One stack of gold blocks (9 stacks of ingots) usually yields 70–100 pearls.

3. Cleric Villager Trading (Reliable & Passive)

Master-level Clerics sell 1 Ender Pearl for 5 emeralds (Java: 2/3 chance, Bedrock: always available).

Rotten flesh → emeralds → pearls.

Pro Tips:

  • Cure zombie villagers for huge discounts (down to 1 emerald per pearl).
  • Build a trading hall with 10–20 clerics.
  • Combine with a zombie spawner XP farm for unlimited rotten flesh.

4. Chest Loot (Bonus Pearls – New in 1.21)

  • Woodland Mansion fake End portal chest: guaranteed 2 pearls.
  • Trial Chambers corridor/vaults: up to 1–2 pearls per chest (19.6% chance).
  • Stronghold altar chests: ~23% chance for 1 pearl.

Extra Tips & Tricks (2025 Meta)

  • Pearl stasis chambers still work perfectly in 1.21+ for chunk-loading teleports.
  • Throw pearls at exactly 35° for maximum 54-block horizontal range.
  • Feather Falling IV + Protection armor negates almost all teleport damage.
  • Combine bartering (early game) → cleric trading (mid game) → Enderman farm (late game) for the fastest progression.

Fun Ender Pearl Facts

  • Throwing a pearl always deals 5 ♥♥♥ fall damage (even from ground level).
  • 10% chance to spawn an Endermite when a thrown pearl lands.
  • Pearls can teleport you through 1-block gaps and most non-solid blocks.
  • Death message when dying to pearl damage: “[Player] hit the ground too hard”.
Best Simple 1.21+ Piglin Bartering Farm Tutorial