How To Get An Elytra To Fly In Minecraft Survival Mode. Elytras are rare wings found on end ships, and they are used to fly. They are the only item in Minecraft’s Survival mode that allows you to fly. We’ll show you how to get Elytra in Minecraft and how to use it effectively in this article.
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1 – How to get an Elytra in Minecraft?
As an extremely rare and high-end item, the Elytra wings spawn only in end ships, which are located over end cities. On the outer end islands, those cities are 1000 blocks from the central end island. Through the End gateway, which can only be accessed after defeating the Ender Dragon, the player can travel to the outermost end islands.
Even without defeating the final boss, you can still try to get an Elytra in the game. Grab a bunch of blocks and start building a bridge to the outer island – after all, this is Minecraft. Occasionally, if the Ender Dragon notices you and attacks you, you may need to build a shelter, but this is rare.
To get there, find a ship in the outermost part of the island. There is a treasure room on the end ship that has Elytra framed as artefacts. There is a shulker guarding the ship’s elytra and two loot chests.
2 – How to use an Elytra in Minecraft?
Elytras are placed in the chest slot of the character. By default, they’re grey, but they’ll take on the design of any cape the player is wearing. It is impossible to change their in-world texture design even if they are broken or enchanted.
To fly an Elytra, players must hold down the jump key while falling to launch themselves into the air. Elytra spread out like a beetle’s wing. To turn, players can adjust their pitch or aim their view around. Gaining altitude slows you down, while losing altitude speeds you up. Firework rockets can also be used in Minecraft to increase flying speed.
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3 – How to repair an Elytra in Minecraft?
Durability of Elytra
During gliding, the Elytra’s ability to fly depends on its durability. Using a pair of Elytra, you can glide for 7 minutes and 12 seconds. This results in a distance of approximately 10,000 blocks.
That’s where Minecraft’s enchantment comes in! Using an anvil and an enchanted book, it is possible to enchant the Elytra with Unbreakable. A 4 second/durability point increase increases the Elytra’s flight time to 28 minutes and 44 seconds.
How to repair an Elytra
The Elytra stops working until it is repaired when its durability runs out. So, the wings can’t be completely destroyed because the damage only lasts for a single durability. By combining two pairs in a grindstone, or by using an anvil and phantom membranes, you can repair them (drops from phantom). There are 108 durability points per membrane, so it takes four to fully repair one.
