I’m going to sidetrack a bit in this post from my usual format in order to show you a new 1.0.0 feature.  The end.  We’re using the seed 458384954 in order to first find a stronghold near the spawn point and then use that stronghold to get to the end.

My spawn was X: 124 Z: 567 and it looked something like this:

Even if you spawn in a different location we’re heading to the same place so go to the following coordinates where you will find a small NPC village X: 196 Z: 852

Nearby to this village is a stronghold, but we’ll have to dig to find it so go to this coordinate X: 195 Z: 792

Now dig straight down…until you hit the stronghold and you will find the portal to the end…in case you made a mistake the coordinates should be X: 195 Y: 28 Z: 792

One quick sidenote, theres a library in the stronghold at X: 146 Z: 789 theres a second library as well, but who needs two of them.

The portal takes 12 eyes of ender to activate at which point you can enter and fight the dragon.

A few screenshots of the end and the dragon.

Kill the dragon for the kill screen and a rather long poem.