Corrupted End Stalker

Quickstart

1. The Corrupted End Stalker spawns naturally at night or underground on Normal and Hard difficulty — keep your eyes open in dark areas or head to The End for a higher encounter rate.
2. Use a Corrupted End Stalker Spawn Egg to summon one instantly in Creative mode.
3. Kill it to collect a guaranteed Glitch Shard, then gather a Blaze Rod and a Breeze Rod.
4. Combine all three at a Crafting Table (shapeless) to craft the Glitch Shard Sword.
5. Equip the sword and start swinging — every hit afflicts the target with Slowness III and Wither II for 6 seconds.

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Overview

The Corrupted End Stalker is a grotesque, undead End-entity wrapped in bloody textures and digital glitch artifacts. It relentlessly hunts players on sight, boasts an enormous 400-health pool, and demands serious preparation before engaging. Defeating one rewards you with rare drops and a key crafting ingredient for one of the most punishing weapons in the game.

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What It Adds

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Abilities And Mechanics

Corrupted End Stalker

• Health: 400 — it takes a prolonged, well-equipped fight to bring one down.
• Melee Attack: Deals 10 damage per hit with significant reach.
• Speed: Moves briskly in calm state; surges to a faster sprint once enraged.
• Knockback Resistance: Has partial knockback resistance, making it hard to stagger.
• Aggro Range: Detects players up to 64 blocks away. Simply looking directly at it will instantly enrage it, just like an Enderman.
• Teleportation: Randomly teleports, making it difficult to pin down — it can blink up to 32 blocks away at a time.
• Water Weakness: Takes 1 damage per tick when in contact with water and 4 damage per tick in lava. Water is a viable escape tool.
• Undead Family: Treated as undead (affected by Smite enchantment and relevant potions).
• Persistence: Once it locks onto you, it tracks you for up to 60 seconds and re-selects targets aggressively — running rarely works for long.

Glitch Shard Sword

• Attack Damage: 12 — higher than a Netherite sword.
• Durability: 2031 uses with a variable damage-chance mechanic per swing.
• On-Hit Effects (applied to every target struck):
  • Slowness III — 6 seconds
  • Wither II — 6 seconds
• These effects apply to players and mobs alike, making the sword devastating in both PvE and PvP.

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Crafting And Obtaining

Glitch Shard

Obtained as a guaranteed drop (1 per kill) from every Corrupted End Stalker. It cannot be crafted — you must hunt the Stalker to acquire it.

Glitch Shard Sword

Craft at a Crafting Table using one Glitch Shard, one Blaze Rod, and one Breeze Rod. The recipe is shapeless — ingredient placement does not matter.

Ingredients: Glitch Shard + Blaze Rod + Breeze Rod → Glitch Shard Sword

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Drops

Every Corrupted End Stalker killed drops the following:

Killing a Stalker yourself awards 12 XP. The Nether Star is an ultra-rare trophy drop worth pushing your luck for — bring Looting to improve the odds.

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Spawning

The Corrupted End Stalker spawns on Normal and Hard difficulty only. It will never appear on Easy or Peaceful.

The End is the most reliable hunting ground, with the highest spawn weight and larger group sizes. Underground overworld caves are the most common encounter for early-game players.

You can also use the Corrupted End Stalker Spawn Egg to summon one directly.

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Progression And Strategy

Before the fight:

• Gear up with at least Diamond armor — the Stalker hits hard (10 damage) and has enormous health.
• Smite V on your weapon is highly effective since the Stalker counts as undead.
• Bring a bucket of water. If the fight goes badly, splashing water nearby will continuously damage it and may force it to teleport away, buying you time.
• Avoid looking directly at it until you are ready to engage — eye contact triggers an immediate charge.

During the fight:

• The Stalker teleports frequently; keep your camera moving and listen for its movements.
• Its partial knockback resistance means you cannot reliably kite it — commit to the fight.
• Use ranged weapons to chip away health between teleports.

After the fight:

• Collect the guaranteed Glitch Shard.
• Farm Looting III to increase your chances at End Stone, Glowstone Dust, Bottles o' Enchanting, and the rare Nether Star.

Using the Glitch Shard Sword:

• The Wither II effect deals ongoing true damage while Slowness III prevents targets from escaping — an extremely powerful combo against bosses and other players.
• The sword's 2031 durability makes it a long-lasting weapon for the effort required to craft it.
• The on-hit effects stack well with high-speed attack builds, rapidly refreshing the debuffs on your target.