

That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a game. It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a screen. The poem is shown the first time the player enters the exit portal based on their seenCredits ( hasSeenCredits ) tag being 0 ( false), after which it is changed to 1 ( true) once the player first enters an End portal while in the End. The player's name is inserted with PLAYERNAME, and the scrambled text is stored as §f§k§a§b.

The first speaker's dialog uses the formatting code §3 (or dark aqua), and the second speaker's uses §2 (or dark green). They can both be edited with a resource pack. In Bedrock Edition, the text of the End Poem is located in data/credits/end.txt, the text of the credits is in data/credits/credits.json, and the text of the quote is in data/credits/quote.txt. In Java Edition, the End Poem and credits are stored in client.jar the text of the End Poem is located in assets/minecraft/texts/end.txt, the text of the credits is in assets/minecraft/texts/credits.json, and the text of the quote is in assets/minecraft/texts/postcredits.txt. During the poem and credits, the track credits.ogg ("Alpha" in the official soundtrack) plays. The speakers claim to be all the universe that is distinct from the player, and that the player is reading their cosmic thoughts as words on a screen. The poem takes the form of a scrolling dialogue between two speakers who are discussing the player's accomplishments, dreams, and relation to the rest of the universe. The poem lasts 7 minutes and 42 seconds, and the credits last the remaining 55 minutes. The poem and the credits last for a total of 62 minutes 42 seconds unaccelerated. They can also be viewed on the Minecraft website. The credits can also be accessed by clicking on the copyright information on the main menu screen in Java Edition or by pressing the "credits" button in the "profile" section of the Settings screen in Bedrock Edition. They can be skipped entirely by pressing Escin Java Edition or "skip" in Bedrock Edition. The End poem and credits can be successively sped up by holding Space, then additionally Ctrl, then the other Ctrl.

The player can also trigger the poem and credits to show by entering an End portal built using Creative mode or commands. The End Poem and credits only show upon the player's first entry of exit portal. The player is then teleported to their spawn point if available, or the world spawn point if not. After entering the End dimension and killing the Ender dragon, the exit portal is activated, allowing the player to enter and view the End poem followed by the credits.
