DEEP DIVES

The End is Minecraft’s least-visited dimension, mostly because it’s so hard to get to. First, you’ve got to find a stronghold, which usually requires chucking a bunch of eyes of ender around. Then you’ve got to clear out that stronghold. Then you’ve got to find the portal room. Then you’ve got to fill the portal with more eyes of ender.
末地是MC的所有维度中访问量最少的，最主要还是因为太难抵达。首先，你得先找到一个要塞，那可能会花费你大量的末影之眼。然后你需要探索并确认整个要塞是安全的，再去找到传送门所在的房间。最后你需要使用更多末影之眼把传送门填满，才能激活末地传送门。

Then, when you finally arrive, there’s no welcoming committee – just an angry dragon. Defeat that dragon with skill, guile and a little luck, scroll heartlessly past the big long list of heroic folks who made the game you love, and then – after all that – you can finally start exploring Minecraft’s most mysterious, sinister dimension.
然后当你历尽千辛到达末地，会发现这里并不欢迎外来者——你一来就会遇到一条愤怒的末影龙。用尽你的技巧，诡计，在有些运气，就能打败这条龙，把那些伟大制作人们的名单翻阅一遍后 —— 你终于可以开始探索这个MC中最神秘，最邪恶的世界了。

Today we’re going to be talking about my favourite part of that dimension. The End Highlands.
今天我们要谈论的是我最喜欢的末地群系——末地高岛。

The End is split up into five different biomes. The first, confusingly, is called The End – that’s the bit where you fight the Ender Dragon. Once defeated, however, you can portal further out – to a ring of orbiting islands. The small ones are the End islands biome. The bigger ones are split into End barrens, End midlands, and finally – our goal – the End highlands.
末地被分为5个不同的群系。第一个，也很奇怪，就是末地 —— 那个你和末影龙战斗的地方。一旦你击败了它，你就可以传送到更远的地方 —— 前往一个环绕而成的小岛。那些小岛被划入末地岛屿群系。大一些的为末地荒岛，然后最后就是我们的目标 —— 末地高岛。

You’ll know when you’re there because you’ll see huge forests of chorus trees, which only grow in this biome. If you’re lucky, though, you’ll see more than that – you might see a huge purple structure with glowing yellow windows. An End city, packed with shulkers, ender chests, End rods and purpur blocks.
你一到达那里你就可以知道已经身处其中，因为那里会有高大的紫颂果树丛林，那是只在这个群系中生长的植物。如果你足够幸运的话就能看到更多东西—— 你会看到一作巨大的紫色建筑物，它的黄色窗户闪烁着光芒。这是一个末地的城市，那里挤满了潜影贝，到处是末影箱，末地石砖和紫色方块。

You might even see something even rarer – a structure that looks like a ship. If you find one of these then you’re really in luck. It contains a treasure room, which holds some of the most valuable loot in the game.
你甚至可能会看到一些更加稀有的东西 —— 一个像船一样的建筑。如果你能找到一个简直是中大奖了。这里面有着宝藏库，那里装着一些游戏里最为珍贵的宝物。

Don’t marvel too long at the treasures of the End highlands, because the biome is packed with dangers. As well as the End’s omnipresent endermen (who’ll tear you block from block in an instant if you so much as look at them funny) you’ll also be assailed by shulkers, a more subtle but not less dangerous foe.
一定不要奇怪这里会有如此丰富的宝藏，因为这是最为危险的一个群系。除了那些无处不在的末影人 (一些会因为你为了好玩盯着他们看而把你撕成碎片的生物) 你可能也会被那些狡猾但是危险系数较低的潜影贝攻击。

Shulkers hide in their shells and blend in easily with the End cites’ purpur blocks. They fire projectiles which inflict the Levitation status effect, causing the player to start rising into the air. That’s often quite nice, but when the effect wears off players discover that what goes up must come down, falling like a stone to the ground. With impressive natural armour and the ability to teleport, you’ll find these creatures a real pain to deal with.
潜影贝藏在自己的贝壳里并伪装于末地建筑的紫色方块里。它们会发射一些带有悬浮效果的弹射物，让玩家们升至空中。那听起来很不错，但是当漂浮效果消失时，玩家们就会像一颗石头一样坠落在地上，当你有了能够抵御大自然的盔甲和传送能力时，你会发现这些生物对你造成的伤害才是最难以应付的。

If you do manage to clear out an End city, or even just a small section of one, they make great places to set up camp in the End’s lonely wastelands. With a little effort, they can even be made to feel a little like home. But beware: the eyes of the endermen will always be watching you.
如果你能够清理出一座末地城市，哪怕只是其中一小部分，它们也会成为这个荒芜的世界中一个非常好的安营扎寨的好地方。加上你的一点点装潢，它们能够变得和家一样温馨。但是时刻谨记：那些末影人紫色的眸子随时盯着你呢。

【592764254 译自官网 2020 年 11 月 12 日发布的 Around the Block: End Highlands；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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