blaze-rods

name	blaze_rods
description	Locate a Nether fortress, fight blazes at their spawner, and collect ≥7 blaze rods (each grinds into 2 blaze powder; 12 eyes of ender need 12 powder = 6 rods, +1 margin).

Skill: blaze_rods

Phase 3 of the dragon route. Eyes of ender need blaze powder; locate_structure means you waste zero eyes on throwing, so 7 rods (14 powder) is enough with margin.

Done when

• get_self_status shows ≥7 blaze_rod
• You're back at the Nether portal (or another safe spot), ready for phase 4

Finding a fortress

1. locate_structure("minecraft:fortress") — exact coordinates, direction and distance in one call (must be called while IN the Nether). Don't wander looking for it.
2. goto the returned x/z (the returned y is approximate — travel around y≈70), then scan_blocks(nether_bricks, radius=128) to find the actual corridors; the structure spans many y-levels.
3. Beware the lookalike: blackstone with gold = bastion (minecraft:bastion_remnant) — different structure, avoid; its piglin brutes attack on sight.
4. Track your portal's coordinates so you can navigate home.

Blazes

• 20 HP, fly/hover, volley of 3 fireballs (~5 dmg each + sets you on fire) every ~3s at line of sight, fire-immune.
• They spawn from blaze spawners: small fortress rooms with a caged spawner block, plus naturally on fortress bridges.
• ranged_attack is the safe default (~6 arrows per blaze); melee walks into fireball volleys. First scan blazes and pass their runtime IDs. Using melee_attack with a diamond sword is a real fallback when arrows run low: 3 hits kill, and your auto-eat reflex covers the fireball damage as long as you carry plenty of cooked food. Pick by what's in your inventory, not dogma.

Farming loop

1. Find the spawner room (scan_blocks(spawner) inside the fortress helps).
2. equip_item(bow) → scan_nearby_entities → ranged_attack({"entity_ids":[id]}) in small batches.
3. collect_items — rods drop on the floor; grab them before they burn in nearby lava... rods are fire-immune items, but lava destroys them. Don't let drops land in lava.
4. get_self_status between batches: HP ≤ 8 → goto out of spawner range, eat, return.
5. Repeat until get_self_status shows ≥7 rods. Drop rate is 0–1 per kill (avg 0.5) → expect ~14 kills, more if unlucky.

Do not mine the spawner — you need it spawning blazes until the count is met. (You may place_block to wall off excess sight-lines if too many blazes volley at once.)

Hazards

• Wither skeletons roam fortress corridors; their hits apply Wither (damage over time). scan them and pass one runtime ID at a time to melee_attack or stay out of reach.
• Fortress bridges have no railings; knockback over the edge usually lands in lava. Fight away from edges (combat_basics positioning rules).

What to load next

≥7 rods banked → mark phase 3 completed, then load_skill(name="ender_pearls"). Warped forests (teal trees, dense endermen) are worth noting on your way out — phase 4 can use them.