Minecraft wiki entry for Speedrun, associated text: 2 or 3 golden apples can be of great help when fighting the dragon. When chopping down oak/dark oak trees, look for apples and keep an eye out for some gold ores when mining or looting. It's also possible to find golden apples or enchanted golden apples as loot. However, advanced speedrunners will be able to kill the ender dragon with nearly no supplies. So, this might be considered a waste of time to some.