Creality Ender-3
Made by Creality · Discontinued · Released Mar 2018
Compiled by Desktop 3D Printers Editorial TeamSpecs verified
Overview
- Status
- Discontinued
- Released
- Mar 2018
- Launch price
- —
- Announced
- Mar 2018
Build
- Build volume
- 220 × 220 × 250 mm
- Enclosure
- Open frame
- Air filtration
- None
- Stock build plate
- other coating, rigid (BuildTak-like build surface sticker on the heated bed)
Temperatures
- Max chamber temp
- —
- Max hotend temp
- 255 °C
- Max bed temp
- 110 °C
Motion
- Motion system
- Bedslinger (i3-style)
- Max speed (claimed)
- 180 mm/s
- Max acceleration (claimed)
- —
- Max volumetric flow (claimed)
- —
Toolhead
- Extruder
- Bowden
- Stock nozzle
- 0.4 mm
- Nozzles
- 1
- Multi-material
- —
Features
- Bed leveling
- Manual
- Features
- Power-loss recovery
- Firmware
- Creality firmware (Marlin-based) (open source)
- Connectivity
- USB, SD card
- Laser module
- 1.6 W or 5 W or 10 W, optional
Speed, acceleration and flow figures are the manufacturer's claims. A dash means the manufacturer does not publish the value.
Sources
Last verified
- Creality Store, Ender Series 3D printer collection (lists the Ender-3 V3 SE, Ender-3 V3 Neo, Ender-3 V3 Mega, Ender-3 V4 Combo and Ender-5 Max; no Ender-3) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality, Ender-3 3D Printer product page ($189.00; its Buy Now link leads to a store listing that returns not found) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality, Ender-3 3D printer technical specifications: 220*220*250 mm, printing speed 180 mm/s, nozzle 255 °C, hot bed 110 °C, 0.4 mm nozzle, online or SD offline (Wayback Machine capture 2018-05-27) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality, Ender-3 FDM 3D Printer page: 180 mm/s, nozzle 255 °C, hotbed 110 °C, resumes printing after power-off, MK8 extruder (Wayback Machine capture 2020-09-26) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality Blog, The Differences: Ender-3 VS Ender-3 Pro VS Ender-3 V2 (2020-06-17): the Ender-3 has a BuildTak-like heated build plate and needs manual calibration (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality Blog, Ender-3 VS Ender-3 Pro: The Difference (2020-08-03): the Ender-3 resumes printing after power-off and has a normal platform, while the Pro adds the C-MAG magnetic bed (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality on GitHub, Ender-3 repository with the Marlin firmware source (GPL-3.0), created 2018-06-30 (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality Store Blog, Creality Laser Module Ultimate Guide (2024-12-23): 1.6 W, 5 W and 10 W modules; supported printer models include the Ender-3 (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- Creality Store, Creality Laser Module 10W/5W/1.6W (supported machine models include the Ender-3) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- 3D Printer Chat, Creality Ender 3 Announced (2018-03-22) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- 3Dnatives, How to choose a Creality 3D printer (2020-12-28): the Ender 3 was originally released in March 2018 and made open source in July 2018 (accessed Nov 2, 2026)
- All3DP, 2018 Creality Ender 3 review (2018-09-09): BuildTak-like print bed sticker, power recovery, Bowden extruder, manual bed leveling (Wayback Machine capture 2018-10-13) (accessed Nov 2, 2026)