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Creality Ender-3 V3 SE: the 260 °C limit and hotend upgrades
Creality's Ender-3 V3 SE specs, its 260 °C firmware limit, the Micro Swiss FlowTech hotend made for it, and the Creality kit that does not list it.
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Short answer
Creality lists the Ender-3 V3 SE with a brass 0.4 mm nozzle, a 260 °C maximum nozzle temperature, a direct extruder and an i3 gantry. Micro Swiss makes a FlowTech hotend for the V3 SE rated at 300 °C, but notes that V3 SE firmware still limits the nozzle to 260 °C. Creality's Unicorn quick-swap kit does not list the V3 SE.
Key facts
- Build volume
- Not confirmedThe build volume row was blank on Creality's support page on 2026-10-08.
- Motion system
- i3 gantry (bed slinger)[1]
- Stock extruder
- Direct extruder[1]
- Stock hotend
- Not confirmed
- Nozzle standard
- Not confirmed
- Stock nozzle
- Brass, 0.4 mm[1]Creality lists PLA, TPU95A and PETG as supported filaments.
- Max nozzle temperature
- 260 °C[1][2]Micro Swiss notes that V3 SE firmware limits the nozzle to 260 °C, even with its 300 °C-rated FlowTech hotend fitted.
- Max bed temperature
- 100 °C[1]
- Firmware
- Not confirmed
- Latest listed firmware
- V1.1.0, dated May 11, 2025, listed on 2026-10-08[1]The current download on Creality's support page on that date. Recheck before updating.
- Power input
- Not confirmedWe could not verify Creality's manual wording on the power-supply switch. Follow the manual that came with your printer; we give no switch-setting steps.
- Hardware revisions
- Not confirmed
- Maker maintenance rules
- Not confirmed
- Documented upgrade kits
- Micro Swiss FlowTech hotend for the Ender 3 V3 SE (rated 300 °C; stock firmware still caps the nozzle at 260 °C)[2][3]Micro Swiss says FlowTech nozzles need no hot tightening and change with one hand. Creality's Unicorn quick-swap kit lists the K1C, Ender-3 V3 and Ender-3 V3 Plus, not the V3 SE.
- Recall status
- No recall found on 2026-10-08[4]On 2026-10-08 we found the Bambu Lab A1 recall as the only 3D printer recall in CPSC's notices. That is a dated search, not proof that no recall exists.
- Not confirmed
- Not confirmedCreality's V3 SE support page left these blank or did not state them on 2026-10-08.
Watch out for
- A 300 °C-rated hotend does not lift the V3 SE past 260 °C: Micro Swiss notes the stock firmware caps the nozzle there.
- Creality's Unicorn quick-swap kit names the Ender-3 V3, not the V3 SE. Do not buy it for an SE on that listing.
- The V3 SE (260 °C) and V3 KE (300 °C) have different thermal ratings; do not mix their specs.
What fits
Product details below are the seller's own description unless a source is shown. Pick the variant named for each item.
Hotend
Micro Swiss FlowTech hotend for Creality Ender 3 V3 SE (M3105)Choose the Ender 3 V3 SE version (M3105).
Rated 300 °C by Micro Swiss, but stock V3 SE firmware still caps the nozzle at 260 °C.
Replacement heating block
Creality Ender‑3 V3 SE/KE ceramic heating block kit (quick-swap nozzle kit)Choose Creality's Ender-3 V3 SE/KE kit, not a K1-series kit.
Creality names the Ender-3 V3 SE and V3 KE for this kit. It states no heater rating, so match it by printer model only.
Questions
Can the Ender-3 V3 SE print at 300 °C with a FlowTech hotend?
Not on stock firmware. Micro Swiss rates its V3 SE FlowTech at 300 °C but notes that V3 SE firmware limits the nozzle to 260 °C.[2]
Does Creality's Unicorn nozzle kit fit the Ender-3 V3 SE?
Creality lists the Unicorn kit for the K1C, Ender-3 V3 and Ender-3 V3 Plus. The V3 SE is not on that list.[3]
What firmware does Creality list for the V3 SE?
On 2026-10-08 Creality's support page listed V1.1.0, dated May 11, 2025, as the current download. Recheck the page before you update. See Ender-3 V3 SE upgrades.[1]