How Close Can Nether Portals Be Without Linking?
Nether portals can be built as close as 8 Overworld blocks apart, but to avoid linking, they should be positioned exactly rather than allowing the game to place them, and the netherport linking should be done in the Nether. The maximum ideal distance for building portals is 64 Nether block intervals, which translates to 512 Overworld blocks, to prevent them from linking to the same Nether realm portal on initial construction.
Understanding Nether Portals
To fully comprehend how close Nether portals can be without linking, it’s essential to understand the basics of Nether portal creation and linking.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
- What are the rules for making Nether portals? A Nether portal is built as a vertical, rectangular frame of obsidian (4×5 minimum, 23×23 maximum), and the four corners of the frame are not required.
- Can you build Nether portals next to each other? Yes, it is possible to create them closer, as long as you position them exactly rather than allowing the game to place them.
- Why do all my Nether portals go to the same place? When you use an Overworld portal, the game divides your x & z coordinates by 8 then looks for a portal within 128 blocks of that location within the Nether.
- How far away can you hear a portal in Minecraft? You can hear a portal from 15 blocks away.
- How far down do you have to be to find the End portal? In the Computer version of Minecraft, the closest strongholds are at least 1408 blocks away from the world’s origin point.
Nether Portal Linking
- How far away do Nether portals have to be to not link Bedrock? Overworld portals that are within 1024 distance of each other on both X and Z axis are almost always going to link to the same Nether realm portal on initial construction.
- Why is my Nether portal spawning me somewhere else in the Overworld? If the portal can’t be created near the corresponding Overworld coordinates due to lakes of lava and no nearby open Nether terrain, it will keep seeking a suitable portal spawn space further away from the matching coordinates.
- What happens if you make 2 Nether portals? If you build a new portal in the Nether, you will almost certainly come out through a new portal in the Overworld, far away from anything you recognize.
Nether Portal Mechanics
- How far should Nether portals be from each other? You should build portals at 64 Nether block intervals, even if you are not normally going to use these gates, which is equivalent to 512 Overworld blocks.
- Why isn’t my Nether portal teleporting me? One could be that the portal is in the wrong shape, as the portal has to be 3 blocks vertically inside the portal and 2 blocks wide horizontally.
- Does breaking a Nether portal break it on the other side? When you break a Nether portal, people in the other dimension will still be able to use the portal.
Additional Information
- Does crying obsidian work in portals? Crying obsidian cannot be used as a Nether portal frame, unlike obsidian.
- What is crying obsidian used for? The main use of Crying Obsidian is as a crafting material to craft a Respawn Anchor, which allows the player to respawn in the Nether.
- How do you make crying obsidian in Minecraft? Crying obsidian can be acquired from a ruined portal, an ancient structure found in both the Nether and the Overworld.
- Can I change my Nether portal location? You can either build up the area around that portal until it meets your liking, or build another portal in the Nether yourself, or build a new portal in the Overworld that’s at least 1024 blocks away from the first one.