How To Make A Nether Portal In Minecraft

A Nether Portal acts as a door between the Overworld and the Nether. This allows you to move between the Nether and the Overworld as many times as you like.

Learn how to make a Nether portal in Minecraft with our step-by-step instructions and video walkthrough.

Contents

1 Available Platforms
2 Tools & Supplies Needed
3 Steps To Make A Nether Portal
4 FAQ’s
5 How To Make A Nether Portal In Minecraft Video Tutorial
6 More Getting Started Tutorials

Available Platforms

Edition	Platform	Available
Java Edition	Windows, Mac & Linux PC’s	Yes
Bedrock Edition	Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows 10 PC’s	Yes
Education Edition	Mac, iOs 12, Windows 10 PC’s	Yes
PlayStation Edition	PlayStation 3 & 4	Yes

Tools & Supplies Needed

14 Obsidian
1 Flint & steel OR fire charge

Steps To Make A Nether Portal

1. Build The Portal Frame

First we build the portal base by placing 4 obsidian blocks on the ground. Each side of the frame should be 5 obsidian high. And lastly, the top of the frame will be 4 obsidian wide. So essentially the Nether Portal size is 4 blocks wide X 5 blocks high. The frame will take a total of 14 obsidian.

You can place any block of obsidian using the following game controls:

Java Edition (PC/Mac), Windows 10 Edition, Education Edition – Right click on the block
Pocket Edition (PE): tap the block
Xbox 360, Xbox One: Press the LT Button
PS3, PS4: press the L2 button
Wii U, Nintendo Switch: Press the ZL Button

2. Activate The Nether Portal

Now we need to activate the portal with 1 flint and steel or a fire charge.

To activate the Nether Portal with flint and steel, select it in your quick access bar and place your pointer over one of the base blocks of the portal frame. Use Flint and Steel with the following game controllers:

Java Edition (PC/Mac), Windows 10 Edition, Education Edition – Right click on the block
Pocket Edition (PE): tap the block
Xbox 360, Xbox One: Press the LT Button
PS3, PS4: press the L2 button
Wii U, Nintendo Switch: Press the ZL Button

After you’ve used the flint and steel, you’ll notice that the center of the portal frame turns a bright purple. And that’s how you make a portal to the Nether.

3. Enter The Portal

Once the portal is active, simply walk through the center of the frame to enter the Nether. Now you can explore the Nether! If you want to go back, just go back through the portal.

FAQ’s

1. What blocks do you need to make a nether portal?

You’ll need to get your hands on 12-14 blocks of obsidian to create a Nether portal which is a rectangular shape of 4×5 minimum and 23×23 maximum.

2. What level is Netherite?

Netherite, per its name, is found only in the Nether, specifically at Y-levels 8 to 22. That said, Y-level 15 has the highest probability of spawning Ancient Debris, the block that can be smelted into Netherite Scraps (which are then smelted into ingots).

3. What do you need to make a nether portal in Minecraft?

14 Obsidian.
1 Flint and Steel.
1 Fire Charge.

4. Can you make flint and steel in Nether?

Flint and steel can now be found in the new chests in nether fortresses. … Flint and steel now has a shapeless crafting recipe.

5. What happens if you break the nether portal?

When you break a nether portal people in the other dimension will still be able to use the portal. it makes sense to have it so it breaks on both sides.

6. Are Broken Nether portals rare?

When a ruined portal generates, it has a 5% chance to be a giant ruined portal, for about a 1.67% chance per giant portal design. This gives normal ruined portals a 95% chance, for a 9.5% chance per normal ruined portal design.

7. Can u get iron in the nether?

Currently the only to obtain iron is from the nether is from a fortress chest, or a tiny amount rarely given from bartering. This way players can have iron in the nether for their needs, without consistently going to the overworld each time they need it.