How To Build a Nether Portal Quickly and Easily in Minecraft?

Building a Nether Portal can be done by anyone. However, the portal is the link between two worlds from the nether world to the overworld. Minecraft needs a nether portal account. As all, you know that Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by Swedish. Moreover, the game was developed by Mojang studios.

About Nether Portal

Building a nether portal is one of the crucial aspects of Minecraft. A nether portal in Minecraft is long and also potentially arduous. However, finishing the portal means gaining access to the hellish nether. It is a place filled with hostile mobs. Also, it is the place to find a variety of unique materials and crafting items.

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Build a Nether Portal Quickly

However, some materials are required to make a portal. They are namely- 14 obsidian, 1 flint, and steel or fire charge. By using these you can build a portal.

 

Obtain materials

the nether portal requires at least 10 blocks of obsidian, which is obtained by pouring water over still lava.MC-129600] Lava and water replace each other when being placed by a bucket. - Jira

the lava should not be moving and should be still or else this will form cobblestone. Now you have to mine the obsidian with a diamond pickaxe or above(anything below diamond, like iron,gold,wood or stone pickaxes will not mine the obsidian and the stone will not drop. and also it will take a painfully long time).

Flint is obtained by breaking blocks of gravel which are underground. mont gravel blocks will not drop flint. combining flint and an iron ingot in the crafting table creates flint and steel.

Step 1: Build Obsidian Frame

As mentioned before you need 10-14 obsidian to make a frame. However, the base should be 4 obsidian wide, sides must be five obsidian height. In total, you require 14 blocks of obsidian. Also, the game control for placing each block of obsidian depends on the version of Minecraft.

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  • If Minecraft has “Java edition” for devices PC and Mac. Then, right-click on the block.
  • To the “Pocket edition” of Minecraft, you can tap on the block.
  • For devices “Xbox One, Xbox 360”, press the LT button on the device Xbox controller.
  • However, for devices “PS3 and PS4”, press the L2 button on the Ps controller.
  • For “Wii U”, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • To the “Nintendo Switch”, press the ZL button in its controller.
  • For Minecraft “windows 10 edition” you right-click on the block.
  • Also, for the “Education edition”, you can right-click on the block.

Step 2: Activate The Nether Portal

After building the obsidian you need to activate the nether portal. To do this, you can use flint and steel or fire charge. So, to activate the portal select “flint and steel” on Hotbar.

Just place the pointer which is with a plus sign on-screen on the bottom block of obsidian. Then use flint and steel. The use of the “flint and steel” option depends on the version of Minecraft you are using.

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  • If Minecraft has “Java edition” for devices PC and Mac. Then, right-click on the block.
  • To the “Pocket edition” of Minecraft, you can tap on the block.
  • For devices “Xbox One, Xbox 360”, press the LT button on the device Xbox controller.
  • However, for devices “PS3 and PS4”, press the L2 button on the Ps controller.
  • For “Wii U”, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • To the “Nintendo Switch”, press the ZL button in its controller.
  • For Minecraft “windows 10 edition” you right-click on the block.
  • Also, for the “Education edition”, you can right-click on the block.
  • In this way, depends on the version you can use the flint and steel option on your device.

After using the option flint and steel than the center of the portal should glow and then turn to purple color. It indicates that the portal is active.

Step 3: Walk through the Portal

For using the portal, you just jump or walk through the purple area. Then, you will be transported to the nether. Once when you are in the nether, there you can see another portal to return you to your Minecraft world. Have fun exploring the nether portal.

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Conclusion

Easy and quick steps to build a nether portal are mentioned. By following each step you can easily construct the portal. It depends on the Minecraft version are using. Also, information about the nether portal is given here.

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