I just made a portal to the nether in my base, went in the nether and went back quickly, only to find out i entered the overworld in a different portal that was closeby!
Can i make it so that two portals link each other? Should i just destroy the other portal in the overworld?
Also, the place i entered the nether in was really high up, and i was going in there for soulsand initially, but a second handmade nether portal brought me to the same spot. Anyway to counter this?
If you get the coordinates of your portal in the Overworld, divide the X and Z coordinates by 8 and build a new portal in the Nether at those coordinates they should connect properly in both directions.
(The X and Z coordinates can differ from the calculated coordinates by up to 15 and the Y coordinate can be anything between 1 and 127 as long as there isn't another portal that is closer to the calculated coordinates.)
(Or you can use the coordinates of the portal in the Nether, multiply X and Z by 8 and build a portal in the Overworld there, in which case X and Z can be off by 127 and Y can be 1 - 250. )
Portals have always done this, it's the generation of the portal in the nether that has to be made in a "safe" spot that causes it. The game looks for a place near the same coordinates to place the portal, if that's over a lava lake or some other hazard, it searches around for a place to put it. This might take the nether side portal quite far from the original coordinates. Then factor in the space difference between the nether and the over world, when you go back the portal no longer aligns to the over world portal and it just makes a new one. Once you manually place the portal in the nether as Hexalobular describes, they should link up.
You can actually use this to travel fast between points in the over world by carefully placing portals so that you travel to the nether, step out of the portal and into another just a few blocks away and appear in the over world quite a distance from where you started, or higher or lower depending on how the portals are placed. With the new faster portal travel in the more recent versions of Minecraft, this is can be a viable way to travel now. In older versions, the load times between worlds made it annoying at best or more time consuming at worst.
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Portals have always done this, it's the generation of the portal in the nether that has to be made in a "safe" spot that causes it. The game looks for a place near the same coordinates to place the portal, if that's over a lava lake or some other hazard, it searches around for a place to put it. This might take the nether side portal quite far from the original coordinates. Then factor in the space difference between the nether and the over world, when you go back the portal no longer aligns to the over world portal and it just makes a new one. Once you manually place the portal in the nether as Hexalobular describes, they should link up.
You can actually use this to travel fast between points in the over world by carefully placing portals so that you travel to the nether, step out of the portal and into another just a few blocks away and appear in the over world quite a distance from where you started, or higher or lower depending on how the portals are placed. With the new faster portal travel in the more recent versions of Minecraft, this is can be a viable way to travel now. In older versions, the load times between worlds made it annoying at best or more time consuming at worst.
To overcome both of these problems I've begun making all my portals in the nether by hand. After making a portal in overworld and firing it up I don't enter it but instead go to the nether via a different portal , go to the calculated location and build my portal there and go through it. I'f been making all my nether side portals at the 119 elevation and connecting them by rail.
Hardest part of this scenario is getting up to 119 the first time. After entering the nether for the first time, I hunted around for an area with a high ceiling in the nether, and built a tower up to it and mined upward the remaining short distance. Whenever I need to rarely go back to get stuff from the nether, I go back down this tower, but for overworld travel I stay up on this level and travel by rail . It's a breeze as all work is on the same level.
Sounds smart, but isnt building down from the nether a pain in the ... since you cant use water there?
I ended up destroying my (second auto built) overworld portal, then my handmade portal made a new one on top of the old one in the nether (wich was also deactivated)
I cant wait to explore the nether further and make a zombie pigmen farm, but it will be halted for a bit now
Sounds smart, but isnt building down from the nether a pain in the ... since you cant use water there?
I ended up destroying my (second auto built) overworld portal, then my handmade portal made a new one on top of the old one in the nether (wich was also deactivated)
I cant wait to explore the nether further and make a zombie pigmen farm, but it will be halted for a bit now
I have my original tower to get down when I need to go mine some nether materials and as Hexalobular says you can drop sand or gravel. Actually though being careful, I have mined down idirectly into a couple of fortresses to get to a blaze spawner where I go when I need more rods or powder.
Digging down is safer than digging up anyways, lava wise.
You might have to do a lot of digging to find somewhere where the netherrack goes all the way down but as long as you always dig below your feet and don't step down until you see it's safe you should be alright.
I'd suggest using a lot of torches so you don't miss any holes.
Portals have always done this, it's the generation of the portal in the nether that has to be made in a "safe" spot that causes it. The game looks for a place near the same coordinates to place the portal, if that's over a lava lake or some other hazard, it searches around for a place to put it. This might take the nether side portal quite far from the original coordinates. Then factor in the space difference between the nether and the over world, when you go back the portal no longer aligns to the over world portal and it just makes a new one. Once you manually place the portal in the nether as Hexalobular describes, they should link up.
You can actually use this to travel fast between points in the over world by carefully placing portals so that you travel to the nether, step out of the portal and into another just a few blocks away and appear in the over world quite a distance from where you started, or higher or lower depending on how the portals are placed. With the new faster portal travel in the more recent versions of Minecraft, this is can be a viable way to travel now. In older versions, the load times between worlds made it annoying at best or more time consuming at worst.
My nether portal was in a safe spot when i first went through it. The next time i went back to the nether, lava was flowing on either side of the portal from a mountain nearby. I died. Then i went back through the portal Again because i forgot about lava. I died. Again.
Sometimes lava from far above might take a bit of time to reach the portal location. Upon first emerging in Nether, immediately check above you for lava coming from ceiling, then start building protective enclosure. If portal is far from any wall, only danger might be from ceiling. If portal is close to a wall that does not curve into an overhang, expect lava coming to pour over and place protective blocks that will stop lava flow. I usually enter Nether with 2-3 stacks of cobble ready, and immediately build a stone box around portal.
If you fail to secure your initial entry point, you pretty much have to travel 1000+ blocks in overworld to build a portal that would NOT take you to your initial entry point.
Hey all.
I just made a portal to the nether in my base, went in the nether and went back quickly, only to find out i entered the overworld in a different portal that was closeby!
Can i make it so that two portals link each other? Should i just destroy the other portal in the overworld?
Also, the place i entered the nether in was really high up, and i was going in there for soulsand initially, but a second handmade nether portal brought me to the same spot. Anyway to counter this?
If you get the coordinates of your portal in the Overworld, divide the X and Z coordinates by 8 and build a new portal in the Nether at those coordinates they should connect properly in both directions.
(The X and Z coordinates can differ from the calculated coordinates by up to 15 and the Y coordinate can be anything between 1 and 127 as long as there isn't another portal that is closer to the calculated coordinates.)
(Or you can use the coordinates of the portal in the Nether, multiply X and Z by 8 and build a portal in the Overworld there, in which case X and Z can be off by 127 and Y can be 1 - 250. )
Just testing.
Damn. What happened to normal portals that just go back and forth lol
Portals have always done this, it's the generation of the portal in the nether that has to be made in a "safe" spot that causes it. The game looks for a place near the same coordinates to place the portal, if that's over a lava lake or some other hazard, it searches around for a place to put it. This might take the nether side portal quite far from the original coordinates. Then factor in the space difference between the nether and the over world, when you go back the portal no longer aligns to the over world portal and it just makes a new one. Once you manually place the portal in the nether as Hexalobular describes, they should link up.
You can actually use this to travel fast between points in the over world by carefully placing portals so that you travel to the nether, step out of the portal and into another just a few blocks away and appear in the over world quite a distance from where you started, or higher or lower depending on how the portals are placed. With the new faster portal travel in the more recent versions of Minecraft, this is can be a viable way to travel now. In older versions, the load times between worlds made it annoying at best or more time consuming at worst.
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To tell them how to live is to prevent them living.
To overcome both of these problems I've begun making all my portals in the nether by hand. After making a portal in overworld and firing it up I don't enter it but instead go to the nether via a different portal , go to the calculated location and build my portal there and go through it. I'f been making all my nether side portals at the 119 elevation and connecting them by rail.
Hardest part of this scenario is getting up to 119 the first time. After entering the nether for the first time, I hunted around for an area with a high ceiling in the nether, and built a tower up to it and mined upward the remaining short distance. Whenever I need to rarely go back to get stuff from the nether, I go back down this tower, but for overworld travel I stay up on this level and travel by rail . It's a breeze as all work is on the same level.
Learn something new each day
Sounds smart, but isnt building down from the nether a pain in the ... since you cant use water there?
I ended up destroying my (second auto built) overworld portal, then my handmade portal made a new one on top of the old one in the nether (wich was also deactivated)
I cant wait to explore the nether further and make a zombie pigmen farm, but it will be halted for a bit now
You can drop gravel or sand and dig down through it or use a potion of slow falling and build up.
Just testing.
I have my original tower to get down when I need to go mine some nether materials and as Hexalobular says you can drop sand or gravel. Actually though being careful, I have mined down idirectly into a couple of fortresses to get to a blaze spawner where I go when I need more rods or powder.
Learn something new each day
Digging down is safer than digging up anyways, lava wise.
You might have to do a lot of digging to find somewhere where the netherrack goes all the way down but as long as you always dig below your feet and don't step down until you see it's safe you should be alright.
I'd suggest using a lot of torches so you don't miss any holes.
Just testing.
My nether portal was in a safe spot when i first went through it. The next time i went back to the nether, lava was flowing on either side of the portal from a mountain nearby. I died. Then i went back through the portal Again because i forgot about lava. I died. Again.
Sometimes lava from far above might take a bit of time to reach the portal location. Upon first emerging in Nether, immediately check above you for lava coming from ceiling, then start building protective enclosure. If portal is far from any wall, only danger might be from ceiling. If portal is close to a wall that does not curve into an overhang, expect lava coming to pour over and place protective blocks that will stop lava flow. I usually enter Nether with 2-3 stacks of cobble ready, and immediately build a stone box around portal.
If you fail to secure your initial entry point, you pretty much have to travel 1000+ blocks in overworld to build a portal that would NOT take you to your initial entry point.
I know. I learned that the hard way.