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Avernite did change it when he created the underworld. Now a regular portal placed anywhere in the overworld will go to either spawn or world origin (0,0), I can't remember which. I think it has a different color to it. I haven't messed with the runes much. See below though as there was also a runegate that would take you to world origin so I don't know if that changed too.
Avernite's most revealing post is pasted below.
Runestones[/b]
A runestone can be crafted by placing an obsidian block in the center of a 3x3 crafting matrix and surrounding it with four mithril nuggets. Sixteen different runes are available and these can be cycled through by right-clicking the output slot.
Runestones are used in the construction of runegates.
Runegates[/b]
Runegates are still shrouded in mystery but the following information has been gathered about their basic operation:
- They are formed by placing runestone blocks at the corners of a nether portal
- They teleport those who enter them to distant locations
- They are dangerous to use, especially for the first to enter
- They only activate for one who is carrying no items (even armor) and who has neutral or positive experience
- They teleport you far away from world spawn
- Their destination is determined by the four runestones placed at the corners
- A runegate that uses 4 "Uus" runestones (the first one, looks like an 'N' - I think of them as "null" gates) will teleport you back to world origin (0,0).
- Because of points 6 and 7 runegates may be networked even though they are one-way (a second gate must be constructed on the other side
- Originally they were designed to allow new players to have a pristine start on aged servers, as you said. Currently, since a player cannot take items through a runegate they face the challenge of building another runegate from scratch if they want to get back home (an enderman chest may help with this).
- Most of them will take you a couple thousand km from world spawn.The runestones are combined to form a seed from which a pseudo-random destination is determined and their order does matter, so ABCD will not have the same destination as DCBA.
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