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At some point during yourMinecraftadventure, you’ll probably want to head to the Nether.
After all,there’s plenty to do in the dangerous and fire-filled world.
However, traveling to the Nether isn’t like heading to a different biome in the overworld.
This place is in a whole other dimension.
The Nether, now more fleshed out and dynamic, offers veteran and new players alike more challenges.
But these 10 tips will definitely come in handy.
Thankfully, you’re able to build a Nether Portal, which transports you to the burning world.
Yet, players who haven’t been playing for years might not know how to make one.
Getting Obsidian
Obsidian is one of the toughest blocks in the game.
It’screated when flowing water touches a block of lava.
In a typical seed, there is abunch of it underground, or you could also make some yourself.
it’s possible for you to mine the material if you have adiamond pickaxe or stronger.
A second key in of Obsidian was added to the game in the 1.3 update: Crying Obsidian.
Crying Obsidian, while incredibly pretty, isn’t useful for making Nether Portals.
The main function of Crying Obsidian is that itcan be used to createRespawn Anchors.
Yet,it’s much easier just to make the tool.
To do so, you needa piece of Flint and a single Iron Ingot.
The resourcespawns underground, next to bodies of water, and in various other places.
It shouldn’t take too long to discover some.
Put theFlint and Iron into your crafting grid to make Flint and Steel.
Building A Nether Portal
A Nether Portalrequires at least ten blocks of Obsidian.
These non-Obsidian pieces will be used as temporary corners that you’ll take away later.
On top of those different blocks,place a column of three Obsidian.
Then on them,use two other blocks again to create top corners.
Next,connect the two top cornersusing pieces of Obsidian to complete the rectangle.
you could then remove all four non-Obsidian blocks.
Anduse your Flint and Steel on the inside of the rectangle to light it up.
Now you have a working Portal.
As such, you don’t need tofind diamondsand craft a pickaxe with them.
Yet, it’s a little more tiresome to do.
Here’s the steps you should probably take:
Makeat least two buckets.Each one requires three Iron Ingots.
Finda source of water and also one of lava.
Lava is often found underground, but sometimes there are pools of it on the surface.
You’ll just need to make plenty of buckets or be willing to travel back and forth.
Nowfill one bucket with water and another with lava.
Next, makea wall that is five blocks tall and four blocks wide.
At the bottom of the wall,dig a hole and pour the lava inside.
Thenpour the water on the block directly above it, so it flows onto the lava and creates Obsidian.
Repeatthis same process for at leastten pieces of Obsidian.
It should look like the picture above.
There will be no hole to pour the lava into for the side and top pieces.
Ruined Portals are structures that sparsely populate your Minecraft world seed.
These portals are exactly what they sound like - the ruins of once-functional portals to the Nether.
They’re not limited to spawning in the Overworld, either.
Ruined Portals do more than just spice up the landscape.
Each Ruined Portal site spawns with valuable loot.
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