World & environment
Portals and Dimension Travel
Create, link and use Nether and End portals. This guide summarizes the stable core rules and identifies where edition or version checks are required.
Portals and Dimension Travel- System
- Portals and Dimension Travel
- Category
- World & environment
- Coverage
- Core rules and edition notes
Core rules
- Nether portals search for or create a destination frame.
- Overworld and Nether horizontal coordinates use an 8:1 scale.
- End portal access and return portals follow structure and boss rules.
Edition and version notes
The core concept exists in the current game, but exact timings, update order, available recipes, commands and edge cases can differ between Java and Bedrock or change between releases. Use the versioned data pages for identifiers and the Java-vs-Bedrock guides for known edition differences.