About Better Nether Portals
From ModrinthBuild Nether portals in any shape or orientation, closed obsidian frame, light with flint and steel, and walk through.
Better Nether Portals
Tired of the same old 4×5 rectangle? Better Nether Portals lets you build Nether portals in any shape and orientation, as long as the obsidian frame is closed and connected.
Light it with flint and steel and it just works.
Features
• Any shape ~ hearts, diamonds, crosses, circles, custom builds, and more
• Any orientation ~ upright walls or flat on the floor / ceiling
• Crying Obsidian supported in the frame
• Proper portal linking ~ return through a portal and you’ll come back to the same one you used
• Works with vanilla Nether travel (no extra items or rituals)
How to use
- Build a closed frame of Obsidian (or Crying Obsidian).
- Leave the interior empty (air).
- Light the inside with flint and steel.
- Walk through same as a normal Nether portal.
Minimum size can be as small as a 1×1 opening (four obsidian around one portal block). Maximum interior size matches vanilla’s large-portal limit (up to 21×21 / 441 blocks).
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 19 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Better Nether Portals on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.0.2, released 2026-09-24
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.1 to 26.2 (10 versions) | 26.2 |
| Forge | 1.20.1 to 26.2 (10 versions) | 26.2 |
| NeoForge | 26.1 to 26.2 (4 versions) | 26.2 |
From 5 recorded builds of Better Nether Portals.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | 26.1 to 26.2 (4 versions) | NeoForge |
| 1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | 26.1 to 26.2 (4 versions) | Forge |
| 1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | 26.1 to 26.2 (4 versions) | Fabric |
| 1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | 1.20.1 to 1.20.6 (6 versions) | Forge |
| 1.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | 1.20.1 to 1.20.6 (6 versions) | Fabric |
Run Better Nether Portals on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Better Nether Portals as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 18 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorZerw, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree
