Portal Pairing

Portal Pairing

Portal Pairing helps you build Nether portals that connect exactly where you expect.

Before lighting an unlit portal, use flint and steel to see whether Minecraft will create a new portal in the other dimension or link to an existing one — including its coordinates.

Features

• Predict a portal’s destination before activating it.
• See the coordinates of the portal that will be linked.
• Detect an existing portal that prevents the intended connection.
• Get the suggested location for a portal that will pair correctly.
• Select two portals with Shift + right-click to check whether they will link.
• Shift + double right-click a portal to mark it as unwanted and see how to avoid linking to it.
• Messages are shown only to the player who requested them.

Modes

Simple — enabled by default

All Portal Pairing features are available immediately with flint and steel.

Immersive

Flint and steel does nothing until it has the Portal Insight enchantment.

• Level I: destination preview
• Level II: select and compare portals with Shift + right-click
• Level III: mark an unwanted portal with Shift + double right-click

Portal Insight can be obtained from an enchanting table, librarian villagers, and ruined portals.

Server-side

Portal Pairing is designed for servers. Players receive their own portal information without filling chat for everyone else.

Feedback

This is an early beta release. Please report incorrect predictions, unclear messages, and edge cases with unusual portal layouts.