Portals connect the three permanent Survival worlds. Everything else, including the resource worlds, is reached by command. Portals work like vanilla ones, with the coordinate rules below.
Portal destinations#
| Portal | From | To | Where you arrive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether portal | Overworld | Nether | Overworld X and Z divided by 8, at the nearest safe spot within about 20 blocks sideways and 80 vertically |
| Nether portal | Nether | Overworld | Nether X and Z multiplied by 8, at the nearest safe spot within about 20 blocks sideways and 80 vertically |
| End portal | Overworld | End | The centre of the End, at height 100, moved to a safe spot if needed |
| End exit portal | End | Overworld | Your respawn point: your bed, or spawn if you have none |
- The destination is chosen by coordinates, so you do not need to build a matching portal first. No portal is built where you arrive, so build one there if you want to go back the same way.
- Your height is kept as the starting point of the search; only X and Z are converted.
- Dividing by 8 means the whole overworld maps into the middle of the Nether, roughly -4,375 to 4,375 on each axis. A Nether portal further out than that takes you to the edge of the overworld.
- A 5 second cooldown stops you being sent twice by the End portal.
- You may be moved to a different server as part of the trip. This is automatic.
Other worlds#
| World | How to reach it |
|---|---|
| Resource worlds | /rtp resources, /rtp nether-resources, /rtp end-resources. No portals |
| Spawn | /spawn |
| PvP world | /warp pvp |
| AFK area | Automatic when idle at spawn, in the PvP world or in a resource world. /afkback to return |
Portals do nothing in the resource worlds. Use /rtp, /home <name> or /spawn to leave.
Travelling between worlds with commands#
| You want | Command |
|---|---|
| A random spot in a world | /rtp <world> or /rtpmenu |
| Your home | /home <name>. Homes can be in any permanent world |
| A friend | /tpa <player> |
| Your town | /town home, /town warp <warp> |
| A player warp | /pw <name> |
See Homes and Teleports for details, limits and cooldowns.
See also#
- Survival Worlds for the world list
- The Nether and the End for what is in each dimension