Portable Portals

Why build a Nether portal every time when you can carry one in your pocket?

Portable Portals is a lightweight, Vanilla+ Minecraft mod that allows you to craft, place, pick up, and reuse entire Nether portals as portable items!

Whether you're exploring distant lands, building a new base, or traveling through the Nether, Portable Portals makes dimension travel easier and more convenient without changing Minecraft's original portal mechanics.

✨ Features

Craft Your Own Portable Portal

Craft an entire Nether portal using just 10 Obsidian in a crafting table!

• Place the obsidian in any arrangement.
• Carry an entire Nether portal in a single inventory slot.
• Stack up to 16 Portable Portals.
• Place a complete 4×5 Nether portal frame without corners.

Pre-Lit Portable Portals

Don't want to carry Flint and Steel everywhere?

Craft a Pre-Lit Portable Portal using 10 Obsidian and a Flint and Steel or Fire Charge.

• Automatically activates when placed.
• Stays Pre-Lit even after being picked up.
• Can be reused as many times as you want.
• Upgrade an existing Unlit Portable Portal into a Pre-Lit version!

Ghost Placement Preview

Know exactly where your portal will appear before placing it!

• White preview: The portal can be placed.
• Red preview: Not enough space or placement is blocked.
• Press R to rotate the portal.
• Customize preview colors and transparency in the settings.

Place portals near walls, on unusual surfaces, or even partially hanging over cliffs!

⛏️ Easy Portal Recovery

No more mining 10 individual obsidian blocks!

Break a Portable Portal using a Diamond or Netherite Pickaxe to recover the entire structure as a single item.

• Full recovery costs 10 durability uses.
• Shift + Left Click for instant recovery.
• Recovered portals retain their original Unlit or Pre-Lit status.
• If your pickaxe has fewer than 10 durability points remaining, the portal is partially dismantled into regular obsidian instead.

✨ Visual Effects

Enjoy lightweight visual effects that make your portals feel more interactive!

• Purple and dark recovery particles.
• Additional activation particles for Pre-Lit portals.
• Vanilla Minecraft sounds and textures.
• Customizable effects for better performance.

⚙️ Customizable Settings

Personalize your experience with an in-game settings menu.

Configure placement previews, colors, opacity, rotation controls, animations, particles, and quick recovery.

Optional Mod Menu integration is supported where available.

🌍 Vanilla Nether Travel

Portable Portals uses Minecraft's normal Nether portal mechanics.

• Travel between the Overworld and Nether.
• Keep vanilla portal linking and teleportation.
• Move your portal to a new location whenever you want.
• No custom dimensions or complicated teleportation systems.

Compatibility

• Mod Loader: Fabric(Forge in future)
• Minecraft Versions: 26.1.2 to 26.3
• Java: 25
• Fabric API: Required
• Mod Menu: Optional
• Multiplayer: Supported on compatible Fabric servers

Portable Portals must be installed on the server and client when playing multiplayer.

Why Portable Portals?

Portable Portals is designed to make Nether exploration more convenient while preserving Minecraft's familiar survival experience.

No complicated machines. No new dimensions. No unnecessary mechanics.

Just craft it, place it, travel, and take it with you!

Developed by IKItalia

Portable Portals — Your Nether portal, wherever you go.