To make a Nether Portal, place obsidian blocks in a rectangle 4 blocks wide and 5 blocks high, skipping the interior of the rectangle. If you are low on obsidian, you can skip the corners. Activate the lower obsidian blocks with a flint and steel. The Nether is a dangerous area. Prepare yourself with high quality food and enchanted diamond equipment. You may also want a shield, a bow and arrow, and wood to craft with.

It’s much easier to find Nether fortresses if you travel along the x-axis (east or west). Killing blazes is difficult, and the rods only drop if you kill them directly or with a tamed wolf. It helps to have an enchanted bow, or plenty of snowballs (it takes seven to kill 1 blaze).

This task is made less tedious if you have the Looting enchantment on a diamond sword as it will increase your chances of getting Ender Pearls. Endermen are found in the Overworld in groups of 1-4. They do spawn in the Nether, but at a very rare chance, in groups of 4. They spawn in light levels of 7 or less. Be careful when killing the Enderman, because they’re powerful enough to kill you.

Place a blaze rod in the crafting area to turn it into 2 blaze powders. Place a blaze powder and an ender pearl anywhere in the crafting area to make an eye of ender. [5] X Research source

In the Computer version of Minecraft, the closest strongholds are at least 1408 blocks away from the world’s origin point. [7] X Research source Get to at least this distance before using any eyes of ender. The eye of ender will leave a faint purple trail behind as it moves, so you can follow it even if you lose sight of it. The eye of ender will only work in the Overworld, not the Nether.

This is why it’s important to have a couple at a time.

Try to walk in the straightest line possible. If you keep your cursor on the eye as it floats, the direction you’re pointed in should be perfect. Check your coordinates and keep the Facing as steady as you can.

On Java Edition, every stronghold has a portal room. Only some strongholds have a portal room on Bedrock Edition. [13] X Research source Strongholds can have many rooms, which can sometimes be hidden behind walls. If you only find dead ends, dig around the surrounding area to find more rooms. [14] X Research source There’s a small chance that another structure (such as a mineshaft) breaks into the portal room. If it destroys the portal, that portal is not usable and you will need to find another stronghold to get to the end.

There’s about a 10% chance that a square will have an eye of ender in it already, so usually there will be one or two you don’t have to worry about.

Be warned: this is a one-way trip (for now). You can’t come back from the portal unless you slay the mighty dragon or die trying.

On some Mac computers, you’ll need to press Fn+F3, or ⌥ Option+Fn+F3.

Since the Computer edition has many strongholds, there’s a small chance that the two eyes were pointing to different ones. This is unlikely as long as the two points were less than a few hundred blocks away from each other.

Label one group of coordinates X0, Z0, and F0 and the other group X1, Z1, and F1. If F0 > -90, add 90 to get DEG0. If F0 < -90, add 450 instead. Repeat with F1 to get DEG1. This sets the f-values to between 0 and 360 degrees. Use a calculator to find S0=tan⁡(DEG0){\displaystyle S_{0}=\tan(DEG_{0})} and S1=tan⁡(DEG1){\displaystyle S_{1}=\tan(DEG_{1})}. Set the calculator to degrees, not radians. The x-coordinate of the stronghold XS{\displaystyle X_{S}} is Z1−Z0+S0X0−S1X1S0−S1{\displaystyle {\frac {Z_{1}-Z_{0}+S_{0}X_{0}-S_{1}X_{1}}{S_{0}-S_{1}}}}. The z-coordinate of the stronghold is S0XS+Z0−S0X0{\displaystyle S_{0}X_{S}+Z_{0}-S_{0}X_{0}}.

Java edition: Type /seed. If commands are not enabled, turn them on first using Esc → Open to LAN → Allow Cheats → Start LAN World. Console edition: Go to the select world menu and look for the seed next to your world. (If it isn’t listed there, you may need to download a seed finding tool. ) Bedrock edition: Go to the main menu. Hit Play, then Edit. The seed appears underneath each world name.

Select the same world type as your main world.

On the computer, press F3 to view your coordinates. On some Mac computers, press Fn+F3, or ⌥ Option+Fn+F3 instead. On a console, use a map item to find your coordinates. On Pocket Edition, the easiest method is to use a third-party program.

The dragon is guarding the portal back to the Overworld, which is why you have to defeat it first.

You’ll even get to watch Minecraft’s “credits” since you reached the very end of the game.

This is why it’s important to be prepared to fight the ender dragon once you travel through the portal. If you aren’t prepared, you’ll probably lose your items. If you want to play with friends from different devices, you can create servers to play with them. [29] X Research source For example, you can use a Minecraft pocket edition server. [30] X Research source It is a Minecraft world on the mobile version of the game. [31] X Research source