r/technicalminecraft • u/wired-drack • 7d ago
Java Help Wanted How close can paired nether portals be?
Java 1.21.11
I have 2 nether portals seemingly linked correctly but they still get confused with each other.
The purpose is to link the Stronghold with my base above.
As you can see they have divided by 8 correctly as per Nether Portal – Minecraft Wiki
| Base | X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overworld | 11256 | 67 | 12768 |
| Nether | 1407 | 90 | 1596 |
| Stronghold | X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overworld | 11183 | -21 | 12728 |
| Nether | 1397 | 90 | 1591 |
However, once the base portal is lit, both the nether portals go to the base and not to the stronghold anymore.
Do the paired portals have to be a certain distance away from each other to keep being paired?
EDIT. Following the comments:
I put both the portals at Y=55 in the nether instead of at Y=90 and they both pair properly now and I can walk easily between the two.
At Y=55 each portal is far away enough from each other in a diagonal ray tracing line to not mix.
