Ancient Portal Fast Travel
by Depixelation
With Ancient Portal Fast Travel, an ancient city portal can link to other ancient cities over arbitrary distances once the destination has been visited.
What it does
The mod turns the portal found in the center of an Ancient City, a structure that is otherwise unused, into a fast-travel portal. Once a player has visited another city, the portal can connect to that city, letting players cross the world without walking. The mod aims to give a practical way to travel long distances in the late game, and it gives stronghold and ancient city locations a reason to matter when players plan a base.
Linking is done with Echo Keys, which are crafted from 9 Echo Shards. Right-clicking a reinforced deepslate portal frame links it to the nearest city. Using a linked key on a portal tries to open it toward the linked city. Activating a portal costs 7 experience levels, enough to survive the trip, and the mod has distinct mechanics, custom sound design and visual effects. Echo Keys are only available through loot generation commands, since they do not appear in the creative inventory. The mod is open source, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and its source code is public. Fabric API, Forgified Fabric API and Sinytra Connector are required.
Key features
Ancient city portals
The unused portal in an Ancient City becomes a fast-travel point that links to other cities already visited.
Echo Keys
Keys crafted from 9 Echo Shards are used to link a city portal and to open a portal toward its linked city.
Experience cost
Activating a portal costs 7 experience levels, a cost the mod sets for the journey between cities.
Sound and visual design
Portals use custom sound and graphics, including a beeping cue that can be heard only near the city.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Deep Dark Nether Portal is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Instant Nether Travel is server-side only, Forge only, covers 1.20 – 1.20.2 and is not open source. Mentalitys MR Portal is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Portal Fast Travel | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-24 |
| Deep Dark Nether Portal | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-09 |
| Instant Nether Travel | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.2 | Server-side only | 2023-10-21 |
Questions
Does Ancient Portal Fast Travel need Fabric API on Forge?
Does the server need the mod as well as players?
Why can't Echo Keys be found in the creative inventory?
Is the mod stable for multiplayer?
In the catalog
Ancient Portal Fast Travel is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Problem: there is no practical way of traveling arbitrary distances in a world, even in the late game. Problem: strongholds are the only "strategic" locations that present an incentive for setting up a base. Problem: the ancient cities are, if you ask me, dissapointing. Problem: there is an unused portal in the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ancient-portal-fast-travel
- Owner
- Depixelation
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15