No Nether
by Macdogg
No Nether blocks travel into the Nether through its portals while leaving the portal blocks themselves in place, so a world can keep the Nether out of play.
What it does
Nether portals still light and activate, but stepping through one no longer sends a player to the Nether dimension. The portals keep their look and mechanics, so a world can keep them as scenery or as a visible boundary without giving access to the dimension. The mod is delivered as a data pack, so it runs on servers and can be loaded into a world's datapacks folder, followed by a reload with the reload command. Admins keep the normal survival commands, plugins and dimension setup.
The change suits overworld-only custom experiences, forbidden-dimension storylines, hardcore survival and lore-based RPG maps, and servers that want early gameplay to stay grounded and late-game challenges to stay in order. Because the logic is a data pack, it stays multiplayer compatible and does not remove the portal blocks.
The server is required and the client is optional, so only the server needs the data pack. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.21.10 dated 2025-12-03. It is not open source; the code is under All rights reserved, and public links exist for the issue tracker.
Key features
Blocked Nether travel
Players cannot enter the Nether through its portals, while the portal blocks still light and activate.
Overworld-only progression
Keeps the Nether dimension intact for admins while players are kept out of it during normal survival.
Custom dimension support
Suits worlds built around the overworld alone, such as story maps and adventures with fixed progression.
Data pack reload
Installed through the world's datapacks folder and activated with a reload, with no code changes to the world.
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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.
Questions
Does No Nether need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders can run No Nether?
Are the Nether portals removed when the mod is active?
In the catalog
No Nether is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Want to keep the Nether out of your survival world — without removing portals entirely? With Netherless Portals, Nether portals still light and function visually, but players cannot enter the Nether through them. Perfect for hardcore survival, lore-based RPG maps, overworld-only adventures, or servers that want to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-nether-dp
- Owner
- Macdogg
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15