Portal Frame Item
by DarkLotus781
Portal Frame Item lets a player light a portal frame with a placeable End Portal Nether Portal item instead of an Eye of Ender, and the item is consumed when it is placed.
What it does
A portal frame block that is empty can be lit by right-clicking it with the Portal Frame Item held in hand. Instead of lighting a frame with an Eye of Ender as a normal Nether Portal requires, the held item is used up and the portal appears in the chosen spot, so a world or modpack can hand out a portal as a quest reward or as a progression step. The item can also be placed directly rather than converting an Eye of Ender by hand. Holding the End Portal or Nether Portal item shows a full render of the portal before it is placed, which helps when choosing where to put it.
The mod is aimed at modpack makers, who can switch off the usual portal generation through a config option. Disabling typical Nether Portal creation is done through server events, and the item can then be assigned as a quest reward with a custom crafting recipe. Hacking that functionality further is done via KubeJS. The mod runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 only and works on both client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License but is not open source.
Key features
Placeable portal item
A held End Portal or Nether Portal item lights an empty portal frame block and is consumed when the portal is placed.
Full placement render
Holding the item shows the complete portal render at the spot where it would be placed, before the player commits.
Config to disable portals
A config option turns off typical Nether Portal creation, so modpack makers can control how portals are obtained.
Quest and recipe support
The item can be given as a quest reward or crafted through a custom recipe, with extra hooks available through KubeJS.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: The mod is aimed at modpack makers and server owners who want to control how Nether and End portals are obtained. Players in a pack that uses it need only the same NeoForge install.
How it compares
Unreachable Nether is another NeoForge option for 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and open source, with the same client and server environment. PortalsConfigured is also for 1.21.1 and under the MIT License, and is open source as well. Portal-Free Recipes covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 and is not open source, licensed under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portal Frame Item | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-15 |
| Unreachable Nether | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-29 |
| PortalsConfigured | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-09 |
| Portal-Free Recipes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-04-29 |
Questions
Does Portal Frame Item need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Portal Frame Item support?
Can the default Nether Portal creation be turned off?
In the catalog
Portal Frame Item is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 12,140 Game mechanics mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod is designed with modpacks in mind. Now for 1.21.1 NeoForge! Disable Nether Portal creation and then assign this item as a quest reward, or with a custom crafting recipe using KubeJS.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/portal-frame-item
- Owner
- DarkLotus781
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15