Pyr - Overhauled Nether Portals
by Vaerph
Pyr - Overhauled Nether Portals changes how nether portals are lit and built, letting players light a portal from a gold block and netherite ingot frame.
What it does
Portals restricted ruined portal structures can be summoned anywhere once the frame is built, so a player does not have to locate a ruined portal site in the world. Nether portals only light in the normal way when they are already linked to the overworld and nether, and the mod keeps that link intact. The mod accepts more than one frame shape: a 5x6 frame that takes a gold block at its top center, with netherite ingots set into item frames, and an 8x10 frame with two gold blocks sitting in the middle row.
The mod runs on the server side and is required there, while a client may leave it out. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across four game versions, 1.21.11 – 26.1.2, under the Apache License 2.0, and the project is not open source. It also depends on a data pack, which works alongside a required resource pack. The newest build targets 26.1.2 and was released on 2026-06-04.
Key features
Summonable portals
Portals can be lit from a built frame without a ruined portal structure, and the same mimic approach works for the portal structures already in the game.
Gold and netherite frames
A 5x6 frame uses a gold block at the top middle with netherite ingots in item frames, and an 8x10 frame uses two gold blocks in the middle.
Ruined portal frames
Ruined portal frames can be built either way, so exploration keeps its value while players choose where to light portals.
Seed terrain preserved
The mod encourages players to build around the unique terrain of each world seed, even though portals can be placed anywhere.
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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.
How it compares
Better portals is an alternative for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt covering 1.21.8 – 26.3, server required and client optional, under All rights reserved and not open source. No More Ruined Portals is MIT licensed and open source, with files for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 and the same server-required, client-optional environment. Ruined Portal Only (Neoforge) is NeoForge only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and needs both the client and the server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyr - Overhauled Nether Portals | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-04 |
| Better portals | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-26 |
| No More Ruined Portals | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2024-10-01 |
| Ruined Portal Only (Neoforge) | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-26 |
Questions
Which loaders does Pyr - Overhauled Nether Portals support?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Does the mod need a data pack or resource pack?
More from Vaerph
What the author says
Click the activated portals for the corresponding resource pack without the data pack Nether portals can now only be lit normally in an already linked part of the overworld or nether; at a ruined portal site. To summon a portal anywhere you have to mimic the portal structures of old already in the game.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pyr
- Owner
- Vaerph
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15