A nether transportation system can easily be one of the most efficient ways to travel in a survival Minecraft world.
Many Minecraft players have long-term survival worlds or SMPs that grow larger with every day of game play. Over time, players will most likely explore the world seed they are in and continually add new builds to the map, sometimes even creating huge, wide-spread cities.
Traveling in the overworld can take way too much time, especially if players have builds that are hundreds of blocks apart from each other. A nether transportation system allows players to connect their builds through multiple nether portals and instead travel through the nether, where movement is eight times faster than in the overworld, making for a speedy Minecraft commute.
Here are some tips to make a nether transportation system feel like a real, big city transit system.
How to make a nether transportation system in Minecraft
1) Railways
nether portals spread across the map near their overworld builds or other designated areas. Then, locate each portal in the nether and create connecting paths. This step might take some time.
Each nether portal acts as a train stop. Place as many rails as it takes between each portal so that it’s quick and easy to get from one stop to the next. Depending on the world and the builds in it, there can be one railway that goes in one general direction, and/or multiple railways going in a variety of different directions.
It is important to stock up on as much rail as possible, because constructing a nether transportation system will require a lot of it. Rail can be obtained pre-crafted in abandoned mineshafts, or it can be crafted using iron ingots and sticks.
Powered Rail is also required to ensure quick travel without any lulls. These significantly more expensive rails require gold and redstone instead of iron, so it’s important to collect plenty of those resources as well. Additional redstone is also necessary for creating redstone torches or blocks to activate the powered rails. If the rails are not activated, they will not give players the speed boost necessary for fast travel.
And of course, an essential item for railway travel is a minecart, which can also be found in abandoned mineshafts or crafted with five iron ingots placed into a U shape – similar to the crafting recipe for boats.
2) Safety
1.16 update to the nether, there have been beautiful fungus forests to explore. These forests can provide the perfect break to the monotony of carting through long stretches of netherrack tunnels – but only when covered in glass. While the biomes are beautiful, large packs of endermen can spawn in warped forests, and crimson forests are often home to angry piglins and even angrier hoglins.
Many real-life trains go both underground and above ground, so combining glass tunnels with block tunnels creates an even more realistic transit experience in Minecraft.
4) Stops
