Repair Your Portal!
This mod limits the lighting of nether portals to only ruined portals in order to encourage players to form relationships with structures!
⬇ Download on ModrinthFunctionality
This mod limits the lighting of nether portals to only repaired ruined portals! All methods of lighting portals is included, such as:
- Flint & Steel
- Fire Charge
- Fireball
- Dispenser
Why do this?
Removing the ability to build nether portals encourages the player to form a relationship with the structure, potentially developing infrastructure or building around the ruined portal.
Config
Inside the config file for this mod, you can:
- Enable/disable a client-side message for attempting to light your own portal
- Customize the message for lighting your own portal
- Toggle whether portals inside of the nether need to be repaired ruined portals to activate
These features are helpful for modpack designers and server owners particularly.
Feel free to use this mod in a modpack!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as repairyourportal-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.