At least 1 Crying Obsidian is now required to light a nether portal.
Crying Obsidian Now drops Regular Obdsidian when mined.
The goal of this mod is to incentivize players to explore and repair ruined Portals without making custom portal creation impossible in mid to late game.
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Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as nether-portal-rework-1.21.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 17 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.