The True Method to Craft an Ender Portal—You’re Using the Wrong One (Fix It Here)

Building or Wurthering an efficient Ender Portal in Minecraft is crucial for faster travel, exploration, and survival. But surprisingly, many players fall into a common trap—using a shoddy or incorrect method to craft their portal, leading to instability, gaps in space, or wasted resources. In this ultimate guide, we’ll reveal the true method to craft a perfect Ender Portal and show exactly why the “unofficial” or broken recipes you’ve seen online are flawed—then walk you through fixing it step by step.


Understanding the Context

Why Building the Ender Portal the Wrong Way Fails

Most players try to craft their Ender Portal with books or random items, not realizing that the structural integrity and energy alignment are critical. The popular “book-and-sponges” portal—treated as a simple portal frame—often lacks the End Stone’s precise placement and the Ancient Marker alignment, resulting in:

  • Portals that collapse upon entrance
  • Frequent gaps or incomplete square geometry
  • Minecraft’s world energy eschewing the portal’s stability
  • Frequent resets needed because the portal isn’t “locked” properly

The real secret lies not just in the frame but in charging the portal with fire + End crystals and maintaining proper orientation. But there’s more—many beginners skip the essential Earth’s End alignment, leaving the portal weak or inefficacious.

Key Insights


The True Method: How to Properly Craft Your Ender Portal

Step 1: Gather the Right Materials

  • 12 Enchronium Stations (or proper End Crystals) — Each end portal requires precisely 12 End Crystals.
  • 1 Blaze Powder cans — Used as anchors to seal the portal’s structure.
  • Fire+End crystals combo — The critical energy source.
  • ** Werkzeugen (variouse tools like a flung axe and Nether portal frame) — Optional, but helps with alignment and energy concentration.

Final Thoughts

Step 2: Build the Perfect Portal Frame

Unlike the crude square made from books or shattered shulker boxes:

  • Use a clean 4x4 square of End Crystals (each crystal placed at each corner and center edge).
  • Leave a single gap toward the top center—this anomaly prevents energy leakage and aligns the portal properly with the End dimension.

[Insert image example: Proper End Crystal square with a focused center gap]


Step 3: Power the Portal with Fire & End Energy

  • Light the crystals with Fire By Blaze Powder, creating a glowing, pulsating glow from all 12 points.
  • This synchronized fire generates End energy resonance, charging the portal’s dimensions beyond a simple frame.

Step 4: Activate and Stabilize

  • Carefully step through the portal while maintaining focus on the glowing core.
  • The portal locks into持续 energy state, becoming stable and ready for travel.
  • To reinforce, place Blaze Powder around the base, even after activation—this maintains spatial integrity.