The Nether

Overview

The Nether part of a Minecraft speedrun usually follows this general route: Bastion -> Fortress -> Stronghold -> End Portal Room

Bastion

Bastion Remnants are used to obtain important resources, especially ender pearls, obsidian, string, and other useful items. Learning how to identify and route different Bastion types is an important part of Minecraft speedrunning.

Bridge

doogile Demonstration

Double Single Left Triple Right Triple Double Triple Buried

silverr 2 Bridge Route

Treasure Room

silverr 2 Treasure Room Route

Bottom Treasure Room

In bottom treasure room routes, breaking the Magma Cube Spawner is important for two reasons. First, it makes the route safer. Second, it prevents the Magma Cube Spawner from interfering later when using Pie-Ray to locate a Nether Fortress.

Mining the Spawner

Beginner Bottom Treasure Looting

Housing Units

silverr 2 Housing Units Route

Lava Housing

Hoglin Stables

silverr 2 Hoglin Stables Route

Stables Info Dump

Nether Fortress

After looting the Bastion, the next major goal is to locate a Nether Fortress and obtain Blaze Rods. These Blaze Rods will later be crafted into Blaze Powder for Eyes of Ender.

Post-Blind Split

1. Build a Nether Portal to return to the Overworld.
2. Locate the Stronghold using the Eye Measuring method (which is covered in the Set Up page).
3. Go back to The Nether and travel toward the calculated Stronghold coordinates.
4. Build another Nether Portal at around Y40 to maximize the chance of the portal appearing directly in or near the Stronghold.
5. If you are blind travelling only, meaning you are not building a second portal, dig near the 4,4 section of the chunk when you reach the Stronghold location.
6. Do not dig directly on 4,4, because it is the middle of the starter staircase. If there is a ravine or lava below, you could fall straight through.
7. Any nearby coordinate combination from 3 to 5 is usually acceptable.