how to find nether fortress

Nether Fortress in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about the Nether Fortress with screenshots.

Where to Find a Nether Fortress

In Minecraft, a Nether Fortress is a structure that spawns naturally in the game. It looks like a giant castle made out of nether bricks and is only found in the Nether. There can be many Nether Fortresses that spawn in the Nether.

nether biome

Here is a picture of what a Nether Fortress looks like with Night Vision:

nether fortress

The outside of the Nether Fortress is made from nether brick. The Fortress is made up of a series of bridges and is suspended by large pillars as it towers above the lava below.

nether fortress buried in netherrack

Quite often, a Nether Fortress will spawn partially inside of netherrack. This can sometimes make it difficult to find the fortress.

TIP: Try using the /locate command to quickly find a Nether Fortress!

Inside the Nether Fortress

Inside the Nether Fortress, you will find many bridges, corridors, and rooms to explore.

Chests

Look for chests to open in the various corridors. If you are lucky, you might find a few chests in the Nether Fortress.

chest in nether fortress

These chests may contain gold ingot, iron ingot, obsidian, horse armor, saddles, and name tags.

Blaze Spawner

Next, try to find the Blaze spawner. Within the Nether Fortress, there are special platforms with monster spawners that spawn Blazes.

blaze spawner

Did you know that a Nether Fortress is one of the only places that Blazes spawn in Minecraft?

Nether Wart Farm

While exploring the Nether Fortress, don't miss the nether wart farm. This is what one looks like:

nether wart farm

These nether wart farms can be found at the bottom of a staircase at the end of one of the corridors. Dig up these nether warts to add them to your inventory.

Congratulations, you just learned about the structure called Nether Fortress in Minecraft.

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