Other Portal (block)

An other portal is a joke block which was added as part of the 2023 Java Edition April Fools' Day joke snapshot 23w13a_or_b. It was added as a reference to the Aether, a popular mod for Minecraft which added a fourth dimension to the game. This became a joke when players would attempt to build portals to the Aether in vanilla Minecraft and fail.

The shape of the other portal is similar to a Nether portal, except that it uses glowstone instead.

It also uses a water bucket instead of a flint and steel to light the portal.