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# Time to touch some grass!
\nHow often do you take a shortcut through the Nether, skipping the beautiful sights of the Overworld?<\/p>\n

**Forget about it!** With this mod, teleporting from the Nether will always bring you back to the same portal you entered from.
\n![img](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/4cae05d7eab5bc96e1523ee88df6fbe07f062f39_0.webp)<\/p>\n

We were inspired to create this mod after encountering the problem of players constantly shortening their path through the Nether, ignoring all the other possibilities Minecraft has to offer. But there are so many ways to travel: minecarts, horses, boats, or even other modded transportation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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