Nether Coordinate Calculator

One Nether block = eight Overworld blocks. Convert instantly and build your portals in the right spot.

Quick answer: Overworld to Nether: divide X and Z by 8. Nether to Overworld: multiply X and Z by 8. Y never changes.

Overworld to Nether

Nether to Overworld

How portal linking works

Minecraft scales horizontal coordinates 8:1 between dimensions. When you enter a portal, the game converts your position (X/8, Z/8 going to the Nether) and looks for an active portal nearby: within 128 blocks in the Nether, 1024 in the Overworld (Java). If none exists, it creates one.

Fix a broken portal link

  1. Take your Overworld portal's X and Z and divide by 8 (round to whole numbers).
  2. In the Nether, break the wrongly linked portal and build a new one at exactly those coordinates.
  3. Re-light it and re-enter from the Overworld side. The link is now 1:1.

Related: How to Make a Nether Portal