Intro

Vanilla Minecraft has a -huge- problem. The Nether is cold.
Well, never fear! The Real Nether is here!

Prepare for a burning desire to cool off!

Summary

This data pack/mod assumes that the Nether is super hot! That means that mobs and players catch fire and burn when they enter the Nether.

The overall aim is to make the Nether harder by providing a new twist to the way that Netherite works and adding challenges to traverse the Nether.

For versions before 26.2 also read "LEGACY (versions below 26.2)"

Function

What changed? The vanilla Netherite is now Netherite Alloy because it is made of Netherite Scrap and Gold Ingots, and now takes damage in fire/lava. If you build a Netherite Forge you can get real Netherite, which doesn't burn!.

Going into the Nether without wearing, carrying, or otherwise using one of these will cause you to combust:

Netherite Armor (not Netherite Alloy)
Ice, Packed Ice, or Blue Ice
Fire Resistance
Inside Powdered Snow

¡ New Features !

-- The Ice Machine

The Ice Machine is used to make Ice (from Ice Shards), and then use Ice for Packed/Blue ice.

-- The Netherite Forge!
(a new player-made structure)

The Netherite Forge is made from [Cracked or not] Polished Blackstone Bricks (which is acquired in the Nether), and is used to smelt Ancient Debris and Netherite Scrap, producing Netherite Scrap and Netherite Nuggets respectively.

-- The Netherite Smithing Table

The Netherite Smithing Table is used to craft Netherite items, such as: Ingots, Swords, Pickaxes, Armor, etc. . .

Supplementary Material

Recipes

Item	Crafting Block	Recipe
Ice Machine	Crafting Table
Ice	Ice Machine
Packed Ice	Ice Machine	Packed Ice Recipe.png (same as Vanilla Crafting Table)
Blue Ice	Ice Machine	Blue Ice Recipe.png (same as Vanilla Crafting Table)
Netherite Smithing Table	Crafting Table
Netherite Items	Netherite Smithing Table

Walkthrough

for a general walkthrough read below, or watch the above video

Written Out:

0) Collect Ice Shards from Ice, Packed Ice, and/or Blue Ice

1) Use 6 Cobblestone, 1 Cobblestone Slab, 1 Smooth Stone Slab, and 1 Hopper (see recipes) to craft the Ice Machine Cobblestone and Cobbled Deepslate are interchangeable

2) Use the Ice Machine to craft Ice from Ice Shards (see recipes)

3) Gather -lots- of Ice, Packed Ice, and/or Blue Ice. [Inventory worth]

4) Use your supply of Ice to go to the Nether and acquire Blackstone & Ancient Debris

5) Use Blackstone to create the Netherite Forge (Diagram from back to front)

    ▓ - air
    ░ - any
    ■ - Polished Blackstone Bricks/Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
    ╚ ═ ╝ - Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs
    ◘ - Chiseled Polished Blackstone (placed very last)

         0              1               2              3              4
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    ░░ ■ ■ ■ ░░    ■ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ■     ■ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ■     ■ ■ ■ ■ ■     ░░ ╚ ═ ╝ ░░
    ░░ ■ ■ ■ ░░    ■ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ■     ■ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ■     ■ ■ ■ ■ ■     ░░ ■ ◘ ■ ░░
    ░░░░░░░░░░░   ░░░ ■ ■ ■ ░░░   ░░░ ■ ■ ■ ░░░   ░░ ■ ■ ■ ░░    ░░░░░░░░░░░

Use Lava to power your Forge (1 Lava smelts 100 items)

6) Use your forge to smelt Ancient Debris into Netherite Scrap

7) Put your Netherite Scrap back into the forge to get Netherite Nuggets

8) Use 4 Polished Blackstone Bricks, 3 Netherite Scrap, 1 Campfire, and 1 Smithing Table to craft Netherite Smithing Table (see recipes) (Cracked variant also works -- Soul Campfire also works)

9) Use Netherite Smithing Table to craft non-alloy Netherite items (see recipes)

10) Equip your Netherite Armor to protect yourself in the Nether

NOTE

These also lessen burning: Powdered Snow, Fire Resistance, Fire Protection

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LEGACY

(versions below 26.2)

Legacy Information (versions below 26.2)

In Legacy, Ice does not cool you, only Icy Totems, fire resistance, and Netherite armor.

Function

Going into the Nether without one of these will cause you to combust:

[. . .]

Ice Totem (in off-hand)
- Icy Soul
- Frozen Spirit
- Glaciated Wraith

¡ New Features !

-- The Ice Machine

The Ice Machine is used to make Ice Totems.

Supplementary Material

Recipes

Item	Crafting Block	Recipe
Icy Soul	Ice Machine
Frozen Spirit	Ice Machine
Glaciated Wraith	Ice Machine

Walkthrough

0a) Collect Ice Shards from Ice

[. . .]

2) Use the Ice Machine to craft Icy Totems (see recipes)

2a) Tier 1 - 6 Ice, 3 Gold Ingot

2b) Tier 2 - 6 Packed Ice, 3 Diamond

2c) Tier 3 - 6 Blue Ice, 2 Soul Lantern, 1 Netherite [Alloy] Ingot

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Crafting recipe for the Ice Machine

Crafting recipe for Ice using the Ice Machine

Crafting Recipe for the Netherite Smithtable

Crafting recipes for Netherite Items using the Netherite Smithtable

Netherite Forge

Crafting recipe for the Icy Soul using the Ice Machine

Crafting recipe for the Frozen Spirit using the Ice Machine

Crafting recipe for the Glaciated Wraith using the Ice Machine

Version	Minecraft	Loader	Download
Real Nether 26.2 - Mod Loader 26.2+Hotfix+mod	26.2	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether 26.2 - Data Pack 26.2+Hotfix	26.2	datapack	Download
Real Nether 26.2 - Mod Loader 26.2+mod	26.2	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether 26.2 - Data Pack 26.2	26.2	datapack	Download
Real Nether - Mod Loader - Legacy 1.20+mod+legacy	1.20	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether - Mod Loader - Legacy 1.21.1+mod+legacy	1.21.1	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether - Data Pack - Legacy 1.21.1+legacy	1.21.1	datapack	Download
Real Nether - Mod Loader - Legacy 1.20.4+mod+legacy	1.20.4	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether - Data Pack - Legacy 1.20.4+legacy	1.20.4	datapack	Download
Real Nether - Mod Loader - Legacy 1.20.1+mod+legacy	1.20.1	fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt	Download
Real Nether - Data Pack - Legacy 1.20.1+legacy	1.20.1	datapack	Download
Real Nether - Data Pack - Legacy 1.20+legacy	1.20	datapack	Download