Minecraft – Nether Portals not linking 1.16.4

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I have a nether portal from the roof of the nether linking to the overworld. There is also another portal (more than 8 blocks apart) close to this portal which takes me to a nether fortress.

The problem I am having is that whenever I enter the portal that is supposed to take me back to the roof of the nether, it instead teleports me back to the nether fortress.

I have paired both portals to their exact coordinates, and made sure that they are even facing the same direction.

Is there a reason that this is happening?

Best Answer

As long as another portal is within 128 blocks of another one, it can still be linked. See this wiki article. Try creating another portal at least 128 blocks away from the previous one.