In minecraft, I'm about to make a portal and enter the Nether, but I have a problem with this. Supposedly when you enter the Nether, you can be directly above lava. This is fixed by the game sending the portal you create in the Nether to a safe area. Unfortuanely, that means that when you reenter that portal to go back to the real world you end up a million miles away from your settlement.
Is that true, and if it is, how can I find my way back? Can I use the compass to find back, and how does that work?
Best Answer
The portal spawning algorithms have gone though a lot of changes to get to the point they are now, and it used to be the case that you'd end up miles from your base when this happened but Notch linked them properly so hopping back in your Nether portal should take you right back to where you came from. As with everything Minecraft, this is not a guarantee however!
As StrixVaria said, carrying a compass is vital to helping you get back from any expedition but this does point to your spawn, not your base.