Minecraft Twilight Forest Mod: How to Make a Portal (2024)

Step-by-step guide to creating a portal with the Twilight Forest mod

Written by Mogswamp | Edited by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: March 23, 2026

If you have the Twilight Forest mod on Minecraft, you can easily make a portal to get into the forest. You'll just need to dig a hole, place some water and flowers, and throw in a diamond. Here's how to make a Twilight Forest Portal in modded Minecraft: Java Edition.

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To make a Twilight Forest Portal, make a 2x2 hole and add water source blocks. Place flowers or mushrooms around the hole.
Throw a diamond into the hole. Lightning will strike and turn the water into a portal.
You must have the Twilight Forest mod for Minecraft: Java Edition.

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Create a 2x2 hole. It must be surrounded by Dirt, Coarse Dirt, Grass, Podzol, or Mycelium blocks to work. This hole can be made in any biome, day or night.^{[1]
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- Twilight Forest Portals are only available with the Twilight Forest mod on Minecraft: Java Edition. This won't work on regular Minecraft.
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Every block on the edge of the hole must have either to work.
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Throw a diamond in the hole. This will make lightning strike the water and turn it into a Twilight Forest Portal.
- If it doesn't work, make sure the day and night cycle is active. You can use the command /gamerule doDaylightCycle true to make sure it's turned on.
- If you have the Embers Rekindled mod installed, you'll need to throw in a Glimmer Crystal instead of a diamond.