Talk:Nether Fortress

I remember reading an interview or quote by Notch a while ago, that said he wanted the Nether to be like 'The Ways', in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, which is a place characters could enter into all over the world by passing through portals. Inside was a gloomy dangerous place, of tiny floating islands interconnected by a series of BRIDGES, and moving a short distance in the ways covered a large distance in the real world. Methinks that is what these 'nether ruins' are, so I don't know if you should expect to see more than just bridges, if he is sticking to a WoT like idea
 * If he wanted to make it more like the books then he should have made the entrances randomly spawned, the bridges much more confusing and random, and made it nearly pitch black. -that would have been really cool. -also stones that tell you where to go in the old tongue. lol Theesexiestman 08:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Nether Well
I'll just leave this right here.

Another name than 'Nether Ruins'?
I would prefer the name 'Nether Fort' or 'Nether Castle' instead of 'Nether Ruins' because of the look... Someone agree? Kingy98 14:19, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Sounds lamer than "ruins", IMO. Cobalt32 14:09, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Giant Fortress
I have a picture of this

Nether Fortress
Jeb recently edited his own article on the Wiki and referred to these structures as "Nether Fortresses." I'd say this is official enough to warrant renaming the article, since Jeb is primarily the one who developed them. Siphida 11:18, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Seconded Theesexiestman 08:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Second, much better name IMO --DarkFlame588 17:19, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Are these rare?
I have searched very far and not found one, so are they at least semi-rare? Theesexiestman 08:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. I used creative and it was a good 5 minutes before i found one (about 500 blocks from where i entered with a portal) while flying. I guess theyre kinda like strongholds. I wonder how many spawn per world? --HexZyle 10:39, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that this is a structure, not a block or vain. they are not hard to find as long as you are out in the open area of the nether and have your render distance set to far or normal, but if you don't see one close to your portal, you have a very long hike in the nether to make.--98.89.71.93 22:18, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Lava slime spawning
I've explored an extensive Nether fortress, and I've found exactly zero lava slimes in it. I've seen several of them elsewhere, though. Is this enough to remove the "lava slime spawn rates may be increased" stuff? Jaeil 00:48, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I see magma cubes all over the place. It just seems like they spawn not as often as other nether mobs, rather than "only in nether fortresses/more likely in nether fortresses" --HexZyle 13:03, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Average walkway altitude
Is the altitude of the walkway always near the same for these structures, or can they be found at a variety of hights.--98.89.71.93 22:22, 15 October 2011 (UTC)