{{History|||snap=12w38a|The Nether is loaded faster when travelling through a portal in Survival mode and is loaded immediately when in Creative mode.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|Nether Portals use the following textures in texture packs: textures/blocks/portal.png and textures/blocks/obsidian.png}}
{{History||snap=11 de septiembre de 2013|link={{tuit|Dinnerbone|377794308453437440}}|[[Dinnerbone]] releases images of larger and different shaped portals, also mentions the ability to light a portal from any block, not just the bottom row.<ref>{{tuit|Dinnerbone|377797008981254146}}</ref>