Portal Lock: Dimension Control

“In modern Minecraft, players can reach the Nether instantly even on first login with just a water bucket and lava pool. Have you ever questioned this?”

Portal Lock is a lightweight and highly configurable Paper plugin that allows you to restrict access to the Nether and End using required items.

Perfect for servers and modpacks that want progression-based gameplay.

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Features
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Require items to enter Nether and End
Supports walking, boats, and minecarts
Items are only consumed when entering (not when returning)
Fully configurable (items, amounts, sounds, messages)
Supports minecraft: style IDs
Chat or Actionbar display modes
Per-player language support (auto-detect client language)
10 built-in languages included
Reload command support
Permission-based bypass system

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Language Support
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Portal Lock automatically detects each player's Minecraft language and displays messages accordingly.

Supported languages:

• English (en_us)
• Japanese (ja_jp)
• German (de_de)
• French (fr_fr)
• Spanish (es_es)
• Portuguese (pt_br)
• Italian (it_it)
• Korean (ko_kr)
• Chinese (zh_cn)
• Russian (ru_ru)

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Configuration
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Everything is configurable:

• Required items (Nether / End)
• Required item amount
• Sounds (success / fail)
• Pitch & volume
• Message display mode (chat / actionbar)
• Language mode (auto / fixed)

Supports multiple ID formats:

• GLOWSTONE
• glowstone
• minecraft:glowstone

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Permissions
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portallock.reload
portallock.bypass
portallock.bypass.nether
portallock.bypass.end

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Commands
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/portallock reload

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Use Cases
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• Survival progression servers
• RPG servers
• Hardcore challenges
• Modpack-style progression

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Requirements
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• Paper 1.21.x
• Java 21

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